Share your mancave...
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just dave
vintage rules!
My cave of men is too small to get any decent pics so I made this panorama shot to get everything in the shot.
The look I'm going for is late 70's clusterfuck...
Here is a panoramic shot with moar thrown in.
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Helmets will be unboxed and shelved above the Bud rain and recruiting posters....
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Awesome,both you guys.I've got a long way to go.
Poultrygeist
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Poultrygeist's inner sanctum with levitating full rangers
TubeHiFiNut
Super Member
Poultrygeist's inner sanctum with levitating full rangers
That is really an outstanding idea!
Please comment on what does, or does not, work and how it sounds.
Thank you!
Thank you, jd! :thmbsp:
It has been a long row to hoe getting the fungeon where it is now.
Eventually I'd like to add some can lights, but the acoustic tile is stapled to the overhead in authentic late 60s / early 70s construction practices.
I'd just as soon take an ass whoopin' as tackle that right now.
That will be a job for next winter.
I have too many irons in the fire now and spring [riding weather] is just around the corner. :boink:
Poultrygeist
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Thanks. No baffle or baffle-less speakers have been around for awhile. I use this frame to test FR drivers for use in open baffles. Saves lots of work this way.
The bass OB woofers stay in place when I hang new drivers in the frame as a small driver has zero bass in free air. The sound is very open and airy, certainly good enough to use long term unless you love to tinker as much as you love to listen. Afraid I'm guilty of that
I use fishing line to suspend the drivers.
TubeHiFiNut
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I have never experemented with OB speakers and have much to learn. My apologies up front if I ask any dumb questions.Thanks. No baffle or baffle-less speakers have been around for awhile. I use this frame to test FR drivers for use in open baffles. Saves lots of work this way.
The bass OB woofers stay in place when I hang new drivers in the frame as a small driver has zero bass in free air. The sound is very open and airy, certainly good enough to use long term unless you love to tinker as much as you love to listen. Afraid I'm guilty of that
I use fishing line to suspend the drivers.
Do you find that mounting them in a regular OB 'enclosure' (should I call it an enclosure? ) improves the sound over your test frame?
Poultrygeist
Lunatic Member
The devotees of no baffles feel that configuration has merit but I prefer regular open baffles. Woofers produce more bass with baffles than in free air and designs like H-frame OB's make more bass than flat baffle OB's.
It's hard to build an open baffle speaker that looks half way decent and those no baffle frames aren't going to win any beauty contests. And lacking structural integrity they're a bit flimsy compared to solid MDF baffles.
If you're interested in putting together some OB's or want some ideas on getting started don't hesitate to shoot me a PM.
I say "putting together" as in the case of OB's it's more accurate than "building". :yes:
It's hard to build an open baffle speaker that looks half way decent and those no baffle frames aren't going to win any beauty contests. And lacking structural integrity they're a bit flimsy compared to solid MDF baffles.
If you're interested in putting together some OB's or want some ideas on getting started don't hesitate to shoot me a PM.
I say "putting together" as in the case of OB's it's more accurate than "building". :yes:
TubeHiFiNut
Super Member
Thank you. I have a pair of University 6201's and would like to try them in an OB. I'll PM you.
This room used to be a "craft" room. I took it over when I relinquished the downstairs living room to the Mrs. Not a lot of room but it's still nice to have a place to listen to music and try out different gear.
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cube-tube
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Hi,
I'd like to chime in. In the ever lasting quest for more bass I've installed a real theatre system in my cave. I've been working some time on it, but I think I've finished the system :tresbon:
It's all Bose pro gear, so the Bose-haters can have a field trip as well
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You certainly won't get any complaints from me! Honestly, I'd love to hear that system. I understand that the bass from those cannons are supposed to be pretty impressive!
Is that a "framed" TJB album? Dude you have quite the eclectic taste going on there. Cool. Like me, I have the upstairs. So crowded now. I should post a updated image.
Can't believe my thread is back from the dead. Saved from the Archives eh?
Wes_in_VA
Super Member
Let's keep 'er going:
I had started dismantling listening room ...and then came to my senses!
Bringing 'er back, but with a little more mancave feel than before.
The system is:
Rega Planar 2/AQ PT6 arm/SAE 1000e>CNC phono stage>Guanzo 2 tube pre>Carver TFM35>Genesis II
I also have a TPA3116 based amp that I swap for the Carver sometimes
I had started dismantling listening room ...and then came to my senses!
Bringing 'er back, but with a little more mancave feel than before.
The system is:
Rega Planar 2/AQ PT6 arm/SAE 1000e>CNC phono stage>Guanzo 2 tube pre>Carver TFM35>Genesis II
I also have a TPA3116 based amp that I swap for the Carver sometimes
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Yes, I framed it. It's one of those album covers that I remember drooling over as an adolescent.
LOL. Me too, but I also happen to like that LP. Have one or two copies.Yes, I framed it. It's one of those album covers that I remember drooling over as an adolescent.
invalidbuffa
Super Member
It appears you like to get comfortable before checking tubes :yes:
Here's a fairly recent photo that gives a fair idea of my MC. I usually like to sit in quite subdued lighting, curtains closed with a solo spotlight on the picture above the plasma screen.
Hmm :scratch2: - this must have been taken a couple of years back as almost ALL the electronics are now different! And the 'kitten protection grilles' on the MBL bass drivers have now been removed.
But still, it gives you an idea.
I would love to hear those, what a treat!
Dan
