Shane what a great update, saving digging through a plethora of your video's to keep up to date. I have a simpler valve system driving OTA rebuilt Quad 57 speakers on OTA Rupert stands & like you I effectively have a new record collection due in part to you, as you piqued my interest in Stack Audio Auvas in their various forms, their incorporation in my system has literally been a revelation their inclusion has enabled bass beyond belief for 57's, the clarity, micro detail, soundstage width & depth that is now available is exceptional both on LP & Digital.
@johnharrigan8770 Hi John, thanks for your comments. The Quad 57s are amazing speakers, even by today's standards. I'm so happy for you that the Stack Audio products are revealing all of that detail that you speak of, this too has happened for me in my system they are just improvements that you can't unhear. And I'm pleased that in some small way I've been able to help you to improve your system. It's that comment that makes me feel vindicated and motivated to do what I'm doing with this channel.🙏👍🙂🎧
@@shanestephenson8423 Shane It is not just "in some small way" the 57's on Rupert stands with Auva 100's there is least an order of magnitude improvement & I have used 57's exclusively since 1978, I first heard them at the 1956 Radio Show at Olympia London when they were voiced & presented in mono. I am quite familiar with them.
@@shanestephenson8423I've also added a number of Stack Audio Auva s to my system with surprisingly excellent results. Was considering a DAC upgrade, but tried the isolation products instead after seeing your videos. And wow... am I glad I went with the Stack Audio products! Thanks again Shane.
Thanks Louis🙏 Hopefully sooner rather than later, you'll be sitting in that chair, and you'll be able to tell everybody your thoughts. There's nothing like being in this room to experience what happens sonically in here. You are one that I would love to have in my room.🙂🎧👌
Good morning from my time in Toronto hope you have a great day and I’ll watch the rest of the video after I finish driving on my way into work take care
@wwoolworth Yeah, thanks, I listen anywhere between 78 and 84 db most of the time. You're right there is so much headroom in the system the monos are barely idling, which is fantastic because it makes the transient response so quick and effortless, and you really pick that up in the system.👍🎧🙂
Truly appreciate your walk through Shane. That's quite an impressive set up you have. I'm still assessing , re-assessing, fine-tuning my super tweets. There are many variables to work through. I will give you my impressions when I get them settled in.
Hi Shane, fantastic walk through of your system, very detailed and explained logically and thorough. I'm very familiar with your components as you are aware, but it was great to see all your cables and brands which I didn't know before apart that they were silver and balanced XLR. I have to agree the Vitus amps are an excellent match with the Wilson Alexia's.This video highlighted how thorough your instal is and all top notch products, no duds, no compromise. A great video introduction to your system for any new viewers and a refresher for the longtime fellow audio enthusiasts. Top job mate. 👌👍
@staceymangham Thank you Stacey🙏 As always, your comments are thought-provoking, on point, and very observant. I appreciate your input here on the channel.🎧🙂👍
Nice system. I'd love to listen to something like that. The 420V is you DC supply from the solar. Looks like you only have 2 phase power incoming. (By the way, you may want to edit out your house address from the meter panel).
Oh, thank you, Daniel. That's well observed. The house has three phase power. Only two of the phases are being used at this point from what I've been told.👍🙏🙂
Hi Richard, My background is in sound engineering, so there is a big part of me that loves to be in the near field. It's how I mixed and mastered audio in my formative years. One regular observation that comes from just about everybody that listens in my room, is how they cannot believe that the room measures what it does, it sounds much bigger to them and me for that matter then it's dimensions suggest it should. Equipment placement room treatment and, most importantly, the voicing of the loudspeakers is what creates this illusion. There are also inherent issues that come into play when you start playing a Hi-Fi system in a big room. You have much more to deal with as far as room modes are concerned. Sonic reflections and image accuracy. That's why this room is the perfect size for me. Out of all the many many listening rooms I've been in winds in my opinion, hands down compared to bigger rooms.
