The Audiophile Junkie review of the Danville Signal room at AXPONA 2025

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The Audiophile Junkie stopped by the Danville Signal, room for a listen to the ABC demo of the Magnepan 1.7i's with direct drive dspNexus DSP crossover, Danville Signal Class D amps and the PlanarBASS subs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K19zhdxDsAw

[Nick B]

Thanks, Rich. Very interesting and I like watching his videos as well .... and usually his choice of hats. I am curious how far back you go as to your relationship with Danville?

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Nick,
I bought my first Danville Signal dspMusik 2x8 in 2011.  Been through 3 version updates of DSP Concepts Audio Weaver software during that time.  This was before the DSP board was in a chassis.

Still incredibly happy with the dspNexus 2/8 Control System sound in my room. I call it the Swiss Army Knife of DSP systems with great sound quality.

[Nick B]

Nick,
I bought my first Danville Signal dspMusik 2x8 in 2011.  Been through 3 version updates of DSP Concepts Audio Weaver software during that time.  This was before the DSP board was in a chassis.

Still incredibly happy with the dspNexus 2/8 Control System sound in my room. I call it the Swiss Army Knife of DSP systems with great sound quality.

Rich, that's quite a long history with Danville. I was on the Danville site a little while ago and noticed there are other versions and one retailing for $3000. I've really never played with excellent quality DSP software. Roon hardly has any capability for that and I've been using JPLAY recently because it sounds better than Roon. I have been fortunate with little room interaction in my current set up in my living room. I don't want to get into room treatments as this large room also functions as a kitchen and dining room room. Right now I'm locked into using the Holo Red and Cyan2 dac and will be adding HQ Player at some point. Whether HQ Player is also capable of DSP for room interactions, I have no idea. So it will be interesting as I continue to forge ahead and fine-tune my system.