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Hi,I love audio just like all you Asylmites on here. One thing that gets me lately are the pictures sent in of audiophiles listening rooms. Some look so futuristic or eerie that they remind of the Cat-scan room on the Exorsist, or look like the old mans room at the end of the movie 2001. Do these rooms have only 1 seat centered in the favorite listening position thats never shown? Is there anyone out there that combines their listening room with some (Mancave) stuff? You never see any neon beer signs, LazyBoy recliners,small fridges, Steve McQueen posters jumping over barbed wire, or what else have I left out? Are most audiophiles like Adrian Monk or are there any audiophiles that love music, respect their investment, but live a normal life ?........Mark Korda
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I'm with you on most of your post: a listening room should also be livable and reflect the owner's personality, but no way would I allow a fridge of any size, or any other extraneous noise maker, into mine.
When I'm thirsty for a beer I'm more than happy to trot out to the kitchen for another cold one, just so long as I don't have to listen to the refrigerator compete with the soft parts in my music.
JE
The sterile looking rooms don't appeal to me but I bet a lot of the guys who have those systems work intense, chaotic jobs and crave some peace and order. There was a picture of a super high-end system set up in an excessively ordered room recently and I looked up the guy and he's an emergency room doctor. I bet that room is just what he needs to wind down after a rough day at work.
Imagine how boring the internet would be if folks were as civil here as they are in person.
Is there anyone out there that combines their listening room with some (Mancave) stuff? You never see any neon beer signs, LazyBoy recliners,small fridges, Steve McQueen posters jumping over barbed wire, or what else have I left out?When my wife and I first started out in our present house 13 years ago, we had beer signs, posters, a bar, small fridge, lava lamps, etc. in the "party room" downstairs, with a small mid-fi audio system. A few years later, the party room was repurposed as a dedicated listening room. Part of the reason for the change is that we don't party like we're in our 20s anymore. When friends come over, the ladies, gents, and children all mingle together. It's not like the guys disappear to the man cave to hang out by themselves.
Besides, the stereotypical man cave doesn't appeal to me aesthetically. I don't like clutter, knick-knacks, hobby paraphernalia, or a lot of decoration. I like modern architecture and would have preferred a more modern look, but built-in acoustic treatments were a priority and I wanted to save money on the room to spend more on equipment. So what I have is relatively clean looking but kind of cold & bland. I sometimes regret my color choices or wish I had better lighting and some artwork.
I definitely appreciate having a room where audio setup is the #1 priority, even though its shape is not best suited for audio. We also have the living room for casual listening.
Edits: 11/17/14
I used to have a spacious basement mancave with sofa facing the audio setup and big screen TV. It was strictly 2-channel stereo but still kind of nice listening to music or watching movies down there with wife and friends. I had enough room for large mono blocks, preamp, phono preamp, DAC, Blu-Ray player, TiVO, AppleTV, CD Player, Mac music server, record cleaning machine, Turntable on another wall with albums propped up on display on picture ledges.
We recently downsized to our pre-retirement low maintenance home (no yard work, no snow shoveling!) but my listening room is now my tiny home office. I still enjoy it and it will have to do until we finish the basement.... maybe someday.
In the mean time:
that dig listening for these rooms where you see a single chair or love seat.
Edits: 11/18/14
Awesome speakers! I have the baby brothers.
And you have a couple of the most sought after Classe amps. Nice.
didn't know the Classe Mono's had much of a following, I just know the sound that I personally like and they fit the bill. Thanks for the props!!
Mr. Monk rules! Miss that guy.
I do use it but it does have a wee bit of ballast noise so mostly its off for critical listening.
What is that LP with the red cover and what appear to be two scantily clad ladies, prominently displayed on the second shelf?
I'm fond of Spaten Optimator. There is a German restaurant in Connecticut that has serves it in one liter mugs.
Gets a lot of play time in our home.
Edits: 11/18/14
I think that LP was on the Absolute Sound "Super Disks" list of reference recordings.
Lots of stuff in this room.
2 chairs I do have more stowed away out of view I know a bit of a mess but still working on the 13a replicas
Here's my mancave etc...
Rodney Gold
Say Rodney!
Could you please identify the various speakers in your posts?
Thanks in Advance!
JE
1st/2nd pic = vivid Audio Giya G1's (South African speaker)
3nd Pic , Meridian DSP6000's (english Speaker)
4th Pic - large towers are Canton Ergo 120 DC (german speaker)
http://www.hifi-wiki.de/index.php/Canton_Ergo_120_DC
Twin bubinga (red wood) Towers are Osborn epitome's + bass units (aussie speaker)
http://www.osbornloudspeakers.com.au/files/epitspec.html
Rodney Gold
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Rodney Gold
Steve McQueen posters, Lazy Boys, neon beer signs?
Few teenagers can afford very nice equipment.
but, there appears to be little joy in the single seat set-up and what's the point of listening to music if not to bring some joy into life?
Around here, isolated elegance justt doesn't compensate and can't replace the joy of life and music as an intregal part of being.
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination"-Michael McClure
Edits: 11/16/14
My musical interests are classical with perhaps 10% jazz. I have no opportunity for communal listening where I live. So when I designed my dedicated space it necessitated a solitary sweet spot.
...what's that?
I guess it's one where you watch TV all evening instead of listening to music.
Perhaps it's sitting home watching a video rather going to a concert or seeing live music.
Maybe it's spending your time on Facebook instead of AA.
I would never and could never wish to sit in a room that was designed to be a solitary confinement. Music is for dancing and listening and sharing and so it is in the living room and usually I have from 1-3 folks in there enjoying with me.
Sometimes one of them will choose the music, mostly though we agree to put it on shuffle play and we pick either one genre to shuffle or as many genres as we feel like mixing.
Now and then a song will fold in and someone will suggest that we listed to either that song's album or a shuffle of all of that artists albums.
Then sometimes we play an LP/CD but not all that often as we seem to like the random nature of shuffles.
There are 150,000 tunes on the hard drive, variety is king in our home.
Many people have a hard time being alone with themselves and having to reflect.
Most don't want a accolades for their gregarious behaviour.
I prefer my woofer to the center and forward of the main system!
It's embedded in a living-dining room with difficult asymmetrical-design, reflection, and immovable-furniture issues. But it "works" because I'm fortunate enough to have a spouse who--after hearing what it brings to the listening-experience table--accepts the visual impact of a not-insignificant amount of room treatment (especially at the front wall and first reflection points) as the price of obtaining better-than-decent sound in a "normal" (i.e., not-designed-for-audiophiles) environment.
Jim
http://jimtranr.com
I'm convinced that it is possible to alter listening room (mancave) acoustics for the worse with the wrong choice of furnishings. Overstuffed armchairs and sectional sofas physically disrupt beneficial reflection patterns, wall-to-wall carpeting deadens the sound. Generally speaking, almost anything your wife wants to put in your listening room is detrimental to good sound.I prefer purposeful, spare lines and lean proportions in my audio room.
Edits: 11/16/14
I don't have a dedicated listening room. I have my "main" system in the family room, one in the living room with the TV (no surround crap) and one in my bedroom. All are integrated into the "well lived in" rooms and aren't the focus. I also have a man cave/workroom generally in shambles with pirates flag, hot rod models, my messy project desk,etc. The system there is always rotating with whatever gear I'm testing/working on.
Blue collar and on a budget!
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Freak out...Far out...In out....
I had the system in the basement before, but I found to my surprise I like being around people and listen a lot more in the family room.
does it matter?...
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