That's funny as my crew asked the exact same question of the music coming from my office. They were all surprised the music was from a Spotify playlist of my making.
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New Shop System Underway!
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spicer
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The more the better.
I had 3 pair at one time. Sold the working set and matching EQ. So two remain, but they need work. I also have a single Series 1 lying around somewhere...
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damacman
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Spent a few hours in this shop this afternoon after the staff left. Just wow. I mean, really . . . wow. I had the system cranked up pretty good - well beyond their typical listening levels. 1st Wave from SiriusXM. The staff all loves the setup and they use it all day long without complaint. The system is SUPER easy to operate and man does it sound nice in all 3 zones. The iPad and the apps is what they like - why complexify it, especially when the GUI is so simple and the end results so good?
The FedEx guy shows up around 4:30 and always just smiles. Visitors are always floored if they come when Hair Nation is being cranked - What the hell are you guys doin' in here??? Occasionally, I'll be out there and lean on the volume a touch and they just light up. Non audio folks look at the rack and have never seen anything like that before - they're just mesmerized. Everyone loves good sound - a friend once told me, They like loud and linear!!! Yep.
@twiiii - I can only imagine the fun you had with the full scale club systems with stacks and stacks of 2500s and 2600s. One day, I'd love to build something like that as well. We have several 18" subwoofers in very large ported enclosures and some spare 2500s but man, talk about asking for trouble with folks up to a mile away. We do want to stay under the radar a bit . . .
Guys, get out there in your garage, shop, or even a big rec room and build something fun and not so serious. The smiles this system delivers is what the hobby is all about.
The FedEx guy shows up around 4:30 and always just smiles. Visitors are always floored if they come when Hair Nation is being cranked - What the hell are you guys doin' in here??? Occasionally, I'll be out there and lean on the volume a touch and they just light up. Non audio folks look at the rack and have never seen anything like that before - they're just mesmerized. Everyone loves good sound - a friend once told me, They like loud and linear!!! Yep.
@twiiii - I can only imagine the fun you had with the full scale club systems with stacks and stacks of 2500s and 2600s. One day, I'd love to build something like that as well. We have several 18" subwoofers in very large ported enclosures and some spare 2500s but man, talk about asking for trouble with folks up to a mile away. We do want to stay under the radar a bit . . .
Guys, get out there in your garage, shop, or even a big rec room and build something fun and not so serious. The smiles this system delivers is what the hobby is all about.
@damacman, I’m not sure if you’re talking about the sound from your shop’s multi pairs of Bose 901s here—powered by multiple MC2600s and MC2500s—or that from one of your other big boss systems, but I experienced putting smiles on the faces of and getting to dance enthusiastically thousands and thousands of people when I had my mobile disco (with two pairs of 901s powered by two PL400IIs), back in the late ’70s and early ’80s.
It’s one of the reasons this hobby first interested and has still sustained me. Sure, back then, a few people rolled their eyes at my 901s (including a friend with Altec Model 19s), as well as plenty of people who equated big sound with big speaker size. Clearly, there’s truth there. (Having Klipschorns now, I’m currently a subscriber.)
But, more often than not, my 901s got compliments from people who were very happily surprised that not only did the 901s provide big, full, slamming, bass-filled, clean sound, but that they weren’t distorted and shouty and harsh and annoying—like so many of the big, loud black box PA horn systems most mobile DJs provided.
Probably my (and the 901’s) biggest compliment was from Sun Ra and his Arkestra, for whom I, with only a hour or so’s warning, had to mic and provide the light and sound at a dance concert he performed at my small private college. Sun Ra said it was the best sound and most fun he’d ever had. Granted, it was an art school where people sometimes danced nude, and he was more than a little stoned. Still (since it’s possible he was usually stoned)…I took him at his word.
Party on!
It’s one of the reasons this hobby first interested and has still sustained me. Sure, back then, a few people rolled their eyes at my 901s (including a friend with Altec Model 19s), as well as plenty of people who equated big sound with big speaker size. Clearly, there’s truth there. (Having Klipschorns now, I’m currently a subscriber.)
But, more often than not, my 901s got compliments from people who were very happily surprised that not only did the 901s provide big, full, slamming, bass-filled, clean sound, but that they weren’t distorted and shouty and harsh and annoying—like so many of the big, loud black box PA horn systems most mobile DJs provided.
Probably my (and the 901’s) biggest compliment was from Sun Ra and his Arkestra, for whom I, with only a hour or so’s warning, had to mic and provide the light and sound at a dance concert he performed at my small private college. Sun Ra said it was the best sound and most fun he’d ever had. Granted, it was an art school where people sometimes danced nude, and he was more than a little stoned. Still (since it’s possible he was usually stoned)…I took him at his word.
Party on!
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damacman
Resident Psycho
You certainly get it. Great stories and thanks for sharing!
Yes, this is the shop setup of which I was speaking. The 901s are just tons of fun.
Currently, the big setup in the living room
is mostly still packed away ... 2300s, 2500s, and 2600s at the ready.
Could not agree more. Getting the good stuff out of the house and into a big playroom is where it's at.
Apparently I need a bigger garage.
twiiii
Lunatic Member
With efficient Altec, Klipsch, or JBL large horn loaded systems two or three 2600's and a few of 7300's was all that was ever needed. 108 to 110 db 4 feet 1 watt. Ok so some of the woofer boxes were only 105 db 4 feet 1 watt. I used either MWM double 15 inch W Boxes as subs. or 18 inch Altec or JBL's in ported boxes. If the stage was in a corner then there would be a 24" RTR pair of woofers facing into the corner, driven by a 2500 underneath the stage.
And you ask me why I have my garage system set up like it is...
Lol; I've had several really nice Mcintosh rigs in the house over the years and none of my rooms did justice to any of those systems. So now the only music in the house is my ultra simple computer desktop rig; Fosi class d amp and Bose 201s. All the extra Mac gear is gone as are the khorns, concert grands, triple stack of hpm 100's etc. Every situation is different but listening in the house just never worked for me in spite of my very best efforts.
Got cha! Done! But where are we supposed to put our vehicles?
Bill Ferris
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That`s the way my house`s seven room`s stereos are set up, as well (clean clear. & tonally balanced SQ) .
From my living room`s reference Mc. amp/speaker SS/tube mono block powered tri-amplified stereo all the way down to my upper mid-fi 2000 purchased Sony 100 WPC receiver driving 2 L/R passive 12" floor firing subwoofers using their high frequency crossover passing on to a pair of Infinity Primus III book shelf wall mounted speakers in my climate controlled car garage/smoking room.
Got to have very good sounding tunes wherever I might find myself during the course of the day, all day, every day !
Even though my better half was against installing a bedroom system, I installed a Harman Kardon 330A as a preamp to a Adcom GFA-535 II amp and a pair of Klipsch RP-600MII speakers. Added a bluetooth receiver to the mix and now she uses that system all the time with her phone, listening to her Spotify playlist LOL! Unfortunately she refused my offer to add a killer system in her sewing room and relies on a cheap bluetooth system there instead.
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