Look very closely at the top shelf in the second picture above...I think I see a Polyphaser...shhh, don't scare it.
Does anybody else match their interior decor/furniture to their gear? Pics.
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Look very closely at the top shelf in the second picture above...I think I see a Polyphaser...shhh, don't scare it.
elgato8905
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Awesome taste in furniture. That's a beautiful pad and very nice gear. I really dig that rack. Where did you pick that up?
Here's some of it (x202b and FM-200b), though this system isn't yet 'fully operational'. I just brought in the AR3as from storage to refurb/refoam.
My SA-300 and 400c are in the bedroom, which is a total wreck right now...but there's two systems up there. The Fisher system with Rega Juras and another with a modern tube pre, heybrook amp and Celestion SL-6s on stands.
These pictures make the place look big, but it's not. I live literally surrounded by gear (which is fine by me, and why I took so much time to find places for it).
That is the "hancock" shelf from CB2. Fitting I guess since it's patterned after the Hancock Building here in Chicago. It doesn't look that sturdy, but it's really strong. Not the best for TT isolation, though. I have a wall TT shelf, but it is really ugly and I took it down. Yes, I have my own for of WAF (JohnAF...?..).
It took me forever to get this place straight. Minus the furniture/gear...this rental loft is a DUMP. Those cool wood floorboards are falling apart, too. Every surface is crooked.. leveling a TT is nightmare!
Thank you, everybody. Hardly anybody makes it down here, so it's nice to be able to give a tour, even virtually. I really would like to know if anybody else matches vintage furniture to their gear, though.
I'll complete the tour (unless I finish the upstairs) with the coolest part (at least it's the coolest to me). The TV! I had no place to put one, so I decided to get creative and hang it from the loft. It's definitely not vintage, but disappears out of the way. It's a Vidikron projector.
I'll complete the tour (unless I finish the upstairs) with the coolest part (at least it's the coolest to me). The TV! I had no place to put one, so I decided to get creative and hang it from the loft. It's definitely not vintage, but disappears out of the way. It's a Vidikron projector.
Actually, with all the toys, I am!
Yes, I'm not married, which is probably obvious given the amount of gear crammed into one big room (and the '60s playboy feel). The cats rule the roost, but my girlfriend is very much a kid at heart, too, but lives in her own place. She loves stereo stuff, too. Some members here have met her so I swear I'm not making that up.
Way cool! Polyphaser :thmbsp:
I remember going to a HI-FI show in San Francisco back when those Sony speakers were first introduced. I have a very vivid memory of going into the Sony room and hearing the speakers for the first time. They sounded remarkable, easily the best speakers I heard that day.
I think the Sony speakers fit in well with the rest of the room. Very nice.
Way cool! Polyphaser :thmbsp:
I remember going to a HI-FI show in San Francisco back when those Sony speakers were first introduced. I have a very vivid memory of going into the Sony room and hearing the speakers for the first time. They sounded remarkable, easily the best speakers I heard that day.
I think the Sony speakers fit in well with the rest of the room. Very nice.
You'll also notice there's nothing hooked to the Polyphaser. It works by magically inducing exact phase to everything below it. I promise. I work in advertising, I wouldn't lie :thmbsp:
The Sony's are my favorite pieces of gear, I'm really happy with them. They sound good on everything, including the tube stuff I run in the winter (the loft traps heat in the bedroom...A-frame roof..., not fun in summer).
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Mine is very, very humble in comparison.They're out there. My previous GF collected vinyl...'60s garage rock and mod...and dressed like Twiggy. It's a big time-warp around here I guess.
eThink
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How audio gear influenced my taste in furniture
I grew up near Boston in the 1960s. My first serious audio gear was a set of KLH 17 speakers. In the 1960s and 1970s, KLH marketing brochures presented their gear in a home setting (see attached KLH 17 marketing brochure). The home setting "look" in the KLH ad was very popular in the Boston area for over 30 years and was often seen in the back pages of the Sunday Boston Globe magazine.
These home settings in these marketing brochures definitely influenced my taste in furniture. This style is characterized as "mid-century" and "Eames" .
Over the past 35 years, my wife and I have accumulated a home full of walnut wood furniture.
I have moved on from KLH audio components. My preferred speaker brand is ads from the 1980s. These speakers not only sound great but they feature beautiful walnut and teak wood finished capinets.
I grew up near Boston in the 1960s. My first serious audio gear was a set of KLH 17 speakers. In the 1960s and 1970s, KLH marketing brochures presented their gear in a home setting (see attached KLH 17 marketing brochure). The home setting "look" in the KLH ad was very popular in the Boston area for over 30 years and was often seen in the back pages of the Sunday Boston Globe magazine.
These home settings in these marketing brochures definitely influenced my taste in furniture. This style is characterized as "mid-century" and "Eames" .
Over the past 35 years, my wife and I have accumulated a home full of walnut wood furniture.
[*]Our bedroom furniture and living room furniture came from Lane.
[*]My living room couch has the same design (but different fabric!) as the couch in the KLH 17 ad
[*]My home office has walnut book cases similar to those in the KLH 17 ad
[*]My spare bedroom furniture came from the Workbench (a NY-metro area store).
[*]I own a pair of Eames chairs (see attached picture).
[*]My home-office, vintage music system is in a 1980s Custom Woodwork and Design (CWD) walnut cabinet.
I have moved on from KLH audio components. My preferred speaker brand is ads from the 1980s. These speakers not only sound great but they feature beautiful walnut and teak wood finished capinets.
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n the Eames lounge chair and that's an excellent KLH ad...I love those vintage brochures. There always seems to be a lovely lady listening, too. Apparently vintage stereos attract ladies. Well, they weren't vintage back then, I suppose. My only Eames pieces are the side tables and that yellow fiberglass Eiffel Tower base yellow fiberglass chair in the arc-lamp picture. "Eames" and "mid century" are my keyword searches on Craiglist. It seems to hit most of the stuff, though "Danish" and "atomic age" get a few stragglers to pop up. Sometimes I have luck with "'60s", but most people are hip to the terms mid-century and Eames. I'm sure you've experienced those who seem to think anything from the '60s is mid-century modern, even a big Laz-y-boy. It's cheaper to collect it here in Chicago than where I used to live in California, where everybody seemed to want it.
The AR3as and the Drexel Dresser that the Mac is sitting on were at Salvation Army, just coming off the back of a truck when I showed up. It was a whole truck load of mid century! I bought it all for less than $100. It's just 'old' to some people I guess. The orange pedestal chairs (Steelcase) were a Salavation Army find, too. $5! There's a Salvation Army here deep into the immigrant neighborhood where the staff, shall we say, doesn't share my design sense and is just happy to get rid of 'this old crap.'
Can you believe I saw one unloaded at a thrift store once? And yes, it was marked "Herman Miller"...it was the real deal. They wouldn't mark it for me, as the 'manager wasn't there' and I guarantee it didn't make it to the floor. This was NOT the Salvation Army, this was the Brown Elephant, which is the Chicago diversity-thrift (gay and lesbian not for profit...Doh!...no way it evaded somebody knowing what it was there. An Eames chair has about as much of a chance making it through there as a donut has making it through Oprah's house. No offense intended, just speaking the truth. They know their furniture).
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eThink
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Advent Brochure from 1975
In 1973, Henry Kloss (the "K" in KLH), sold KLH to Singer and founded Advent. Here is an Advent ad for the Advent 1 speaker from 1975. The room setting and ad has the same "style" as the KLH 17 ad.
I own the exact same stereo cabinet as shown in the Advent ad.
Since this is AudioKarma, the vintage gear in this Advent brochure appears to be:
The Advent 1 speaker replaced my KLH 17s in 1975. I owned and used the Advents for 30 years. I bought them used from Harvey Audio in White Plains, NY for $160. I sold them in 2003 for a $160. :thmbsp:
In 1973, Henry Kloss (the "K" in KLH), sold KLH to Singer and founded Advent. Here is an Advent ad for the Advent 1 speaker from 1975. The room setting and ad has the same "style" as the KLH 17 ad.
I own the exact same stereo cabinet as shown in the Advent ad.
Since this is AudioKarma, the vintage gear in this Advent brochure appears to be:
[*]Speakers: Advent 1
[*]Receiver: Advent 300
[*]Tape Deck: Advent 201 Cassette
[*]Turntable: AR XA or XB (Advent never made a TT but Henry Kloss was a founder of AR)
The Advent 1 speaker replaced my KLH 17s in 1975. I owned and used the Advents for 30 years. I bought them used from Harvey Audio in White Plains, NY for $160. I sold them in 2003 for a $160. :thmbsp:
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eThink
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Eames Chairs
My "Eames" Chairs were a house-warming gift from my grandmother in 1982. In 1982, these chairs and ottomans were about $1600. The Herman Miller version of these chairs current are $3500 (and up) for the chair and ottoman, depending on the leather and wood finish.
My chairs have held up very well over the years. I have taken care of them much the same way that I have taken care of my vintage audio gear. :thmbsp:
My "Eames" Chairs were a house-warming gift from my grandmother in 1982. In 1982, these chairs and ottomans were about $1600. The Herman Miller version of these chairs current are $3500 (and up) for the chair and ottoman, depending on the leather and wood finish.
My chairs have held up very well over the years. I have taken care of them much the same way that I have taken care of my vintage audio gear. :thmbsp: