HERE'S SOME SCENARIOS AND SOLUTIONS | ||||||||||||||
Solutions | Scenarios | CD player | Preamp | Power Amp(s) | Integrated Amp | Speakers | Speaker Cables | Interconnects | Room | Floors | Windows | Outcome | Score | |
1 | NAD | X | X | NAD | KEF | Van Den Hul | VAN DEN HUL | Square | Wood | 20% | Too laidback & weak focus |  | ||
1 | X | X | KEF | VAN DEN HUL | VAN DEN HUL | Rectangular | Wood | 20% | Decent balance + good focus |  | ||||
2 | Rotel | X | X | Rotel | B & W | AudioQuest | AudioQuest | Rectangular | Tiles | 30% | Hard, top-end heavy |  | ||
1 | X | X | Rectangular | Carpets | 20% | Smooth, sweet, musical | | |||||||
2 | X | X | Rectangular | Carpets | 20% | Smooth, Fast, Entertaining |  | |||||||
3 | Yamaha | X | X | Yamaha | Jamo | Monster | Monster | Square | Tiles | 30% | Hard, top-end heavy, grainy | |
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1 | X | X | Acoustic Energy | VDH | Rectangular | Carpets | 20% | Entertaining, smooth | | |||||
4 | Cambridge | X | X | NuForce IA7 | B&W | Monster | Audioquest | Rectangular | Wood | 30% | Punchy but grainy, bright | | ||
1 | X | X | Rectangular | Carpets | 20% | Punchy, smooth & Entertaining | | |||||||
5 | Theta | Mark Levinson | Mark Levinson | Mark Levinson | B&W | Monster | Audioquest | Rectangular | Tiles | 30% | Punchy but grainy, bright | | ||
1 | Theta | Mark Levinson | X | B&W | VDH | VDH | Rectangular | Carpets | 20% | Punchy, smooth, musical | | |||
2 | X | Rectangular | Carpets | 20% | Transparent, silky, open, neutral | | ||||||||
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