Still time to get that Powerball ticket for tonight ~ $800M. 
Damn, now there’s idea I haven’t seen around here before! 
I completely agree on the room thing, my room is similar size, in the basement with concrete block on all four walls (it was part of an addition), and 7’ ceiling. I was listening to one of the Audiophile Podcasts a while back, they were talking about rooms and Darren described my room perfectly and said it was one of the worst set ups. Oh …. I felt defeated, but still, I was ok with what I had. Makes me hesitate to spend significant amounts though. Sigh 
This is absolutely no criticism of anyone else, but for me one of the things I’ve learned over the decades is to try not to have a system that can outplay the room. I’d always feel (and have, in the past) that I’d never be able to hear it at its best. Contrary feelings are just as valid for others.
I think a common problem is over driving the room. Often, less (volume) is more.
I was checking last nights powerball numbers and I was really worried when the first number matched, then the second. I started thinking you guys would kill me if I won the damned thing. Fortunately the third and final numbers didn’t match. I dodged a bullet.
@straightwire your room sounded pretty swell to me. If the FR30s weren’t so big you could drag them upstairs to that big room just to test the room too small theory and settle it once and for all. Or you could drag them to @paul172 house and learn the same.
Eventually we all get there!
Less volume is the rule with my current setup. A huge plus in my opinion. Turning up is fun but also somewhat overwhelming. Odd, but swell just the same.
I have a good friend who has a sound room only slightly larger than a good sized walk in closet. He has more money than he knows what to do with 
, and loves audio. At one time he had a pair of Wilson Alexandria XLFs in that room, God love him. He basically couldn’t much push it past itself getting own of its own way. That was a system that “could outplay the room”. 
He eventually went down a peg or so to a lesser but still uber priced Wilson.
I think everyone would forgive you if you bought all the members MK2 dacs or BHK 600’s with the win.
Everybody keeps telling you something. The idea is to put the sound system in a living space. Not the living space around the sound system.
Unless off course you happen to buy a nice slot of property and afford yourself the liberty to design your own living space.
Freedom is never for free.
I personally believe that no matter what the space you have to install your music system, there is a sweet spot in every space. Just have to find it and optimize for it.
A purpose-built space is easier to optimize, but I believe almost any space can be optimized. Here is an example from Japan, where their spaces tend to be much smaller than the average north American place.
It’s unfortunate you got fakes. I find these cables unparalleled in richness, resolution, and transparency for anything around 5 grands. They have completely separate runs for positives and negatives, each run has 35 8N rectangular copper conductors around teflon air tubes, and they come with banana or spade screw ins. These cables are still killing me with their sound after all these years.
Killer room and setup. I see BHK 600’s in your future!
That REL stack is impressive. You, Paul, and Fats can join the Bad Ass Bass Club.
Sweet line array! I have the foundation. 4 more to go!
Do it in stages, you’ll notice an improvement with each step, and it isn’t subtle.
That won’t be a problem with No. 25’s unless I win the lottery then it’s 6 No. 32’s! But I understand that’s the ultimate way to appreciate the line array subwoofers one pair at a time. Enjoy!
I’d argue that the better bet is the lower-value gopher 5. Fewer numbers, and a big enough jackpot so that if you won it would be like a free under-the-radar pass to buy gear… not a life-changing holy-crap-how-do-i-hide-from-the-leeches experience
I want to be a bad ass!
Dang. I understand the pixel count took a huge leap on the 14.