I recently bought my first Kallax shelf (the 2x4 unit) and assembled it with the metal riser to get it off the ground. It looked great and everything was perfect for the first week.Last night I noticed it starting to bow slightly in the middle. I’ve read that this can be a common issue with the weight of the records. Does anyone have tips or ideas on how to shore it up and prevent it from collapsing? What worked for you?
Thanks!
I recently moved into a new apartment, and I’ve been wanting to set up my record player again. I have a simple Audio-Technica AT-LP60 connected to a Sony MHC-ECL99BT. Due to having neighbors below me, I don’t have the sub hooked up. I wish I could have the speakers further apart, but I have limited space in the living room. It’s definitely my goal to upgrade the speakers someday, but I enjoy what I have available right now.
Hey everyone, I’ve been lurking on this subreddit for a while and have been loving all of the awesome arrangements you guys have — now I need your help with my own!
My dad recently gifted me his old tower speakers, so now I have the option to upgrade my apartment’s listening area. Setup #1 (pics 1-3) is my current arrangement — my listening nook is positioned pretty far away from the seating area, and the speakers are a bit too close, but it’s protected from the sun + takes up the space nicely.
Setup #2 (pics 4-6) is an option I’ve been thinking of — now the tower speakers are directly across from the seating area, but the turntable would have to be awkwardly placed in front of my window (which gets a LOT of sun) as I can’t hang the TV on the wall. It’s currently on the floor because the audio cables are too short to reach over there. I have thought of getting one of those 4x1 Kallax units and putting it under the windowsill (I measured and it would definitely fit) but I’d have to move pretty much everything that’s already there out of the way.
Pics 7 and 8 are the full layouts of my apartment — as you can see, I don’t have much space to work with. The weird wall creates an alcove that blocks the noise from coming over to my seating area, and I can’t put anything in front of the A/C unit to block airflow. I also would prefer not to switch my couch/TV around as the lightswitches are routed to the plugs in such a way where it wouldn’t be feasible.
I still have the speakers I was using previously (pic 9) that I could hypothetically put on the two bookshelves in Setup #1, but I worry about the vibrations it would cause. Pic 10 is dog tax from when he was last visiting me.
Any and all help/suggestions are much appreciated, and if you have an idea for a different arrangement entirely, I’d love to hear it!
Alright peeps, what do ya think. I’m new to all this. Been a audio and music lover my whole life and recently started buying records(within last 2-3 months. Figured with my birthday coming up why not treat myself to a record player and nice stylus. I got a Technics SL-1600 refurbished and recapped with an AT-VM95ML. My Schiit Mani 2 will be here next week so that’s what’s up. My table and stylus showed up this week and I had the time to put on my first ever record and wow, what a blast. I’m hooked, line and sinker. It sounds so much better than streaming, at least to my ears and brain. I can hear so much more in the music than when i stream and I’m interacting physically with the music more. Top that with being a guy that likes to tinker, I’m fascinated at the engineering of it. I’m literally in love. So what ya think about my rig. My record collection 😂 any thoughts, comments or concerns are most welcome 🙏🏼
Simple but it works been collecting for three years now, I want to upgrade my speakers soon
Added the Enigma MCMXC a.D. Music Video Laserdisc, changed Britney Spears to Enya Moon Shadows Laserdisc and Linda Ronstadt to Cyn's Live in Paris Laserdisc. Changed to make it two rows of two
Man this set up is taking a lot of work but it’s worth it!
Hey guys, need your help with something that may not be possible
I'd like to hang either 3 lights or a single source of light off of that roof or wall. Thinking warm light that can wash over the featured covers at night.
However I don't have any electrical wiring there so I'm trying to keep it to batteries or maybe something off of the outlet...
Anyone had done anything like this? Or should I give up and do the full job including wall breaking and all that
I'm moving into a new home soon and I will have a room dedicated to my vinyl setup and making music.
This is my current setup. I have my records on these cheap shelves and my turntable is part of my living room setup. I plan to get a separate turntable, speakers, preamp, amp and sub for the new system in the listening room. While I'm at it, I want to contract a local builder to create a custom unit to hold my records with room for growth along with the turntable, preamp and amp.
I'm interested to see the customized solutions you guys have come up with to help inspire me before I start designing. Please show me your custom cabinets!
it’s definitely a little jerry-rigged, I bought the turntable receiver and speakers off a friend, the receiver from goodwill and speakers from facebook marketplace, the turntable is an audio-technica LP60X which is meh but it’s good enough to use and not immediately replace, and the ‘CD player’ is an okd RCA DVD player i bought off of goodwill, my jackass previous roommate took the remote for it because it worked with their similar DVD player of the same brand
Loved the setup. This is what got me into Vinyl.
Edit. I’ve been shown this was a horrible setup!
Got into vinyls very recently. Found this Panasonic player w/ speakers for cheap ($60) on FB Marketplace. Really happy with my current setup in my reading/smoking/listening room. Next step is to add shelves for displaying & storing records!
Photo 2 is the view of my turntable corner from my pink couch 🥳
Look at this video guys, its really informative https://youtu.be/ZeZ9liZO-f8?si=Yp0laVqLHBR7ezP\_
Good Evening..after last weeks 2m blue pissed bitch slap and killing it. The 2m bronze arrived.
First of all, I’m no audiophile journo…but is it better. 100% yes. It’s not as pitchy or scratchy, but to my ears I can really hear it. I really didn’t think it would make much difference.
I did take more time setting it up etc, so the difference could be that.
Music is just more…smooth and buttery.
Quick question though, it runs low riding….this gives me the fear, did a little vid. Is this normal!?
Have good evening folks.
It was getting silly my components were taking over my wife’s snack rack 😬
Finally pretty happy with my setup, enough to share anyway. I’ve gone through a few permutations but this is probably the happiest I’ve been with it however I’m curious if you guys had any advice regarding the room and placement.
Turntable: Fluance RT85N
Speakers: Paradigm Model 7se
Subwoofer: that cheap Polk one lol
Phono Pre amp: Fosi Audio Box X5
Receiver: Sony STR-DH190