Hi ....enjoyed your walk through of your system. Impressive and expensive audio gear. Noticed you have your speakers directly at your listening position. Have you tried less toed in? Little less focused sound but better sound stage..also less treble energy on not so good recordings. also have you tried ethernet to optical converters.... they are cheap for 2 pc. ethernet cable plugs into converter then output to the other converter via optical and a short ethernet cable to your streamer.. did wonders for my modest system.
@evanjacovides4323 Great suggestions on the optical connection. I have been looking into it, and it definitely will be another thing I do within the next 12 months. I've done a fair bit of reading up about it, and it does seem like a good process to go through. I spent around 2 weeks voicing my speakers and they are pointed at around the outside of each shoulder in the central seated position I do get wonderful spatial information while outside the speakers most of that is due to the great room acoustic setup I've managed to achieve. If I move the speakers any further out, I do lose some of the amazing focus I have in relation to imaging, which I am just not prepared to sacrifice. Even on poor recordings in my room, it's never hard to listen to. I think that has a lot to do with the Vitus amplification, which has a real tube like presentation with all of the benefits of solid state transient response and energy.👍🎧🙂
G’day Shane, I hope that you and your wife are well, and that you had a great time with your guests. Your music room sounds superb though my Beyer’s DT1990 Pro headphones. You have an awesome rig. I’m very curious now about Stack Audio Smooth Lan and the CSA1’s , that looks like a good idea Shane. I’ve been playing a lot of Aussie music after enjoying your Goanna album shorts. Dragon, Aussie Crawl, INXS, ect, and I loving it, and loving my rig too. Thanks Shane. Take care. Kenny F.
Hi Kenny, listening to my room recording through headphones like that would be giving you a real close idea of what things are sounding like in this room, so good on you. Yeah, the 2 smooth lan's have definitely made an improvement to what the mpt-8 receives. I guess it's about not trying to tie the mpt-8's hands behind its back. Giving it the best possible signal to do its work in the very noisy digital environment before it sends its signal down to the MPD-8 for it to do its best work. 🙂🎧👍
Definitely right there Shane, giving the dac the best chance to preform at it very best. Geoff and I have been discussing quality Lan cables. So the Stack Audio Smooth Lan hay! Something to look at in the future. My chest was feeling the low end vib from the Wilson Sub, that is very impressive through my cans. Thanks for your reply Shane I do appreciate the contact. 😃🥭
Hi Shane, just a question. Using the Stack Audio isolators under an amplifier, shall I put them aside the original footers or shall I unscrew them and put the Stack Audio ones in their place? How did you do? Thanks for your advice.
@bladerunnern6 Hi there, I unscrewed the feet off my Vitus amplifiers just for an unobstructed underbody. There are three CSA 3s down each side of each amplifier, so 6 on each amplifier, given the weight for each amp, is 85 kilos. So you can either unscrew the feet and put the Stack footers in the same spot, or you can put them alongside, audibly. I don't believe there'll be any difference. Obviously, as long as your original feet are airborne after the stack footers go under your amp.👍🎧🙂
Hi Trevor, good question, and I didn't really explain that very well in the video. I have two of those silver grounding wires. One comes out of the dac, and the other out of phono preamp, they are chassis grounds, and they terminate at the Vitus preamp.👍
Hi Shane. Joe from Adelaide here. Great to see the passion and energy progressing your room and knowledge being passed onto others. How do you find the window - does it present any audio challenges?
@josephbennett5384 Hi Joe, great question. The curtains that I have in the room are not your average curtains. They are an acoustic block out type. It's something I probably should have mentioned when talking about the room treatment, but it slipped my mind. When I'm doing any critical listening, they are closed over the window. There is definitely an acoustic difference when they're open. It's not as much as I would have thought, but still, nonetheless, there is an improvement when the curtains are drawn shut. Thanks for the question. That was a good one.🎧👍🙂
Amazing system! Have you tried a fiber kit between your modem/router and your streamer? I got huge gains with everything I did on the dirty side of my kit. Niagara 1000, old AQVOX SE, decent Ethernet and power cables, OpticalModule to clean side SoTM switch via cheap fiber. Just something to try but if you got the same results, would love to know.
