Showing (off) your Roon setup - description and photos [2023]

[SandsOfArrakis (The Spice Must Flow)]

My setup is complete

From top to bottom

• My good old LG TV. Still going strong after many years

• Panasonic DMP-BD60 Blu-ray drive

• Marantz Melody X M-CR612

• Audiotrak Prodigy Cube 24/96 Black Edition. Next to the Marantz. It’s the USB sound card connected to the MacBook.

• Cambridge Audio CXNv2

• 2017 MacBook Air which acts as hub for watching TV and streaming HBO, Amazon Prime, Curiosity Stream and YouTube on the TV. I’m watching Star Trek - Picard at the moment.
  I’m controlling the MacBook through wireless keyboard and mouse.

• Dali Spektor 2 (White Edition) speakers standing on Dali E600 (White Edition) stands.

• Good old JVC subwoofer to the far right.

The sounds coming from the Dali’s have improved by lightyears

[UliR (Uli)]

Much better with the stands. Enjoy!

[stephen_shervill]

Those stands must make a big difference. ENJOy your music !

[Traian_Boldea]

and the next idea is! never drink and play darts…

[SandsOfArrakis (The Spice Must Flow)]

I rather keep my Dali’s without holes…

[Harrie_Gerrits]

Old meets new ……

…… NAD 3030 vs NAD C 3050 LE.

[kim_hixson (Kimmerdog)]

How are you integrating the two NAD’s? 3030 as amp and the 3050 as sound processor? Both as amps? Beautiful clean setup

[RODOLPHE_COULIN]

Hello du sud de la France

Symetriseur Shrek>I7fanless Roon2 Rock >
Qobuz Hi-res > Netgear tweaké + Meraki ncore > Linq Aqua core HQPlayer> Aqua La voce S3 > Light speed attenuator > 2 blocs Almarro A340 > Klipschorn 1995 Eliptrack 400 ES400 ES 5800

Le bazar https://i.ibb.co/zbmtsMG/caaefccf30ba.jpg

La pièce

[woodford]

lovely. I think the warmer lights on the 3030 are a bit more appealing, but I like the wood grain on the 3050.

[woodford]

gorgeous room.

[Harrie_Gerrits]

They are not integrated …… each amplifier is driving a set of speakers.

Just making comparisons soundwise - have to decide which of these NAD setups goes to my home office.

Real clash of electronic civilizations, 1974 vs 2023.

Quite entertaining to be honest.

NAD C 3050 LE is hardwired to network and playing Roon / Qobuz / NAS.

NAD 3030 is Roon connected to either Pro-Ject Stream Box S2 Ultra (running GentooPlayer software) and as DAC a Chord Mojo2 or through Chord Poly/Mojo2 combination.

[Phil_Ryan]

Is that left speaker a bit. closer to the tv unit than the right or is it just the angle of the photo.
I’d have to get them millimetre perfect…

Looking good.

[SandsOfArrakis (The Spice Must Flow)]

Angle probably. Even so. I’m not fussed about a few cm’s.

[RodS (Nuts)]

Even 1cm makes a difference, especially to imaging ,I found with my system.

[RPlace]

Khorns are timeless, no? Everyone should hear them before they die

[Fergus_B (Ferg)]

@SandsOfArrakis

The sounds coming from the Dali’s have improved by lightyears

Nice Sands… That would be the “Star Trek - Picard” effect.

[SandsOfArrakis (The Spice Must Flow)]

To boldly sound as no Dali has sounded before?

[Andrew_Stoneman (AJS)]

Excellent!

[David_Gibson]

Love the tube set in the Almarro mono blocks. Those Russian MIG tubes are pretty hard core. I’m sure they sound great.

[NoNaim]

The Nad 3030 was the very first separates amplifier, that
I purchased. However, after building a 3 way kit speaker (The Compacts from Badgersound in St.Anne’s, U.K), I found out it’s limitation. When I connected up using a Sansui SR222 MkV turntable, there was no Bass . I took the speakers to bits, convinced I had made some stupid fundamental error, in assembly. Nope, everything checked out, still no Bass It was only when I took the speakers round to a friends, who had a Quad 44/405 system, that I realised the speakers were fine, but the Nad 3030 had limitations!
Anyway, the next week I bought myself a new Quad 44/405 system, which just happened to be in a sale, in a shop in Blackburn (the place with all the holes - Beatles song). So all ended well.
P.S. By the way, that was 44 years ago, does time not fly!