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Using Home Gym as Listening Room

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trivium91

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Hi Guys,

what would be the impact of having gym equipment in the listening room? Such as Treadmills, ellipticals, squat rack, weight set. Assuming wall treatments are still put in place, carpet tile for flooring, ceiling tiles and wood diffusers on the back wall. Would the equipment negatively impact the sound? Or would more equipment help diffuse the sound more?...for the record there would be no equipment directly behind or in front of the speakers line of fire as they would be toed inwards.
 
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motorstereo said:
Not enough negative effects to warrant removing the gym equipment and I think it sounds just fine; I never thought of the equipment being able to help with standing waves but you may be right:)

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Haha thats pretty cool, i guess i would be putting in a chair if i used the space and than just moving it out of the way whenever i needed more space.
 
Thanks and that's exactly what I do. The listening chairs are stuffed into a corner right now. When it's time to revert back to a listening room the stair master gets moved out of the sweet spot and the preacher bench also gets moved out of the way. I'm all for whatever it takes to keep from becoming a lard pail during the winter months.
 
motorstereo said:
Given these times of isolation this really surprises me as it appears that we're the minority here when it comes to working out in the music room. :dunno:
RossW; I still remember about 10 years ago horsing a pair of klh 12's into my suv by myself headed for your place. I was glad I wasn't a slacker that day
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Yeah i had my home gym setup for a few years, im pretty happy with it and prefer the privacy. Im using the theatre area for music currently, im just thinking down the road with Kids (wife is pregnant with our first) i want an escape to think and listen and would consider hooking up some decent speakers in the home gym. I guess it depends on the kids though down the road as the basement and theatre area is pretty sectioned off as it is. Right now in the gym i have a Sonyx a900ip system which sounds decent and was designed to compete with the B& O zepplin with fluid magnetic speakers, it doesn't image like a proper 2 channel setup though which one cant expect from a little unit like that. On the plus side you dont have to worry about that sweet spot haha.
 
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I started building an office gym in a spare office at my office during the quarantine. It started with just an adjustable bench, a couple of dumbbell racks, and dumbbells I could buy as they came in stock. I was just using a jambox bt speaker at first. I figured this was temporary, I'll be going back to the local gym soon. When my gym opened back up for a couple of months, they suddenly closed off the locker rooms. One of the major local chain gyms closed down multiple locations, and their former members flooded my gym, and everyday started looking like New Years day. These inconveniences got me back to building my own gym.

So I went to the local gym, while collecting more equipment for my office gym, and just deal with those 8-12 week lead times, instead of letting the local gougers have their way with me. I've been working on the sound system as I wait for gym equipment. So far I've got 4 RBH ceiling speakers installed, powered by a Yamaha TSR-5970. I'm going to add some infinite baffle subs to the ceilings hopefully this weekend.
 
^^^^Yes common sense would dictate a gym to be one of the very worst places to go during the virus. I'm also betting it won't be long before the "gougers" give up on trying to sell equipment for the prices the were getting at the beginning of the lockdown. Imo most people lack the sticktoitiveness needed and will want the clothes hangers out of their homes for cheap. And even moreso once the vaccines are widely available and the gyms reopen. Thankfully the gougers didn't get me for anything as my home gym has been around a very long time.
 
motorstereo said:
^^^^Yes common sense would dictate a gym to be one of the very worst places to go during the virus. I'm also betting it won't be long before the "gougers" give up on trying to sell equipment for the prices the were getting at the beginning of the lockdown. Imo most people lack the sticktoitiveness needed and will want the clothes hangers out of their homes for cheap. And even moreso once the vaccines are widely available and the gyms reopen. Thankfully the gougers didn't get me for anything as my home gym has been around a very long time.
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I'm not of the belief gyms are as dangerous during this pandemic as people are making it seem. I mean, the average gym regular is fairly young, fit, with good nutrition. Not to mention, how much close physical contact do people normally have in the gym? This puts them squarely in the low risk demographics, who's fatality percentage rivals the distortion specs of top performing audio gear. I've personally have been eating healthy, and working out regularly for about 8 years, ever since I got diagnosed as pre-diabetic. Since then, I've never even caught a common cold even once. The only time I got sick during that time was food poisoning once, while on vacation. The biggest fear for me is spreading it to someone more vulnerable. But I live only with my wife, who's young and healthy, and my co-workers are all young and healthy as well.

