Yes I am, 38 over here 
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I think this poll is still open.
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Whatās this post in reference too?
I have that album in Flac 44.1 and DSD 256 8 channel.
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Three weeks ago I did the following update to my Set-up:
Denon AVC-A110 (Successor of my previous Denon AVR 4520)
Monitor Audio Gold C250 Center Speaker
The rest is the same
Monitor Audio GS 60 for Front and Surround
MB Quart QL 40C for Surround Back
Pro-Ject RPM 9 Carbon with Ortofon Stylus 2M Black
Origen AE S16T BluCinema Media for Surround playback
Oppo UDP 205 for Stereo playback
Pioneer PDP-436 XDE
Energia RC 4/3 Power Distributor
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76 in a month.
Happy Birthday. Youāre ahead of me by 3 years.
Did you add to the poll?
Denon and Marantz are almost identical nowā¦makes sense same company I guessā¦
Never had a Marantz so I wouldnāt know about that. What I do know however is that the A110 is one fine peace of work. So far the best receiver I had and I will stick with it for a long time.
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Well I have had bothā¦both in Receiver form and in Pre Pro form like the Marantz 8805A I have been using for some time now and really enjoy their quality and performanceā¦I also use the exact same speakers you do for 2.2 Stereo Music and 5.2 for Movie surroundā¦ my 12" twin subs are Velodyne actives and they fill my need for bassā¦
You have gorgeous set up!
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Are these the Velodyne SPL 1200-X?
You are in a big advantage here. Iād like to place subwoofers but Iām afraid I have reached the WAF factor 
Next year I plan to place Heightspeakes for an Atmos setup.
The 8805A looks impressive!
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Frankā¦I tried finding the model number but still canāt read upside downā¦;-). The woofers are 20 years old and the only problem Iāve had is with their Auto Off/On. Itās too hard on their internal amps and caused me to fry two plate amps. Fortunately they were located in my State of California and I just R&Rāed them without having to ship the whole cabinet. Since I have disabled the auto switching, Iāve never had any further problems.
I really like the wood finish on your Monitor Audio Golds, mine are stained Blackā¦I should also add that I have the two GR floor standers and two GR Book-shelfs for the rear and of course their matching Center Channel. Iām not a real huge multi channel guyā¦most of my TV viewing is sports and Motorcycle racing and the 5.2 is all I requireā¦
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Hereās my new and upgraded setup, which took 1,5 years to build and took my sanity and all my money 
Iām pretty proud of it to be honest, I took the time to carefully build the system and didnāt hurry!
The setup is roughly:
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A roon PC behind the TV
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Perlisten S7t main speakers
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Perlisten D15s subwoofer
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McIntosh MC601 monoblocks
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Minidsp SHD 2x4
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Rose RS150b
Before you say it: yes, the monoblocks seem to be too tightly packed but the cabinet has been (hand) built so that the air can move and I have checked that the temperatures donāt rise with the volumes I use.
There were several restrictions with the setup: amount of space, looks (family values), money etcā¦but Iām extra happy that in the end it was good that I spent so much time deciding on the speakers.
It took a lot of time to consider everything and I started originally from the wrong end of things when I got the monoblocks that I bought locally with a decent price. In the beginning I wanted to solve everything with only tower speakers, but during the time I got the hold of the subwoofer which I thought would ease the selection of the speakers themselves.
But I absolutely fell in love with the Perlisten s7ts and I just had to have them so here we are.
The thing that is pretty cool with Roon is that I can control the volume with Philips Hue rotary knob and there are buttons for pause/play/next and I can control the lights on the monoblocks too if needed. My ā ā ā ā ā ā code but it works so it isnāt stupid I guess 
Iām a happy camper!
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So when is the Roon Community listening party? We will bring the libations! 
Itās great that you did your homework, so to speak, and may you have many years of listening enjoyment.
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Looks very good and Iāll bet it sounds amazing.
Happy listening 
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Look great. I would lose the chair.
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The chair is ONE of the tradeoffs that I had to make to be able to get this size of speakers into the houseš The lucky part is that from my perspective I didnāt have to do any compromise in the sound quality, since these are the best speakers that I have ever heard (I know thatās quite a lot to say!)
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Your system has really grown; must be great.
Question: You seem to have two REL subwoofers. Did you ever play the system with just one of your RELs?
I have recently purchased a REL S812 sub. Am considering adding a second.
I note that these subs can also be stacked with included straps.
I also have a pair of 812s and the stacking brackets were supplied with mine but i havenāt tried a single stack of twoā¦yet.
With a considerable amount of tweaking the results are pretty impressive but I think some might question if the additional cost and use of space is worth it. I think it is but the benefits are most noticeable with the volume turned UPā¦the family & neighbours may not agreeā¦
Thank you. Itās been an interesting and fun journey to date.
I used to have a single B&W sub but it didnāt really exhibit the cohesion that I get from running dual RELs. I guess I leapfrogged right over the single REL option due to how things panned-out by engaging an acoustician who showed me the light by doing a multi-sub assessment. He brought 3 different subs with him and we trialled placement of 1, 2 and 3 subs in various points and ran REW sweep tests to see the responses. Bang-for-buck was 2 subs in the corners - there was a subtle but inconsequential paper gain by adding a third sub against one wall, but it was not appreciable from listening, it was only observable on the REW graphs.
The 812 is a beast. I think you donāt need me to convince you to buy a second oneā¦ 
Iām considering moving to a pair of REL No.31 Reference subs in the fullness of time.
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