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[Carlton80@0]

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[jperel]

Can you excuse the fact that I'm not absolutely ashamed to show where I'm listening music?

This is the first floor of a kind of barn in my garden... I'm in the process of rehabilitation of this place (a charming old house in the Parisian suburbs). It's also a place where I stock different kinds of electronics, for repair or already repaired. At the moment, an old Cambridge CD player feeds a YBA Passion intégré to the small Dynaudio speakers. Next to this, a Mission Cyrus 2+PSX is the final stage of refurbishing (testing time). You may even see on the left side the top chrome part of a 1955 Wurlitzer (Model 1800) waiting to be rehab'd (the rest of it is on the ground floor, picture below)

Here's the ground floor, in its glorious splendor.
Some interesting devices: Wadia 16 CD + ML 36 and Theta Gen V DACs, Revox tuner, Rowland pre, ML-9 amp and Apogee Duetta speakers. Other Apogee speakers in their boxes, etc. The bicycle is my elder son's one (he's in Jakarta for 2 years...). Furniture is my wife's personal stock (we share that 30 sq.m room as well as we can).

Of course in the house itself there's a small combo (Teac VRDS, Accuphase tuner, Proceed AVP, Audiolab amp and DIY Dynaudio speakers). But I listen mainly in the "barn". Loud.

Sorry for the mess.

 

[olds1959special]

 

[jperel]

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Splendid, glorious Scintillas! and setup too.

 

[rdenney]

It keeps changing, and this one is sorta recent:

The speakers are on the other side of the room. This pic is several years old though the speakers have not moved. The chairs are now down in the YouTube-watching room and the listening position is now a small sofa. The equipment is to the immediate left of this photo. There are usually two or three more tubas in the room than you can see here.

Rick "always stuff going in and coming out" Denney

 

[Snarfie]

It keeps changing, and this one is sorta recent:

The speakers are on the other side of the room. This pic is several years old though the speakers have not moved. The chairs are now down in the YouTube-watching room and the listening position is now a small sofa. The equipment is to the immediate left of this photo. There are usually two or three more tubas in the room than you can see here.

Rick "always stuff going in and coming out" Denney

I always enjoy the contrast your posts are chalanging/organized, while your room looks delightfully “lived in.” Makes me feel better about my own dis-organised setup.
Where do you use the dbx device for noise reduction ?

 

[KenMasters]

 

[Snarfie]

Can you excuse the fact that I'm not absolutely ashamed to show where I'm listening music?

This is the first floor of a kind of barn in my garden... I'm in the process of rehabilitation of this place (a charming old house in the Parisian suburbs). It's also a place where I stock different kinds of electronics, for repair or already repaired. At the moment, an old Cambridge CD player feeds a YBA Passion intégré to the small Dynaudio speakers. Next to this, a Mission Cyrus 2+PSX is the final stage of refurbishing (testing time). You may even see on the left side the top chrome part of a 1955 Wurlitzer (Model 1800) waiting to be rehab'd (the rest of it is on the ground floor, picture below)

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Here's the ground floor, in its glorious splendor.
Some interesting devices: Wadia 16 CD + ML 36 and Theta Gen V DACs, Revox tuner, Rowland pre, ML-9 amp and Apogee Duetta speakers. Other Apogee speakers in their boxes, etc. The bicycle is my elder son's one (he's in Jakarta for 2 years...). Furniture is my wife's personal stock (we share that 30 sq.m room as well as we can).


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Of course in the house itself there's a small combo (Teac VRDS, Accuphase tuner, Proceed AVP, Audiolab amp and DIY Dynaudio speakers). But I listen mainly in the "barn". Loud.

Sorry for the mess.

Mess ??? !!! When can I rent it

 

[BeeKay]

It’s still in my living room.

 

[rdenney]

I always enjoy the contrast your posts are chalanging/organized, while your room looks delightfully “lived in.” Makes me feel better about my own dis-organised setup.
Where do you use the dbx device for noise reduction ?

Heh. As I once told a colleague, I don't like clutter but I have a high tolerance for it. Then, there's the usual desk-sign blather: "A cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind." My response, then what is an empty desk the sign of? But if you want to see clutter, you should see my electronics bench.

But that is also the room I use for practicing tuba, and that my wife uses for playing the piano. The ceiling is not obvious from the photo--it slopes up from the wall containing the row of windows that is behind the speakers. That means there are no first reflections from the ceiling to the listening position. And clutter is good for dispersing first reflections in any case.

