Rhapsody.Audio Listening Rooms

Rhapsody.Audio- Listening Rooms (RLRs)

Rhapsody.Audio would like to announce that within the next 3-4 months there will be multiple new locations where several of the product lines that Rhapsody.Audio represents will be available to audition via Rhapsody.Audio Listening Rooms (RLRs).

Initially, the RLR’s will have the products available for demonstration mentioned below. Upon opening, the DFW RLR will have a very similar product offering as that available at Rhapsody.Audio in Manhattan.

Over time, all locations will be expanding their portfolio to a comparable scale as that of NYC/DFW.

The RLRs will be available to host auditions by appointment. All product ordering and delivery logistics will be processed and supported from the Rhapsody.Audio NYC location.

Product assistance and installation will be supported by Rhapsody.Audio NYC along with the RLRs depending on customer location.

The RLR locations are:


Portland - Rhapsody.Audio RLR

Products available to audition (coming soon)

-Pilium

-Alsyvox

-Diesis

-Bayz Audio

Dallas/Fort Worth Rhapsody.Audio DFW

Products available to audition:

-Alsyvox

-Diesis

-Bayz Audio

-Pilium

-VYGER

-Kondo

-Taiko Audio

-VYDA

West Palm Beach & Miami (2 Florida locations) Rhapsody.Audio WPB/Miami

West Palm Beach will open initially. Miami will follow when the RLR is ready to host customers.

Products available to audition (initially):

-Alsyvox

-Pilium

-Aurender

-TelluriumQ

Chicago, IL Rhapsody.Audio Chicago

Products available to audition (initially):

-Alsyvox

-Pilium

-Aurender

-TelluriumQ

Long Island, NY Rhapsody.Audio Long Island

-Kondo

-Alsyvox

 

Rick Brown of HiFi 1 https://www.rbhifi1.com and the Carlsbad, CA Rhapsody location installed his second pair of Alsyvox Rafaellos in the last two months. The installation was completed today.



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Beautiful system and setting. From the perspective of this photo the room looks long and narrow. Any idea of the actual dimensions of that room?

 

Beautiful system and setting. From the perspective of this photo the room looks long and narrow. Any idea of the actual dimensions of that room?

It's more the pic angle/perspective. It's 17' X 30'.

 

Rhapsody.Audio- Listening Rooms (RLRs)

Rhapsody.Audio would like to announce that within the next 3-4 months there will be multiple new locations where several of the product lines that Rhapsody.Audio represents will be available to audition via Rhapsody.Audio Listening Rooms (RLRs).

Initially, the RLR’s will have the products available for demonstration mentioned below. Upon opening, the DFW RLR will have a very similar product offering as that available at Rhapsody.Audio in Manhattan.

Over time, all locations will be expanding their portfolio to a comparable scale as that of NYC/DFW.

The RLRs will be available to host auditions by appointment. All product ordering and delivery logistics will be processed and supported from the Rhapsody.Audio NYC location.

Product assistance and installation will be supported by Rhapsody.Audio NYC along with the RLRs depending on customer location.

The RLR locations are:


Portland - Rhapsody.Audio RLR

Products available to audition (coming soon)

-Pilium

-Alsyvox

-Diesis

-Bayz Audio

Dallas/Fort Worth Rhapsody.Audio DFW

Products available to audition:

-Alsyvox

-Diesis

-Bayz Audio

-Pilium

-VYGER

-Kondo

-Taiko Audio

-VYDA

West Palm Beach & Miami (2 Florida locations) Rhapsody.Audio WPB/Miami

West Palm Beach will open initially. Miami will follow when the RLR is ready to host customers.

Products available to audition (initially):

-Alsyvox

-Pilium

-Aurender

-TelluriumQ

Chicago, IL Rhapsody.Audio Chicago

Products available to audition (initially):

-Alsyvox

-Pilium

-Aurender

-TelluriumQ

Long Island, NY Rhapsody.Audio Long Island

-Kondo

-Alsyvox

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These are some impressive audio listening rooms! Chock full of audiophile delights!!

I can't see myself traveling to the United States for the foreseeable future but maybe some day.

 

These are some impressive audio listening rooms! Chock full of audiophile delights!!

I can't see myself traveling to the United States for the foreseeable future but maybe some day.

This last pic is not a Rhapsody Listening room even though posted here, it's one of our customer's rooms.

 

This last pic is not a Rhapsody Listening room even though posted here, it's one of our customer's rooms.

Good to know. Really just commenting on the various listening locations you posted.

 

Good to know. Really just commenting on the various listening locations you posted.

Thank you!!!

 

A visit from an Audiogon regular… (I’ve never really visited the Audiogon forums much, so I’ve not followed Chuck, though I did visit his place up in Seattle several years back with friends.)

Be sure to start the video at the beginning… not sure why (for me) it seems to load halfway through.

And I wish I had a stellar performance and recording of the Tchaikovsky — I felt it was thin and lacking gravitas. Tima or Bonzo, any recommendation?

 

A visit from an Audiogon regular… (I’ve never really visited the Audiogon forums much, so I’ve not followed Chuck, though I did visit his place up in Seattle several years back with friends.)

Be sure to start the video at the beginning… not sure why (for me) it seems to load halfway through.

And I wish I had a stellar performance and recording of the Tchaikovsky — I felt it was thin and lacking gravitas. Tima or Bonzo, any recommendation?

