Hi, All.
I have what would certainly be regarded as a low-to-mid-level system by most here, but I'm very happy with it and am certainly not going to make an order-of-magnitude change at this point. Here's what I have:
- Rega P6 turntable with Hana ML cart on IsoAcoustics ZaZen platform
-Modwright PH9.0XT phono stage
-NAD M50.2 digital player/vault
-Okto dac8 Stereo DAC
-Modwright KWH225i integrated amp
-Custom T-M-M ported tower speakers, each with 1" tweeter and 2 x 7" midwoofers
-Taket Live supertweeters
-Taket WHD "woofer high-definitioners"
-Hapa Audio analog interconnects
-Audioquest Coffee and M101 Nova digital interconnects.
All together, it's close to a $40k system...expensive to most non-hobbyists, but less than some here spend on cables...
But there's something I didn't mention in the above list because it wasn't something I specifically chose for the system: I have a Martin Logan Dynamo 700W subwoofer that I was given that I've been running recently via a pair of long RCA cables connected to my KWH225i's pre-outs (the subwoofer doesn't have high-level inputs).
My main speakers are designed to deliver 30Hz-20kHz (down 3dB), but the actual down-3dB point I've measured in my room is about 40Hz. Their tonality and imaging are wonderful.
I'm not a bass-head, but I've experienced a sense of system ease and fullness-of-sound when a sub is well integrated into a room and a system, and I'd like to pursue that. I think that my Martin Logan sub (now discontinued) was about $700 new, but I assume that a better sub would get me closer to that sense of ease, space, and fullness I'm looking for, and that's what I'm looking for advice on.
I've been perusing the various audiophile classified ads, but I don't really know what's likely to do what I want. For example, do I go for an 8-year old REL Gibraltar G2 for $1,800 or spend the same amount on a new SVS SB4000? Or is there another pricepoint I should be looking at in context with the rest of my system? Can I get away with spending less???
Most important to me is musicality, outstanding sound integration, and ambience. I listen to about 40% jazz, 25% classical, 25% rock, and 10% anything else that's interesting to me. My room is 20' wide by 18' deep.
Thanks for any wisdom you can share.
I have what would certainly be regarded as a low-to-mid-level system by most here, but I'm very happy with it and am certainly not going to make an order-of-magnitude change at this point. Here's what I have:
- Rega P6 turntable with Hana ML cart on IsoAcoustics ZaZen platform
-Modwright PH9.0XT phono stage
-NAD M50.2 digital player/vault
-Okto dac8 Stereo DAC
-Modwright KWH225i integrated amp
-Custom T-M-M ported tower speakers, each with 1" tweeter and 2 x 7" midwoofers
-Taket Live supertweeters
-Taket WHD "woofer high-definitioners"
-Hapa Audio analog interconnects
-Audioquest Coffee and M101 Nova digital interconnects.
All together, it's close to a $40k system...expensive to most non-hobbyists, but less than some here spend on cables...
But there's something I didn't mention in the above list because it wasn't something I specifically chose for the system: I have a Martin Logan Dynamo 700W subwoofer that I was given that I've been running recently via a pair of long RCA cables connected to my KWH225i's pre-outs (the subwoofer doesn't have high-level inputs).
My main speakers are designed to deliver 30Hz-20kHz (down 3dB), but the actual down-3dB point I've measured in my room is about 40Hz. Their tonality and imaging are wonderful.
I'm not a bass-head, but I've experienced a sense of system ease and fullness-of-sound when a sub is well integrated into a room and a system, and I'd like to pursue that. I think that my Martin Logan sub (now discontinued) was about $700 new, but I assume that a better sub would get me closer to that sense of ease, space, and fullness I'm looking for, and that's what I'm looking for advice on.
I've been perusing the various audiophile classified ads, but I don't really know what's likely to do what I want. For example, do I go for an 8-year old REL Gibraltar G2 for $1,800 or spend the same amount on a new SVS SB4000? Or is there another pricepoint I should be looking at in context with the rest of my system? Can I get away with spending less???
Most important to me is musicality, outstanding sound integration, and ambience. I listen to about 40% jazz, 25% classical, 25% rock, and 10% anything else that's interesting to me. My room is 20' wide by 18' deep.
Thanks for any wisdom you can share.
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