The dbx is just a switcher intended to be used to multiply the tape and processor loops available in a system. It was made back in the day when dbx were real guys and David Moran was writing the user manuals, designed, I think, by the part of dbx that eventually became THAT Corporation, whose products I also admire. The switching is needed: I use three tape loops plus a processor loop, and the Apt Holman preamp is short one loop. Quick equipment ID, from top to bottom: Sony XFR-F1HD digital FM tuner, which I'm experimenting with. Below that, dbx 400 switcher, Apt Holman preamplifier, Naim Audio CD5 CD player, Marantz PMD330 CD player, Carver TX-11a tuner, and Yamaha YDP2006 digital parametric equalizer (in the processor loop of the Holman). Below the deck, a Nakamichi 481 cassette deck. Below that is a Buckeye NC502MP amp with an unbalanced-to-balanced differential amplifier based on the THAT 1647 chip sitting behind it. The other two tape loops are used by the Teac 4300 open-reel deck and the computer (not shown) that interfaces through a Benchmark ADC/USB and a Musical Fidelity DAC (their cheapest and, near as I can tell, best) from a few years ago. The Thorens turntable will be moving downstairs and in its place will go the Linn Axis I just refurbished.

The downstairs system uses a B&K Reference 125.2 amp, a pair of Advent NLA speakers, a B&K Sonata MC-101 preamp (that needs some time on the bench to find and repair a buzz in the line amp, but the line amp is bypassed in current use), a super-cheap Sony DVD player that I bought for $12 from the "take me home" table at Best Buy, an Apple TV box from a couple of generations back, a Cambridge Azur 640 CD player, a Cambridge CXC CD transport currently unusable because the display won't light, and a couple of inexpensive Topping DACs, and an old Samsung plasma TV. The Thorens will join that system. That's two of the four systems in the house.

Rick "plus a range of equipment in the fixit pile" Denney

 

[Snarfie]

Heh. As I once told a colleague, I don't like clutter but I have a high tolerance for it. Then, there's the usual desk-sign blather: "A cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind." My response, then what is an empty desk the sign of? But if you want to see clutter, you should see my electronics bench.

But that is also the room I use for practicing tuba, and that my wife uses for playing the piano. The ceiling is not obvious from the photo--it slopes up from the wall containing the row of windows that is behind the speakers. That means there are no first reflections from the ceiling to the listening position. And clutter is good for dispersing first reflections in any case.

The dbx is just a switcher intended to be used to multiply the tape and processor loops available in a system. It was made back in the day when dbx were real guys and David Moran was writing the user manuals, designed, I think, by the part of dbx that eventually became THAT Corporation, whose products I also admire. The switching is needed: I use three tape loops plus a processor loop, and the Apt Holman preamp is short one loop. Quick equipment ID, from top to bottom: Sony XFR-F1HD digital FM tuner, which I'm experimenting with. Below that, dbx 400 switcher, Apt Holman preamplifier, Naim Audio CD5 CD player, Marantz PMD330 CD player, Carver TX-11a tuner, and Yamaha YDP2006 digital parametric equalizer (in the processor loop of the Holman). Below the deck, a Nakamichi 481 cassette deck. Below that is a Buckeye NC502MP amp with an unbalanced-to-balanced differential amplifier based on the THAT 1647 chip sitting behind it. The other two tape loops are used by the Teac 4300 open-reel deck and the computer (not shown) that interfaces through a Benchmark ADC/USB and a Musical Fidelity DAC (their cheapest and, near as I can tell, best) from a few years ago. The Thorens turntable will be moving downstairs and in its place will go the Linn Axis I just refurbished.

The downstairs system uses a B&K Reference 125.2 amp, a pair of Advent NLA speakers, a B&K Sonata MC-101 preamp (that needs some time on the bench to find and repair a buzz in the line amp, but the line amp is bypassed in current use), a super-cheap Sony DVD player that I bought for $12 from the "take me home" table at Best Buy, an Apple TV box from a couple of generations back, a Cambridge Azur 640 CD player, a Cambridge CXC CD transport currently unusable because the display won't light, and a couple of inexpensive Topping DACs, and an old Samsung plasma TV. The Thorens will join that system. That's two of the four systems in the house.

Rick "plus a range of equipment in the fixit pile" Denney

Sounds like a vintage pro’s way to keep things flexible for recording and playback. I play a bit of bass an blending analog and digital worlds with Ableton using an Allen & Heath Xone 4D, for instance remixing multitrack files (where i could get my hands on mostly find/scattered over the internet ) to get just the right vibe. Different gear, probably same goal shaping sound with a handful of tricks just for Fun.
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[rdenney]

Vintage, for sure Both me and the equipment.

In terms of being a "pro", here's something I just put on my desk at my office (pardon the lousy computer camera):

Brand doesn't matter--this is just what's on my desk for show and tell when I need to explain something. I have several brands in the collection.

