Finally moved house.

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Just enjoying music for the first time in about 2 weeks, just moved house and I have been painting / decorating, and the Hi-Fi was packed away.

Just beginning to put the Hi-Fi back together, still need to finish setup which is why you can see tape on the floor. Waiting for a rug to arrive etc, still nice to be able to enjoy a bit of music after not having the stereo for a while.

I was worried as to what the system will sound like with a lot of hard surfaces and wooden floor etc, until I had had a chance to treat some of the surfaces etc. I needn’t had worried. I have to say this is the best my system has ever sounded, even though the setup is not complete. Having more room to play with is nice. Being able to get the speaker well away from the boundaries has really helped. The speakers are sitting 2.1M from the front wall, 2.3M apart and 1M from the sidewalls. I am sitting 2.5M away from the speakers.

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enjoy your new house. looks great!
and it always magic when you can put your speakers half way into the room. the depth and perspective is amazing.
 
Thanks byrdparis, yes the speakers being away from the walls always creates a better soundstage depths etc. Everything sounds better as they are not all on top of each other. :cool:
 
Spent a bit more time dialling in the system. I now have a rug between me and the speakers. Changed out the feet that came with the speaker to my normal Symposium Rollerblock Jr’s.
I also added some GIK acoustic panels I had from my previous room. I will live with this arrangement for a while and see how I feel, before I change anything else around.

The room / rest of the house is still working in progress, since I am back at work, I only have evenings and weekends to work in the house. I don’t always want to do any work after a day’s work and some weekends I want to do something else.

Couple of pictures from my sitting position and from the speaker position.

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Congratulations on your move into the new home and new room! Everything looks fantastic!!!
 
Thanks SCAudiophie :)
 
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Just enjoying music for the first time in about 2 weeks, just moved house and I have been painting / decorating, and the Hi-Fi was packed away.

Just beginning to put the Hi-Fi back together, still need to finish setup which is why you can see tape on the floor. Waiting for a rug to arrive etc, still nice to be able to enjoy a bit of music after not having the stereo for a while.

I was worried as to what the system will sound like with a lot of hard surfaces and wooden floor etc, until I had had a chance to treat some of the surfaces etc. I needn’t had worried. I have to say this is the best my system has ever sounded, even though the setup is not complete. Having more room to play with is nice. Being able to get the speaker well away from the boundaries has really helped. The speakers are sitting 2.1M from the front wall, 2.3M apart and 1M from the sidewalls. I am sitting 2.5M away from the speakers.

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OUTSTANDING !!!!!! ENJOY IN GOOD HEALTH
 
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Thanks shel50, I am really enjoying my music more. I am re-discovering my music; it’s amazing that the only thing that has changed is the room but it sounds like a much better system. I have always maintained the room is a good 50% of what you hear.
 
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Congrats, looks like a very enjoyable new space there, UK based?
 
Thanks Uk Paul, yes i am in Essex.
 
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Spent a bit more time dialling in the system. I now have a rug between me and the speakers. Changed out the feet that came with the speaker to my normal Symposium Rollerblock Jr’s.
I also added some GIK acoustic panels I had from my previous room. I will live with this arrangement for a while and see how I feel, before I change anything else around.

The room / rest of the house is still working in progress, since I am back at work, I only have evenings and weekends to work in the house. I don’t always want to do any work after a day’s work and some weekends I want to do something else.

Couple of pictures from my sitting position and from the speaker position.

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Very nice set up! Enjoy your new home & listening digs!
 
Thanks Synaxis, I have checked out your channel in the past. Nice vids.

I liked your review on the Soundkaos, it's something I would like to try out at the moment I am using Symposiums Rollerblock Jr’s. I did use the Rollerblock Jr’s along with the Svelte shelf directly under the speakers and the Rollerblocks under that sounded amazing. My Svelte shelf is too small for the new speakers, so I am now use them under the Spectral cable box.
 
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