So...
few hours on a Saturday well spent.
Ikea board with Gel pads sitting directly on glass shelf, Transport sitting on RDC cone cups, two small granite boards on top to damp case.
Good match visually for the Audiolab, I like it.
Sound improvements across the board, particularly in the bass and soundstage depth and focus.
Its a noticeably bigger sound now, and its better at pinpointing details in the mix.
Improvements pretty much as described in the video actually.
A tweak well worth doing if you haven't looked at how you sit your CD player, doesn't cost much and the sound improvement is not subtle.
Last edited by Gazjam; 01-01-2023 at 12:56.
AC POWER
Hardwired 10kVA balanced mains powering entire system
AMPS
Meridian 557 power Amp (Modded) / PS Audio BHK Preamp (Modded)
SPEAKERS
Wharfedale Evo 4.4
DAC
PS Audio Directstream (Modded)
TURNTABLE
Pro-Ject X8 balanced output via XLR / Ortofon Quintet Blue cartridge
PHONOSTAGE
Pro-Ject DS3 B balanced Input (TT and Phonostage powered by Pro-Ject Power box RS2 linear psu)
DIGITAL
OPPO 203 (Modded: Linear PSU, i2s output to Dac) - Roon Endpoint, HDMI input used for all things Streaming/ PS5 /AppleTV ... also good for movies apparently?
MUSIC PLAYBACK
Tweaked AP-Linux based Roon Server into Oppo 203 as Roon endpoint
Ipad Roon Remote.
Apple Music/ YouTube via AppleTV, fed to Dac via Oppo HDMI input/i2s output to Dac.
SPEAKER CABLES
Biwired: Duelund DCA10GA (Bass) Duelund DCA16GA (mid & treble) Duelund 12DCA used as jumpers (On "Blackcat Cable" Chris Sommivigo's advice - yup, even with biwire it sounds better - and it does)
INTERCONNECTS
All Balanced: Ghost+ recording studio XLR cables