Craziest Prog Listening Room
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Topic: Craziest Prog Listening Room
Posted By: EddieRUKiddingVarese
Subject: Craziest Prog Listening Room
Date Posted: August 12 2016 at 18:04
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Come post pics of your Prog Listening room - where you dust all those old records off or play your Flac files or what ever. Note No CD's allowed in this room (PS Have another Cambridge Audio setup with CD ;) ) Mine consists of both of the above plus a Nak tape deck for even crustier old time listening, plus a PA thrown in for good measure. Happy listening - make it loud I say or don't play................  ------------- "Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes" and I need the knits, the double knits! |
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Posted By: EddieRUKiddingVarese
Date Posted: August 19 2016 at 16:12
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Does anyone use speakers anymore or just headphones, I keep my headphones in a box - where they belong(refer to pic) gotta feel the music as well as hear ------------- "Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes" and I need the knits, the double knits! |
Posted By: aglasshouse
Date Posted: August 19 2016 at 23:40
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I just listen to everything off of my computer and my two speakers. Don't want to show a picture because it'd just make me feel worse about how unkempt it is. ------------- http://fryingpanmedia.com |
Posted By: mechanicalflattery
Date Posted: August 20 2016 at 00:59
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I use an iPhone and a pair of headphones. I'm such a millennial...
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Posted By: EddieRUKiddingVarese
Date Posted: August 20 2016 at 05:48
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get more mileage from a cheap pair of sneekers ------------- "Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes" and I need the knits, the double knits! |
Posted By: EddieRUKiddingVarese
Date Posted: August 24 2016 at 15:32
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The Eddie patented speaker placement method (endorsed by Flo), multiple speakers and amps- as many as you can find as more is always better (eg like stacks of Marshalls at a rock concert)- Step 1. Then turn every thing on turn volume up, place needle on record (vinyl is best), leave that room very quickly (before record starts playing- go out thru neigbouring room, then outside to a comfy chair- Step 2 Light your pipe (with Tabaco or fix a drink of your preference and listen( feel the music coming thru the doors/ windows etc of mentioned room)- Step 3 Aah Step 4- Make sure you have no neighbours and/ or they are away. That's my recommended listening setup- works well most weekends........... ------------- "Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes" and I need the knits, the double knits! |
Posted By: EddieRUKiddingVarese
Date Posted: August 26 2016 at 16:39
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Luckily for the neighbours I have a football oval ("Australian rules" of course), over the back fence as the only neighbour within earshot. Have not got the system in the pic above 11 O'clock yet but keen to try out 1 O'clock on the vol dial. Will have to wait till wife not home to do that, mega strife otherwise- will let you know how its goes and if plaster falls from the ceiling. PS Used to have a homemade Mosfet power amp I made (120w/ channel with dual power suppliers etc), that I put soooo many capacitors in (big caps- as big and many as I could afford at the time), that when I turned it off it would keep playing for 3 minutes before powering down. Was much louder than my current system- had it back in my uni days! The caps alone would make too expensive to make again now ------------- "Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes" and I need the knits, the double knits! |
Posted By: ClemofNazareth
Date Posted: August 26 2016 at 18:01
Yeah well I'm a baby boomer and do the same thing. I still buy and collect vinyl but don't play it a lot. If it's something not available on Spotify I'll rip it with Voyetra and add to my iTunes or my private cloud player. I'm not home enough to play much music there, some of my most memorable listening experiences come at airports, hotels or walking around some foreign city. Cranking GY!BE or Opeth on headphones while people-watching in an airport is much more interesting than laying out the vinyl in a stuffy room at home. ------------- "Peace is the only battle worth waging." Albert Camus |
mechanicalflattery wrote:Posted By: EddieRUKiddingVarese
Date Posted: August 26 2016 at 18:18
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sad sad sad what is the world coming to. Is real Hifi dead................... I got three set ups 2nd one is the Wifes - used for Cline Dion and Opera (Yuck)- nice bid old Wharfedale Devondales SP (big sound- very nice) PS wife didn't notice pic taken   2nd one is more modern audio viso Yamaha setup but still with Vinyl  ------------- "Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes" and I need the knits, the double knits! |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: February 16 2017 at 14:44
I thought I posted a pic on this thread.....  Previous setup, new toys have been added since this pic  Setup after new speakers were added in June  My headphones are only used when I am setting REC levels and Monitoring on the R2R tape deck....Other than that speakers play my music. -------------   
