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A simple approach for the simple guy.

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I've had to many toys in the play room for a few months now. It has come time to either finish the project or sell the parts. So I rounded up the remaining items needed such as 500 feet of 16 gauge wire, 120 RCA connecters, 100 feet of antenna lead, FM roof top antenna, antenna rotator, antenna splitter, adjustable FM amplifier..........about $125 mostly on hand or friends or used, not bad.
Friday afternoon I started clearing the amps out of the way for the redo, simple enough. That's when I realized the speaker stacks had all the simple positioning mistakes that were to be had. To close to the wall, not enough separation, facing the wrong way, wrong stack order, box rotation...........
Ok, time to break the crane out. A few hours later they were all stacked up again, simple enough. So I plopped a receiver on a desk for a test, connected the speakers, and pushed the go button. Big difference, super responsive and the bass is lower, faster, cleaner. It's all good, the speaker part is done, simple enough. Well, no it's not.
It's not long before I realize the speakers are shouting at me, very responsive they now are. I figured it was the mid's and hi's , can't be anything else. So I turned them down at the amp, simple enough. No, it turns out this would need to be done at the speakers. So I run around and adjust all the speakers collectively in one fell swop, simple enough. No, turns out I had to adjust each pair of speakers, not just in pairs but separately from left to right also. It was mostly the mid's that were to up front. It's done ,it sounds marvelous.
Now all that's left is to get the 20 receivers plus a R2R and turntable into the new hole.
I'm sure it will be simple enough.
Even thought I simply don't know where to start
 

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It's a bedroom to be. It will be months before the big room it is ready for all this stuff, I wont start on it again till the weather turns cold again. Then I'll pick a color for this room and paint it when all this stuff is out.
The wall your looking at will be covered with gear until then anyway.
 
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motorstereo said:
Just wondering here.........have you ever given thought to a single pair of speakers per room along with less electronics?
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Yes. Last week I thought about a single pair of speakers. After fielding many excellent suggestion I quickly realized I wanted a bigger room and I wanted the speakers to be pre 1980. A tall order indeed given that many of those have a distinct sound and are set in their ways.
. After this latest go around I realize I want to be able to change the personality of the speakers to a great degree. This setup provides lots of tune ability. That part of the exercise was very enlightening and encouraging. So I'm going with the speaker setup that you see for the most part. As the old speakers come and go the names may change but the game will stay the same. This is one of the reasons for the need of a larger room.
. As for the receivers they have personalities too. Like the speakers you can manipulate them to a degree but for the most part they too are set in their ways. If they're lite on something maybe it can be added at the twist of a dial. But if it has to much built in that's a completely different thing. I new this going into this hobby but didn't anticipate the extent of the reality.
. People say this amp or that amp sounds like this or that and make comparisons from their memory or a friend of a friend. That has been helpful with choosing a representative example from a given maker. But until you have them in the house, all at the same time, right in front of you and can swap out at the push of a button and listen for an hour or so your going on memory just like everyone else.
. It's just like any other run of the mill research project. You don't test this product and a week later test another one. And I can tell first hand that the results are not matching what I was lead to expect. Some of the thought to be safe bets are getting a big surprise from the under dogs. But we'll save that for later in the show.
. Of course I've not said anything that you didn't already know.
In the end I may go with 3 receivers and two pair of speakers but most likely I'll keep the museum collection. I'm finding it very entertaining. And now I know what they sounded like from 65 to 80 and not just from my memory.
. You had an excellent suggestive question. Thank you.
 
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Fair enough and understood. We each have our way about going about this hobby and who's to say one way is right and the other wrong as long as the person is having fun. From what I can gather it seems you enjoy listening to the equipment moreso than the music. Having fun to me is a big part of this hobby and it seems like you've got that part covered:thumbsup:
 
motorstereo said:
Fair enough and understood. We each have our way about going about this hobby and who's to say one way is right and the other wrong as long as the person is having fun. From what I can gather it seems you enjoy listening to the equipment moreso than the music. Having fun to me is a big part of this hobby and it seems like you've got that part covered:thumbsup:
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About 50/50 at this point in the journey. This mid-fi is like water skiing, a person stands a chance of getting better everytime out. Audiofile looks more like golf to me.
 
steven94 said:
I can totaly understand your enthusiasm to get the system up and running but shouldn't you have finished the wall first?
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This is one of my favourite soul albums i love it.
Wifey is away in brisbane tonight through work so i've just been chillin listening to some nice soul and disco stuff since coming home from work
Here's my veiw atm
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