I'm Done!!!!!

Ricardo

SCompRacer wrote: »

Ricardo, how well does your isolation room work at containing sound when you are rocking out? Any complaints from the rest of the inhabitants upstairs or right outside the room?

I'll work on your table donations right after my next table upgrade.:p

The walls/ceiling with double drywall and green glue work surprisingly well; I still have to work on a couple of things though;

The door: this was an existing door from when I finished the basement, and I was not thinking in soundproofing back then(which I should have...the HT is in the other side and it can be heard and felt upstairs). The right thing to do would be to change that door for an exterior door with the appropriate sealing, but I think I'm going to try a couple of other ideas with the existing door.

Ventilation: I still need to put the register and return; It's going to be an easy task because the ducts are just inches away on the left wall, but I know it will require extra work not to jeopardize the isolation from that side, which has the noisy furnace and water heater (which I cannot hear now, and proves the double drywall is really effective..) Temperature is still nice in the room, but in the middle of summer when we start getting above 90's it would probably be uncomfortable.

Ricardo

heiney9 wrote: »

Very nice set-up Ricardo. I love the single chair...........it screams "get the 'eff out there's only room for one" I take it things are good now that you got the Belles back from upgrades? I have yet to be totally impressed by a tube amp yet myself.

H9

The Belles came back from the shop on Monday; I had to send it back after the upgrade because it was getting way too hot. the bias was adjusted (I thought this was only for tube amps ), and now it's ok. I cannot describe how good it sounds. All the reviews are dead on.

Ricardo

Ron-P wrote: »

Very nice, yet so incomplete. Three more speakers, a sub and a Front Projector is all you need.

My HT with RTi and SVS (driven by an AVR, no 200 WPC amp and it will stay like that ) is in the other side of that door

Ricardo

danger boy wrote: »

congrats... very cool looking and i'm sure excellent sounding system.

ummm your new speakers cost more than my car.... :eek: :eek:

Well, I got them used at a very fair price.....but your statement can definitely still be true

rskarvan

Ok... after seeing your reference quality 2-channel system, I can finally understand why you sold the Polk 3.1TL's. It obviously took a substantial upgrade to beat the 1991 Polks.

Ricardo

engtaz wrote: »

Great Job, well done. Great pics. Are you trying to tell us, that the closest we will get to your room is a picture and that the dog ranks higher than the wife and kid(s)?. LOL

Congrats on your project.

Believe it or not, engtaz is actually capable of posting something coherent


Just kidding; I would give up all this for my wife and kids in a heart beat.....and my doors are open to all polkies. I mentioned in the room build thread that I would dedicate a wall for your signatures, but instead it will be the acoustic panel in the back. Who will be the first??????

Ricardo

rskarvan wrote: »

Ok... after seeing your reference quality 2-channel system, I can finally understand why you sold the Polk 3.1TL's. It obviously took a substantial upgrade to beat the 1991 Polks.

Ron, sometimes I still wonder how a pair of Thiel 3.6's would sound with that rig......;)

george daniel

Outatanding sir !!! If I'm ever in your area,I gotta get my ears on the Belles/Tyler combo. I know that you are proud of that room/system,, you deserve it---good on ya.

zombie boy 2000

Congrats Ricardo!! Most people I wouldn't believe when making that statement (including myself), but for whatever reason I believe you completely.

You gotta love it when a plan comes together:)

xsmi

The CS 3.6's I think would sound fantastic. I think that is the best speaker Theil ever produced and I understand why it took them 10yrs to develop a successor.

madmax

Very nice! Looks like you are set for awhile.
madmax

venomclan

Very nice setup.

You are a junky like the rest of us though, and will need a fix eventually. V

amulford

Outstanding job. Isn't it nice to have your own little space to get away from everything/one and get lost in some music?

I'm wishing I had one...

halo

Everything looks GREAT Ricardo!

Send me an email with your addy so you can try some different tubes in the Raysonic.

Did you get the I-Sonic yet?

Ricardo

Halo wrote: »

Everything looks GREAT Ricardo!

Send me an email with your addy so you can try some different tubes in the Raysonic.

Did you get the I-Sonic yet?

Thanks Victor; that sounds great; will PM you.

Have not received the I-Sonic; my daughter asks every day.......I guess it will be here soon.

lightman1

Refined simplicity at it's best. Don't let Fido pee on the speaks!

MikeC78

HTrookie wrote: »

Thanks Victor; that sounds great; will PM you.

Have not received the I-Sonic; my daughter asks every day.......I guess it will be here soon.

For some reason Polk sent me an I-Sonic?

Thanks Ricardo!!:D

halo

The host with the most!

MikeC78

Halo wrote: »

The host with the most!

W WALDECKER

Ricardo, you are sporting a top shelf Rig with Beautiful Loudspeakers. Enjoy!....WCW III

halo

MikeC78 wrote: »

You were the host of the CPF. You got a shirt and an I-Sonic from Polk. Dot makes you da host with da most mon! (I know yer only kidding about the I-Sonic )

SCompRacer

HTrookie wrote: »

Ventilation: I still need to put the register and return....

HVAC ducts are another area of concern in audio rooms. Dedicated ducts, baffle boxes and long linear ducts are some of the buzzwords I recall when I looked into it. I consider myself lucky having my audio system in a room that is open to the entire main level with 14’ ceilings. My situation is also speaker dependant. I tried first and second reflection treatments along with bass traps with my ESL’s and it didn’t help or hurt while sitting in the sweet spot. If I build something in the basement, which the wife would love, I have a great thread here to reference. Once again Ricardo, high marks.

Oh, and please refrain from placing your CD cases on top of the speaker!:p

Shizelbs

Rock on. Looks great. I'm 'this close' to saying I'm done as well.

Can we get a run down on the equipment on that rack? Specifically, what is that CDP on top?

SCompRacer

MikeC78 wrote: »

For some reason Polk sent me an I-Sonic?

Thanks Ricardo!!:D

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! Maybe he will wrestle you for it.:D

Ricardo

Halo wrote: »

(I know yer only kidding about the I-Sonic )

I certainly hope he is!!!!!

Anyway..........Annie would say it's unnecessary

Ricardo

Shizelbs wrote: »

Rock on. Looks great. I'm 'this close' to saying I'm done as well.

Can we get a run down on the equipment on that rack? Specifically, what is that CDP on top?

Raysonic CD128


Audio Research SP16


Adcom ACE 515


Belles 350a reference

MikeC78

HTrookie wrote: »

I certainly hope he is!!!!!

Anyway..........Annie would say it's unnecessary

Funny, she is the one using it!:eek:

Lowell_M

Ricardo, Awesome looking listening room. I bit it sounds better than it looks.

rskarvan

HTrookie wrote: »

Ron, sometimes I still wonder how a pair of Thiel 3.6's would sound with that rig......;)

I'm guessing that the sound would be more accurate and the imaging would be better with the Thiel. The Thiel 3.6's compared to the Polk 3.1TL's was sort of an exercise in "more drivers don't necessarily equate to either better sound, more sound, or better imaging". I know your Taylor's have significantly better drivers than the 3.1TL's... but, the cabinet design of the Taylor's hasn't been optimized to the degree that Thiel has done with the Thiel 3.6's. Also, the 3.6's are every bit as much speaker as the 3.1TL's volume-wise. The Thiel 3.6 is a much more powerful speaker than I care to listen to at "punchy volumes".

I am certain that the Taylor's are fabulous speakers. I just have yet to hear a better speaker than the upper-end Thiels.

engtaz

ok I will say it. SWEEEEEEEEEEETTTT audio equipment.