I wasn't sure where best to place this post; Members' Lounge seemed as good as any.
A longtime audio geek and Head-Fi'er, I'm curious to know how many others feel as I do about equipment stacking. I see so numerous images of members' rigs with amps place on top of D-A convertors and amps on top of amps, etc. Many Head-Fi'ers spend significant sums on their equipment but seem to expend little effort on placing components in ways so as to optimize their performance. I know not everyone has space to allow this. When there is room, however, there are performance and or component-longevity gains to be had for no or low cost.
I've designed and built three dedicated listening rooms for my two-channel rigs over the last 30 years (Here's an example: https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/3385). Each room has been like a laboratory, from which I've taken valuable learnings. I've tried to apply these precepts -- many, simple and free -- to the setup of my desktop headphone rig. I believe this kind of attention pays audible dividends.
I'm interested in members' thoughts on this and welcome constructive debate on the topic.
Best,
Joe.
A longtime audio geek and Head-Fi'er, I'm curious to know how many others feel as I do about equipment stacking. I see so numerous images of members' rigs with amps place on top of D-A convertors and amps on top of amps, etc. Many Head-Fi'ers spend significant sums on their equipment but seem to expend little effort on placing components in ways so as to optimize their performance. I know not everyone has space to allow this. When there is room, however, there are performance and or component-longevity gains to be had for no or low cost.
I've designed and built three dedicated listening rooms for my two-channel rigs over the last 30 years (Here's an example: https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/3385). Each room has been like a laboratory, from which I've taken valuable learnings. I've tried to apply these precepts -- many, simple and free -- to the setup of my desktop headphone rig. I believe this kind of attention pays audible dividends.
I'm interested in members' thoughts on this and welcome constructive debate on the topic.
Best,
Joe.
