High End System Building. How important is the matching, cabling and room? Thoughts ?

Most dealers are like audiophiles here with 40 amplifiers behind them and 50 dac and as much speakers experience , they know the gear , but they dont know much about the importance of acoustics ( i dont spoke about a few panels here ) and about electrical noise floor controls or mechanical vibration/resonance problems

@mahgister that's interesting to hear.  I've loved music for as long as I can remember but haven't built a decent system, at least decent for me 😀, until the last few years.  There is so much I have learned in that time, however, it baffles me that dealers would not be keenly aware of room acoustics, etc.

@grannyring I believe it's easy enough to over treat a room as much as under treat one for sure.

I like my 12 gauge radio shack cables to be flexible so they drape from ceiling to the Maggies hung from it.  I think I have a few soldered splices in one of them because I didn't have a long enough length.  So they match the small room.  

I mean, once one starts hanging speakers from ceilings at various angles all bets are off.  There are so many reflections that it's great.  Like a giant pair of headphones but with ambience and depth.  

I'm not on the right thread am I.  

@jayctoy i spent a number of years in this hobby. I didn’t always have money to afford the higher end stuff. I learned through long demos that I would get when I did collections for a cable company. He had access to some great gear and allowed me to learn and borrow from long demos.  I learned to listen for certain things and learned from some great people in this hobby.  I had a lot of old school guys around me. Also taught me tweaks etc.  I helped with the development of the Infigo cables. I’m blessed in this hobby. I have a great system. Expensive but it’s matched properly synergy wise and fits my listening environment 

How many dealers, reviewers or show rooms have great rooms?  I get what you are hearing with your rooms but if your equipment does not offer the correct tone, separation, soundstage, speed, dynamic contrast then what does that mean for the room?  Just asking. 

@jayctoy i now work for Infigo Audio. It has allowed me to get some really great gear that had been out of my reach. I’m enjoying my method 4 dac and method 6 stereo amplifier. My cables were made for these electronics so my system synergy is off the charts. I’m very happy with what I have. Gonna enjoy it for a long time to come. I tested all of it before I purchased in a long demo so I’m in a good space system wise.