Yesterday, I had the pleasure of helping a client fine-tune this incredible listening system. I really wish everyone could have the opportunity to hear this one.

The system features a pair of Focal Sopra 3 speakers paired with the awesome JL Audio Gotham subwoofer. The electronics include a Mola Mola Tambaqui Roon-ready streaming DAC, an Aesthetix Calypso preamp, and Atlas monoblock amplifiers.

For noise and vibration control, we used Nordost cabling throughout, the QB 10 primary earth AC grounding technology, and their Q Kore system to catch and eliminate any spurious noise between the components themselves. Their Qnet Ethernet cabling and a dedicated Qnet switch reduce any noise from the network system. We also used Sort Kones and Sort Füt components to reduce vibration for all the gear and main speakers. Additionally, handmade quilts created by the customer’s wife were strategically placed throughout to capture unwanted room reflections.

After listening to several recordings, the results were so impressive that I didn’t want to leave. As we listened to Mick Jagger belt out how he’s still unsatisfied even after all these years, I thought to myself, this is what Nuts About Hi-Fi is all about: helping our customers create a space that musically takes you away, allowing you to understand what the recording artists were feeling themselves and inviting you to be with them in that space and time.

Yesterday I had the pleasure of helping a good friend and customer upgrade the sound of a beautiful pair of Focal Sopra 3 tower speakers.

We installed these speakers a couple of weeks ago using the supplied floor spikes provided by Focal. My customer decided to buy a set of Nordost’s Sort Fut.

These devices are used to sense cabinet vibrations generated while playing music. They then extract these vibrations creating a path of least resistance to the surface they are sitting on. An added benefit is they also allow for perfect leveling of the speakers.

I just received these texts from my customer:

“I played a familiar track, (Ernest Raglin’s Ball Of Fire). It has horns and a guitar popping across the sound stage. The instruments are precise as I have ever heard them and I’ve heard them a lot over the years. I am glad I had to wait 2 weeks for the feet. I never would’ve known what they are doing. SImply amazing!”