At the moment my main system is undergong a metamorphosis. You could easily say it is changing directions by 170 degrees but that is a discussion for another day. In the mean time my wife has let me "borrow" the front room to setup a temporary system. I purchased a pair of Wilson Sophia 3's to serve as an interim solution. I chose these as I can sell them in the not to distant future for pretty much what I paid for them. The rest of the system consists of a Luxman M-300 30W class A amplifier, a CH Precision L1/X1 preamp, a loaded MSB diamond V and an Antipodes K50. The power cables are Shunyata sigma. The interconnects are MIT. As you can see from the photo there is no acoustic treatment in the room except for a thick wool run on the floor. There is no real "tweakery" in the system. No footers, No special outlets. No weights on top of the components. You can see the grounding box in the picture but it was not used for the videos. (Although it does bring a very nice improvement when plugged into the ground post on the back of the Luxman.)
Overall, it sounds very good. The setup has windowed out most of the room but the room is still audible (as you can hear in the videos). It is nice stereo, but you can tell you are listening to a hifi system. Fun to listen -- yes.
I have posted some videos below to give an idea of how the system sounds. The sound was recorded in stereo using a binaural dummy head placed exactly where my head would be. There was no post processing of the audio. You really need to use headphones to get the full experience. And the better the headphones the better the experience.
I hope you enjoy the videos (Or really audio clips)
Overall, it sounds very good. The setup has windowed out most of the room but the room is still audible (as you can hear in the videos). It is nice stereo, but you can tell you are listening to a hifi system. Fun to listen -- yes.
I have posted some videos below to give an idea of how the system sounds. The sound was recorded in stereo using a binaural dummy head placed exactly where my head would be. There was no post processing of the audio. You really need to use headphones to get the full experience. And the better the headphones the better the experience.
I hope you enjoy the videos (Or really audio clips)
