Hello Jeremy!

1) Yes, room correction has worked wonders in this odd-shaped space with lots of stone and glass. I use homeaudiofidelty.com filters with both Roon's convolution engine and Audirvana's AU settings via LiquidSonics Reverberate Core. Thierry does a great job.

2) Power conditioning for 5000.2s hasn't returned the spectacular dividends in this setup as it did with my SEs in the theater, where the Denali 2000/T makes those newer speakers come alive. Shunyata is closing this model out at $2000, which I consider a must-have bargain for anyone using Special Edition.

In the living room, despite the same Venom HC C19 cord from the wall, same Denali circuitry (although I did have to replace the cheap plastic feet that ship with the 6000/S), and same Zu Audio EVENT cords to the speakers, the improvements in clarity, tighter bass, quiet background and, especially, dynamics were all less pronounced.

Still worth it for my old smileys (I won't be selling the 6000/S), but not as big a leap in performance.

Last edited by OldDogCan; 2019-07-02 22:38.
Server: Audiolinux Roon NUC w/HAF room correction and crosstalk cancellation
Theater: 218, Allo Signature, miniDSP, HD621, C61R, DSP5200SEu, 420, 33, NHT subs
EtherREGEN w/Finisar fiber, Shunyata Denali
Living Room: RPi4 Diretta Host & Target, Ghent USB > Singxer SU-6 > AES NA M-Links > DSP9
Shunyata TritonV3, LHY lps, Farad Super3, Stack AUVA feet