70's mancave upgrades
steveinaz
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Did some more upgrades, still have to find a rotary telephone:
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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I don't remember having cable TV in the '70'sDKG999
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We didn't have 36" tv's either, I had to make some compromises. Cable was available in Saint Louis around 1978/79, but we didn't get it until around 1981.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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I was thinking about the same thing . You need one of those console TVs - big, furniture-like, even if it will be used as a stand... I was thinking about sticking an LCD TV into one of those console boxes, but heat dissipation will be a problem.Panasonic PT-AE4000U projector for movies
Carada 106" Precision Series (Classic Cinema White)
Denon AVR-X3600H pre/pro
Outlaw 770 7-channel amplifier
B&W CDM1-SE fronts
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B&W CDM1 rears on MoPADs
JBL SP8CII in-ceiling height speakers
Samsung DTB-H260F OTA HDTV tuner
DUAL NHT SubTwo subwoofers
Oppo BDP-93 Blu-Ray player
Belkin PF60 Power Center
Harmony 1100 RF remote with RF extender
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Awesome!!! Makes me want to do some work to my crap hole Man Cave.
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Good to see you posting Steve!!! Awesome "retro" room. I can almost see the cast of "That 70's Show" using your mancave! Then you'd have to put a foot in their ****. Very cool :cool:"Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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very nice man! when is beer time?Media Room 7.1
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I don't remember having cable TV in the '70's
Great job steve, looks like so many first apartments I have seen usually with 2 or 3 friends splitting cost............and ending friendships.
We actually had cable in the 60's, distance and mountains prevented good/consistent reception. So a local nerd (not sure what he would have been called at the time) got a good portion of the town to invest with his venture (by guarantying a fixed cost of $7 a month) purchased land put up large antennas and amps, and re-transmitted the over the air signals on a closed circuit system. Satellites entered the picture and he added some of the super stations and maintained the $7 for original households. Sold it and retired comfortably, now the cost is about $54 for basic. Sorry for the side note but the retro pics had me reminiscing. -
Nice! Does Sweetmeat have the joint or a cig in his mouth?
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Serious question: what kind of floor is it? How did you do it?
Thanks!Panasonic PT-AE4000U projector for movies
Carada 106" Precision Series (Classic Cinema White)
Denon AVR-X3600H pre/pro
Outlaw 770 7-channel amplifier
B&W CDM1-SE fronts
B&W CDM-CNT center
B&W CDM1 rears on MoPADs
JBL SP8CII in-ceiling height speakers
Samsung DTB-H260F OTA HDTV tuner
DUAL NHT SubTwo subwoofers
Oppo BDP-93 Blu-Ray player
Belkin PF60 Power Center
Harmony 1100 RF remote with RF extender
Sony XBR-X950G 55" 4K HDR Smart TV + PS3 in the living room -
find a nice Curtis Mathis console tv and you are all set, and it would appear you need a Rocky poster, a BeeGee poster and a Kiss poster....
I love it and just wish I could have an 80's mancave to keep my TL's in...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
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Lookin' good Steve.
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Oy-vey! I've got the munchies just from LOOKING at those pic's:eek:I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
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the k-she flag is awesome.The Flea rig
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Nice schtuff, especially the KSHE flag. "Is that dog smoking a cigarette?" My friend Jerry did a woodburn of schweet meat and somebody asked him that.SDA SRS 2.3TL's
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Me like the liquor rack.
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hey steve, do you have any air conditioning piped into the m-cave?
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LOL.:D Great looking room Steve. If im ever in the neighborhood, ill bring by some "Pop rock's".:D Nice job.
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Looks Great!
Careful not to show it to that many friends, youll probably have a few that would want to crash there for a while.
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Yes sir,, lookin' very comfy.:)JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
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nooshinjohn wrote: »find a nice Curtis Mathis console tv and you are all setGeorge Grand wrote: »
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Steve your projector looks like a garage door opener.:DI like speakers that are bigger than a small refrigerator but smaller than a big refrigerator:D
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....Flash Back !!!! Nice period piece!!! Place !!! Whatever it takes to MELLOW !!!
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Pretty Groovy!
Love all the wall art.
Till the Framton pic. Replace that with Humble Pie (Steve Marriott) instead.
Cool Retro.
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I like it
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CS400i Center
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Awesome Steve!If...
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Very cool!! This reminds me a lot of my first apartment. That wasn't in the 70's though...lol.
Looks like you've done a great job putting it together.The nirvana inducer-
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Your not 70's unless youv'e got some avocado green in there. How do those 8-tracks sound?:cool:>
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I fully expected to see a Jimi Hendrix poster on the wall and a bong on the table! Nicely done!Polk Audio Surround Bar 360
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I don't know man, there would be a turntable in there if it were authentic. And what are those shiny CD looking thingys to the right of the receiver? Are you some weirded out space alien from the future? Leave that funky technology where you found it, we will all be thankful in the future.
An avocado fridge would make the room!
madmaxVinyl, the final frontier...
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Nice! Does Sweetmeat have the joint or a cig in his mouth?
Looks like a roll your own to me! Viva STL!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