Listening Space update

[frenchmon]

Pops...I see a Ortofon Black box and Bronz Box. Do you have them?

[poppachubby]

Pops...I see a Ortofon Black box and Bronz Box. Do you have them?

I bought the Red when it first came out. I don't know what the box looks like now, but the original box had each stylus on each side of the box. The dealer would then put whichever one you bought and sticker the box accordingly.

Ortofon 2M Black!?! Oh baby I wish!

[frenchmon]

I bought the Red when it first came out. I don't know what the box looks like now, but the original box had each stylus on each side of the box. The dealer would then put whichever one you bought and sticker the box accordingly.

Ortofon 2M Black!?! Oh baby I wish!

Oh...I see. My box just has the Red.

[thekid]

Great pics PC things are really coming together in that room.

Love that last pic.
Looks like they are both rocking out-come clean what was playing when you took their pic Barney's Greatest Hits or Mister Roger's Rockin' Hood.....

[poppachubby]

Thanks L2L. The LPs are all 25cent losers. The 3 in question are Bing Crosby, Glen Campbell and Al Martino. My wife is a banker and one of her customers gave me a free box full.

The speakers are in my sig, 3A Apogee.

[thekid]

Thought I 'd engage in my other music hobby today- moving all the stuff.....

I will be adding some excercise gear to the garage so went ahead and moved things around again. Mostly the same gear you all have seen before just in a new set-up in the garage.
Needs some tweaking but overall the sound is more than adequate. I can say with confidence I have the best garage set-up in the neighborhood.....

[luvtolisten]

First of all, Nice garage! Nice setup too.Those speakers on the bottom, are those Polk Monitor 10's?

[poppachubby]

Holy chit!! Nice...

How is the echo in there kid? Try hanging some carpet on the walls or even rubber mats from your car. Hit up the thrifts for a end roll of carpet.

[thekid]

First of all, Nice garage! Nice setup too.Those speakers on the bottom, are those Polk Monitor 10's?

LTL- Yes they are chillin in the garage since I got the Heresy's and they too big to go elsewhere....for the moment

How is the echo in there kid? Try hanging some carpet on the walls or even rubber mats from your car. Hit up the thrifts for a end roll of carpet.

Thanks Pops.

There really is no echo in part because what you can't see in the photo is alot of furniture that is in storage so it deadens the space pretty well. Debating whether to use some concrete paint to cover the ugly bare floor or just put in a section of indoor/outdoor carpet. Our one cat used to have a "thing" about that type of carpet but she is not in there that often so it might be worth a try.

[poppachubby]

LTL- Yes they are chillin in the garage since I got the Heresy's and they too big to go elsewhere....for the moment



Thanks Pops.

There really is no echo in part because what you can't see in the photo is alot of furniture that is in storage so it deadens the space pretty well. Debating whether to use some concrete paint to cover the ugly bare floor or just put in a section of indoor/outdoor carpet. Our one cat used to have a "thing" about that type of carpet but she is not in there that often so it might be worth a try.

Without a doubt carpet. It will look better and help to further the sound cause. Garages can be deadly for slap echo, that awful and distorted type. It would render your gear unlistenable unless at really low volumes, but what would be fun about that?

Life is good when you have stacked Genesis/Polks, and can only find use for them in your garage!!

[manlystanley]

Pops and Kid: Great looking listening space (and great looking children to!!)

Best Regards,
Stan

[thekid]

Pops and Kid: Great looking listening space (and great looking children to!!)

Best Regards,
Stan

Thanks Stan!

It will probably change again this weekend as I have a potential buyer coming over to look at some of the gear in this set-up. Still have enough sitting on the sidelines that any holes can be filled.......

[manlystanley]

Thanks Stan!

It will probably change again this weekend as I have a potential buyer coming over to look at some of the gear in this set-up. Still have enough sitting on the sidelines that any holes can be filled.......

So, you finance your trips to Hawaii by: selling your equipment that you buy and resell at 'reasonable prices'.


Best Regards,
Stan

[thekid]

So, you finance your trips to Hawaii by: selling your equipment that you buy and resell at 'reasonable prices'.


Best Regards,
Stan

Hawaii?? My profit margin might buy me a can of Hawaiian Punch and a bottle of rum which after a few is almost like being there.....

[Hyfi]

Swapped in the Danes a few weeks ago driven by the Stratos.

Picture taken with Canon G11 in Sunset mode.

[manlystanley]

Hawaii?? My profit margin might buy me a can of Hawaiian Punch and a bottle of rum which after a few is almost like being there.....

Yeee Haaa..... Count me in!!!! All I need in addition is a tied died Tee shirt and a steel drum CD...... Can it get any better then this??

Best Regards,
Stan

[thekid]

Have been streamlining things lately and came up with this arrangement for the study/record room. Can't see it really in the pic but the other side of the desk contains the Sony ES system with the USB turntable I use to rip LP's. This set up allows me to "display" some of the nicer vintage pieces in a manner that makes the wife happy. Other wall contains a couple hundred LP's and LD's.

[luvtolisten]

Nice

[pixelthis]

Have been streamlining things lately and came up with this arrangement for the study/record room. Can't see it really in the pic but the other side of the desk contains the Sony ES system with the USB turntable I use to rip LP's. This set up allows me to "display" some of the nicer vintage pieces in a manner that makes the wife happy. Other wall contains a couple hundred LP's and LD's.

Is that all?
Really nice, but is all of your gear in that rack in service? IS that a tuner on top?

[thekid]

Is that all?
Really nice, but is all of your gear in that rack in service? IS that a tuner on top?

It is not all the vintage silver-face gear I own. As mentioned in my response to Pc belowI have a Pioneer SX-850/Kenwood KT-8300 combo in the family room and there is a Luxman R-1050 in a spare bedroom. People can debate the SQ of vintage gear but from a style stand point I think even some of the lowest level gear has a certain style to it that I appreciate.

You are correct that it is a tuner on top. It is a Harmon-Kardon A-200 tube tuner that dates back to the early 60's IIRC. It powers it up but needs some work but it cost me next to nothing and I really bought as a decoration rather than a functioning unit. The Dynaco below that has a scratchy channel which is beyond just a generally Deoxit treatment. Have enough other SS amps so it is a future project.

The next shelf is a Sansui AU-505 integrated amp and TU-555 "roundie" tuner. It is currently driving those small Klipsch speakers sitting on the desk. It is good for listening to music w/o waking the rest of the house. (I get up around 4:30 AM every morning-my teenage son does not... ) Next is the Marantz 2245 and lastly a mint condition Kenwood KA-8100 integrated amp.

The Sony ES system is also there driving my Klipsch Heresy I's but I can now switch that out with the Sansui or Marantz whenever I want to change things up.

[frahengeo]

Have been streamlining things lately and came up with this arrangement for the study/record room. Can't see it really in the pic but the other side of the desk contains the Sony ES system with the USB turntable I use to rip LP's. This set up allows me to "display" some of the nicer vintage pieces in a manner that makes the wife happy. Other wall contains a couple hundred LP's and LD's.

Gotta love the vintage gear! Looks great. Do you have a pic of the ES system. I love the ES stuff from the 80s and 90s.

Both you and Hyfi are fortunate to have such supportive partners. My wife hates my toys and calls 'em "black boxes", plus with two boys running around I had to build a media room to store and protect my gear.

[thekid]

Gotta love the vintage gear! Looks great. Do you have a pic of the ES system. I love the ES stuff from the 80s and 90s.

Both you and Hyfi are fortunate to have such supportive partners. My wife hates my toys and calls 'em "black boxes", plus with two boys running around I had to build a media room to store and protect my gear.

Frahengo

Since you asked.......
Here is a pic of the ES system as well as the other side of the room where the vinyl and some of my LD collection is stored. As you can see from the China cabinet in the middle of the vinyl compromises were made.... . Overall though you are right that I am lucky to have a wife that puts up with my addiction. However I have so little other free time it is about the only thing I can indulge in.

BTW the Sony ES system consists of;

Cassette Deck- RX79ES
CD Player- CDP-C77ES
Reciever- GA8ES w/remote

[frahengeo]

Frahengo

BTW the Sony ES system consists of;

Cassette Deck- RX79ES
CD Player- CDP-C77ES
Reciever- GA8ES w/remote

Nice vinyl collection! IMO, definitely adds a little class to the living room. My wife would never let me have it though...

I've always loved the wood side panels on the ES gear (your CDP). Sony made some of their best stuff in those days. Something died in Sony, as a company, when their founder passed away in the late 90s.

I have a few ES CDPs myself, but dread the day when the laser goes.

Thanks for sharing.

[poppachubby]

Looks great. Is that Dynaco functioning? How do you find the quality of ripping from that USB table? Do you use Audacity?

[thekid]

Looks great. Is that Dynaco functioning? How do you find the quality of ripping from that USB table? Do you use Audacity?

PC

One of the channels is out on the Dynaco. A simple enough fix I am sure for the audio place I take gear to but it is not a priority right now. The unit is in excellent shape otherwise and looks pretty cool IMO. The Harmon-Kardon tube tuner on top does power up but needs re-stringing everything else is in working condition. A happy accident though is that I could not put the Pioneer SX-850 in there so I broke up the Kenwood KA 8100/KT-8300 combo. I now run the KT-8300 through the SX-850 and the sound is awesome. Quiet and very full through all ranges.

I know there are other ways of ripping LP's to your hard drive but this table makes it it just a simple one plug connection. Upgraded the stock Sony cartridge as well for a bit better sound. I am using the software that came with the TT. Don't think it is Audacity but from what I understand it is very similar. Allows you to chose different format and removes all but the most severe pops in the LP. You can take your most worn LP's and turn them into CD quality recordings. Blasphemy I know but it does allow me to pick LP's many vinyl collectors pass up because they know it would give them issues when playing on their regular TT's or would have a limited playing lifespan because of the amount of wear already present. I would not recommend this or really any USB TT for regular listening for several reasons but mostly I don't think their construction lends itself to a long lifespan.