Klao's Only One System

[redm]

Gary, I've been wondering the same thing!

[klao]

Originally Posted by GaryProtein

Even 4 x 4's would be a cheap and very good safety measure. Two eight or ten footers will set you back 20 bucks. That and the car trip to Home Depot and 20 minutes sawing can save you emotional trauma you'll never forgive yourself for if one of those Pass Labs beauties gets scratched or damaged.

Well, apart from my laziness, there are other excuses, Gary. The photos I posted in the first page are actually from more than 3 months ago. I've been using the W4S mAmps (meant to be used with surround channels) to drive the main speakers for a while now.

Unfortunately, I've experienced more than emotional trauma from my Bryston amps being scratched. The household voltage was 240V nominal, while my Torus AVR conditioner and the main amps were rated 220V. With my electrical knowledge next to nothing, I misunderstood about changing the Torus AVR jumper voltage setting and fail to calibrate the unit properly. So the amps blew up when the household voltage swang up too high. They've have alredy been succesfully repaired though, but still at the local distributor's shop. Hope to transport them back soon.

With that, and also my waiting to add a center speaker and a speaker stand, I'm still not sure about the sizes of the platforms for those apms quite yet.

[Still-One]

It looks like you are have done a lot of planning getting to your current set-up. Congratulations it looks great.

[klao]

Originally Posted by GaryProtein

Can you please explain the flooring.

Originally Posted by redm

Gary, I've been wondering the same thing!

Initially, I planned to put all my equipment and racks in front of the room. There would be two rear speakers, so I thought it would be nice to hide some cabling under the wooden floor. Thus, the indentation along the perimeter of the room.

For supposedly better stereo imaging, all the front end equipment are now being placed on the side of the room instead. I would somehow be able to partially utilize such flooring prepration when all gear are in place.

[klao]

Originally Posted by Still-One

It looks like you are have done a lot of planning getting to your current set-up. Congratulations it looks great.

Thank you, Jim.

Yes, quite a good deal of planning and problem sovling along the way.

Still some more to do and think about in the next few months, I guess, before most of it would come together and I can concentrate on just enjoying the music.

[Skinzy]

Great looking system!

[NZ421291]

Awesome room!!!
Would a large Persian Rug on the floor in front of the speakers dampen excessive floor bounce?

Our previous home had polished Tawa wooden floors (Tawa is a light honey coloured New Zealand Native Wood) , and I found that a heavy rug in front of the Martin Logan's I ran at the time made a large positive difference.

Cheers
Nick

[klao]

Thank you, Skinzy & Nick.

Yes, I'd love to have a large Persian Rug. Been checking the nice pieces. I really like the traditional pattern. It will be a while for me to have the budget for that, though. : )

[Steady339]

Klao, beautiful listening room and some clever solutions for room treatment--Congrats!

Roger

[Robert_Anderson]

A fellow Maggie lover - nice system!