I think you could gain a lot by better speaker placement. A 20'x20' room is quite susceptible to standing waves. The best speaker and listening position placement will avoid the positions where there are peaks and nulls of the standing waves. This will keep the speakers from unnecessarily exciting the room modes. Assuming your room is indeed 20' deep exactly, the major positions to avoid are 20'/2, 20'/3, and 20'/4, i.e. 10', 6'8", and 5' from the walls. A good place to begin would be to place the front of your speakers at the midpoint between 5' and 6'8" from the wall behind them, i.e. 5'10", and at the same distance from the side walls. This will make them 8'4" apart on centers. The listening position can be placed similarly from the wall behind it. If your room is not exactly 20'x20' adjust the numbers appropriately. Fine tuning must be done by ear but this will give you a starting point. You might find moving the listening position a little farther from the speakers helps them blend a little better.
Seeking ideas about how to improve my system
Hi all. I recently purchased a pair of Hifiman Susvara headphones, and the experience of listening to them is absolutely sublime. I particularly enjoyed the clarity of detail and the very realistic timbre of the instruments. Tone, timing, and spatial representation were wonderful. I listen primarily to jazz, classical, bluegrass, and, though much less than in the past, rock. Favorite musicians include Chris Thile, Edgar Meyer, Brad Mehldau, Mark Knopfler, Mark O’Connor, Joshua Bell, and many cellists.
BUT, I would like my full system to produce that kind of experience too! I’m looking for any and all feedback as to how to tweak or upgrade my system so that I can moved towards this type of experience. I would expect to spend up to $20K, possibly more, over the long run (meaning years), so I am expecting a process and would also like feedback as to what to do first. My room is about 20’ x 20’ x 9’ as a very rough estimate.
my components:
Sonus Faber Sonetto V’s
2 REL Ti7’s
Lyngdorf TDAI 2170
Manley Chinook phono amp
VPI Prime Scout with upgraded platter and tonearm, on a Townshend seismic platform
Ortofon Quintet black mc cart
Modwrighted Marantz SACD player and power source
Chord DAVE DAC/amp/preamp
Aurender N100C network streamer using Qobuz
Audioquest Rocket 88 speaker cables
Shunyata power cables (a mix)with Shunyata power distributor
Shunyata, Nordost blue heaven, and Cardas clear interconnects
My analog end became downright unimpressive after I added the DAVE and the Aurender to my digital end, but the Susvara bests it all (in SQ, I realize it is just a headphone and not a full system).
Looking forward to responses.
BUT, I would like my full system to produce that kind of experience too! I’m looking for any and all feedback as to how to tweak or upgrade my system so that I can moved towards this type of experience. I would expect to spend up to $20K, possibly more, over the long run (meaning years), so I am expecting a process and would also like feedback as to what to do first. My room is about 20’ x 20’ x 9’ as a very rough estimate.
my components:
Sonus Faber Sonetto V’s
2 REL Ti7’s
Lyngdorf TDAI 2170
Manley Chinook phono amp
VPI Prime Scout with upgraded platter and tonearm, on a Townshend seismic platform
Ortofon Quintet black mc cart
Modwrighted Marantz SACD player and power source
Chord DAVE DAC/amp/preamp
Aurender N100C network streamer using Qobuz
Audioquest Rocket 88 speaker cables
Shunyata power cables (a mix)with Shunyata power distributor
Shunyata, Nordost blue heaven, and Cardas clear interconnects
My analog end became downright unimpressive after I added the DAVE and the Aurender to my digital end, but the Susvara bests it all (in SQ, I realize it is just a headphone and not a full system).
Looking forward to responses.
- — akajek
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