Robert Harley's Room

[andromedaaudio]

pics of my streaming system

We have seen enough pics by now ....... music videos please ??

 

[Mike Lavigne]

RH probably used something more sophisticated.

Chuck only uses a lapel mic. same for every video. RH was not doing the recording for this video. agree if RH did the video it would be different.

 

[andromedaaudio]

Chuck only uses a lapel mic. same for every video. RH was not doing the recording for this video. agree if RH did the video it would be different.

He has a vid on your " barn " listening room too , cool i just started watching it

 

[microstrip]

I was referring to concussive impact. Not messing up the midrange, the neutrality, the transparency and what I call the point of singularity where everything lines up perfectly is very very tricky. If you’re all about spatial cues, soundstage and feeling the kick drum in your chest all these are less important. I’m not saying either should be preferred but to me I’m all about the former. I’ll gladly take the latter when everything else permits it.

IMO the lack of "concussive impact" is mainly caused by poor speaker and/or listening position, that conflicts with subwoofer use. Although measurements will not help in the final optimization phase, that should be carried by listening, they can help of lot in the set up and positioning of subwoofers. REW is an excellent tool , as we can play /compare many measurement takes in a single screen.

 

[PeterA]

I just finished watching the video. Thank you for posting it. I do think it is very cool of Chuck to go around in his RV and interview and film these owners in their listening rooms. I watched the one of Bobvin, Rhapsody West, too. These videos serve as good introductions to the system and room and their owner, and find them quite interesting.

To me, the room sounded a bit overdamped. People have commented about how few acoustic treatments there are in the room, but, the room is custom designed with non resonant studs/walls. It is fully carpeted, and there are still a bunch of treatments on the wall. And you can hear it on the video. I do like the access door to the garage. That makes a lot of sense for a reviewer of large gear.

I am curious about why the massive CH monos are not closer to the speakers, especially the left channel. It looks like there is room to clear the door, but perhaps not. It makes for a pretty long set of speaker cables. With the exception of the "Sunshine of your WUB" track, it seems that RH chose the demo songs. I am reminded of a house visit I made to my dealer. I had traveled with about ten LPs. I had hoped I would have a chance to listen to some of them. The first evening we went down to the main listening room and he said, "I see you brought some records with you. Please choose one and put it on the turntable." That was refreshing, but boy was I nervous about touching his turntable.

I was actually a bit surprised that Chuck did not request to hear the Basis turntable and that RH did not offer to play it, both seeming content to have Robert simple select streams from his pad. Especially after he introduced it and commented on the form follows function design and on the record weight. That was a bit disappointing, though to be fair, maybe Chuck edited it out of the video and we just don’t see it.

Anyway, I appreciate another enjoyable video about one of these HiEnd big brand systems in an actual domestic environment.

 

[JiminGa]

IMO the lack of "concussive impact" is mainly caused by poor speaker and/or listening position, that conflicts with subwoofer use. Although measurements will not help in the final optimization phase, that should be carried by listening, they can help of lot in the set up and positioning of subwoofers. REW is an excellent tool , as we can play /compare many measurement takes in a single screen.

Sure. I understand your points. What you are not taking into account is that very large diameter drivers with dedicated amplification create a ton of air movement that is not possible without them. It’s just not physically possible. This wave launch alters the sound in a way no perfect set up or REW tool can duplicate. I don’t generally favor it due to the negative knock on effects that often accompany them but in some cases (XVX) in a room that can support them (rare) they can be quite awesome. Love them or hate them they can’t be duplicated by clever set up. You can of course optimize the driver surface you do have available but that’s different than adding more driver surface area and then optimizing it with its inherent trade offs.

 

[Lee]

I just finished watching the video. Thank you for posting it. I do think it is very cool of Chuck to go around in his RV and interview and film these owners in their listening rooms. I watched the one of Bobvin, Rhapsody West, too. These videos serve as good introductions to the system and room and their owner, and find them quite interesting.

To me, the room sounded a bit overdamped. People have commented about how few acoustic treatments there are in the room, but, the room is custom designed with non resonant studs/walls. It is fully carpeted, and there are still a bunch of treatments on the wall. And you can hear it on the video. I do like the access door to the garage. That makes a lot of sense for a reviewer of large gear.

I am curious about why the massive CH monos are not closer to the speakers, especially the left channel. It looks like there is room to clear the door, but perhaps not. It makes for a pretty long set of speaker cables. With the exception of the "Sunshine of your WUB" track, it seems that RH chose the demo songs. I am reminded of a house visit I made to my dealer. I had traveled with about ten LPs. I had hoped I would have a chance to listen to some of them. The first evening we went down to the main listening room and he said, "I see you brought some records with you. Please choose one and put it on the turntable." That was refreshing, but boy was I nervous about touching his turntable.

I was actually a bit surprised that Chuck did not request to hear the Basis turntable and that RH did not offer to play it, both seeming content to have Robert simple select streams from his pad. Especially after he introduced it and commented on the form follows function design and on the record weight. That was a bit disappointing, though to be fair, maybe Chuck edited it out of the video and we just don’t see it.

Anyway, I appreciate another enjoyable video about one of these HiEnd big brand systems in an actual domestic environment.

It’s challenging to judge a room based on shitty mics. I have been there and the room never sounded overdamped to me.

 

[hopkins]

It’s challenging to judge a room based on shitty mics. I have been there and the room never sounded overdamped to me.

Based on videos alone, PeterA's room is highly reverberant, so I am not surprised that he finds this room over-damped.

 

[orenatt]

Someone know which cables (Speakers, Interconnect) are used in the RH system?

 

[miniguy]

Someone know which cables (Speakers, Interconnect) are used in the RH system?

And how much of his system he personally owns.

 

[gleeds]

And how much of his system he personally owns.

Predominantly top-line AudioQuest.

 

[miniguy]

Predominantly top-line AudioQuest.

I meant including all components and speakers, not just cables. That is, which parts of his system are his personal property, not long term loaners from manufacturers.

 

[XV-1]

The room and system is awesome. Socks with sandals - please, cringe worthy

 

[orenatt]

It’s very interesting, AudioQuest is great company but I did not see them in the High End show room Munich, in most of the time I saw Nordost.
Also, RH use Shunyata power cords in his system so it’s not really matter to use all the cables in the system from only one brand.