Personally, I'd rather catch the virus organically, than be vaccinated for it. My sister recovered from it in a week, with minor symptoms the whole time (aches and fatigue only). I can assume my body and genetics will likely deal with it similarly. I can't assume how my body is going to react to a rushed vaccine, that's already shown to have complications relating to allergies, for which I have many. My motivation to avoid the local gym is based solely on the inconveniences of increased traffic, and needing to change my clothes prior to going.

Guess what I'm saying is, we should all probably figure out our own risk tolerances to our own individual situations. Rather than push blanket statements like "common sense would dictate a gym to be one of the very worst places to go during the virus".
 
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^^^^^Well I don't know about you but I can't do cardio with a mask. I also tend to sweat on the machines as most people do. Occasionally I need to cough and sometimes even sneeze which isn't unusual at a gym. With 20-50 other people breathing heavily in close proximity it's the best way I know of creating a super spreader.
 
How close are you really getting to people at the gym? I mean, wasn't the 6' social distancing supposed to be adequate? Equipment spacing pretty much dictates you abide by that.

I've been taking off the mask when I'm actually exerting, they don't bother me. Been going 3-4 days a week since they reopened in June. Just remember to wash my hands before leaving.

What you might consider common sense doesn't actually have any science backing it up at this time. But there sure is a lot of fear mongering, which has the potential to do so much more damage.

Did the unprecedented protesting and civil unrest this year lead to any super spreader events? I mean hundreds, if not thousands of people gathering in close proximity, probably breathing hard when they fought with law enforcement.

Again, if you're of a vulnerable demographic, then yes absolutely take steps to limit your individual risks. But blanket terms like "common sense", and "super spreader event". Are really just trying to justify one size fits all solutions that cause more problems than the virus.
 
I wanted subs in my gym, but I didn't wanna give up any floor space to non workout related equipment. Just added a reverse hyper machine, and holy **** that thing's massive.

I found some wall mount subwoofers on home depot's website, and they were cheap, so I ordered a pair. Came in today, gonna try powering them with 50wpc and see how that works.
 
Bob in WI said:
I hear that!
I set up my trainer (bicycle) right behind the listening chair.
The hope is that incentivizes me to exercise.
So far, results mixed - but there's hope...
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Exactly how my room looks Bob, try Zwift, that will get you going.
I think ones audio room needs stuff in it. Generally I dot my Is and cross my Ts but in my sound room there is stuff all over the place and it sounds great.
 
PtboSteve said:
Exactly how my room looks Bob, try Zwift, that will get you going.
I think ones audio room needs stuff in it. Generally I dot my Is and cross my Ts but in my sound room there is stuff all over the place and it sounds great.
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Looks cool but I don't have a smart trainer. I think thats a requirement.
Regardless, I'm just trying to look like a complete pig in the Spring.
So, I ride most every day while listening to tunes.
Thats as painless as I can make it.
 
bigx5murf said:
How close are you really getting to people at the gym? I mean, wasn't the 6' social distancing supposed to be adequate? Equipment spacing pretty much dictates you abide by that.

I've been taking off the mask when I'm actually exerting, they don't bother me. Been going 3-4 days a week since they reopened in June. Just remember to wash my hands before leaving.

What you might consider common sense doesn't actually have any science backing it up at this time. But there sure is a lot of fear mongering, which has the potential to do so much more damage.

Did the unprecedented protesting and civil unrest this year lead to any super spreader events? I mean hundreds, if not thousands of people gathering in close proximity, probably breathing hard when they fought with law enforcement.

Again, if you're of a vulnerable demographic, then yes absolutely take steps to limit your individual risks. But blanket terms like "common sense", and "super spreader event". Are really just trying to justify one size fits all solutions that cause more problems than the virus.
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Just fascinating.
 
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