Rodney From Sunny South Africa
 

As the title says ,, tho here in Cape town we are having a drought so cloudy skies are welcome..Im late 50s , semi retired but still own a business that uses lasers and CnC machines to make stuff.

My listening is done in a fully treated and dedicated 8m x 6m x 2.5m room.. it's also very soundproof to the rest of the house and I can indulge myself in what I like.. turning the wick up

I have catholic taste in music..so my system has to be able to handle anything thrown at it .. I love deep tight visceral bass, room filling scale , unrestrained dynamics, treble purity and lack of distortion.. but mostly I want the playback to connect with me on an emotional level

My system is simple
Squeezebox touch into 2x Devialet D Premiers in monoblock mode and then into my speakers.. speaker wire is Munsdorf silver ribbon..the Devialets are all in one things so you dont need much else in terms of cabling

Re the speakers , Took a leap of faith and have just upgraded from a set of Vivid Giya g1's to their new flagship.. the G1 spirits, the leap was rewarded.

Welcome!!!

Rodney... Welcome to AA! :wave:

Rodney.......Welcome to Audio Aficionado. :wave:

With a system like that and a well thought out room to enjoy it in you will fit right in here.

Rodney - Welcome to AA! when you get a minute, post some pics of the Vivids! They're on my shortlist when the time comes to upgrade.

- Buck

Welcome, Rodney. Nice to have a fellow Capetonian on AA.

Fantastic system!

Some Pics

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Welcome Rodney, what a sweet room and system!

Welcome! I come to Cape Town from time to time to visit friends. I would definitely like to crash your place and hear your system I hope you enjoy the forum, you will find a diverse, but close nit family from all over the world.

Bob

Rodney, welcome to AA. Wow, one of best rooms here in AA. Clean setup.

Hello Rodney,
Welcome to AA !
You have a superb room and system.
I am too a Squeezebox lover. Never felt any desire to upgrade it except for a 12 V linear power supply.
Do you use one or the stock little transfo ?

Jerome , I too love the Squeezeboxen , works well with ROON

I actually tried a few power supplies for the Squeezebox , in fact I ABed them , in that I set up 2 SBT's , one with OEM power supply and one with aftermarket.
No difference , if anything I thought the aftermarket supplies werent as good as the stock ones .. i just went back to stock. However I have heard of folk finding the aftermarket supplies better when using the SBT in analog mode , I use it in the digital domain.

Great to have you here on board Rodney!
You have a terrific system.
The room is gorgeous.
If I ever upgrade, the Spirit (Mark II?! :D) is candidate number one.

Bart . I'm of the opinion that the room is one of the most important components..it's what mangles the sound before it hits your ears. Money and time spent on treating it is well spent.

My room is entirely clad with a special acoustic panel that is slotted and pierced .. all on battens with rockwool between the panel and the wall..a small airgap
The panels do a little diffusion and absorbtion the ceiling has the same in the void , but for diffusion I use a faux Rockwall .. not the ideal diffusers but they work

in every corner I have both tube and flat bass traps .. tube deep into corner and flat traps straddling them.. behind my listening chair I have 2 absorbtion panels

Carpets on floors , floors are that fake wood , but have acoustic underlay

All windows barring 1 were replaced with glass bricks

Dedicated pure sine wave inverter , 5kw , fed by solar charged batteries supply ultra clean power (here in SA , brownouts and surges is common

No isolation or any serious tweaks .. my system sits on a coffee table as the rack

My listening chair is an ergonomic office chair from ergohuman , the Nefil .. tried about 7 listening chairs before I got the ideal one

The double doors to my room are soundproof .. the room is as well .. I can play as loud as I like..my bass has actually cracked the ceiling

Here are some pics of the room etc .. some items have shuffled around as the pics werent all taken at the same time .

My stack

https://scontent.fjnb7-1.fna.fbcdn.n...01&oe=597975D2

My Rack

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https://scontent.fjnb7-1.fna.fbcdn.n...00&oe=598CFEA1

https://scontent.fjnb7-1.fna.fbcdn.n...6f&oe=598E321A

https://scontent.fjnb7-1.fna.fbcdn.n...82&oe=59750D12

https://scontent.fjnb7-1.fna.fbcdn.n...e0&oe=59C28C22

https://scontent.fjnb7-1.fna.fbcdn.n...b9&oe=598B6735

Just... excellent. The speakers look like something out of a Pedro Almodóvar creation...

I will live inside that room 24/7 x 365 for infinite years and never come out.

Wow, nice room! I like the 70 1/2 split bumper camaro pic :)

Yeh .. I had a hot 454 in that with a 350hp NOS fogger system controlled by a DR jacobs..low 10's on our local dragstrip.. streetable..sort of .. PS I have far less hair these days ...
Car was sold and returned to stock .. I also had a stock 67 Rs/SS and a 69 which was butchered entirely for drags , low 7 sec , blown injected big block.. and finally a 95 z28

Rodney, that is one of the most beautiful rooms I've ever seen on this site. Welcome to AA!!

Thanks Rodney,

Very interesting. I use the SB in digital only and found the linear psu to be better but I did not make a test as good as you did !

Welcome Rodney. we will benefit from your knowledge

Rodney, welcome aboard! Your room is exquisitely conceived and executed. Bravo!!

I wonder what Rodriguez sounds like on that system and in that room!

Rodney,..it is great to see you come over to the AA forum! As always, your room and system are beautiful!

Nicely done! All is well when Frank is in the room.

Greetings to Capetonians Rodney and Douglas...........my hometown once too, but living in Perth, Australia now these past 40 years. I love that place and visit as often as possible......Africa will always be in my blood - still barrack for the Stormers............

It is with great sadness that I inform our forum that Rodney passed away this morning. Deepest condolences to his wonderful family

This is shocking.
He was so young!

Please give them my deepest and most sincere condolences... :tears:

thats sad to hear. My condolences to his family.

Rodney From Sunny South Africa
 

My condolences to his family...very sad news indeed.

That is incredibly sad news, a very good guy and audio lover that was not that old at all. Condolences and prayers to his family.

RIP Rodney

How tragic, and sad... my condolences to his family.

My prayers are with his family. I’m so sorry.

Very sad to hear this.

Very sad indeed. Condolences to the family.

So sorry to hear. I started this thread from the beginning, and was having a great time until the ending. My thoughts and prayers are with Rodney and his family.

He left a positive impression, sorry to hear he passed

Wow! Very sad to hear.