Help me design my new man cave!

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  • nspindel
    nspindel Posts: 5,343
    All this talk of a man cave, and not one suggestion for a good 8-track tape player!
    Good music, a good source, and good power can make SDA's sing. Tubes make them dance.
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  • nspindel
    nspindel Posts: 5,343
    Closed on the house yesterday! 2100 pounds of Acacia flooring already delivered and stacked upstairs to acclimate for about two weeks before we install it.
    Good music, a good source, and good power can make SDA's sing. Tubes make them dance.
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  • nspindel
    nspindel Posts: 5,343
    edited December 2017
    Not hooked up to the panel yet, but these will be two dedicated 20-amp home runs. The orange is 10-gauge Romex, that’ll go to the MIT Z-Duplex outlet and will power the integrated amp and dac. The other circuit will be 12-gauge for anything outside the analog signal chain - turntable motor, computer, external hard drive, etc. Having some other electrical and lighting work done before my handyman heads out of town for Christmas and New Years. Flooring will go down in the new year.

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    Good music, a good source, and good power can make SDA's sing. Tubes make them dance.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    A round bed, lots of mirrors, a big drop cloth and a squeegee. Oh an one of those booze dispensers with the upsidedown bottles. Oh yeah you will need a keg fridge and a hookah. A genuine shrunken head could come in handy.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    And a sign on the door that says " Hot chicks room, no wives allowed".
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  • nspindel
    nspindel Posts: 5,343
    My installer got a bit of the acacia laid down in my wife's office before they took off for the holidays. This stuff is gorgeous.

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    Good music, a good source, and good power can make SDA's sing. Tubes make them dance.
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  • nspindel
    nspindel Posts: 5,343
    Getting there!ll3e7f1eztt1.jpeg
    Good music, a good source, and good power can make SDA's sing. Tubes make them dance.
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  • Upstatemax
    Upstatemax Posts: 2,685
    I’m assuming the access hatch on the ceiling is for the on command disco ball?!
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  • mrbiron
    mrbiron Posts: 5,711
    Upstatemax wrote: »
    I’m assuming the access hatch on the ceiling is for the on command disco ball?!

    Stripper pole on demand
    Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!!
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  • nspindel
    nspindel Posts: 5,343
    if you don’t like the Yankees, you’re going to hate the decor....
    Good music, a good source, and good power can make SDA's sing. Tubes make them dance.
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  • oldrocker
    oldrocker Posts: 2,590
    Looking good...
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  • mrbiron
    mrbiron Posts: 5,711
    nspindel wrote: »
    if you don’t like the Yankees, you’re going to hate the decor....
    Didn’t you live in RI. Boston is MUCH closer than NY....trader!
    Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!!
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  • nspindel
    nspindel Posts: 5,343
    Stamford, CT. About 40 minutes from Yankee Stadium. Had season tickets for decades. Now down in Tampa, FL where they have spring training. I’ve had season tix there for seven years.
    Good music, a good source, and good power can make SDA's sing. Tubes make them dance.
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  • mrbiron
    mrbiron Posts: 5,711
    I’m sorry.... :p
    Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!!
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  • nspindel
    nspindel Posts: 5,343
    I had my 10th birthday party in Yankee Stadium. A ridiculous number of years ago.
    Good music, a good source, and good power can make SDA's sing. Tubes make them dance.
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  • Upstatemax
    Upstatemax Posts: 2,685
    nspindel wrote: »
    I had my 10th birthday party in Yankee Stadium. A ridiculous number of years ago.

    I went to that stadium!

    Now it’s a cleaned up pile of rubble...
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  • nspindel
    nspindel Posts: 5,343
    It’s a park now. There’s a ball field on the original footprint where they have leagues and kids play. You can step up and take a swing on the same spot where Babe Ruth did.
    Good music, a good source, and good power can make SDA's sing. Tubes make them dance.
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    Moving on to the artwork.
    Unwritten rule for man-cave is, mandatory pieces:
    Elvis on Black velvet
    Clint Eastwood or John Wayne photo
    And finally, Dogs Playing poker.
    I've got one with them cheating :D
    I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
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  • nspindel
    nspindel Posts: 5,343
    Actually, the artwork is fairly set. That’s where the Yankee part comes in.
    Good music, a good source, and good power can make SDA's sing. Tubes make them dance.
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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    nspindel wrote: »
    if you don’t like the Yankees, you’re going to hate the decor....

    Hate it already.

    Actually, I was going to comment about how awesome it looks, until I got to that little detail. And, then I thought about the items in my rigs that came from your tainted abode. I'm sending them all back! :p

    Good to see you're enjoying life! Congrats!
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,478
    You need a giant vellum movie poster. I have one for Titanic that would look great in there. It is a piece designed to be backlit, and is six feet tall. Shoot me a pm if interested,
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  • nspindel
    nspindel Posts: 5,343
    mdaudioguy wrote: »
    I'm sending them all back! :p

    I'll take it all back!!!
    Good music, a good source, and good power can make SDA's sing. Tubes make them dance.
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  • nspindel
    nspindel Posts: 5,343
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    You need a giant vellum movie poster. I have one for Titanic that would look great in there. It is a piece designed to be backlit, and is six feet tall. Shoot me a pm if interested,

    First step is to see how much wall space is left after all the stuff that I've already got goes up. Not ready to set up yet. Decided the other day to do a wet bar in there, I don't want to unpack anything until the last of the construction is done and cleaned up!
    Good music, a good source, and good power can make SDA's sing. Tubes make them dance.
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    nspindel wrote: »
    Getting there!

    Very nice! Bringing your vision to fruition must be very satisfying.
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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    nspindel wrote: »
    mdaudioguy wrote: »
    I'm sending them all back! :p

    I'll take it all back!!!

    Too late. I painted everything orange and black.
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  • Upstatemax
    Upstatemax Posts: 2,685
    mdaudioguy wrote: »
    nspindel wrote: »
    mdaudioguy wrote: »
    I'm sending them all back! :p

    I'll take it all back!!!

    Too late. I painted everything orange and black.

    How did you find black paint?!
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    MANCAVE TIP: Go to bar & restaurant supply companies on the web to get some really good deals on all kinds of stuff from furniture, bar staples, decorations, etc.
    Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Shop Spkrs: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 3,919
    Am I off probation yet, can anybody see me?
    The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

    It is imperative that we recognize that an opinion is not a fact.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,478
    Upstatemax wrote: »
    mdaudioguy wrote: »
    nspindel wrote: »
    mdaudioguy wrote: »
    I'm sending them all back! :p

    I'll take it all back!!!

    Too late. I painted everything orange and black.

    How did you find black paint?!

    It's not a true black. Looks more like a very deep Slate Grey.
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD

    “When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,168
    Priests wear true black socks. Most other socks are very, very, very, very, very dark blue.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNGj7woRsk0
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