Get more of what is sought............................ By placing the turntable directly on top of the Wilsons, there will be a bit greater affect than just between the loudspeakers.👍 Acid Jazz, Funk & Brass 🔈🔉🔊
Ahhh, let me get this right. You're suggesting I balance a 40 kilo turntable on top of my loudspeaker. Surely, that can not be correct. Could you please clarify.🤔
Shane, you will help me if you could answer just one question about that Kimber PBJ interconnect: can you see how it is soldered on connector; is there one wire on + and two on - on both sides, or one wire on + and two on - on one side, and one wire on + and one on - and third wire in the air on the other side. This would help me and others, because some people recommend to leave one wire in the air on one side, usually one that goes into the amp. Kind regards!
@stipeilic2611 Hi there. I've never heard that before when it comes to wiring up an XLR cable. The PBJ cable has three conductors. The XLR plug has three tabs to solder onto. You have a positive and negative and a ground, so you just follow the colours of the wire to each corresponding tab on each end of the XLR plugs. That is how that XLR cable is connected. In fact, that is how all of my XLR cables are wired.🙂🎧👍
@stipeilic2611 oh....lol that makes more sense than. Sorry, that's my confusion as well. It's an XLR cable. All the interconnect cables in my system are balanced except for the RCA cable that comes off the tonearm.👍🙂🎧
Hi Ian, the Stack Audio Auva EQ component isolation comes with a thin rubber disc which you can place between the footer and the bottom of the component but they recommend you not use it unless you really need to. I find with 3 footers under each component on a completely level Hi-Fi rack, I have no issues with component stability, so I don't need the thin rubber anti-slip disc. But sometimes, on small light components, it can be a good thing to use.👌🎧🙂
@@shanestephenson8423 Thanks Shane for getting back to me that’s very much appreciated. I have ordered a set for our Innuos statement server which is fairly heavy so hopefully should be ok if I just place them underneath. ATB Ian
@nagracdc Hi Ian, they have CSA 1,2,and 3 to correspond to the appropriate weight. If you check their website, you should be able to find out whether it is CSA 2's or 3's you would need. Please let me know how you find them. 👍🙂🎧
@@shanestephenson8423 Thanks Shane. I’ve been thinking about plugging my power amp straight into the wall again, after some time with a Shunyata power conditioner, so Robertson might be the way to go.
Hello Andrew. I would like to support what Shane has stated about the Robertson power cables, and also about the way that he has plugged in his amps and other components. The Robertson cables are beautifully made, excellent value cables. I have followed Shane's advice and had dedicated lines installed for each of the two amps in our system, with another dedicated line powering a Plixir power conditioner into which all of the other components are plugged. Works really well.
@davidsims4993 Hi David, yes, correct. But I've worked very hard and I own my own this home. I'm not suggesting anybody should go out and spend this kind of money without being in a position to do so. I would consider myself a humble person, I have never lost sight of the fact that I have been lucky in my life but also combine that with a lot of very hard work gets me to where I am at this stage in my life. I love my system, and it is a great mental circuit breaker for my peace of mind. 👍🎧🙂
@mikemcguinness1304 I disagree, and with the greatest of respect, how could you know that if you've never been in my room? Everybody that comes to my room and listens is absolutely baffled that my room measures the size it does, they say, and I agree with them that the walls disappear. Further to that, nearly 5 m wide by 4 m deep with a ceiling at 2.4 m high is not an overly small room. The reason that it defies its size is due to a lot of careful consideration around voicing the speakers correctly, room acoustic treatment, and careful placement of the system and listening position. I have no issues with room modes, with an almost flat frequency response in my room, and I have wonderful width, depth, and height in the sound stage with pinpoint imaging. Those things become a lot harder to achieve in a big room. So I am quite happy to stick with what I've got. I haven't heard a big room sound as good as my room sounds yet and I've been doing this for nearly 35 years.
Shane what a great update, saving digging through a plethora of your video's to keep up to date. I have a simpler valve system driving OTA rebuilt Quad 57 speakers on OTA Rupert stands & like you I effectively have a new record collection due in part to you, as you piqued my interest in Stack Audio Auvas in their various forms, their incorporation in my system has literally been a revelation their inclusion has enabled bass beyond belief for 57's, the clarity, micro detail, soundstage width & depth that is now available is exceptional both on LP & Digital.
