Remarkably better sound possible with just 1 system component change?

@romney80  I agree with you about upgrading to a Lumin X1. The upgrade to an X1 is wise because many people have reported that the fiber optic port of the Lumin X1 sounds better than the RJ45 Ethernet port, which puts the X1 in a world-class league when it comes to DAC/Streamers. 

Help me understand the suggestion to get an EtherREGEN device for approx $750.  I understand eliminating electrical noise that copper Ethernet cables can carry by inserting the EtherREGEN device. But that can be done for less than $100 with a TrendNet media converter, SFP module and fiber optic cable to connect to a Lumin X1. 

What functions does the EtherREGEN provide other than getting rid of electrical noise?

Must be nice to have 10k to burn....I’d use it for an emergency fund in these amazing times...not blow it on a piece of overrated gear which incidentally most of this stuff is. There are way too many budget components available today that sound quite wonderful without spending ridiculous amounts of money on. JMO

Where do you have your Schumann generators placed? Do they need to be 5 ft off the floor as suggested?

The best way to use the Schumann Generators is connected in a grid....I connected them to my resonators grids and i use my "golden plate" on them....

Height varying: 4 to 6 feet....

I use 11 of them around my listening position.... 😁

But only one ionizer (a non ozone one and silent one) will did also a very great impact....



My last device is very powerful:

A"Helmholtz-Fibonacci silent organ": a room tuner...

3 sets of ordinary brick with in each one 3 tubular copper plumber pipes with lenght near the golden ratio...

And too many other things to be described....

I am nuts but my audiophile experience is almost free for all....







«Their  Achille’s heel is that they must sell you something»- Anonymus Smith

That’s a cool room! I’m working on something similar, and yeah it will also break a lot of acoustic room treatment rules.

Pretty much everything has been said, but I’ll add my 40 years of experience here:

(1) At the level of gear you have, a "remarkable" improvement is going to be hard to come by. Synergy between components is important, and that can’t be taken in a single step. It requires auditioning gear within your system from a dealer that trusts you’ll bring it back or pay for it. Andy at Saturday Audio Exchange has let me audition endless pieces of gear and it’s a lovely way to build the system. But anyway, my main point here is that improvement takes time and work and is thus usually incremental, not dramatic.

(2) You would benefit from acoustic modification to the room. But it doesn’t have to disrupt anything - you need to take it as a challenge and get creative. Get the Metallica logo printed on a giant set of drapes and then you can take down the poster...no loss then. Bass traps in team colors, etc. You want remarkable improvement, then you’re going to have to put in some remarkable effort. Good audio isn’t $$.

(3) You said you’re not looking for more bass, but I am a big fan of REL subs for this reason - they are not really tuned to make explosions in movies move your couch. They add "air" to the room and I often find the biggest impact of the good REL subs is on the vocals. Part of the REL goal is to pick up the frequencies that create hints around the physical space where the music was recorded, and it can sort of take you away.

(4) If you already love your system at high volume and it is low volume where you want improvement, this you might be able to force without finesse by adding a small integrated tube amp and near field speakers near your seating area. It might be hard to extend out the sweet spot from your main system.

(5) It doesn’t look like you’ve placed your seating area to be in the sweet spot, as above, or at least your room implies you may be listening from a number of different stations around the room. Not that I think gear is your issue, but dipolar or bipolar speakers tend to have a wider dispersion of listenable sound. Consider a pair for when you’re not sitting still in the sweet spot.

(6) Source can give dramatic upgrades too. I don’t know the Lumin gear but I do prefer the non-MQA Qobuz sound.

(7) One more idea just for fun: get yourself set up with a reasonable 5.1 system and start collecting 5.1 channel DVD-Audio, SACD, and Blu Ray disks. Now that is a remarkable improvement, and with just the built-in room correction on your AVR, it somewhat defeats the issues with your room.

Sorry for the tome, I guess not everything had been said.

Oh yeah, and good weed.

@cycles2 I also have simple < 75$ fiber optic converter in addition to ethergen. I have seen significant improvement in this “switch”. I don’t have lumin x1, but with my streamer, using fiber optic + etheregen was much better than fiber optic alone. It could be system dependent and there are no absolutes: I think it is worth trial, as they can be returned back in 1 month if you don’t see benefit. Also to OP, adding a good subwoofer (preferably 2), will be a huge improvement. Good luck.