Listening room photos March 2017
[Still have a hard time writing 2017. Or ‘2’ for that matter :-)]
This is the main listening room with the Acapella Cellini speakers and La Musika integrated amplifier. Audio Note digital CDT-5 and DAC 5 Signature.
Finally sounding…. OK…. here, though we still have some issues with the very thin 1/4 mahogany plywood walls [the (awesome) windows are much more substantial, sonically, than the walls in these Eichler homes!]
The small Audio Note room, AN/E SEC Signature speakers, Kegon amplifiers and M2 Line Balanced preamplifier sounds quite nice, though we are divided on whether to push the speakers just a little bit more into the corners or not. This room also has extremely thin walls, and zero insulation – but it is working better than we feared at first. Still lots of experimenting going on here. Tonality and frequency response are pretty good; still working on the soundstage.
The dining room system, trade-in Avalon Eidolon speakers, is not setup and Neli is still a little upset about it. Took us forever to commit to really using the dining room this way, since it also has Neli’s office in it and, you know, the kitchen.  đ But she should really just go with it – I mean it *is* kind of a nice work environment… đ
Getting everything into a ~1500 sq. ft. home, with us both needing an office, another room dedicated to audio gear and tools [and perhaps someday serving as the guest bedroom] plus 3 listening rooms is challenging… but it is finally starting to work out. (!)
Let me only say that I am extremely pleased that you have two high end systems up and running with a third in the wings. Finally you have access to music! The real question would be, do you and Neli have plans for a turntable? I have seen the vast treasure trove of albums that you own and you really need some way to access them, perhaps one of Peter’s tables or even a vintage idler drive that has been restored.
Aesthetically the set-ups really look nice, particularly the big system.
Hi Fred!
Thanks for your remarks. Yes, we are so happy to have music in the house. We should have vinyl playback soon; we’ve got a TT Two Deluxe on the way (my favorite budget-minded solution). We’ll be adding another new table sooner rather than later, too, and probably some Ikea record shelves since we have an Ikea about a mile from here. I can’t wait to have all this set up and playing :-).