I'd never specifically worked with this make and model (or software version) before this one came to me, but it took me all of five minutes to figure out how to program it based on what I know of what it does. It took another five minutes to program it so that I could realistically demonstrate it. Notice this desk is a lot neater (even the parts not in the photo). Of course, I had to make the power cable for it--I wasn't willing to spend the going rate for a "test cable" and the knockoff mil-spec connector was cheap on ebay. This device is not normally run sitting on a desk. Even this is what I learned on the job--my real training is in the theory behind how devices like this are used.

Rick "audio is just a hobby" Denney

 

[Snarfie]

Vintage, for sure Both me and the equipment.

In terms of being a "pro", here's something I just put on my desk at my office (pardon the lousy computer camera):

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Brand doesn't matter--this is just what's on my desk for show and tell when I need to explain something. I have several brands in the collection.

I'd never specifically worked with this make and model (or software version) before this one came to me, but it took me all of five minutes to figure out how to program it based on what I know of what it does. It took another five minutes to program it so that I could realistically demonstrate it. Notice this desk is a lot neater (even the parts not in the photo). Of course, I had to make the power cable for it--I wasn't willing to spend the going rate for a "test cable" and the knockoff mil-spec connector was cheap on ebay. This device is not normally run sitting on a desk. Even this is what I learned on the job--my real training is in the theory behind how devices like this are used.

Rick "audio is just a hobby" Denney

I picked up Ableton pretty quickly because I’d spent years working with software for market makers option models an corresponding greeks, technical analysis tools, VAR models an all that logic and automation stuff. Different fields, however mindset overlaps: once you’re used to complex systems and signal flow, learning new tools becomes more of an instinct. A bit of autodidact DNA doesn’t hurt either.

 

[jperel]

Mess ??? !!! When can I rent it

don't rent it, @Snarfie , let you be invited!

 

[Fidji]

My combined 2CH/MCH/HT - gear in signature.
Bit more detail in diagram thread - https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...h-a-few-words-and-or-links.56410/post-2446499

rear

Added:
some fish-eye images

 

[Soandso]

Vintage, for sure …

In earlier times when homes were smaller only one of these was enough -

 

[Mrpinortiner]

Some additions and deletions.
Got rid of the vertical blinds, filled the window cavity,(capped with plywood and a Home Depot painting drop cloth), added Vicoustic DC3's above the listening position.

 

[MattHooper]

My two channel high end system had residence in our living room since around 1997, which just became my own listening room.



Around 2009 I decided to renovate the room to also perform as a high-quality projection-based Home theatre room as well. I made it hard on myself because I wanted the two systems to be completely separate - a tube/vinyl/digital driven two channel system with separate loudspeakers, and the home theatre surround system is totally separate, but in the same room. I didn’t want to compromise on either.



I employed an architect and a professional acoustician in the redesign, so I wanted a good sounding room, but I also didn’t like the look of traditional room treatment. I wanted the room to feel contemporary and functional, but also normal.



So the room treatment is carefully hidden around the room, for instance, beside and behind the screen. We built down a bulkhead from the ceiling, which is actually a metal frame covered and stretched brown felt fabric. It actually looks like a solid ceiling. You wouldn’t know that it was fabric unless you looked really closely. But it allowed us to hide a whole bunch, more acoustic treatment into relevant spots on the ceiling. And otherwise there are thick velvet curtains, hung on tracks that can go all around the room, and so those curtains can be drawn to any part of the wall to cut down side reflections.



Further, the projection screen itself is actually surrounded by black velvet material and black velvet masking, which is all remote controlled and so by changing the size of the screen area to the black velvet area, I can actually dial in the acoustics of the wall behind the speakers as well.



It’s worked out tremendously well as it’s a beautiful sounding room. Even when people just walk in and start talking in the room, many people just remark “ wow it sounds so nice in here, it’s so relaxing and easy to hear people’s voices.”



I covered the L/C/R home theatre speakers in fitted black velvet covers, so they did not reflect light back onto the screen, and also to make them completely disappear against the black velvet backdrop around the screen, and also the black velvet stage on the floor. You can only really see those speakers if it’s bright daylight otherwise they are essentially invisible.



Here are some photos of my room.

I generally use two different sets of floor standing speakers. Here are my Thiel 2.7s:

Day:

(sorry I made this as one post but it’s not letting me paste it all in so I’m having to break it up into more than one post)..,

 

[MattHooper]

Here are my Joseph Audio Perspective2 Graphene speakers:

Wide angle shot with the ceiling bulkhead:

From my seating position:

I often listen with the lights down low and some coloured lights on the screen: