The most beautiful listening rooms in the world, show us yours..or someone else's

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OK, I'll bite, here's my room...

Currently modding 2A3, 100 WPC EL-34 and Phono-pre units and building some Peter Daniel GCs.

May be acquiring 800 lbs of 98 dB efficient line-arrays. (Yikes. :yikes: )

Large volume loft space, a bit live, but sounds great in the sweet spot...

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(The skylight retracts for listening while suntanning or under the stars.)

Isolation rack...

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-Rob
 

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Re: Re: OK, I'll bite, here's my room...

karma said:
line-arrays. well you have the room for em:D

nice place i like the exposed rafters.

The building is from the 40s, the steel beams/redwood roof are great, and they and the cathedral skylight provide good diffraction and diffusion.

Elso Kwak said:
Where is the power lifter for?
:D

The chain hoist near the brick wall hefts a 35" TV. (See photo...)

rcavictim said:


Dare I ask why there is an industrial rope and tackle thingy hanging above your coffee table?
Does it have anything to do with your definition of 'sweet spot' ? :bigeyes:

Before renovation, the place had such block and tackle for moving around steel. I like the look, and surely it does something to the sound dispersion...
 

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anatech said:
Hi,
May as well post my mess of a living room. It does invite company to move around and enjoy. I like to do book work in here sometimes.

-Chris


Ah, complete with guard dog! :D

Does the piano right between the speakers give rise to sympathetic resonant increase in noise floor ?

I have a Hammond organ in my upstairs listening area and whenever I touch the keys I hear a "pathetic resonant increase in noise floor" :D
 
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Hi Rob,
It's just really very heavy. An 80 year old piano made in Toronto that needs to be restored. Sound board was intact last I saw. It seems to be inert for the most part. I does do a great job of holding the gear off the floor, and some CD's we are too lazy to put away.

Sounds not too bad in there. The room is about 15' X 20'. It's all I got.

-Chris
 
Wow, stick a video screen in that first room Bas posted and I would be in heaven. I don't really know if the sound would be perfect, but the overall "feel" of the room is incredible. The asthetics alone would make me enjoy the experience! Still, I would enjoy a cooshie chair rather than the leather. :D But that is just preference!
 
The Wall of Sound...

A friend of mine just visited this system.

This system is apparently designed specifically to play organ music.

To quote my friend, "The bass extension goes down to 12Hz at -3dB. There's a technique for playing an organ where two adjacent 32' pipes are played together, giving the sensation of a 5Hz note. This room was shaking at 5Hz!"

http://www.dougronald.com/sound_images.htm

Wall of Sound Website

LOTS of 30" woofs, infinite baffle into the next room...

-RT
 

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analog_sa said:
Something tells me the owner of that room would rather stick pins under his nails than a video screen.
Something tells me you are right, but that's why he won't get to design my listening room/den (since I obviously don't have the sort of cash flow he does to have a room dedicated solely to stereo listening!) I think on his web page he indicated he has a separate HT room. That would be interesting to compare and contrast. Obviously he would want more than one recliner. . .
 
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Rob Thomas said:
A friend of mine just visited this system.

This system is apparently designed specifically to play organ music.

To quote my friend, "The bass extension goes down to 12Hz at -3dB. There's a technique for playing an organ where two adjacent 32' pipes are played together, giving the sensation of a 5Hz note. This room was shaking at 5Hz!"

http://www.dougronald.com/sound_images.htm

Wall of Sound Website

LOTS of 30" woofs, infinite baffle into the next room...

-RT

I believe Kristin is 172 cm tall instead of 142 cm.
The woofers look like they do good bass, I'm not sure about the room though.
 
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