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I listen to a large range of music incl jazz/vocals, opera, symphonies/classicals (western & chinese) and flamengco/acoustic guitars.

Happy for a while now but milking every last bit with ongoing tweaks to room and things that make the sound more fluid & organic (less hifi).
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    • Modwright Oppo 83SE
    Fully upgraded options - Driver tubes are Shuguang Black Bottle CV181-Z (6SN7) whilst tube stage on external PSU is regulated using an Emission Labs 5U4G-Mesh
    • Tube Distinctions Soul Mate
    Tom Evans Vibe + Pulse pre with a remote! www.tubedistinctions.co.uk
    • Tom Evans Audio Design Linear A
    Composite EL84 24watt SET. Currently using Harma Military Russian Cyro EL84's
    • Living Voice OBX-R2
    External crossovers. Superbly transparent and musical
    • AudioTekne ARC-500/ARSP-500
    500 strand copper litz. IC & Spk cables
    • BPT PPC
    Superb - direct sound without any edge. Oyaide plugs + ERS upgrade (a must), centre earth point (nice), cones.
    • QRT Symphony Pro
    Brilliant! Wifi power conditioning. Just feed it a with good neutral PC. Alters the sound signifacantly.
    • Audio Tekne & BPT Power Cords
    All Litz construction - all upgraded with Oyaide plugs incl wall socket. Increased transparency, removed top end hardness and quieter.
    • Sablon Audio Robusto
    Powercords
    • Shun Mook Mpingo, Diamond Resonators
    Divine Wood.
    • Shun Mook Original Cable Jackets
    Fab - wrapped around power cords, they lower noise and add a natural palpability that all SM products seem to do.
    • Symposium Ultra, Svelte, Rollerballs
    These platforms help drop my noise floor without the downsides of using power conditioning ie. losing PRAT/being coloured.
    • Finite Elemente Signature Rack
    Sits on FE mid range feets - Cerapucs. Nice improvement.
    • Machina Dynamica Pebbles & Little Clock
    Pure voodoo but it works and takes my system from just high end to being one that is fluid, organic and musical.

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Very cool room, rack and gear.
It's hard to tell from the pictures but it looks like your LV's are about 9' apart. That's very close to what I found optimal for my IBX's.

Transparent and musical are two words that I would also use to describe these speakers (or in my case the IBX's). I would also describe them as fun. Live jazz has an exctement that I have heard in very few speakers. Most other speakers seem too polite and boring to me now.

I find your speaker bases curious. I have been thinking about replacing the hollow LV bases with a thick piece of maple and spikes. Any thoughts?

lokie