@johnharrigan8770 Hi John, thanks for your comments. The Quad 57s are amazing speakers, even by today's standards.
I'm so happy for you that the Stack Audio products are revealing all of that detail that you speak of, this too has happened for me in my system they are just improvements that you can't unhear. And I'm pleased that in some small way I've been able to help you to improve your system. It's that comment that makes me feel vindicated and motivated to do what I'm doing with this channel.🙏👍🙂🎧
@@shanestephenson8423 Shane It is not just "in some small way" the 57's on Rupert stands with Auva 100's there is least an order of magnitude improvement & I have used 57's exclusively since 1978, I first heard them at the 1956 Radio Show at Olympia London when they were voiced & presented in mono. I am quite familiar with them.
@@shanestephenson8423I've also added a number of Stack Audio Auva s to my system with surprisingly excellent results. Was considering a DAC upgrade, but tried the isolation products instead after seeing your videos. And wow... am I glad I went with the Stack Audio products! Thanks again Shane.
@johnharrigan8770 Wow!🙏🙏🙏 I'm humbled to have been able to help make that improvement for you.
Wonderfully detailed walk through! Thanks for putting it together. I look forward to seeing the next system update in the next 12 months!
Thanks Louis🙏 Hopefully sooner rather than later, you'll be sitting in that chair, and you'll be able to tell everybody your thoughts. There's nothing like being in this room to experience what happens sonically in here. You are one that I would love to have in my room.🙂🎧👌
Good morning from my time in Toronto hope you have a great day and I’ll watch the rest of the video after I finish driving on my way into work take care
@carminedesanto6746 Take care, mate.👍🎧🙂
Great system .. from India
@@vinoheart Namaste from Australia 👌👍🎧
Thanks Shane, it was great seeing all the Solutions to Room Treatment, Cables, Power etc that you have chosen. all looks & must sound awesome..
Thanks, Peter.🙏 Well, I might be a little biased, but all I can say is I love being in my room.👌🙂👍🎧
Hello from America! Fun, interesting tour. Thanks!
Hi Eric, I'm glad you enjoyed the tour of the system. Cheers from down under.🙂🎧👍
Very impressive Shane. No holes that I see. It must not take much to fill the room with big sound.
@wwoolworth Yeah, thanks, I listen anywhere between 78 and 84 db most of the time. You're right there is so much headroom in the system the monos are barely idling, which is fantastic because it makes the transient response so quick and effortless, and you really pick that up in the system.👍🎧🙂
Truly appreciate your walk through Shane. That's quite an impressive set up you have.
I'm still assessing , re-assessing, fine-tuning my super tweets. There are many variables to work through. I will give you my impressions when I get them settled in.
@@dyerstrayts1734 please do👍🙂🎧
Hi Shane, fantastic walk through of your system, very detailed and explained logically and thorough. I'm very familiar with your components as you are aware, but it was great to see all your cables and brands which I didn't know before apart that they were silver and balanced XLR. I have to agree the Vitus amps are an excellent match with the Wilson Alexia's.This video highlighted how thorough your instal is and all top notch products, no duds, no compromise. A great video introduction to your system for any new viewers and a refresher for the longtime fellow audio enthusiasts. Top job mate. 👌👍
@staceymangham Thank you Stacey🙏 As always, your comments are thought-provoking, on point, and very observant. I appreciate your input here on the channel.🎧🙂👍
hello from israel.
its an amazing system !!
thanks for the tour
@shaiaflalo Hi from Australia 👋😁 Thank you, and you are welcome I'm glad you enjoyed it.🙏🎧👍
Fuck isreahell, stop stealing people's land . Free palestine 🇵🇸
Nice system. I'd love to listen to something like that. The 420V is you DC supply from the solar. Looks like you only have 2 phase power incoming. (By the way, you may want to edit out your house address from the meter panel).
