Post photos of your systems/rooms here! (Part 15)

Very nice. Love the exposed brick.

 

It's projected on the screen .

 

Beautiful!
....that cabinet is really nice too! ... new piece....or vintage?

 

Close...

 

The after looks fantastic and mix of materials, brick, tile, wood, really work well together and a much simpler and great looking system!

Edit: Wow the brick is projected??!! It looks so real well done there too!

 

It's vintage: mid-century Silvertone tubed console. I gifted this to my wife last year which propelled my audio journey. Fully functional and I love its colored sound. Heard it and I was hooked. Unfortunately, my wife wouldn't let me roll the tubes or anything... which may not be a bad thing.

 

Wowza I want one!

 

Thank you for the props. I thought of putting the screen away but I wondered if it'll get ruined. I had an inspiration look and decided to look for a solution, and came up with the inexpensive "tapestry". I'm glad it worked out well with the look.

 

Stunning find!!!

 

What a beautiful piece!

 

I figured I’d post a few photos of my system—particularly my speakers—and thereby mark a transition. At this point, I’ve already ripped these speakers apart and started experimenting on what I hope will become version two-point-oh—different horns, different drivers, with some different amplifiers. Making progress but not there yet.

In the meantime, I’ll miss ’em: some of the most compelling speakers I’ve ever heard. I’m sure that sounds atrociously braggy; it’s not meant to. Instead, it’s simply to highlight the fact that something very special can emerge when the speaker is built not just for, but actually in, the room where it’s meant to be heard. No compromises in the form of assumptions or guesses; instead, every minuscule revision gets real-time feedback.

There are other ideas I want to explore, though. And when it comes right down to it, I believe I can do better. So I’ll try. And hey, if I’m wrong, I can always find my way back. But ’til then...

 

Those look fantastic well done and good luck on your project I'm sure they will sound very special also!

 

Kudos for putting together an awesome looking system! If it sounds as good as it looks then its a job well done.

 

No doubt that sounds WHOA!

But this might be the lowest WAF score I've seen on this entire thread. Bachelor?

 

very nice looking and i bet sounding system.
one suggestion, move your amp someplace that is open above it. tube amps do not like to have a shelf above them, the tubes and electronics in the enclosure will experience higher than recommended temperatures because of lack of air flow. this will shorten the life of the tubes and components, especially capacitors.
a fan may help but is a hassle and not as effective. tubes should "see the ceiling".

 

Now THAT is quite an honor!

Haha! Happily married, actually. I’ve been told my wife is a very tolerant woman.

 

Maybe she just is a rare kind of person who had a true appreciation for quality?

 

PS Audio M700 monoblocks in the house!

As before, please pardon the room, it's kind of half assed at this point. We're in a new house that we're going to renovate some frigging day! Covid is really slowing everything down to a crawl. Ugh.



I'll post another picture once everything is done and looking good

 

I hope the M700s run cool enough there's not a concern stacking them (and preamp on top). I'm sure things sound very good!

 

They run pretty cool (mosfet input stage/Class D output stage), but once I get the work done in here, I'll be rearranging everything to at a minimum look better.

Also very curious about separating them due to the Stereophile claim that they sound better side by side and not stacked. Seems a little out there to me, but in this hobby you never know right? Lol

 

Frida!

 

Awesome! I have never seen that album on LP anywhere before. It gets plenty of play in my car and not a single song needs to be skipped, it's so good.

 

Looks good! Just wondering do you choose your beverage based on the album you're playing?

 

Very nice TT you have there and you're spinning one of my fav Mellencamp albums. Now More Than Ever needs to be played loud IMHO