The Lair is pretty well documented now but come to think of it, I never mentioned all the other systems around the house. When my wife and I were building, I was adamant about not having pipe in music. Good as the top in walls and in-ceiling speakers are today, there just something wrong with how they end up sounding. As a result, I scattered systems around the house all running Sonos off of the main server except the bedroom that has it's own CD player. For the living and dining areas, I wanted room filling sound but I didn't want to have any "hot" spots so I went with Omnis. The best looking and most reasonable I could find were Duevel planets which I scored from a dealer friend. I matched these with Bel Canto S300s (neither with USB, one with an unused MM section). Mission accomplished.
The Bedroom system's speakers get changed pretty often. I do evaluations of the smaller speakers we carry here simply because it's easy to move stuff around and the acoustics are what one would find in a typical good but not purpose treated environment. The resident (owned) loudspeakers are Von Schweikert Unifield 3s on custom stands from Cor Dekker of Musical Reality in Holland, Pre and Amplification are the Valvet Soulshine and Valvet A3.5. CD player is an EERA Integral. The Valvets sell really fast so I've had 3 sets come in and out. If I run out of stock I'll probably put in my Aesthetix Calypso which has left it's box once and my old BAT VK-150s and hope my kids don't burn their little fingers on those 6c33s. I've already got a new batch coming in from Germany so that seems unlikely. Anyhow.....
There are two HTs. If you can believe it. We have no TVs in any of the bedrooms. There's just one 42" plasma in the family room and sound is via my really old stuff. A Popcorn, a Proceed AVP2, a BPA-3 and MF X-A50s for the rear. Speakers are Ambience Speaker Systems HF in-wall ribbons hybrids up front and Dali in ceilings in the rear. One sub only. A small REL T-150. The system usually stays off with just the TV running. Movies are watched downstairs in the HT. The other TV is a small LCD by the tub/jacuzzi in the Masters T/B.
The HT is built around a JVC D-ILA with a ceiling drop Elite Screen (I do not recommend this. It is a poor product and I am a victim of false economy). The projector however I find very good for the money. The Pre-pro is a Marantz AV8003, player an early generation Pioneer BD that has good video but you can watch your nails grow as it loads. L and R go through a BAT VK-31 SE Superpack the rest go direct to a BAT VK-6200 multichannel amplifier. All electronics are on CMS Reference platforms which I begged CMS to make one last run for me before they were discontinued. Speakers are Von Schweikert VR-4 SR Mk3s for L&R, VSA VisiUN center, rears are Ambience ribbon in-walls, and a pair of Ambience Band Pass Subwoofers. In the same room is the home server, a G5, which hosts the Sonos as well as the lighting automation. Strapped to these are Adam Artist 3s via an Apogee One.
We've got a guest bedroom which has become our study and play room. It's where my kids do their homework and stay with their friends when they have sleepovers. When they aren't in there, it's where I play DJ. In there is a pair of ethernet linked Pioneer CDJ-2000s, a DJM-900 Nexus Mixer hooked up to another pair of Adam Artist 3s. I'm trying to see if I can sneak my pair of Technics SL-1210 M5Gs in but it would mean sneaking in a big ol table too but I'm working on it!
I'll post pics soon
The Bedroom system's speakers get changed pretty often. I do evaluations of the smaller speakers we carry here simply because it's easy to move stuff around and the acoustics are what one would find in a typical good but not purpose treated environment. The resident (owned) loudspeakers are Von Schweikert Unifield 3s on custom stands from Cor Dekker of Musical Reality in Holland, Pre and Amplification are the Valvet Soulshine and Valvet A3.5. CD player is an EERA Integral. The Valvets sell really fast so I've had 3 sets come in and out. If I run out of stock I'll probably put in my Aesthetix Calypso which has left it's box once and my old BAT VK-150s and hope my kids don't burn their little fingers on those 6c33s. I've already got a new batch coming in from Germany so that seems unlikely. Anyhow.....
There are two HTs. If you can believe it. We have no TVs in any of the bedrooms. There's just one 42" plasma in the family room and sound is via my really old stuff. A Popcorn, a Proceed AVP2, a BPA-3 and MF X-A50s for the rear. Speakers are Ambience Speaker Systems HF in-wall ribbons hybrids up front and Dali in ceilings in the rear. One sub only. A small REL T-150. The system usually stays off with just the TV running. Movies are watched downstairs in the HT. The other TV is a small LCD by the tub/jacuzzi in the Masters T/B.
The HT is built around a JVC D-ILA with a ceiling drop Elite Screen (I do not recommend this. It is a poor product and I am a victim of false economy). The projector however I find very good for the money. The Pre-pro is a Marantz AV8003, player an early generation Pioneer BD that has good video but you can watch your nails grow as it loads. L and R go through a BAT VK-31 SE Superpack the rest go direct to a BAT VK-6200 multichannel amplifier. All electronics are on CMS Reference platforms which I begged CMS to make one last run for me before they were discontinued. Speakers are Von Schweikert VR-4 SR Mk3s for L&R, VSA VisiUN center, rears are Ambience ribbon in-walls, and a pair of Ambience Band Pass Subwoofers. In the same room is the home server, a G5, which hosts the Sonos as well as the lighting automation. Strapped to these are Adam Artist 3s via an Apogee One.
We've got a guest bedroom which has become our study and play room. It's where my kids do their homework and stay with their friends when they have sleepovers. When they aren't in there, it's where I play DJ. In there is a pair of ethernet linked Pioneer CDJ-2000s, a DJM-900 Nexus Mixer hooked up to another pair of Adam Artist 3s. I'm trying to see if I can sneak my pair of Technics SL-1210 M5Gs in but it would mean sneaking in a big ol table too but I'm working on it!
I'll post pics soon
