JackD201 - Almost Done
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Jack, not only you are a very nice fellow, but your listening room and gear goes perfectly with you. :b
I luv you man,
Bob
I luv you man,
Bob
Oh thank you Lord!
I'm done for now. Loudspeakers have finally burned in after the upgrade, changed the painting and how it is canted to reflect above the listening position into the ceiling treatments, I now have that "touch the furry wall" carpet that the kids just LOVE. Since this article was written, I've added a third tonearm (TW), a Townshend Rock 7 (One of our own products), a bunch of NOS Holland 6922s but have otherwise been buying music and more importantly listening for pleasure and not "tweakage". The article was rather embarrassing as the author kept on mentioning prices. It also shows that I need to lose oh, about 30 to 40 pounds!
http://eastgatepublishing.com/2011/09/where-jack-listens/
I'm done for now. Loudspeakers have finally burned in after the upgrade, changed the painting and how it is canted to reflect above the listening position into the ceiling treatments, I now have that "touch the furry wall" carpet that the kids just LOVE. Since this article was written, I've added a third tonearm (TW), a Townshend Rock 7 (One of our own products), a bunch of NOS Holland 6922s but have otherwise been buying music and more importantly listening for pleasure and not "tweakage". The article was rather embarrassing as the author kept on mentioning prices. It also shows that I need to lose oh, about 30 to 40 pounds!
http://eastgatepublishing.com/2011/09/where-jack-listens/
Jack
I know where I should go for inspiration now .. Simply magnificent .. No offense but your own pictures did not do justice to this magnificent room... The articles photos put it all in perspective.. SUPERB ... Words are failing me now ...
as for the pounds .. well ... that's the problem with Wide-angle lenses ... in tight spaces .. from a distance these pounds are likely not visible
I know where I should go for inspiration now .. Simply magnificent .. No offense but your own pictures did not do justice to this magnificent room... The articles photos put it all in perspective.. SUPERB ... Words are failing me now ...
as for the pounds .. well ... that's the problem with Wide-angle lenses ... in tight spaces .. from a distance these pounds are likely not visible
Thanks Treitz!
Frantz, no offense taken. My photography is like my golf. If I went professional, I'd starve. LOL.
Frantz, no offense taken. My photography is like my golf. If I went professional, I'd starve. LOL.
Jack, as I said before, BEAUTIFUL. Sitting in that chair must be able to make a tough day so much better, eh?
Lee
Lee
Nice write up, and pics, Jack. Agree about the mentioning of money numbers, but can understand since this is on a general interest website; just to point out to "others" how "mad" people in this game are !!
Interesting how the photos came out: this is macro imaging -- a contrast to christensenleif's "microdetail" wouldn't you say ...:b:b. Makes the speakers inconspicuous, almost "irrelevant" in the overall picture -- which is of course what one really wants ...
Now that the system has stabilised, how are the choral works shaping up? Also, in another thread I mentioned brass band workouts, your system should be close to being capable of those 125dB peaks needed, have you tried something like those?
Frank
Interesting how the photos came out: this is macro imaging -- a contrast to christensenleif's "microdetail" wouldn't you say ...:b:b. Makes the speakers inconspicuous, almost "irrelevant" in the overall picture -- which is of course what one really wants ...
Now that the system has stabilised, how are the choral works shaping up? Also, in another thread I mentioned brass band workouts, your system should be close to being capable of those 125dB peaks needed, have you tried something like those?
Frank
Thanks Mike
For some reason, the columns behind the speakers remind me of escapees from Easter Island. Amazing, none the less.
Nice write up, and pics, Jack. Agree about the mentioning of money numbers, but can understand since this is on a general interest website; just to point out to "others" how "mad" people in this game are !!
Interesting how the photos came out: this is macro imaging -- a contrast to christensenleif's "microdetail" wouldn't you say ...:b:b. Makes the speakers inconspicuous, almost "irrelevant" in the overall picture -- which is of course what one really wants ...
Now that the system has stabilised, how are the choral works shaping up? Also, in another thread I mentioned brass band workouts, your system should be close to being capable of those 125dB peaks needed, have you tried something like those?
Frank
After watching the movie It's All Gone Pete Tong a movie about a DJ that loses his hearing, I've been pretty careful about high SPL exposure. Having said that, yeah I have. LOL. The system could do the stuff well even before the upgrades, theres just less of a sense of strain now. Is it totally absent? No. I don't think so mainly because my brother's system is my frame of reference and THAT system (room included) doesn't seem to have any limits.
