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I need to buy a complete system.

I am in the market for a complete stereo system.  I plan on using a DAC, with music on a Mac Mini.  I had a VTL pre-amp, Moon amp and B&W 802 speakers.  I like the idea of tubes and since I will need a complete system the difficulty of driving the speakers are not there, as I will need speakers as well.  The room that it will be placed in is a large open room with 30 foot ceilings and lots of glass windows, with tile floor only 1 area rug.  Suggestions??
mhsmith
mhsmith OP
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Room treatments do not work in my house.  The house is not designed for them

mhsmith OP
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I appreciate all the responses.  Thanks
mhsmith OP
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This system would only be for music.  I have a separate room for my home theater  system.  
willemj
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re room treatment. I sympathise: we live in a modernist house that was designed for us, with enormous glass windows, a pretty minimalist interior and hard floors. If your situation is only a bit comparable, you will need to do something to dampen the reflections in the mid and high frequency range if you want to avoid listening fatigue. Fortunately, elegant and clean modern technical solutions do exist, perhaps to be combined with a large rug.

If you don't need the video you obviously save some money that you could use to get e.g a beefy Bryston power amplifier.
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noble100
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mhsmith,

     I think your room is a good fit for the Swarm Distributed Bass Array for a few reasons:
1.  Having 4 medium-to-small subs strategically dispersed throughout your large room would provide throughout your entire large space.
2.  There's no need for any microphones, room analyzing software, equalization, digital signal processing or room treatments whatsoever.  A very good fit for your requirements.

Tim
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