Thiel Owners

^There might be some advantages of close wall placement when using DSP.

@unsound  I was thinking of getting a hardware based DRC system in the past. I looked at Room Perfect, Space Optimization, Deqx (sp?), and ARC3. I remember Space Optimization was describing setups where you can place the speaker against a wall and have the sound processed as if the speaker was in the optimal positioning away from the wall.

The DRC I will explore will be a software based solution running on my ROON Server (in another room).

https://audiophilestyle.com/ca/bits-and-bytes/what-is-accurate-sound-r923/

A note about the CS3.7 sound now. I am listening to the radio late at night at low volume. I seem to be hearing everything but just lower volume. I think that is a compliment to the speaker and the preamp (which I rave about). In the past, when I used to go DAC directly into the AHB2 I hated low volume listening. I felt like I was missing parts of the sound, not so with the HPA4 preamp. The CS3.7 is an added bonus for late night listening. Reproducing all that the preamp is feeding it.

I posted some photos of my room,
https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/7605

@yyzsantabarbara,Interesting office setup -- are you a trader?

@yyzsantabarbara Good stuff!

@thieliste What are you looking at for a streamer?  I'm in the market as well.

@yyzsantabarbara Big decision, I'm a big r2r ladder DAC fan therefore the 2 combos i have on my radar are either Aqua Formula xHD + LinQ or Totaldac d1-direct + d1 streamer.A guy that owned the Aqua combo and Totaldac d1-Twelve combo told me the Aqua was much better, i was shocked lol.The Aqua Formula xHD has some of the best price/performance ratio.