The Listening Room

by designdude on Opinions Please
Sony receiver
my turntable
TT front view
TT side view

Description

I recently moved to a new place. It’s a smaller house, with some charm. Been experimenting with the main listening room, enjoying the process.

 

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Room Details

Dimensions: 19’ × 13’  Medium
Ceiling: 8’

Components Toggle details

    • AAD 2001 monitors
    These puppies rock! They displaced a pair of Gallo Ref 3.1. Hard to believe a speaker this small could do so much.
    • Olive Musica digital music server
    awesome digital music server. Connected to my Sony receiver with a Van Den Hull optocoupler optical cable.
    • Fat Bastard turntable
    This turn table is a bit of a bastard. 

    The plinth is custom-made, per my design specs, from a select piece of California Sycamore. The feet are BDR cones and pucks (from a company called Black Diamond Racing, offering carbon fiber products for the audio geek). Project 9cc tonearm, Shure V15VxMR cartridge. 

    Platter and bearing is from a company named Acoustic Solid. Platter is milled from a billet of 6061 T6, with an acrylic mat on top. Motor is a VPI TNT Mk IV, with a Walker Audio motor controller.

    • Eastern Electric phono preamp
    Got this here on the 'gon a few years ago. It was modified by Tom Tutay, and I have done some tube rolling. It now has a pair of Groove Tube M remakes (hard to come by), and a single Amperex (can't remember the model). Wow.
    • RPG Skyline diffusors
    I recently came across a collection of RPG Skyline diffusors. These are made of expanded polystyrene (aka Styrofoam), and each diffusor is 2 ft x 2 ft, and about 7 inches deep. I spray painted them in various colors (reds, browns, and greens) to match the colors of my listening room, and then attached them in clusters. They have made a noticeable improvement, the entire room seems larger, more open, and the music is incredible.
    • Sony STR-DA5600ES
    A damn fine home theater receiver

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Great looking room. Good luck with acoustic treatments. I had a question for you on your tt. How long have you had the Acoustic Solid Classic Wood? Have you had other tts before this one? Which and what made you chose the Classic Wood most recently? I am considering entry into vinyl and this is one of the tables I am looking at. The distributor for the product line in the US suggests paring it with the WTB211 tonearm made for Acoustic Solid by Ortofon. Would appreciate any feedback you have on the tt. Thx and enjoy your new audio room.

cmalak

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