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Making your printable own sound system.

Who turns UP the treble? Madness! Crack dt bass!

It wasn't that... it has an intelligent sound profile thing... if you tell it that the speakers are up against a wall then it will reduce the bass to keep it sounding right. Someone had configured it as "distance from wall = 0cm" which meant the bass was reduced.

I have a Rogue Audio Sphinx v3 on the way which I am very, very excited about. It has a tube pre and 100w at 8 ohms Hypex Class D modules for the power stage. Can't wait. Decided to stop trying to be budget and buy an amp that my speakers deserve. Hopefully it makes them sing.

MiUSA which is nice and I ordered it from an independent dealer back in New York which meant no sales tax and he gave me ten percent off list. Win win, really.

Brought the Naim Atom a few weeks ago and I am genuinely impressed. Both sound and functionality are above expectations. It's put the nail in my vinyl coffin.

Interested in how you find that. I'm a tube sceptic but still quite like the idea of them!

Tbh no part of me ordered it because it has a tube pre, more because they're just exceedingly well reviewed. Also, the guy I ordered it from also stocks Totem speakers and said they'd be a great match.

But yes, I'll feed back!

This!

Any thoughts on how best to rectify this dent in the aluminium tweeter...or whether I should even bother?

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Stick some tape on it and pull it out, did the same thing today on one of my speakers that my twat kids can’t help prodding.

Apparently it can be sucked.

They always look creased though. There are usually new tweeters for not too much money.

Tried the sucking technique and managed to make it worse! Tape also failed to lift it. Will look to get it replaced... thanks all.

whether I should even bother?

Can you hear the difference? At 20kHz, the wavelength is 17mm, which I'm guessing is about 4 times the depth of that dent.

I had to replace one a couple of times. Luckily my partners grandchild grew up. They were readily available on ebay at the time.

This thing sounds very good indeed. Very pleased with the purchase so far.

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Really, really enjoying this Rogue Audio Sphinx. Fantastic amplifier. Leaves me wanting for absolutely nothing. Soundstage is now wider, deeper and taller, instruments sound more realistic, everything just sounds objectively better. Vocals are amazing... Genuinely gobsmacked at how much better it sounds than the Rotel A12 I demoed considering it is is only $400 or so more. And the difference between the Rogue and the Rega IO and my now sold Onkyo A9150 is quite astounding.

I also decided to retry Roon and I'm really enjoying it this time around. Currently running on a Macbook Air with caffeine installed so that I can close the lid, but I'm tempted to grab a NUC. Though that's not a priority. I'm using my phone as a remote at the moment but feel like I'm missing out on the full Roon experience so may well get an iPad to complement it all.

Current setup is MBA>Roon/Tidal>Topping E30 via USB>Rogue Audio Sphinx V3>Totem Acoustic Sky Towers.

Legitimately could not be happier with this setup.

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I think your tv has some dead pixels....

Seriously though, looks like a great setup. Have you investigated any room treatment or anything?

I like the rattan too, very Lulu Lyttle

v.nice.

Enjoying my office setup now, sounds great, still need to mount the panels on the wall when i nail the positioning finally.

My chair is unideally close but behind it is my desk and i cant find any more ideal room layouts

Apologies for the pic stolen from the wifes ‘gram

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I know you're seated very close but did you try toeing in the speakers. Pretty much every manufacturers manual I've ever read has the classic 30 degree toe in. I've tried the straight ahead for looks but it's never worked for the sound stage.

I haven't, but we have a lot of furniture in this room and a very large rug. I've done the clap test and it's surprisingly quiet in there. Versus my other rooms, anyway, which are noticeably echoey.

I've been thinking of getting some stuff from GIK but it's a bit tricky to figure out what might benefit me the most. For example at the first reflection point for my right channel, there's a book case full of books and on the left channel, there's a room-length sized window.

will have a play around

Very similar to the first-reflection points issue I have in my studio - could you get away with free-standing panels? If not, bass traps opposite the speakers will offer the most benefit. Could a cloud work?

Maybe. We've been approved for a mortgage and are trying to find somewhere at the moment. Inventory is extremely limited in Los Angeles at the moment so everything is selling for waaaaaay over asking. But the fact we're in the process of trying to move makes me think there's no point in investing in room treatment stuff specific to this space. It's a super weird shape for a room. Hoping wherever we end up is more straight forward.