Article: dCS Takes My Audio System To Another Level

[The Computer Audiophile]

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[The Computer Audiophile]

27 minutes ago, Ski Bum said:

I'm a dCS Vivaldi owner, and have been the beneficiary of John Quick's patient telephonic advice on numerous occasions.  John and dCS provide a much higher level of continuing customer support than any other audiophile manufacturer that I've ever dealt with.

Good to read. That has been my experience as well. 

[The Computer Audiophile]

10 minutes ago, miguelito said:

Finally... Can you publish your AXPONA 2019 playlist please?

 

 

http://open.qobuz.com/playlist/2217450

[The Computer Audiophile]

8 minutes ago, miguelito said:

Curious about this RPG Room Sizer thingie... A google search took me to RPG EU, but can't figure out a way to the software.

It’s going to take some luck to find it. 

[The Computer Audiophile]

Most of the improvements were from the work of John Quick from dCS. This enabled me to hear how much better Rossini v2 is than v1. 

 

 

[The Computer Audiophile]

1 hour ago, blue2 said:

Does this mean the TAD's are staying? Or is the speaker change on hold and re-evaluate once the room treatments are in place? At least you know you're moving forward now 🙂

Not sure about anything right now. 

[The Computer Audiophile]

5 minutes ago, Temporal_Dissident said:

@The Computer Audiophile Was this a "virtual" analysis done remotely? Or did someone come on-site? 

The Vicoustic part was all done remotely because it's all science / math. The tweaks and tuning was done first by John Q. from dCS and later by John G. from Wilson when my new speakers arrived. 

 

Here is a PDF of the Vicoustic analysis. I sent them tons of info about the room and received this back. 

 

pp.1964.18.int.pdf

 

 

[The Computer Audiophile]

4 minutes ago, Temporal_Dissident said:

Impressive.

 

I am getting a little nervous about the new system I am building. Because we are doing this in our living room, as opposed to a dedicated listening room, I have very (very) little flexibility when it comes to speaker placement, listening position, and acoustic treatment.

 

My wife loves music and is fully supportive of my move from inconspicuous, in-ceiling speakers to large, floor-standing speakers. Here "support" is not unlimited. She is an architect, interior designer, and artist. Pulling speakers >18" away from the wall and gluing foam panels all over the walls is just not in the cards. 

 

Basically, I am banking on good luck. I will know how it sounds in a few weeks.

You can always use a little DSP to correct things. Your Roon setup enables this pretty easily.