New loft setup
EndersShadow
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So as everyone knows I gave up my loft a year ago for the kids...
Well I kinda took it back a little bit lol....
My wife bought my kids a play camper that was HUGE (80" long x 40" wide x 47" tall). Figuring out where to put it was a PAIN.
Then to make it worse, I scored a Salamander rack for a price I simply couldn't pass it up. It didnt fit in my car but I made it work and it arrived at home safe.
So today due to some kid issues I had to stay home from work, so I rearranged the setup.
I flipped the room around to what it should have been from the get-go.
Here is what I was working with originally.
Lest someone give me crap, the Ushers actually ended up on Sanus Ultimate Foundation 20" stands.
Now onto what I have setup now.
First to get things out of the way, I will confess my audiophile sins now.
1. I gave up on "proper" cable management. Source, Power and all other cables were run together just because I stopped caring, and it was cleaner.
2. I share this space with my kids, and I do mean share. So I have it setup as "optimally" as I can while still allowing them the freedom and room to play.
3. I let my wife within reason dictate the furniture setup, hence why the couch is cornered rather than along the halfwall.
4. I took these pics with a iPhone so they dont show just how nice the gear looks
And then to end with a couple caveat/comments:
This is still a bit of a work in progress, so I have not finalized the location of the speakers and the may move left/right or be toed in. I plan to force @lightman1 to help me dial things in at some point soon.
Additionally, the bookcase and everything to the right of the couch is getting chucked/sold/donated soon to free up the space. The old entertainment center is also going away, but it shows up in the pictures because I just haven't moved it out of the room yet.
The entire middle section of the entertainment center is for the kids toys as I dont need more than the two sections with doors for my gear.
I plan to wallmount the TV soon, but for now it remains where it is.
The pics dont show how open the room actually is, but is quite nice for playing and the entire camper is empty waiting to be filled up with a play kitchen and other stuf.
And now some audiophile cringeworthy pictures of my cable management.
Well I kinda took it back a little bit lol....
My wife bought my kids a play camper that was HUGE (80" long x 40" wide x 47" tall). Figuring out where to put it was a PAIN.
Then to make it worse, I scored a Salamander rack for a price I simply couldn't pass it up. It didnt fit in my car but I made it work and it arrived at home safe.
So today due to some kid issues I had to stay home from work, so I rearranged the setup.
I flipped the room around to what it should have been from the get-go.
Here is what I was working with originally.
Lest someone give me crap, the Ushers actually ended up on Sanus Ultimate Foundation 20" stands.
Now onto what I have setup now.
First to get things out of the way, I will confess my audiophile sins now.
1. I gave up on "proper" cable management. Source, Power and all other cables were run together just because I stopped caring, and it was cleaner.
2. I share this space with my kids, and I do mean share. So I have it setup as "optimally" as I can while still allowing them the freedom and room to play.
3. I let my wife within reason dictate the furniture setup, hence why the couch is cornered rather than along the halfwall.
4. I took these pics with a iPhone so they dont show just how nice the gear looks
And then to end with a couple caveat/comments:
This is still a bit of a work in progress, so I have not finalized the location of the speakers and the may move left/right or be toed in. I plan to force @lightman1 to help me dial things in at some point soon.
Additionally, the bookcase and everything to the right of the couch is getting chucked/sold/donated soon to free up the space. The old entertainment center is also going away, but it shows up in the pictures because I just haven't moved it out of the room yet.
The entire middle section of the entertainment center is for the kids toys as I dont need more than the two sections with doors for my gear.
I plan to wallmount the TV soon, but for now it remains where it is.
The pics dont show how open the room actually is, but is quite nice for playing and the entire camper is empty waiting to be filled up with a play kitchen and other stuf.
And now some audiophile cringeworthy pictures of my cable management.
"....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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Looks nice. I have the same stand just in a different color. Thing is a beast.
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Dear god!...is that a camper in your loft?!
Don't let my wife see one of dem things or I'll have a fleet siting in my living room.Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!! -
Dear god!...is that a camper in your loft?!
Don't let my wife see one of dem things or I'll have a fleet siting in my living room.
I won't lie, while large it's pretty cool and the kids love playing in it.
It's not cheap, but it's a canvas fabric not cheap stuff so it has held up well to kids thus far.
"....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963) -
Sexy! And my services do come cheap.
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If that's audiophile cringeworthy cable management, I don't know what the he11 you'd call the mess behind my gear!
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Very classy lamp.
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"....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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Cables look good to me. Nephew has one of those tents for his 2 lil monsters, yep kids love em.
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Looks nice Dan. I would have but one concern on the layout though. Couch and chair by that half wall. If I'm not mistaken, kind of a big drop on the other side, no ?HT SYSTEM-
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Looks nice Dan. I would have but one concern on the layout though. Couch and chair by that half wall. If I'm not mistaken, kind of a big drop on the other side, no ?
there's a trampoline at the bottom no worries....
Besides like my dad used to tell us kids "you'll only do that nonsense once" we lived life to the fullest through experience. -
Looks nice Dan. I would have but one concern on the layout though. Couch and chair by that half wall. If I'm not mistaken, kind of a big drop on the other side, no ?
Yes, there is a drop down to the first floor, or the stairs depending on where you go over. However the kids are not allowed to be in there without an adult or older kid we trust to pay attention, and we have it gated off to make sure. Once my oldest figures out how to work gates we "may" have to rethink how we are securing it, but for now it works. And hopefully once she gets to the age to get that figured out we will have "learned" her not to ever even attempt it.
