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In Reply to: RE: I have a hunch. posted by grantv on November 14, 2015 at 19:07:12
Unless it has that, and regardless of the 'cool' A/V stuff, to my eyes it looks more like a dungeon than a (listening) room.
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and yes everyone knows Maggies hate windows. But hey- many don't have a choice and even fewer are in a position to design a room. Yet even if I were to win the lottery and have a (Summer) Ocean front home, it would definitely have huge windows to view out of while listening to music. I'd have to make em' work.
My brother uses his basement as his HT/family room. Fortunately he's got tons of space with double doors on the opposite end that leads out to stairs.
His brand of choice is M&K which surprisingly sound incredible.
"Audiophiles don't use equipment to listen to music,
Audiophiles uses music to listen to their equipment".
I dropped some 20.1 stands off at a customer in Vancouver once. He was in False Creek, his room faced out to DT Vancouver, amazing! Windows floor to ceiling & wall to wall. He built the sound proofed room within his double condo (bought 2 side by side and converted it into one large space).
BTW, his system was also pretty darn nice... IIRC 20.1 (had 3.6's and among other "old stuff" sitting in the back of the room), Classe Omega amps among other amazing pieces...
Building codes frequenty dictate the window to square footage ratio.
Too much is never enough
Along a similar line I recall my mom saying she wanted see through windows because eventually she'd be in a box long enough. (Morbid as it is, it made a long lasting impression on me.)
I'm sure the glass here would rein havoc on a set of Maggies probably to the point of being unbearable, then again maybe not- but hey I'd sure like to find out!Having $400K worth of amps can't hurt either ; )
"Audiophiles don't use equipment to listen to music,
Audiophiles uses music to listen to their equipment".
Edits: 11/20/15 11/20/15
Wow! I'd be unable to concentrate on just to listening to music in such a room. I suppose after a while the effect wears off, or maybe not?
I meant to imply the original one, since it was described as a "great looking room". Now, having looked at yours I'm inclined to say "both".
I guess I like the dungeon look. Mainly though I like simplicity.
Does simplicity require looking like a dungeon, even though dungeons certainly look simple? There are dungeon scenes in some operas, none of which ever appear particularly ornate. I wouldn't prefer my listening room looking like any dungeon. There are many well regarded concert halls which look ornate, composer portraits and busts and a whole lot of other crapola, ditto for some movie theaters.
Simplicity doesn't mean it has to look like a dungeon. I do happen to like simple, definitely not ornate. I also kind of like the dungeon look, although not as much as I used to, and not concerned about that as much as simplicity.
I also like wide open simple rooms, non-dungeon types. My room was done by me (all of it; steel beam, dry-walling, mudding, paint, carpet, electrical, insulation...) to my liking a number of years ago now. I'm still happy with it. No need to change it. Heck, my eyes are closed half the time I'm down there. :)
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