Finally, coming down the homestretch

mdaudioguy
mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
in 2 Channel Audio
It's been a journey. I think I've been talking about finishing my basement for at least a decade. I got half of it finished - a workout area - about 3 to 4 years ago. I finally got motivated to get the other side finished. I still need a ceiling and have some detail work to do, but I've got a chair to sit in and some stuff to listen to and a TV to watch!
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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    Sweet !!!
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,151
    edited January 2018
    What's all that stuff around your system and spread throughout your basement?

    I can't seem to find any of that around my systems and cave for many years now. :(
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,934
    Space? lol
    Tony M wrote: »
    What's all that stuff around your system and spread throughout your basement?

    I can't seem to find any of that around my systems and cave for many years now. :(

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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    Clipdat wrote: »
    Space? lol
    Tony M wrote: »
    What's all that stuff around your system and spread throughout your basement?

    I can't seem to find any of that around my systems and cave for many years now. :(
    You should have seen the "before" look...
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  • kharp1
    kharp1 Posts: 3,453
    As far as I'm concerned...it's done.
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  • tonyp063
    tonyp063 Posts: 1,083
    And, I gotta tell you, SWMBO & I both think the carpet kicks butt.
    Very non-standard interesting.
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  • mrbiron
    mrbiron Posts: 5,711
    What did you do, steal as many carpet samples as you could get your hands on ?! ;)
    Nice, clean, and a space of your own. “No Girls Allowed”.
    Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!!
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  • Gerres26
    Gerres26 Posts: 864
    tonyp063 wrote: »
    And, I gotta tell you, SWMBO & I both think the carpet kicks butt.
    Very non-standard interesting.

    What type of carpet is this? I'm going to start on my basement soon and im really digging this look.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,151
    Clipdat wrote: »
    Space? lol
    Tony M wrote: »
    What's all that stuff around your system and spread throughout your basement?

    I can't seem to find any of that around my systems and cave for many years now. :(

    YUP. I used to have voids in my cave.

    A long time ago. My avatar shows SOME space was had 10 years ago I guess.

    I would like to have a room that looks like that basement for my projection system and HT chairs. And I have REAL Theater chairs too. 4 of them. The movie studio used them in a scene from a Dawson's Creek episode. They are cool looking with old-school wooden armrests with modern upholstery too. The upholstery would match his carpet GREAT!
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,151
    I didn't see one square of carpet that matched another. :oB)
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,934
    I like how the vintage Polks can be flat up against the back wall and not toed in. It's interesting to me because it's the opposite of what you always see in the "pro listening room" setups.
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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    Gerres26 wrote: »
    tonyp063 wrote: »
    And, I gotta tell you, SWMBO & I both think the carpet kicks butt.
    Very non-standard interesting.

    What type of carpet is this? I'm going to start on my basement soon and im really digging this look.

    Two foot square carpet tiles, multi-color in a sealed package, so it's kind of like a box of chocolates...
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  • stangman67
    stangman67 Posts: 2,289
    Looks great! I am jealous of allllllll that space!
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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    mrbiron wrote: »
    What did you do, steal as many carpet samples as you could get your hands on ?! ;)
    Nice, clean, and a space of your own. “No Girls Allowed”.
    kharp1 wrote: »
    As far as I'm concerned...it's done.

    I think I'm expected to provide more seating, but I'm not necessarily motivated to do so!
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,441
    mdaudioguy wrote: »
    mrbiron wrote: »
    What did you do, steal as many carpet samples as you could get your hands on ?! ;)
    Nice, clean, and a space of your own. “No Girls Allowed”.
    kharp1 wrote: »
    As far as I'm concerned...it's done.

    I think I'm expected to provide more seating, but I'm not necessarily motivated to do so!

    Naa if they get too comfortable they will want to stay it'll fluc up the whole sound molecule pathway to your ears.
    Seating for more than one is so highly overated. >:)
    Great looking room. I'd definitely get some sound diffusion going on that ceiling do not want any goodness escaping and turn every other carpet square 90* to break up standing waves :p
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  • Mike Reeter
    Mike Reeter Posts: 4,315
    VERY nice place to call your own! Get some Treatments up on those bare walls, and hear what you've been missing!
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  • MrBuhl
    MrBuhl Posts: 2,419
    Looking really great - that's a blank pallet of space - congrats! ^^ was thinking the same thing about treatments next ^^
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,551
    Looking good Ed.
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  • erniejade
    erniejade Posts: 6,321
    Nice work! Looks great.
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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    Thanks guys! :)
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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    Mike Reeter wrote: »
    VERY nice place to call your own! Get some Treatments up on those bare walls, and hear what you've been missing!
    MrBuhl wrote: »
    Looking really great - that's a blank pallet of space - congrats! ^^ was thinking the same thing about treatments next ^^
    Yes, some treatments will likely come in time. You saw the part about me taking 10 years to get this far, right? Lol!
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