Oh, thank you, Daniel. That's well observed. The house has three phase power. Only two of the phases are being used at this point from what I've been told.👍🙏🙂
I have Robertson Audio Cables silver RCA cables in a much more modest system, but they truly are excellent cables, very transparent.
Thanks! It's nice to hear from another fan of that brand.🙏🙂🎧
Great to see what you have as gear!
@kirmussaudio7578 Thanks, Charles.🙏🙂🎧
Now I thought you've got all this great sounding fancy gear maybe you can concentrate on a nicer larger listening environment 😁
Hi Richard, My background is in sound engineering, so there is a big part of me that loves to be in the near field. It's how I mixed and mastered audio in my formative years. One regular observation that comes from just about everybody that listens in my room, is how they cannot believe that the room measures what it does, it sounds much bigger to them and me for that matter then it's dimensions suggest it should.
Equipment placement room treatment and, most importantly, the voicing of the loudspeakers is what creates this illusion.
There are also inherent issues that come into play when you start playing a Hi-Fi system in a big room. You have much more to deal with as far as room modes are concerned. Sonic reflections and image accuracy. That's why this room is the perfect size for me. Out of all the many many listening rooms I've been in winds in my opinion, hands down compared to bigger rooms.
Hi ....enjoyed your walk through of your system. Impressive and expensive audio gear. Noticed you have your speakers directly at your listening position. Have you tried less toed in? Little less focused sound but better sound stage..also less treble energy on not so good recordings. also have you tried ethernet to optical converters.... they are cheap for 2 pc. ethernet cable plugs into converter then output to the other converter via optical and a short ethernet cable to your streamer.. did wonders for my modest system.
@evanjacovides4323 Great suggestions on the optical connection.
I have been looking into it, and it definitely will be another thing I do within the next 12 months. I've done a fair bit of reading up about it, and it does seem like a good process to go through.
I spent around 2 weeks voicing my speakers and they are pointed at around the outside of each shoulder in the central seated position I do get wonderful spatial information while outside the speakers most of that is due to the great room acoustic setup I've managed to achieve. If I move the speakers any further out, I do lose some of the amazing focus I have in relation to imaging, which I am just not prepared to sacrifice.
Even on poor recordings in my room, it's never hard to listen to. I think that has a lot to do with the Vitus amplification, which has a real tube like presentation with all of the benefits of solid state transient response and energy.👍🎧🙂
G’day Shane, I hope that you and your wife are well, and that you had a great time with your guests. Your music room sounds superb though my Beyer’s DT1990 Pro headphones. You have an awesome rig. I’m very curious now about Stack Audio Smooth Lan and the CSA1’s , that looks like a good idea Shane. I’ve been playing a lot of Aussie music after enjoying your Goanna album shorts. Dragon, Aussie Crawl, INXS, ect, and I loving it, and loving my rig too. Thanks Shane. Take care. Kenny F.
Hi Kenny, listening to my room recording through headphones like that would be giving you a real close idea of what things are sounding like in this room, so good on you.
Yeah, the 2 smooth lan's have definitely made an improvement to what the mpt-8 receives. I guess it's about not trying to tie the mpt-8's hands behind its back. Giving it the best possible signal to do its work in the very noisy digital environment before it sends its signal down to the MPD-8 for it to do its best work. 🙂🎧👍
Definitely right there Shane, giving the dac the best chance to preform at it very best. Geoff and I have been discussing quality Lan cables. So the Stack Audio Smooth Lan hay! Something to look at in the future. My chest was feeling the low end vib from the Wilson Sub, that is very impressive through my cans. Thanks for your reply Shane I do appreciate the contact. 😃🥭
Hi Shane, just a question. Using the Stack Audio isolators under an amplifier, shall I put them aside the original footers or shall I unscrew them and put the Stack Audio ones in their place? How did you do? Thanks for your advice.
@bladerunnern6 Hi there, I unscrewed the feet off my Vitus amplifiers just for an unobstructed underbody. There are three CSA 3s down each side of each amplifier, so 6 on each amplifier, given the weight for each amp, is 85 kilos. So you can either unscrew the feet and put the Stack footers in the same spot, or you can put them alongside, audibly. I don't believe there'll be any difference. Obviously, as long as your original feet are airborne after the stack footers go under your amp.👍🎧🙂
@@shanestephenson8423Many thanks!!
