@amsco:
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…INI. Software is questioning my post 
The Stenheim Alumine 3 arrived today and have been dialed in. They’re phenomenal in every way: design, aesthetics, dynamics, sound stage, extension. They dig so deep that they don’t need the subwoofers.
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Dang Vee! This is stunning! Congrats my friend, I would love to hear this.
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– Famous last words.
These look great. Keep us posted on how they perform as they settle in, please.
Enjoy.
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Well they are handsome beasts @vee !
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Truth.
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Magnificent and beautiful system Vee. I like the doorstop touches. 
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Beautiful setup. I’ll bet they sing!
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I lived in Champaign from '86-'91. Somewhere in there, my wife and I got to see AK in a terrific “homecoming” concert, though truth be told, we spent way more time at the Great Hall listening to Ian Hobson and his Sinfonia da Camera.
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Killer setup Vee!
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@vee beautiful system with clean lines. I’m sure those speakers are quite stunning, but $30k is likely out of my budget anytime soon. Have you thoroughly treated the room? Tough to see in the one photo.
Thanks,
Kurt
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@all thanks guys!
@kcleveland123 Yes, a bit too much. The room has bass traps in the ceiling vault, corners, along the rear walls and plants at the first reflection points. The setup guy removed some of the wall traps and found it was dulling the mids and hindering soundstage, so we took them out permanently.
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Wow.
Does anyone else ogle a stunning setup like this the same way an adolescent studies a centerfold…?
Just Beautiful!
Aw snap! - I just drool-shorted out ANOTHER PC keyboard… 
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Most of the way through doing up my office. The Raidho sound nice in here, with a Bluesound and REL S/2 sub. The windows and blinds are being replaced at the end of January. The tweeters on these speakers are amazing, fabulously resolving and not in the least fatiguing. 100w/8ohms would be nice, but there is nothing the size of the Bluesound and the Bluesound does everything including Roon.
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When I see your system I feel that I have no audiophile credentials at all. I’m still struggling with the idea of having to look at audio components. The other day my wife expressed her objection to speaker cables. I was trying to explain that they are quite important. As a piece of industrial design your speakers are really quite impressive and I very much like the red hints. My wife would bury me in them.
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I have an MD friend who is an exceedingly accomplished musician and listens to a great deal of music. He has wired his home with multiple quality speakers in every room of the house. The sound is very nice.
He sees absolutely no point in dedicated audio systems taking up space and with limited coverage. He does not want to look at the components. He wants to listen to music.
He makes a good point. It is a great option.
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that’s kind of the path I’ve taken, too. Good, mid-fi components. Nice speakers. Music in most rooms of the house. Roon plus dedicated streamers for higher quality, but chromecast audio dongles to tie all the systems together when desired.
Nothing too esoteric that I worry about LPS’s, galvanic isolation and cable elevators. 
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I would go for a used Naim Uniti Atom and have it on the desk. It’s not just inoffensive, it actually looks good, which is very rare. But then my son works with the guy who designed it. Given its whiteness, the Bluesound may get on the table so I can hit mute when the phone rings. Roon makes its work.
There’s a very good thing relevant to audio in this book on page 137, but you’ll have read the book to find out.
