Official System Photos Thread

[Masterlu]

Jason... your rack looks vaguely familiar.

[PHC1]

Originally Posted by j3brow

I don’t believe I have posted pics of my system here yet .... here are a few pics of my dedicated media room, finished the build almost 2 years ago (hard to believe!!). So pleased with how it came out. Sound proofed construction, fully treated room. Hopefully the thumbnails posted thru AA app comes out ok. Attachment 63951Attachment 63952Attachment 63953Attachment 63954Attachment 63955Attachment 63956Attachment 63957Attachment 63959

I suspect you may be a McIntosh fan.

Outstanding! Enjoy!

[Cohibaman]

Originally Posted by j3brow

I don’t believe I have posted pics of my system here yet .... here are a few pics of my dedicated media room, finished the build almost 2 years ago (hard to believe!!). So pleased with how it came out. Sound proofed construction, fully treated room. Hopefully the thumbnails posted thru AA app comes out ok. Attachment 63951Attachment 63952Attachment 63953Attachment 63954Attachment 63955Attachment 63956Attachment 63957Attachment 63959

Just.............Wow. Beautiful system but even more so, very nicely done,

[SCAudiophile]

Originally Posted by Cohibaman

Just.............Wow. Beautiful system but even more so, very nicely done,

+1 on that...looks great!

[SCAudiophile]

Originally Posted by PHC1

The new Jazz Room.

Decided to move my whole system from the 30x30 room into a much more intimate listening space. The Harbeth 30.2 were singing great in the big room but I thought they may do ok in the smaller room being British stand mounted speakers that are often used in more intimate acoustic spaces.

Placed the rack off to the side to give the speakers room to breathe and was glad my speaker cables were long enough to do that.

After moving all my gear and dusting the shelves of the rack I reassembled the system with the speakers now 6.5 ft apart instead of 12. My preferred listening distance is typically in the range of 1.2x rule but I have room to maneuver as my sweet spot listening chair is doubling as a desk/computer chair and it easily rolls around.

Overall I love the cozy and intimate feeling of the new system room aka Jazz Room. I can easily work on the computer and enjoy the main system or the desktop headphone listening with SS or Tubes.

The main system will see the PrimaLuna doing most of the driving and I may rotate the Class A Luxman integrated from time to time.

So how does it sound in the new room? Not bad at all! I was expecting problems as this room is 3x smaller. With some preliminary speaker positioning I was able to find a good spot for good bass integration with the room. The speakers do not sound congested or bloated at all. Not much echo and no ringing after I added the plant at the left early reflection point but I will add another plant and a few acoustic panels to smooth and relax the sound a bit more. It sounds like it needs a bit of help with that. Overall the PrimaLuna running in triode mode is having an easier time filling the room with Jazz sounds now. I’m also listening from a much closer position than before so power is not wasted as much on distance.

The few hrs it took to do this project was well worth it. Loving the new intimate room and the big room may see another system develop with bigger speakers now. [emoji106]



Testing the room https://youtu.be/ABdUxyIHFlo

The system looks and sounds great (the YT video) in that new room!!!

[PHC1]

Originally Posted by SCAudiophile

The system looks and sounds great (the YT video) in that new room!!!

Thanks. Advantage of a smaller acoustic space and being closer to the speakers is the added layer of detail that was simply not appreciated in the big room.

The subtle breaths and the wind rushing down the windpipe as the saxophonist inhales on an album I have listened to many times in the big room caught me by surprise this morning. It was a detail that was barely noticeable before but now became a large part of the emotional content of the musical piece itself.

The other is the bass reinforcement which these speakers are benefiting from being closer to sidewalls where there were none before to couple with. The bass resolution and the way the bass notes hang in the air, recreating the body of the bass instrument that much better is a big bonus.

Speakers need to work with their surrounding environment but the trick is for the two to get along nicely. I'm happy with this outcome so far.

[Masterlu]

Serge... nicely done!

[cleeds]

Originally Posted by j3brow

I don’t believe I have posted pics of my system here yet .... here are a few pics of my dedicated media room, finished the build almost 2 years ago (hard to believe!!). So pleased with how it came out. Sound proofed construction, fully treated room. Hopefully the thumbnails posted thru AA app comes out ok. Attachment 63951Attachment 63952Attachment 63953Attachment 63954Attachment 63955Attachment 63956Attachment 63957Attachment 63959

Freakin' gorgeous! Thank you for sharing.

[PHC1]

Originally Posted by Masterlu

Serge... nicely done!

Thanks Ivan. Enjoying the new room.

[Charles]

Originally Posted by j3brow

That video sounded great Serge!

j3brow, you have a knockout system. Would love to hear it.

Best

Charles