Wsrrsw's System

by Ag insider logo xs@2xwsrrsw on Audio SensibilityAudioquestLuminLuminT2Synergistic ResearchNordostSystem as it is 2020Sonus Faber GuarneriBowers and WilkinsZen WaveStereoSBoosterFreyNordost freyFurutechZMFRogers High FidelityRogersAudioQuest Niagara 7000Niagara 7000Morrow Audio SP7

Description

All streaming nowadays using Qobuz/Roon Listening room is good but not going to get amazing as that's the house and state of the union.

Power and ethernet cleaned up. No tin foil on ceiling. 
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Room Details

Dimensions: 16’ × 11’  Medium
Ceiling: 9’

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    • Rogers High Fidelity KWM-88 Integrated Amplifier
    I was using a PrimaLuna HP but wanted more power for the Sonus Faber Guarneri Evolution loudspeakers.  The Integrated Amplifier matches well with the speakers and the sound and the feeling of it is magical. Very happy. Roger Gibboni knows his stuff! A clear example of you get what you pay for. 7-27-2021 Put in KT -170 tubes and it was best upgrade to date. 

    • Sonus Faber Guarneri Evolution Loudspeakers
    Guarneri Evolution loudspeakers on Sonus Faber stands
    • Lumin X1
    This is ALL I use now to listen to music. I converted CD's to flac flies and sold the CD player.  The sound is for me akin to a very very high end vinyl system (that would cost more than my entire system). The onboard DAC in the Lumin X1 passed into the tube amp doesn't sound "digital". 

    Also using a fiber connection into the X1 from an UpTone Audio  EtherREGEN.  
    • AudioQuest Niagara 7000
    Had the furman power conditioner, IT-ref 15L but it seemed to flatten out the sound when compared to plugging AMP to wall. Yes it was an earlier excellent Garth Powell design but the Niagara keeps out of the way. The new 3000 would be what I would get now.
    Entire system (except sub) powers on/off with the 7000 and that's one of those little simple pure joy things.
    • Morrow Audio Anniversary Interconnect
    Clean neutral sound.
    • B&W (Bowers & Wilkins) DB4S Subwoofer
    Just a smidge
    • Zenwave Audio DPS-4 Power Cable
    After trying many picked this one. YMMV.
    • Morrow Audio SP7 Speaker Cable
    • Apple iPad
    Needed for running the Lumin T2 and Qobuz.
    • Furutech GTX-D NCF(R) Ultimate Nano-Crystal Rhodium-Plated AC Duplex Receptacle
    For me It starts at the wall and if I could retrofit dedicated lines I'd do that too. 

    w/
    • PS Audio 2 of PS Audio - Noise Harvester (Black)
    Look at them go especially when the lights with dinners are on in the next room
    • AudioQuest AC power cable
    Assorted cables...mid range
    • ZMF Headphones Blackwood
    For me the ZMF Blackwoods do it.
    • Tung-Sol Kt-170
    Pow. Boom. Bam.
    • UpTone Audio EtherREGEN
    Like wow.
    • AfterDark Queen clock & Power supply clock and for UpTone EtherREGEN


    • Roon Labs Nucleus
    • Audio Sensibility Signature <Lumin X1> Silver DC Cable
    From power supply to X1
    • Sbooster OTW AC POWER SUPPLY
    For Roon Nebulas
    • Audio Sensibility Various other connects and power cables
    They make excellent stuff.

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@jonwolfpell  Yes. I know. Also I should update photos and system info. Amp is on heavy butcher block. Have told spouse over and over I want them in room and not in closet. You can guess the rest.

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Very nice system! In my experience, those "metro" type wire shelf units can really effect the clarity of sound negatively. You might trying to just put the beautiful amp on the floor or some other more solid platform.

jonwolfpell

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Yes I'm also please with the speaker cables and have no plans to change,

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Great looking system, it must sound awesome. How do you like the Morrow Audio SP7 speaker cables? I bought a pair of the SP7's within the last year and I am very happy with them. Before I purchased them I compared them with Transparent and Nordost cables in the same price range and the Morrow's sounded considerably better than either the Transparent or the Nordost.

romans1832

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Hi,  Check your tubes in your transport.  There should be a 12AX7's in the center positions and 12AU7's on the sides.  I have one.  Incredible analog like sound!  You have a great system.

audiovicker

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joel_hifi  Yes I've heard other streamers and what was notable to me were the Mytek Brooklyn Bridge and the PS Audio DirectSteam DAC(great)....I have heard others too but those two were on noteworthy systems.  I think it would be hard to go wrong with any of the better steamers but I chose one with a built in DAC rather than a stand alone DAC as I knew for me it would be steaming and nothing else. What did it for me was listing to "Kind of Blue" on a record and then on a steamer. I very(!) much like the Lumin T2 and feel no need to change. Laszlo Gardony is on as I type this.....Happy


I got the Lumin because "Uncle Kevin" & Co. extolled it as well as many many others.  The easy L1 integration was a big factor too.


When the Guarneri's went on sale I got them. Given the room I wanted/needed speakers to clear furniture. 

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Very nice. I would love to see a few more photos showing the rest of your system including the tube amplification and cdp.

mjcmt

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Congrats, very nice system!
I'm driving Harbeth 30.1 speakers with my PrimaLuna Dialogue Two integrated amp and found it to be a pretty good synergy, but been considering the Guarneri's for some time...
How do you like the Lumin T2 and how does the L1 integrate? Have you had a chance to compare to other streamers/servers/DACs?

joel_hifi

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