Set-up and system
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The speakers are brand new, so we run them in for about a week. This is no luxury, as the sound is all over the place the first few days. After that, it’s a matter of finding the right spot, as our ‘normal’ position doesn’t work well at all. Eventually, I have an ‘aha’ moment when, one day, I move the stands closer to the back wall. At 20cm – quite close, in fact – the Beta7 finally receives a much-needed ‘oomph’ and punch in the bass. We then moved the speakers a bit closer together, about 1m80 apart, and moved the listening chair a bit closer too, also to about 1m80. Now it’s finally time to listen. Phew!
The Beta 7 is driven by my Moon 600i V2 integrated amplifier, also manufactured on the other side of the Atlantic, and cabling is by Driade. The rest of the system is listed below.
Reference system
Neat Petite Classic
Elac Debut 3.0 B6.3
Simaudio Moon 600i V2
Weiss Dac205 (with Sbooster power supply)
Sonnet Hermes
Jay’s Audio CDT MKII
Isotek Aquarius Evo3
Wireworld Matrix 2
D-Link DGS-108 (with Sbooster power supply)
Driade Flow 405 speaker cable
Grimm TPR XLR cable
Sommer Epilogue XLR cable
Driade Flow 808 RCA cable
Ricable Magnus power cables
Van den Hul Optocoupler II
AudioQuest Forest coaxial cable
Bassocontinuo Cymbalon 2.1