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         |  Mertens
             from Motor City (United States) on 2004-12-09 08:51 [#01420469] Points: 2064 Status: Lurker
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 | I've been toying with the idea of a dedicated music room recently. One with sound proof walls and a stereo system
 that surronds a comfortable chair in the middle with
 subwoofers inside it. I'm just wondering what the most ideal
 setup would be. Has anyone done anything like this? Should I
 just stick to earphones?
 
 
 
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         |  vlari
             from beyond the valley of the LOLs on 2004-12-09 09:04 [#01420492] Points: 13915 Status: Regular
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 | I'm planning to do this when i'm in the middle of my forties and the hairline recedes and waistline expands...
 
 
 
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         |  Drunken Mastah
             from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2004-12-09 09:10 [#01420503] Points: 35867 Status: Lurker | Show recordbag
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 | hmm.. you have to realise that to do this properly, you need lots of money and lots of time, but since you're planning on
 having a dedicated room for it, I guess you've got all of
 that...
 
 first of all: do NOT use a square room.. rectangular is
 better and uneven is preferred. preferrably, the ceiling
 should also be sloping or at least not even... buy
 hifi-carpets, and maybe some resonance reducing materials to
 coat the walls with...
 
 also, the subwoofer in the chair isn't necessary..
 subwoofers should be in the corner of the room, not in the
 center... even if you're a basshead, this will work fine,
 you just set it a bit higher.
 
 you'd also need a set of speakers that are proportional to
 the size of the room...
 
 should I go on...?
 
 
 
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         |  pOgO
             from behind your belly button fluff on 2004-12-09 09:12 [#01420507] Points: 12687 Status: Lurker
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 | This 
 
 
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         |  Mertens
             from Motor City (United States) on 2004-12-09 09:13 [#01420508] Points: 2064 Status: Lurker
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 | Yes. I want to know what the perfect setup would be. Let's pretend that money and time are not an issue. Would a room
 that's shaped like an igloo be ideal?
 
 
 
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         |  Raz0rBlade_uk
             on 2004-12-09 09:17 [#01420514] Points: 12540 Status: Addict | Show recordbag
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 | pogo, that room is fucking rediculous! 
 
 
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         |  tolstoyed
             from the ocean on 2004-12-09 09:19 [#01420516] Points: 50073 Status: Moderator | Followup to pOgO: #01420507
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 | i want that now.. 
 
 
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         |  Mertens
             from Motor City (United States) on 2004-12-09 09:22 [#01420522] Points: 2064 Status: Lurker | Followup to pOgO: #01420507
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 | Nice link! 
 
 
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         |  Drunken Mastah
             from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2004-12-09 09:24 [#01420527] Points: 35867 Status: Lurker | Followup to Mertens: #01420508 | Show recordbag
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 | no, irregularity is the ideal... 
 if you go to a proper concerthall, you'll notice that the
 walls most likely are made out of plates that slope in all
 directions, and the ceiling won't be flat.
 
 also, then for speakers, I'd go for Martin/Logan
 electrostatic speakers (you'd best get the sub from the same
 people as the speakers, so their sub-tower, then)...
 
 Amplifier... some tube-amplified thing... there are many
 good, and I've honestly never listened to one, since they're
 mostly too expensive for the shops to have in store...
 either that, or two of Classés monoblocks...
 
 sources: for vinyl.. definately the  Clearaudio Master Reference. CD...
 maybe Hegel, but there are many good manufacturers
 out there... maybe the aforementioned Classé, to make the
 system match?
 
 
 
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         |  Mertens
             from Motor City (United States) on 2004-12-09 09:29 [#01420536] Points: 2064 Status: Lurker | Followup to Drunken Mastah: #01420527
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 | Should the type of music be taken into consideration? Is there a setup that equally effective for say Autechre and
 Stockhausen?
 
 
 
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         |  Drunken Mastah
             from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2004-12-09 09:34 [#01420544] Points: 35867 Status: Lurker | Followup to Mertens: #01420536 | Show recordbag
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 | most likely, yes... but that's something I've never considered, since I don't have enough money for even one of
 the components to that system...
 
 if I had enough money (we're talking millions), I'd probably
 be buying stuff that I haven't even heard of yet... there
 are so many good companies I haven't heard of yet, and it's
 ONLY because they don't make consumer products.. they make
 exclusive systems that only filthy rich people can afford..
 so there are definately better systems out there, but this
 is the best I can think up... after you've listened to
 electrostatic speakers, you'll go home and curse at your own
 speakers for not being as accurate!
 
 b&w nautilus is also close to heaven when it comes to
 speakers...
 
 
 
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         |  Mertens
             from Motor City (United States) on 2004-12-09 09:51 [#01420567] Points: 2064 Status: Lurker
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 | Having your own sound room would be soo ace... Just sit in your state of the art lounge chair, turn the lights down and
 zone out.
 
 
 
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         |  Drunken Mastah
             from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2004-12-09 09:55 [#01420577] Points: 35867 Status: Lurker | Followup to Mertens: #01420567 | Show recordbag
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 | definately! 
 what would also rock, would be to have a separate surround
 system with a projector (on the other side of the room or
 something... preferrably in its own room too, but then you
 couldn't just turn your chair around to watch movies...)!
 
 
 
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