Key advice needed for Star/Nova and speaker pairing

hifi-dog posted:

Re-Kid posted:

hifi-dog posted:

Just added ATC SCM11s to my nova and while the vol has to go up by around 8-10 it copes really well. Vol 40 on the nova is plenty loud enough...

Well, ATC is absolutely stunning which I admire. But I read a lot about the brand from forums indicating that amps below 120W won't push it well and Vol has to be really high to make it work fine. Some opinions say you have to invest twice $ as the speaker itself then you can get the best out of it. So I hesitated. Like your 11, its recommended amp range is 75~300W, I doubt whether Nova is suitable for it.   

I beg to differ. My move controls the scm11 very well. My room is only 4m x 3.5m though. I had atc amp and the nova sounds on a par

Cool. In my case, I used to consider 40. Do you think I ought to pair some more than Nova?

A friend just bought a pair of Q Acoustics Concept 500 for his Nova and the sound is impressive with all genres of music. Room size ~4x5m.

I have owned a Uniti Nova for well over twelve months now. My system was carefully built to encompass the following components which I feel, partner extremely well together:

1. Uniti Nova
2. Dali Epicon 2 speakers with Dali stands three quarters filled with black volcanic sand
3. Dali Wedge to increase angle of throw/height of speakers
4. Gaia 2 speaker feet
5. Tellurium Q Black 2 speaker cables
6. Synology DS116 NAS
7. CAT 7 ethernet cables
8. Netgear GS308 V2 network switch
9. Acoustic panels for treatment of listening room- room = 13.5' x 14'

The above system presents a fantastic soundstage where each instrument can clearly be located in its own three dimensional space, communicates wonderful timing with strong leading edges to instruments giving fantastic musicality. I would not consider changing this set up unless I wanted to spend significantly greater sums of money. All music is of course highly dependant on the listener's preference and how the music has been mastered. It is a system that I can listen to for around five/six hours most evenings and works wonderfully at different volume levels.

Installing the acoustic treatment panels was revelatory: the difference it made to how the system could express its potential, was incredible. I would see sound treatment as providing the equivalent of spending many thousands on component upgrades.

I worked with Joe at Blue Frog Audio who analysed the room through computer modelling and provided an excellent solution.

Dreamblademyth posted:

 

Well well with many many thanks to you, this topic is certainly brought up to a higher level.  As in my case the living room is open space like on the right hand side connected with the dining room. My question would be is floor-stand speakers must-needed?  

Many thanks RE-KID.

In my opinion, the Dali Epicon 2 speakers are rich in detail, have a beautiful warmth to the sound, and deliver bass in spades when needed; for their size, they are as effective as larger floor standers.

Look up some reviews online. I do not know why they are hardly ever mentioned on this forum.

I forgot to list another component which really added to the system. When connected it helped to further refine and produce an inky black soundstage and shape the leading edges of instruments. It is: The Entreq Silver Minimus with a silver connecting cable attached to the Nova's digital input. Its effect is money extremely well spent.

All the above components, one-by-one, helped slowly refine and shape the sound to its end result.

Dreamblademyth posted:

Many thanks RE-KID.

In my opinion, the Dali Epicon 2 speakers are rich in detail, have a beautiful warmth to the sound, and deliver bass in spades when needed; for their size, they are as effective as larger floor standers.

Look up some reviews online. I do not know why they are hardly ever mentioned on this forum.

I forgot to list another component which really added to the system. When connected it helped to further refine and produce an inky black soundstage and shape the leading edges of instruments. It is: The Entreq Silver Minimus with a silver connecting cable attached to the Nova's digital input. Its effect is money extremely well spent.

All the above components, one-by-one, helped slowly refine and shape the sound to its end result.

Entreq Silver Minimus, noted with appreciation. 

Along with the acoustic panels used to treat the room, the speakers were positioned according to the Cardas room set up guide. Starting with the exact positioning stipulated, I tweaked the speakers' positioning to subtly refine the sound.