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Posted By: TeleStrat
Date Posted: February 16 2017 at 15:13
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: February 16 2017 at 15:23
Where are the headphones Gary??  I love your room.....my teen room was similar.-------------
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Posted By: TeleStrat
Date Posted: February 16 2017 at 15:39
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No headphones, Jose. Those are 70s era Pioneer speakers on either side of the Telefunken stereo in the bottom picture. I can listen to music as late as I want without bothering anyone so I don't use headphones. |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: February 16 2017 at 18:43
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Me 2.....my area is in the lower level of my home, I can listen as long as I want and don't bother anyone. I can get pretty loud also, normally after midnight is when the wife will come down and tell me..."ummm honey it's after midnight, I think your TT needs to go to bed..." Gary you ever listen all night long into the morning? I have done that a few times.... -------------
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Posted By: TeleStrat
Date Posted: February 16 2017 at 20:33
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I've never listened to music all night but it's not uncommon for me to be up at 4:00 am. If I'm up and in my music room then I'm listening to music.
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: February 17 2017 at 09:49
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I could not fathom listening for long periods if I was a CD or digital file listener only....The listener fatigue of digital music would probably drive me bonkers. Heck even on long plane flights I can only do maybe 2-3 hours of listening thru my digital player. -------------
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Posted By: TeleStrat
Date Posted: February 17 2017 at 10:44
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I have a few ongoing projects in the music room so there are times when the music is in the background. I don't sit and do nothing but listen very often and I probably couldn't for any length of time. |
Posted By: BunBun
Date Posted: February 17 2017 at 16:16
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Not the craziest, but I certainly enjoy it :)    And of course my Genesis corner w/ all my Genesis albums, solo members albums, and Genesis related albums along with 45s. And then my random Blue Effect CD boxset and Kaipa boxset behind it cuz i havent figured out where to put them yet.  |
Posted By: TeleStrat
Date Posted: February 17 2017 at 17:17
^ That will certainly do the job.  BTW, I have that Genesis Spot The Pigeon EP.
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Posted By: BunBun
Date Posted: February 17 2017 at 17:24
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Thanks! I also have it on 12" |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: February 17 2017 at 17:25
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Very cool!! -------------
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Posted By: TeleStrat
Date Posted: February 17 2017 at 23:46
That is a coincidence, I have the 12" version as well. I've had them since the 70s when I was buying a lot of imports. The 12" is a Canadian pressing on the Atlantic label and the 7" is on the Charisma label. I don't know how I ended up with both versions but back then record shopping was sometimes a party event.   |
Posted By: BunBun
Date Posted: February 19 2017 at 08:59
^ Nice! I can see how one could end up with a couple of the same LP or, in this case, the same EP. It can be hard to remember everything you own
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Posted By: TeleStrat
Date Posted: February 19 2017 at 10:53
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My collection of new vinyl (released after 2000) is around 600 LPs. Even though I keep a list of new purchases I have ordered an album I already own four times. I blame PayPal for making it so easy to buy online.
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: February 19 2017 at 12:28
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On purpose I have been buying some duplicates, main reason is just to get a new fresh pressing. I cringe at the thought of destroying my stylus with a $3-$5 rekkid......not a good tradeoff! I only buy VG+ as used, and inspect at the store before leaving. -------------
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Posted By: BunBun
Date Posted: February 20 2017 at 09:05
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Yea, you always have to give the vinyl a good look over before buying. |
Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: February 24 2017 at 08:50
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I have the craziest prog listening room. It's acoustically treated with a full on home theater surround sound system including a sub woofer that generates 611 Watts of power. What could be more proggy than that? ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: Quinino
Date Posted: March 01 2017 at 07:10
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Pictures, we want pictures ! (not enough to brag, we need proof) |