And the supervision aspect likely wont change. My oldest is smart enough to know not to stand on the chairs (she gets in trouble each time) and in general is content to rock on that chair till the cows come in.
Additionally we moved the couch and chair a bit more into the room to allow for them to rock and recline better. Which helps alleviate this situation a bit more.
And then we have a wireless webcam in that room so we can look in whats going on up there from time to time to make sure nothing is happening.
But yes, we had concerns which is why initially we didn't set it up this way. But after living with the old setup and realizing kids wont be up there without supervision felt it was ok to adjust.Besides like my dad used to tell us kids "you'll only do that nonsense once" we lived life to the fullest through experience.
Thats kinda where we tend to lean. Our youngest recently ate a couple bites of dry dog food before we caught her. As long as it wont kill em, get em put in jail, or break it....
Eat dirt, jump on stuff, run around, etc....
I'm a "free range" parent *gasp*.... Dont report me...."....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963) -
You have a gate blocking the loft. Free range you are not...just maybe not as crazy controlling as some other parents lol.Living Room 2.2: Usher BE-718 "tiny dancers"; Dual DIY Dayton audio RSS210HF-4 Subs with Dayton SPA-250 amps; Arcam SA30; Musical Fidelity A308; Sony UBP-x1000es
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You have a gate blocking the loft. Free range you are not...just maybe not as crazy controlling as some other parents lol.
Dang it lol....
Free (within a defined) range parent I guess lol...."....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963) -
Busted.. lol
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You really scored with that Salamander! Looks fantastic2 Channel in my home attic/bar/man cave
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Loops in the cables!
He's got the cables looped!
F1nut is gonna have a FIT!!!
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Looks very nice.
When I was a kid my parents told me to turn it down. Now I'm an adult and my kids tell me to turn it down.
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"And now some audiophile cringeworthy pictures of my cable management."
If you think that's bad you should see @nbrowser cable management. I bet if you went back there you wouldn't come out alive.2 channel:
Bryston 4B3, Bryston BDA3, Cary SLP05, Shanling CDT1000SE with parts conneXion level 2 mods, Nottingham analogue ace space 294, soundsmith Carmen MKii, Zu DL103 MKii, Ortofon MC 20 MKii, Dynavector XX2 MKii, Rogue Audio Ares, Core power technologies balanced power conditioner, Akiko Corelli power conditioner with Akiko Audio HQ power cable, Nordost heimdall 2, Frey 2, interconnects, speaker and power cables, Focal Electra 1028 BE 2, Auralic Aries Femto, Black diamond racing cones, ingress audio level 1 roller blocks, JL Audio E110 with Auralic subdude, Primacoustics room treatments.
Theater:
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"And now some audiophile cringeworthy pictures of my cable management."
If you think that's bad you should see @nbrowser cable management. I bet if you went back there you wouldn't come out alive.
I scrolled down here just to post something similar only to see it already. Was not disappointed.
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Very nice Dan, Very nice indeed. Great pickup there...Giving myself a pat on the back for turning you on to that deal. That makes two Salamanders Synergy for $100 and under to Polkies! Nightfall and yoirself. I'm a frugal deal finding machine...Because I'm poor! No money after taking care of the wife and two kids. LOL! Still waiting on a triple walnut, black rails one to land my way.
oh man when my daughter was a toddler back in '04 she picked up a nickel off the floor, put it in her mouth and was choking on it. It happened so quick! We were in the upstairs hallway. We played a little then I got on the computer in the desk area in the same hallway just about four feet away. She continued to play with her toys. Next she crawled around the corner into the kid's bedroom. The room was clean with new stuff, organized, new carpet, no junk, limited toys, no small items on the floor, Just a kid friendly room!EndersShadow wrote: »Thats kinda where we tend to lean. Our youngest recently ate a couple bites of dry dog food before we caught her. As long as it wont kill em, get em put in jail, or break it....
Eat dirt, jump on stuff, run around, etc....
I'm a "free range" parent *gasp*.... Dont report me....
It had to be about a minute or less tops that I went in after her wondering what she was doing. I found her hand at her mouth. When I picked her up her eyes where starting to roll back and she was falling over, she was about to pass out. I put her on my arm, face down, with my finger in her mouth and made her gag. Out pops a nickle!
I have no idea how in the world a nickel got on the floor! We vacuumed that room every few days or everyday sometimes. How did she find it so quick? Man did that scare the crap out of me...but I did not panic and in an instant went to work.
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honestaquarian wrote: »Loops in the cables!
He's got the cables looped!
F1nut is gonna have a FIT!!!
Jesse is going to have a fit regardless. Might as well quit worrying about that.
Yeah, he's bound to have an aneurysm one of these days.
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Looks great. You got a hell of a deal on the stand! Enjoy._____________________________________________________________________________________________
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"And now some audiophile cringeworthy pictures of my cable management."
If you think that's bad you should see @nbrowser cable management. I bet if you went back there you wouldn't come out alive.
You now get the same offer as I gave Nightfall, feel free to come fix it yourself! lol.
I bring the Velcro tape, you supply the beers and music, assuming I don't die back there.
2 channel:
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Theater:
Focal Aria 926,905,CC900, SVS PB ultra x2. Pioneer Elite SC85, Oppo BDP93, Panamax M5400PM, Minix neox6, Nordost Blue heaven LS power cables.
