TankPopper
Well-Known Member
I’ve been waiting for quite a while to write this post.
About a year ago my wife and I moved once more (second time in two years), and once again it involved extensive refurbishment of our new residence. This gave me a perfect opportunity to re-imagine my setup.
During that time I also reached an important conclusion - the only way for me to reach the exact result I want is by building everything myself. Only this way will I be able to tinker with every part of my system without the fear of causing harm because I will know each and every cap, resistor and tube.
And maybe it was just an excuse for me to build more stuff, which I love to do.
Now, when it’s finally done, I can share it with all of you. Due to the amount of text and images, I decided to break this into a number of posts. So let's start!
My new living room refurbishment
From the very first second i knew i had a problem.. The wall my setup was stationed against was shared with my neighbors, and I had strict limitation on acoustic treatment. Therefore, the first thing I did was to cover the wall with a layer of 18mm MDF and a layer of drywall right over it, just to block any noise from my house to my neighbors. It worked, no complaints (and I did my best to get them…).
The power line got its share of attention as well, with a dedicated phase and a 4mm screened cable coming directly from the power board (is that what its called?). I cannot attest to any change this made, as I didn't hear my setup without it in this space, but I can't complain either.
My setup received a new “house” as well in the form of a new credenza I made from Bamboo and Valchromat (a form of dense MDF that comes in a variety of colors). In retrospect, I would have made a smaller credenza. At 50cm deep and 1.8 meters wide, it's huge, and I sense it has a negative effect on my soundstage (something I need to test later on).
And that’s it for now. My next post will be dedicated to my speaker.
About a year ago my wife and I moved once more (second time in two years), and once again it involved extensive refurbishment of our new residence. This gave me a perfect opportunity to re-imagine my setup.
During that time I also reached an important conclusion - the only way for me to reach the exact result I want is by building everything myself. Only this way will I be able to tinker with every part of my system without the fear of causing harm because I will know each and every cap, resistor and tube.
And maybe it was just an excuse for me to build more stuff, which I love to do.
Now, when it’s finally done, I can share it with all of you. Due to the amount of text and images, I decided to break this into a number of posts. So let's start!
My new living room refurbishment
From the very first second i knew i had a problem.. The wall my setup was stationed against was shared with my neighbors, and I had strict limitation on acoustic treatment. Therefore, the first thing I did was to cover the wall with a layer of 18mm MDF and a layer of drywall right over it, just to block any noise from my house to my neighbors. It worked, no complaints (and I did my best to get them…).
The power line got its share of attention as well, with a dedicated phase and a 4mm screened cable coming directly from the power board (is that what its called?). I cannot attest to any change this made, as I didn't hear my setup without it in this space, but I can't complain either.
My setup received a new “house” as well in the form of a new credenza I made from Bamboo and Valchromat (a form of dense MDF that comes in a variety of colors). In retrospect, I would have made a smaller credenza. At 50cm deep and 1.8 meters wide, it's huge, and I sense it has a negative effect on my soundstage (something I need to test later on).
And that’s it for now. My next post will be dedicated to my speaker.
Enjoy.