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A whole bunch of years ago, a dealer in NH I frequented had a Manufacturer night with Michael Green of Roomtunes.  They had Rowland mono amps and a pair of Aerial Acoustics speakers.

I used to listen to them, and think that either the amps or speakers or both were not worth the price.  They sounded a bit dull and lifeless.

During that night, Michael did his thing, with his things....he said at one point he was about 50% done, but they started having folks come in and listen

Night...and....fucking....day.  Dynamics, space, precise imaging, and more all of a sudden was THERE.

As nice as that room was, his "50%" showed off what the system could do.  And from that day forward, I never doubted Rowland or Aerial....

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I'm a bit confused.  Michael did ...room treatment with dampening materials, or he modded the amp/speakers?  Sounds fascinating either way.

I took it as room treatment, as that is what Michael does (did?).

I remember Roomtunes. Always heard good things but never tried it myself. 

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Pro-Ject RPM 9 -> McIntosh c2300 -> MC275 -> Augarten Ball Speaker by Mo Sound in Vienna

Plus a Niagara 1200 and Svs 1000 sub

Cart is Quintet Black S

All kimber hero interconnects

Balls are very transparent mids, struggle with low freq and the highest stuff. Using C2300 for powered sub on output 1

Wife picked out speakers for “her Bill Evans music” from google image search. They are great. She also added the shiny stuff

 

The "gold badge" Adcom stuff was their best.

My first ever separate power amp was a (close to) cube-shaped Adcom GFA-1A.  Punchy little thing, good power and decent (based on memory) sound.....

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Replaced the Kenwood TT with a Linn Sondek LP-12 from my basement home theater rig.

Purchased a used pair of Paradigm Studio Reference 100 v4 speakers. Love these speakers. My second pair, I have a v3 pair in the basement setup.

 

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