stunning
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My usage habits seem to be pretty evenly split between music listening and movie watching these days. Covid has provided a lot more time for me to do both! Music listening is predominantly in stereo though I do certainly enjoy a great multi-channel DVD-A, SACD, or BD Pure Audio mix.
There are four Seaton Submersive HP subs arranged in pairs along the front and rear walls and located at .25 and .75 of the room width. I use a DSPeaker Anti-Mode 2.0 running in its multi sub mode to provide both a 6ms time alignment delay to the nearer rear sub pair and some targeted parametric EQ for the subwoofer pass band. For stereo listening a JL Audio CR-1 electronic subwoofer crossover looks after the 80Hz division of bass duties between the front ATC pair and subs. For multi-channel listening the Anthem AVM-60 pre-processor performs the crossover duties, again at 80Hz. I do NOT use the ARC room correction in the Anthem. My passive room acoustic efforts do a good job above the subwoofer passband. In both cases the subwoofer outputs are summed into a single “.1” channel before being sent through the DSPeaker AM2.0 and on to the four subwoofers in order to maximize the modal averaging benefits of the distributed bass array.
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The JL Audio CR-1 is a game changer IMO! Fantastic piece! Love the room!
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I feel exactly the same way about the CR-1. I have owned or been loaned countless electronic crossover solutions over the past 4 decades, of which the higher-end Marchand models and the Bryston 10B Sub were my prior benchmarks. None were genuinely transparent when it came to the high pass section though. The CR-1 is the first electronic subwoofer crossover I’ve used that actually is genuinely transparent in operation. Other than doing its job it simply sounds like it is not in circuit.
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I’ve been using electronic crossovers for over 30 years. The Infinity Modulus Subwoofer came with a crossover box. The front has a rotating dial for the subwoofer controls. The back has dip switches that have to be manually set either “up” or “down” for the main amp/speakers to be cut off at 140hz.
My new Parasound P6 also has low and high pass filters that can be adjusted. Haven’t tried them yet.
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How do you like your new Halo P6 preamp?
Best wishes
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It’s fantastic!!!
I now really, really, really like 3 preamps
I had the P5 and P7. I missed this dials so much when I got the BHK pre that I bought the JLaudio CR1. They work great enjoy how the Parasound can integrate a sub with both 2 ch and HT in one system.
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Lots of changes since I last posted a picture of my system (this is in my family room, open to the main part of my home). The only original pieces are the DSD, music hall integrated amp I use to run my deck speakers and the REL subs.
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I like the juxtaposition of the typewriter with the modern electronics.
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I store my Edison cylinders next to my turntable…
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Was the camera hand-held or on a tripod to take this photo?
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Just an iPhone I held up at my spot on the couch with the permanent butt indents in the cushions.
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I guess that’s why you were able to hold it so precisely, lol 
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Too neat and tidy, you lunatic!
Great set up. A Pass, multi-chassis pre-amp is on my list to try someday.
Enjoy.
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Here’s a picture of the rack reconfigured with the 2 channel on the right and I moved the HT gear to the left. The furman is still in service powering the subwoofer and sending power to the electrostat panels. I also left the doors off in this picture. They are back on now.
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I believe I spot a Puritan PSM 156 in addition to a Pass XP-22 and Pass Monoblocks. Very, very nice. What are your impressions regarding the Puritan PSM156, as it has been on my mind as a potential upgrade with my cj tube based analog system. BTW that is one exceptional system, and most handsome indeed!
Just a thought, I wonder how those MLs would sound powered by a P15 and AQ Dragon PCs?
Thanks!!! I love the Puritan. I also have three of their top power cords (gonna get a few more after I catch up $). I think their product is special and, importantly for me, the power cords are super easy to deal with in a rack on wheels. I also bought a 9lb chunk of steel, painted it back, and set it on top of the PSM 156 with some herbies damping washers glued to the bottom. Holm audio is a Puritan dealer, a big fan and sold me on it (live and work 10 minutes from Holm Audio btw).
Small piece of evidence the Puritan is doing something right…with the grounding at least. I had a P20, BHK 300s and REL subs. With the P20, the subs, if left on, would hum slightly (high level connection and BHKs in standby). I used the P20 to shut them off (problem solved). With the Puritan I lost control of the ability to shut the subs off remotely. Turns out, I didn’t need it since it somehow eliminated the hum. RELs at that point, we’re plugged directly into the wall. Also, everything is plugged into a dedicated (2-20A duplex receptacles, one on each side of the system) 20A, isolated ground circuit no matter what.
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The KEF Reference 1 complement the REL subs in design. An attractive no compromise system.
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