@bladerunnern6 good luck man keep me posted.👍🎧
@@shanestephenson8423 Of course!!
Hi Shane. You mentioned a "silver earthing wire". Is that for signal ground or chassis ground? Is you grounding passive or active? Thanks.
Hi Trevor, good question, and I didn't really explain that very well in the video. I have two of those silver grounding wires. One comes out of the dac, and the other out of phono preamp, they are chassis grounds, and they terminate at the Vitus preamp.👍
Hi Shane. Joe from Adelaide here. Great to see the passion and energy progressing your room and knowledge being passed onto others. How do you find the window - does it present any audio challenges?
@josephbennett5384 Hi Joe, great question. The curtains that I have in the room are not your average curtains. They are an acoustic block out type. It's something I probably should have mentioned when talking about the room treatment, but it slipped my mind. When I'm doing any critical listening, they are closed over the window. There is definitely an acoustic difference when they're open. It's not as much as I would have thought, but still, nonetheless, there is an improvement when the curtains are drawn shut. Thanks for the question. That was a good one.🎧👍🙂
Nice summary, Shane!
Thank Dan, I appreciate you, buddy.🙏🎧🙂
@ Let’s keep the chatter down tonight..😎😎
@dragocelander6671 lol
Amazing system! Have you tried a fiber kit between your modem/router and your streamer? I got huge gains with everything I did on the dirty side of my kit. Niagara 1000, old AQVOX SE, decent Ethernet and power cables, OpticalModule to clean side SoTM switch via cheap fiber. Just something to try but if you got the same results, would love to know.
Thank you. Someone else has mentioned that as well, so it's definitely on the radar now for sure. I'll be setting it up.👍🙂🎧
What a room
@jerryandlisa27 Thanks, Jerry, it's my audio sanctuary🎧🙂👍
Get more of what is sought............................
By placing the turntable directly on top of the Wilsons, there will be a bit greater affect than just between the loudspeakers.👍
Acid Jazz, Funk & Brass 🔈🔉🔊
Ahhh, let me get this right. You're suggesting I balance a 40 kilo turntable on top of my loudspeaker. Surely, that can not be correct.
Could you please clarify.🤔
Shane, you will help me if you could answer just one question about that Kimber PBJ interconnect: can you see how it is soldered on connector; is there one wire on + and two on - on both sides, or one wire on + and two on - on one side, and one wire on + and one on - and third wire in the air on the other side. This would help me and others, because some people recommend to leave one wire in the air on one side, usually one that goes into the amp. Kind regards!
@stipeilic2611 Hi there. I've never heard that before when it comes to wiring up an XLR cable.
The PBJ cable has three conductors. The XLR plug has three tabs to solder onto. You have a positive and negative and a ground, so you just follow the colours of the wire to each corresponding tab on each end of the XLR plugs. That is how that XLR cable is connected. In fact, that is how all of my XLR cables are wired.🙂🎧👍
@shanestephenson8423 oh I didn't know it's XLR, I sent a question because I thought it's RCA.
@stipeilic2611 oh....lol that makes more sense than. Sorry, that's my confusion as well. It's an XLR cable. All the interconnect cables in my system are balanced except for the RCA cable that comes off the tonearm.👍🙂🎧
How did you get the MPT8 to be your roon core? It doesn't say anything about it on the playback designs website or products manuals
@orrman5 Hi there, they don't offer that upgrade anymore.