You do have a beautiful room Bob !

 

A visit from an Audiogon regular… (I’ve never really visited the Audiogon forums much, so I’ve not followed Chuck, though I did visit his place up in Seattle several years back with friends.)

Be sure to start the video at the beginning… not sure why (for me) it seems to load halfway through.

And I wish I had a stellar performance and recording of the Tchaikovsky — I felt it was thin and lacking gravitas. Tima or Bonzo, any recommendation?

Bob, That is a very nice welcome video into your beautiful music room. Wonderful introduction. Thank you for sharing where you spend your time listening.

 

Bob, That is a very nice welcome video into your beautiful music room. Wonderful introduction. Thank you for sharing where you spend your time listening.

Thanks Peter for the kind words. I keep threatening to create my own video of the room make-over, summarizing and consolidating the details in my old thread.

I knew Chuck was coming but didn’t really know what he expected so I may have been all over the board with musical choices. I think Chuck is on a most interesting journey listening to systems as he crisscrosses the country, but I haven’t heard from him with respect to taking in live performances along the way I don’t know what he calibrates to. If I was more familiar with him through Audiogon forums I’d know more.

 

I like the idea of traveling across the country, creating video introductions to people’s systems. You get to know the personalities and some fascinating perspectives. I find them more interesting than show report videos.

 

Chuck is doing better with his video. I didn't get sick.
I liked your room when I visited years back Bob. I did not know the open stair was a Bass trap. I have not heard that. I thought you wanted a room closed to pressurize the room.

 

Chuck is doing better with his video. I didn't get sick.
I liked your room when I visited years back Bob. I did not know the open stair was a Bass trap. I have not heard that. I thought you wanted a room closed to pressurize the room.

Interesting question—what does it mean to pressurize a room? Is it necessary? What are the advantages or disadvantages?

A clear disadvantage of my space is “whole home distributed sound” happens when I fire up the system. Fortunately for me my wife doesn’t mind listening from the couch upstairs. Also fortunate for me is the doors are all solid so in the master suite the music downstairs is heard only faintly — I can still listen at enjoyable levels and my wife can sleep.

But to the “pressurizing” issue… I still feel the visceral impact of the music very much—probably the cone drivers of my prior Wilson Alexia delivered a wee bit more “punch” than my Alsyvox panels or open baffle Diesis, but I don’t feel any lack of punch its just different in quality. I’m sure the back of the room being open relieves some nodal issues, but doesn’t eliminate them entirely. I can report the bass does not seem to change profoundly moving from primary seat to the next row back — it seems to me the impression is like moving forward or back a row or two in a large venue. My experience is in a closed room the difference from one row to the next is more pronounced but that too may be a function of room size/length.

(Maybe a topic for a separate thread?)

 

Best view in the bizz lol , nice house

 

Rick Brown of HiFi 1 https://www.rbhifi1.com and the Carlsbad, CA Rhapsody location installed his second pair of Alsyvox Rafaellos in the last two months. The installation was completed today.
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Nice, how do you like the Perlisten D series subs?

 

Nice, how do you like the Perlisten D series subs?

Rick doesn't post on WBF so ???? It was Rick's installation. He has said the customer loves the combination of the Rafaellos with the subs.

 

And I wish I had a stellar performance and recording of the Tchaikovsky — I felt it was thin and lacking gravitas. Tima or Bonzo, any recommendation?

pardon, did not see this until now...

One of the greatest melodists of all time, Tchaikovsky can be a lot of fun. What you played is from his ballet, Swan Lake. The iconic melody you hear with the oboe starting ~50:15 can be found at the start of Act II.

As far as possibilities go ... Eugene Ormandy with the Philadelphia is a popular one - this is excerpts, not the full ballet with several version of this reissued in a variety of formats since 1962. There is a recent reissue from Warner with Andre Previn with the London Symphony that covers the entire work -- 3 LPs. The audiophile classic with excerpts from several Tchaikovsky ballets and raved about by Pearson for its sonic qualities is 'The Royal Ballet Gala Performances' -- numerous reissues from Analogue Productions.

Tchaikovsky has some great symphonies -- a taste of the 4th.

 

pardon, did not see this until now...

One of the greatest melodists of all time, Tchaikovsky can be a lot of fun. What you played is from his ballet, Swan Lake. The iconic melody you hear with the oboe starting ~50:15 can be found at the start of Act II.

As far as possibilities go ... Eugene Ormandy with the Philadelphia is a popular one - this is excerpts, not the full ballet with several version of this reissued in a variety of formats since 1962. There is a recent reissue from Warner with Andre Previn with the London Symphony that covers the entire work -- 3 LPs. The audiophile classic with excerpts from several Tchaikovsky ballets and raved about by Pearson for its sonic qualities is 'The Royal Ballet Gala Performances' -- numerous reissues from Analogue Productions.

Tchaikovsky has some great symphonies -- a taste of the 4th.

Agree on Analogue Productions Anserment. Would add Rostropovich/Berlin Philharmonic and this one:

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Thanks Tim & LL21 for these recommendations.

 

Thanks Tim & LL21 for these recommendations.

Enjoy...the easiest place to start is the Analogue Productions which we also have...kind of a no brainer demonstration-type disc for those who want to hear Tchaikovsky.