{"id":7964,"date":"2015-07-26T14:13:39","date_gmt":"2015-07-26T12:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hifi-advice.com\/blog\/?p=7964"},"modified":"2021-12-27T11:11:08","modified_gmt":"2021-12-27T09:11:08","slug":"hfa-audio-setup-history-14-media-room-v3-jan-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hifi-advice.com\/blog\/hfa-audio-setup-history\/hfa-audio-setup-history-14-media-room-v3-jan-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"HFA Audio Setup History 14 – Media Room v3 – Jan 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Wadia 121 connected to the PC using a KingRex uART USB cable, and standard DAP XLR cables (experiments will surely follow…) to the active Genelec 8050 monitors.<\/p>\n

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On these photos the room seems narrow, but it is actually 4 meters wide, and 7 meters deep.<\/p>\n

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Wadia 121 – used as the hub of this system: TV is connected via toslink (booo, but it doesn’t have coaxial), the main computer is connected directly using USB (with proprietary Wadia Clocklink technology), the Mac is connected via a HiFace EVO USB-spdif converter and the set top box and Sonos Connect (with W4S upgrade) are both connected coaxially. Read more about this system here<\/p>\n

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The room in its previous setup<\/a> was giving me serious problems when listening near-field, especially when the desk was still positioned right against the front wall. In an effort to counter this, I pulled the desk into the room, with the speakers standing freely behind it. This solved it only partially – with my head above the desk, for example when typing, there’s a huge peak at 118hz that reinforces the resonances that enter the table top. With help from GiK customer service I settled on 4 ceiling mounted 244 Bass Trap<\/a> panels to counter the resonant peak, and with great success!<\/p>\n

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The curtains can be freely positioned according to taste and need. Usually I have them closed until just behind the speakers for the perfect blend of damping and liveliness.<\/p>\n

Alas – meanwhile the Media Room is no more. It needed to make room for my new Secondary Audio Setup<\/a>. But before that happened, I pointed my attention back to the main audio system.<\/p>\n

Next Chapter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Overview of all HFA Audio Setups:<\/h3>\n

HFA Audio Setups Overview<\/a><\/p>\n

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