I can still overload my room with bass because I asked my acoustician for some bass lift since I listen at a volume with only 100dB peaks for the most part. I try to stay below or at 85dB averages depending on the situation (alone or entertaining). My personal challenge has been to get things to sound complete at lower and not higher volumes. That meant the only place to go was down by trying to push that noise floor as low as I could. The reason I'm really enjoying now is I think I've reached a level I am satisfied with. It isn't dead quite but quiet enough to no longer be bothersome.
I would like to share my favorite line to my wife........."But sweetie, it's INVENTORY!" LOL!!!!!!!!
My acoustician, Interior Designer and I were shooting for a Superman Fortress of Solitude look but yeah, Easter Island or any Ancient Civilization works for me too
I wanted something angular to match the angularity of the VR-9 design and to contrast with the waves of the Almute cloud. The carpet with it swirls were chosen to mirror the curves of the clouds.Here's a funny tidbit. The IDs pulled the dominant colors of the room from the loudspeakers. The walls are bronze and the Guilford fabrics are beige (color of the unused grills) and gray (color of the magnesium woofers). The rest of the furniture are different shades of brown and gray. Two Lao paintings have gone up in the front center wall, both were predominantly gray. The aluminum of the ribbons and tweeter flanges show up in the racks, side table and lounge chair bases. The black from the drivers likewise show up in my listening chair and racks.
Lighting was critical as well since there is no natural light in a basement. Lighting was done by former school mates that do clubs and most recently did the lighting for the Resort World Casinos. This work is ongoing. The red halo seen on the clouds are LED RGB ropes that are DMX controlled. Fore and Aft artlights will be replaced. The Aft artlights were Martin Alien 5s from my old place. 10 years old and they're dying. We'll be replacing these but haven't found models that tickle my fancy. The four front art lights will be replaced with whatever model we eventually choose. Warm light comes from the Onyx bar lit up with a bank of T-5s. We'll be looking at replacing the T-5s with LED strips as well because it bugs me that T-5s can go intermittent.
My acoustician, Interior Designer and I were shooting for a Superman Fortress of Solitude look but yeah, Easter Island or any Ancient Civilization works for me too
Here's a funny tidbit. The IDs pulled the dominant colors of the room from the loudspeakers. The walls are bronze and the Guilford fabrics are beige (color of the unused grills) and gray (color of the magnesium woofers). The rest of the furniture are different shades of brown and gray. Two Lao paintings have gone up in the front center wall, both were predominantly gray. The aluminum of the ribbons and tweeter flanges show up in the racks, side table and lounge chair bases. The black from the drivers likewise show up in my listening chair and racks.
Lighting was critical as well since there is no natural light in a basement. Lighting was done by former school mates that do clubs and most recently did the lighting for the Resort World Casinos. This work is ongoing. The red halo seen on the clouds are LED RGB ropes that are DMX controlled. Fore and Aft artlights will be replaced. The Aft artlights were Martin Alien 5s from my old place. 10 years old and they're dying. We'll be replacing these but haven't found models that tickle my fancy. The four front art lights will be replaced with whatever model we eventually choose. Warm light comes from the Onyx bar lit up with a bank of T-5s. We'll be looking at replacing the T-5s with LED strips as well because it bugs me that T-5s can go intermittent.
The red halo really is something, as is the bar (?) area. It all reminds me of something a Bond villain would have, not that I'm suggesting you have any plans for World domination.
The only experience I have of IDs is the one my friend used in West Hollywood and who had done work for Adam Sandler. Impressive.
Similar to my criteria: the sound, the tonality does not alter one iota from maximum volume to whisper quiet. A high energy, high dynamics recordings still drives hard at very low volume; it has the same subjective impact as it would have at full listening volume. But I still have a residual problem of some "dirtiness" starting to intrude at the end of a full day's running: this is definitely due to cordless phone interaction, RF or power contamination I'm not quite sure. I know you went through the exercise once to see if you had any problems there, with a positive result(!); I wonder if you're still "clean" in this regard, with the system now running at a "finer" level, hopefully that's the case ...I can still overload my room with bass because I asked my acoustician for some bass lift since I listen at a volume with only 100dB peaks for the most part. I try to stay below or at 85dB averages depending on the situation (alone or entertaining). My personal challenge has been to get things to sound complete at lower and not higher volumes. That meant the only place to go was down by trying to push that noise floor as low as I could. The reason I'm really enjoying now is I think I've reached a level I am satisfied with. It isn't dead quite but quiet enough to no longer be bothersome.
I would like to share my favorite line to my wife........."But sweetie, it's INVENTORY!" LOL!!!!!!!!
Frank
