A modest 2.0 setup

[RobbieGong]

Thank you all for the comments. I agree it is a bit sterile (if you talk about the color and size of the setup), but given my room size (see attached photo) and the fact there is no dedicated room for audio I simply cannot go with anything else then two small speakers and integrated amp (more about this below). Plus, my wife wouldn't allow anything bigger in the living room.

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The most important thing is, I was "allowed" to put stereo in my living room which I really enjoy. Those Harbeths are really something special and powered with LIO puts them on out of this world level. I had a plan to augment them with two Rythmik F12G subwoofers, but this is on hold for now.



Vinnie Rossi LIO is an ultracapacitor powered modular system i.e. 100% off the power grid system. You can check more about it on http://www.vinnierossi.com/
Mine comes with: silent switching (will be included by default in all future products), AVC/Tubestage, DAC and an output module, the latter one comes by default. There are other modules which might fit others needs like DHT-PRE, Headphone AMP, Phonostage...
The amp is dead quite, smooth sounding yet very detailed (especially with Harbeths). Soon there will be new DAC released and if I want it in my system, I simply replace the old DAC module with a new one, this is very convenient.
My final setup will be a PC with Roon+HQPlayer and LIO with NAA module (once it gets released).

Cheers!!!

looks nicely done, stylish, clean, neat - job done Milan

[mirekti]

Well, I did some changes to the system finally so I thought it would be ok to share it here. It didn't end up aesthetically the way I imagined, but I am also not disappointed. Main thing is, I got the sound I wanted i.e. P3s which sound a tad bigger, and was also able to reveal them of trying hard to play bottom two octaves.*

What you see is a black box which is a PC running Win + Roon + HQPlayer with Tidal and local library. Everything is upsampled to DSD128 (max what current DAC supports, this will be upgraded in June to DAC which supports DSD512).
It is a fan less Streacom F5 case which I modded a bit to accommodate Nocuta's 120mm ULN fan which blows the air in through a dust filter for some air flow.*
Under the PC, there is a Vinnie Rossi LIO with AVC/Tubestage, DAC and a 4 ch amplfier. Two channels are full range and two have HPF @100Hz 24 dB/octave.
P3s are connected to those HPF outputs and stand on Rythmik F8 subwoofers which are LPF @100Hz 24dB/octave. Subs are connected to line level out from LIO and through miniDSP so one can control bass response up to 100Hz and easy integrate them with the room.*

I place myself on a chair between the speakers, put a blanket on the TV and listen in a near filed. All in all, I must say I am very happy with this setup, and P3s are remarkable speakers. Now, with this setup even better imho.
I hope you like it.
​​​​​​​Cheers!!!*

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