31:22 interesting room treatments …and yes,it’s slow here at the lab this morning ☕️☕️☕️
Lol, well, I'm glad you've been able to check the video out, mate, and as always, I appreciate your commentary.🙏👍🎧
Do you use sticky tape between the Stack audio feet and equipment to keep them stable? ATB Ian
Hi Ian, the Stack Audio Auva EQ component isolation comes with a thin rubber disc which you can place between the footer and the bottom of the component but they recommend you not use it unless you really need to. I find with 3 footers under each component on a completely level Hi-Fi rack, I have no issues with component stability, so I don't need the thin rubber anti-slip disc. But sometimes, on small light components, it can be a good thing to use.👌🎧🙂
@@shanestephenson8423 Thanks Shane for getting back to me that’s very much appreciated. I have ordered a set for our Innuos statement server which is fairly heavy so hopefully should be ok if I just place them underneath. ATB Ian
@nagracdc Hi Ian, they have CSA 1,2,and 3 to correspond to the appropriate weight. If you check their website, you should be able to find out whether it is CSA 2's or 3's you would need. Please let me know how you find them. 👍🙂🎧
Hi, nice system you have. What is your roomsize?
@@Jansonsma Hi, my room is just under 5 m wide by 4 m deep with 2.4 m high ceilings. My system is set up on the wide wall. 👍
19:21 I’m seeing every cable set up I’ve ever had the pleasure of wiring up😅
The system must sound amazing. Have you tried any upgrade fuses in your system?
Hi Eric, no, not as yet, but that could be something I may look at within the next 12 months.👍🎧
What do you use the Lumin for?
@@topside3 Hi there, the Lumin was my reference for streaming until I got the MPT-8.👍
Presumably you found that spending any more than the Robertson power cables was redundant?
Hi Andrew, at this point and with the power cables that I have tried so far, you are correct.👍
@@shanestephenson8423 Thanks Shane. I’ve been thinking about plugging my power amp straight into the wall again, after some time with a Shunyata power conditioner, so Robertson might be the way to go.
@andrewmacdonald3667 I'm very happy with the two Diamond series power cables that I got from Warwick for my 2 SM101 amplifiers.
👍
Hello Andrew.
I would like to support what Shane has stated about the Robertson power cables, and also about the way that he has plugged in his amps and other components. The Robertson cables are beautifully made, excellent value cables. I have followed Shane's advice and had dedicated lines installed for each of the two amps in our system, with another dedicated line powering a Plixir power conditioner into which all of the other components are plugged.
Works really well.
@ Thanks Paul. That’s good to know.
You could put a down payment on a nice house for what that rig costs!
@davidsims4993 Hi David, yes, correct. But I've worked very hard and I own my own this home. I'm not suggesting anybody should go out and spend this kind of money without being in a position to do so. I would consider myself a humble person, I have never lost sight of the fact that I have been lucky in my life but also combine that with a lot of very hard work gets me to where I am at this stage in my life. I love my system, and it is a great mental circuit breaker for my peace of mind.
👍🎧🙂
How big is the room?
Sorry if I missed that
@zakmurphy3476 Hi Zak, my room is just under 5 m wide by 4 m deep. The roof is 2.4 m high, and the system is set up on the wide wall.👍🎧
@shanestephenson8423 wow that's a very low roof 😅
I think you mean ceiling hehe.
@Music_time82 Hi, answering 30 or 40 questions at a sitting as I do. Sometimes, there might be a slip of words, but you did understand what I meant.
Would love to hear a track.
@dilshaddealwis6543 Hi, What would you like to hear?
@ this love is over - Ray LaMontagne
@dilshaddealwis6543 let me see what I can do👍
22:49 Canada 🍁 😊
Again ,another room where the room is way too small
@mikemcguinness1304 I disagree, and with the greatest of respect, how could you know that if you've never been in my room? Everybody that comes to my room and listens is absolutely baffled that my room measures the size it does, they say, and I agree with them that the walls disappear. Further to that, nearly 5 m wide by 4 m deep with a ceiling at 2.4 m high is not an overly small room. The reason that it defies its size is due to a lot of careful consideration around voicing the speakers correctly, room acoustic treatment, and careful placement of the system and listening position.
I have no issues with room modes, with an almost flat frequency response in my room, and I have wonderful width, depth, and height in the sound stage with pinpoint imaging. Those things become a lot harder to achieve in a big room. So I am quite happy to stick with what I've got. I haven't heard a big room sound as good as my room sounds yet and I've been doing this for nearly 35 years.