Sweet Spot Listening or Space Immersion?


Like many of you I have a dedicated listening room, focused on high quality, two-channel music.  My equipment and room is very much focused on delivering the best SQ to a sweet spot in the middle of my love seat.  It’s truly great!  But it can feel a bit exclusive since it is very difficult for more than two people to enjoy the benefits at the same time.

I also have a whole home audio system, recently implemented, with high quality in-ceiling speakers in several common areas, with a pair of subs in the largest area (living room/kitchen combo).  I also have good outdoor speakers on the system as well.  Because sometimes I just like to be able to wander my home and feel immersed in high quality music.

The new whole home system is built around the new Mcintosh CR106 controller, with a pair of MI128 8-channel amps; KEF CI200QR ceiling speakers, KEF KC62 subs, and KEF Ventura 6s on the patio.  I am streaming from Bluesound Nodes for now (using the CR106 DAC), and I have an MR87 tuner for nostalgia purposes.

Right now I have all the pairs in mono mode and that seems like the right approach to avoid hearing unbalanced stereo sound.  The KEFs have very good off-axis dispersion, which is good because my ceilings are not terribly high.

Anyway, anyone else doing something like this in addition to your dedicated listing room?  Any advice or tips?

mattsca

@imintohifi 

A locking swivel feature as part of your base to alter/lock toe-in would allow you to try the DBX Crossfield Technique when you have a friend over.

https://www.audiogon.com/systems/11516

 

 

My neighbor and good friend had Bose 901's, he loved 'Stereo Everywhere', they certainly were good at parties.