Equipment you just must get if you can

Although a dedicated audio room set up just the way one wants it sounds ideal, I have read that a few have been disappointed being secluded from the rest of their family. Particularly the ones with this room in the basement level of their home.

Markpao,

Have read the same and agree. By undisturbed I don't wish isolated, just a place where it can be set up properly and the wife doesn't mind.

I use the system for occasional movies as well. So in a sizeable family room would be great. I want to share the music with the family, my 11 y.o. daughter seems to love it.

However the wife objects to the speakers away from the wall. Its funny how stand mounts seem to curry favor but take up as much room as floorstanders. Must be the visual mass.

So a room where we can sit and enjoy a movie, play tunes, read a book, together with the system set up ideally is my wish.

Best,

Dave

And I agree with you as well Dave.
My problem is although I love the way my system sounds in my family room, I know there is a lot I can do to make it sound even better. But can't due to WAF. One thing that just happened recently was I moved a (high back) sofa away from the middle of my room to do something while my system was playing and had an OMG moment. The sound just opened up, was more airy and detailed. I usually roll out a desk chair and place it right in front of this sofa while listening because this is my "sweet spot". I thought how nice it would be to make that sofa disappear. That's not going to happen. I thought about a dedicated room but I can relate to that isolation thing and won't let it happen. Things are good now as we can all share the room.

A McIntosh MC602 amp. Overkill for my needs, but I just gotta have one!

Forget what I said earlier. Now that I have the Schiit Bifrost, I have no need for a bass augmenter. And the same goes for the Yamaha A-S2000 for the very same reasons. Quite the DAC, that Bifrost.

What I'd like to have, instead, is the Mola Mola preamp and monoblocks.
And throw in the LessLoss Laminar Streamer when it comes out.