Every record, poster, and little piece up here has a story attached to it and somehow this corner has become a tiny scrapbook…places I’ve been and shows I’ve loved…and songs that have gotten me through every season of life. Hell yeah 🤘🏻
Made a post yesterday about pulling the trigger on these. Got them open box for £450. However, they were fully sealed, not a mark on them at all.
Anyway, these things dwarf the Elacs as you can see in the photo. I had to swap out my taller bookshelf speakers for smaller ones to accomamade the tweeter height being ear level. The subs are not always on, only for certain genres.
The sound is very filling compared to the Elacs and the mids are smooth and clear thanks to the midrange driver. The high end is detailed but not fatiguing too, haven't really experienced that before. I had to eq the Elacs to make them a tad brighter as I felt it was slightly lacking in that regard. Don't need to do that with these.
I bought these to future proof, because me and my partner are planning on moving to a bigger house and will fit better in a bigger room.
I tend to regret the things I do or I buy. And now I’m regretting even getting this made. It’s way too big, it isn’t practical. Too much space for vinyl and cd storage When I barely need a third of it. I don’t have any surface to put record sleeves so that part tends to be kind of uncomfortable for me. I don’t know, I might just be looking for validation here so I don’t feel regret. But I could’ve designed something way more practical and small now that I know, I guess I got a little excited watching all those images of beautiful big cabinets filled up with records and cd’s. So I designed a big ass piece of furniture when I have a really small room.
Got rid of the big rack and added a small cabinet.
I feel like it’s much better.
I just received delivery of this lovely new console from Nic @thinklaterstudio in Brooklyn and I’m totally in love. It’s great to have room for the listening table (Yamaha PX-2) and the 1200s for auditioning DJ sets.
Wanted to share my happiness here. Been dating this girl for a little and mentioned I have a stereo in storage that I can’t setup at my house. I asked her if she had ever heard a real stereo in the $10,000 range and she said no but she loves music and got very excited by the idea.
I set it up and when she saw the records she flipped and pulled out a couple choice picks. Coltrane, Nina, Mingus but we ended up listening to Kid A first.
Boys, I tell you she had the exact reaction we all hope someone has when hearing a real stereo. She couldn’t believe it. Her eyes were closed when I started playing it and First thing she said “I’m hearing so many things I’ve never heard before”. Shortly followed by “so this is what music is supposed to sound like?”.
After a bit I started talking nerd shit about the speakers and then caught myself and said “nevermind this is really nerdy” and she said “go on I want to hear about it”. I explained some more and we listened to Coltrane after and she couldn’t have been more thankful. She said “I’m never going to leave my house when I’m not working” and thanked me over and over.
We’ve already spent hours upon hours listening to records together and her taste in music is immaculate. She might be a keeper!
I posted the first shot a week or two ago, after just acquiring the space to dedicate to my music hobby. Fast forward a week or so and we have what I am extremely happy with right now. Biggest upgrade was the speakers, going from a completely oversized but gorgeous sounding Missions to the Kef LS50 metas. Lick of paint all over, a cosy carpet and some lighting. Very happy
Two audio technica lp120
Numark m2 mixer
Kef q1 meta
Sony str-dh190 receiver
Old Sony Blu-ray for cd
1200ish records.
Went straight alphabetical except for soundtrack and Christmas. Those are at the very end. Box sets, 7in, 10in on the middle top.
Edit: the white oak is staying. It works and matches another part of the room.
Edit: speakers dont live there. It’s a proof of concept spot. Will be upgrading and moving them. Everyone relax. Get a life
I am blessed to have a little man-cave in the downstairs of my house
Been collecting LPs for a decade or so. I think I have all the albums I need lol...for now.
The Nova Scotia flag will soon be a home for a cassette rack that can hold my 600 or so 😅
Cheers guys! Thanks for taking a look
Vinyl on the right through my Pioneer. Streaming, cassette, (soon to be) CD player on the left through my Kenwood. All going through Douk and Klipsch bookshelf speakers. Happy place.