Pictures of your speaker system

I've had most of this setup for years but have only ever used it for TV/movie watching/PS5 with the kids. I decided to make an effort with speaker positioning and holy shit this sounds pretty great now. I'm sitting 9' from speakers that are 9' feet apart, and about 4' into the room. Room setup could be improved w/ speakers on the short wall but my wife is adamant that the TV stays where it is. I'm still able to manage a decent center image, but imaging/staging is definitely better from the left channel than the right, which is open to the rest of the basement.



Ethernet>>iFi Zen Stream via Roon>>Yggdrasil LIM via USB>>Denon X3500 in 'Pure Direct' mode as preamp>>Adcom GFA 555 i.e. the one Nelson Pass Designed>Polk LSiM 707. The SVS PB2000 and the center channel are off. I think I'm going to grab a Mercury V3 as a better streamer and call it good.

This is the native response at listening position via the HouseCurve app with a UMIK1. I made some quick convolution filters w/ cuts only to normalize the response through 350 hz and it's very satisfying.

 

Decware T6 listening....

 

Revel Ultima Salon 1
ASR Emitter 1 Exclusive
Lenco TT (modified) and Electronic PSU
ASR Basis Exclusive Phono
Rockna Wavedream DAC
Ian Canada RPi (Gentooplayer) Streamer
Rpi Gentooplayer Music Server
DimDim Audiophile Switch
TorusPower TOT MAX (for DAC/Streaner/Server)
Power Cables and Speaker Cables Signal Projects
Neotech Interconnects (Sahara/Nemoi)
Neotech Ethernet cables

This system always pleases me, no matter what my mood or time of the day/night. Astonishing detail, separation, imaging and extension.

 

This system has been great fun.

MMF 1.5 with Ortofon 2M Black, Darlington Labs MP-7
CXN V2, with optical to the dac. Coaxial from the Rotel RCD-951.
LTA Aero (showing Holo in pic)
Conrad Johnson 17LS2
Conrad Johnson MF2275
Vandersteen 2ceSig
SW-51+, Sennheiser HD650

 

I owned a CJ Premier 17LS preamp, and it’s one of the loveliest and most musical preamps I’ve ever heard, so kudos on that. If I may make a suggestion for your consideration: you should pull the speakers further away from the front wall (that is, the wall behind the speakers) and also pull them further apart. From your photo, they appear to be too close to the front wall and not far enough apart. Try it and see what you think. Cheers.