Bedroom stereo setup upgrade

DB1989 said:

For a setup where placement/positioning is not at your own liberty, will or ideal, I would recommend DIRAC as a preferred metric over all else, including "neutral" tonality, whatever that is.

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Btw is power mainly needed for playing loud and for low vol listening and still for dynamic passages will typical 100-120w be good
I m currently listening at 30-35 volume on marantz just as a refrence

amitanubha said:

Bass is rich and very different from my small beosoind but I won't call it bpomy , though definitely something I need to tune ,mellow down if I want to listen a bit loud. What are my options in terms of treatment , carpet below port, sides . Absorber
I m still unsure about room correction due to limited amps and don't ideally want too much eq
Can any FM living in Bangalore lend me wiim pro plus to check peq..for now when I went to buy it is our of stock

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Finally for the love of music reclaiming my space, remodeling my bedroom

One help needed from members, with current lumina v what i get are spiked feet's as bass port is bottom ported and i have to use them, and since i don't have a carpet rather wooden flooring i was using a coin like extra attachment (also sent by dealer), i was wondering is there aftermarket solution to avoid spikes all together and directly use feet's for wooden flooring. I tried searching in Amazon but somehow didn't knew a proper keyword to find a proper solution. Pls point me on amazon or what google search i should be doing, and not too costly solution as ran out of money now with extra bedroom renovation

amitanubha said:

One help needed from members, with current lumina v what i get are spiked feet's as bass port is bottom ported and i have to use them, and since i don't have a carpet rather wooden flooring i was using a coin like extra attachment (also sent by dealer), i was wondering is there aftermarket solution to avoid spikes all together and directly use feet's for wooden flooring. I tried searching in Amazon but somehow didn't knew a proper keyword to find a proper solution. Pls point me on amazon or what google search i should be doing, and not too costly solution as ran out of money now with extra bedroom renovation

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Yes, there are quite a few. The Isoacoustics Gaia is one such option that is readily available in India. I use their Pucks for my bookshelf speakers and can attest to the fact that they work really well, particularly the stereo image and treble definition becomes more precise and vivid and the sound gains a more supple ebb and flow.

DB1989 said:

Yes, there are quite a few. The Isoacoustics Gaia is one such option that is readily available in India. I use their Pucks for my bookshelf speakers and can attest to the fact that they work really well, particularly the stereo image and treble definition becomes more precise and vivid and the sound gains a more supple ebb and flow.

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I checked Amazon and they are super expensive? Do you have a reference

Back in business

Hello Friends
TLDR:
1. Should i even worry about using branded Audioquest cables and will they give me improvements vs Dhivis , and if yes is it bass?
2. What could be next focus in short term for improvement is sound staging esp depth/height 3d bubble - spkr position, acoustic treatment?
3. Am i hearing better with 24 vs 16bit(dotn care freq. part) even though DAC might be resampling and i have to turn up volume
4. More pics and overall thoughts coming later this week

Finally, my new amp arrived and replaced with Marantz AVR , i am already loving the sound of new setup and i do understand now when folks say AVR vs stereo separation cleanliness (will post thoughts later)
For now i have a question for FMs to help me decide on following
1. I bought AudioQuest rocket 11(13awg) along with Monoprice 24k gold banana plugs - costed me a reasonable price from my dealer (though is it worth continue to read pls...). I was mainly running this thru AVR until now and i was getting a decent AVR sound with a bit of bass muddiness or overall bass dominated sound, but less clarity perse, esp vocals. Also, the volume that i can play was always less side, i see on display level 30-40. As cables were thick and very visible in my setup just for trial i also ordered Dhivis 13/14awg premade 5mtr cable and cut myself to make 2 out of them (2.5 mtr each). I plugged them and i kind of noticed improvement in clarity and bass being tighter(or lower i don't know how to perceive), but i didn't lose anything, infact i might have enjoyed this sound signature in my room setup, and much more pleasing to eye/setup and easy to hide in bunch of other wires.
2. My amp arrived last night (will write my experience - khatta-meetha later..), and i plugged same cables. As i said my sound signature cleaned by almost 50%, dare i say hifi to audiophile quality level (esp vocals took a bit back seat and allowed all my instruments to shine thru). As this is new Stereo amp(Rotel ras 5000 streamer), i don't know how much it is attributed to amp / dac section, cables and positioning / reflections form my room. Plus somehow i see now i have to raise volume to almost 50% of amps, though it is much more powerful(power watts wise), but this i have felt earlier also as it is now passing a better dynamic range signal thru inputs/dac, so i m ok/happy
Now i want to improve further 10-20% whatever i can and live in bliss for few years for which i spent so much . And i don't want to spend months thinking what else and go down further rabbit hole. My wife already gave me ultimatum that last few months i have been disengaged from family and busy in phone all the time, and hope my search ends here , and to be fair she has been supportive of remodeling my space for music
I don't have energy to again change cables and do experiments, but will i really gain anything back?
what can i expect to improve or should i focus on something else and tune my brain to like what i m hearing. Only improvement i can think of is a bit of treatment/positioning and better and better source(on this topic i was thinking i will get hires lossless thru apple music ios/android, but i see weird numbers from ios(24/44.1/48) and android(24/384) when connected thru USB cable)
One thing was clear to me i do like upper resolution of bits from 16->24 and i can identify that more than freq uplift ( as i see more dynamic range i can feel)
I think my dac is up sampling even spotify when doing thru Spotify connect (16 bit) vs Chromecast/Airplay(24bit), which i prefer


Thanks

Final setup enjoying

I was told that people crawl down the rabbit hole, but going from your first query on 27th sept, to what I see today... I would call it a sprint

A lot of things can be done, that will definitely improve your sound quality further. But that will be going deeper down the rabbit hole and there is never any end to it. Maybe better to take a pause for a while and enjoy the present uplift in sound quality for a bit, before embarking on the next upgrade. Just my 2 cents

Congrats! so which amp you bought finally ?