It's been a long winter's project but I'm finally done with my listening shed makeover. It started out with stripping, sheathing and reroofing the building. I figured what the heck now is the time to put in some skylights. What started out as one skylight quickly grew into 5. A lot of work to do by yourself but it's well worth all the effort now. Because of all the associated sheetrock dust my set up has been under a plastic drop cloth since Christmas. At times during this harsh winter I really thought I'd never see the end of the project.
Ok the components. Stacked polk sda speakers are my brand new combination and so far I'm quite pleased with the results. Top sda is run by a soundcraftmen 5002 and the 2.3s on the bottom get powered by a mcintosh mc2500. The mac is my newest addition and it really lights up the big polks. It's a major upgrade over the carver tfm 45 that I had powering them before. A clearaudio emotion with a satisfy arm and a clearaudio nano preamp does the vinyl quite well. The tt cover is a custom job. Preamps are an echowars marantz 3600 which feeds the big mac and the sub and a soundcraftmen 4002 feeds it's counterpart 5002. An m+k dual 12'' sub adds a bit more bass.
The shed also doubles as a workshop, gymnasium, motorcycle garage and on some Saturday nights it becomes a bar room. The fridge is a custom built kegerator that holds a 1/2 barrel of clydesdale urine along with the co2.
Luckily the building is far enough away from the neighbors that it's never had a noise complaint. At the wee hours of the morning I can crank the tunes to ear bleeding levels with no worries.
Ok the components. Stacked polk sda speakers are my brand new combination and so far I'm quite pleased with the results. Top sda is run by a soundcraftmen 5002 and the 2.3s on the bottom get powered by a mcintosh mc2500. The mac is my newest addition and it really lights up the big polks. It's a major upgrade over the carver tfm 45 that I had powering them before. A clearaudio emotion with a satisfy arm and a clearaudio nano preamp does the vinyl quite well. The tt cover is a custom job. Preamps are an echowars marantz 3600 which feeds the big mac and the sub and a soundcraftmen 4002 feeds it's counterpart 5002. An m+k dual 12'' sub adds a bit more bass.
The shed also doubles as a workshop, gymnasium, motorcycle garage and on some Saturday nights it becomes a bar room. The fridge is a custom built kegerator that holds a 1/2 barrel of clydesdale urine along with the co2.
Luckily the building is far enough away from the neighbors that it's never had a noise complaint. At the wee hours of the morning I can crank the tunes to ear bleeding levels with no worries.
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