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 DIY Room

2-Channel

EQ Rack

Roku Dull

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  DIY Room
  Western Digital 400 GB USB External HD Transport
  Home PC Pentium III 800 Transport
  Roku M2000 Transport
  Audio Mirror D1 DA converter
  StraightWire Crescendo II
  Jeff Rowland Coherence One Preamplifier
  Jeff Rowland Model 201 Monoblocks Amplifier
  JM Labs Mirco Utopia Be Monitor
  REL Acoustics Stadium III Subwoofer
  StraightWire Maestro II Interconnect Interconnect
  StraightWire Maetro II / Chorus Speaker Cables
  Monster 2100 AC filter
  DIY Room Lens Clone  pic
  DIY Acoustic Wall Panels
  DIY Diffusor Tweak
  Philips DVD Q50 Video
  Enlightened Audio Design Theatermaster Surround Pre
  Parasound HCA-2003 Multichamp
  Thiel Audio SCS  pic
  Thiel Audio SCS-2  pic
  Sanyo PCV60HT Video
  Steward Film Screen Greyhawk Video
  Straightwire SilverLink II Interconnect
  DIY Air Suspension Equipment Rack Stand
  Richard Gray 400s AC filter
  DIY Rear Wall Diffusor Tweak  pic
  Lenco GL75 Turntable
  Rega RB-250 Tonearm
  Dynavector DV10X5 Cartridge
  VPI 16.5 Tweak

DIY Room
Room Dimensions are 15x17x7.5 with a concrete floor. A room was constructed within an existing room to eliminated music and sound for escaping. Sound deadening materials and 5/8th inch dry were used. One can listen to music or watch movies at any time of day or night and not disturb other household members or neighbors. The overall construction of just the room, treatments and rack took approximately 10 months of weekends and evenings. Different types and locations of room treatments were added over time. The room is wired with four dedicated 20-amp circuits with the projector totally hidden in the canister lighting soffit.

The 2-channel system is self-contained with the HT processor running through the tape loop of the Rowland pre. The REL sub is used for both 2-channel music and 5.1 movie soundtracks.

I'm a strong believer in Treating your room. Many say and I believe that the room is the single most important part of a sound system. All walls including ceiling is treated with acoustic panels as well as with room lenses.

Rowland Monoblocks recently added. Incredible improvement over my previous amp. Improvements in detail, silky smoothness with incredible power reserves. I'm pretty much done for now.

JM Labs Micro Utopia Be with Utopia stands replace Thiel CS22's.
Islandflyfisher  (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

09-01-03
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09-01-03   System edited: pictures   Islandflyfisher

09-01-03   I'm impressed. this is a splendid example of diy!!!   Lugnut

09-01-03   Looks like a great job! i wish i was near by to hear it!   Lak

09-01-03   Very nice, what size screen is that? looks to be about the s ...   Sogood51

09-01-03   Impressive! i'm just finishing up my diy theater; will post ...   Prpixel

09-01-03   Fantastic job, you must be very proud! i recognize every rec ...   Jeffloistarca

09-02-03   Screen size is 100" diagonal with a luxus bezel. the b ...   Islandflyfisher

09-03-03   Great room. very impressive for diy. few questions. is it a ...   Nar_com

09-03-03   System edited: the room was constructed in an existing stora ...   Islandflyfisher

10-01-03   This is very nice looking room and a/v setup; it must be a p ...   Shersta

10-04-03   When i finally finished construction on the room, i did not ...   Islandflyfisher

11-20-03   Nice work. how are the diffusers made. i am nearly finishe ...   Nutella

12-14-03   Nutella, the rear wall diffusers made my room sound bigger. ...   Islandflyfisher

12-15-03   Wonder if you've had a chance yet to check out those rowland ...   Drubin

12-17-03   Drubin, i did not get the opportunity to check out the rowl ...   Islandflyfisher

01-18-04   Let us know how you like them with thiels. (jc-1's need a l ...   Drubin

01-22-04   Hey, great room! i just constructed a very similar room this ...   Sgr

01-25-04   Sgr, here is the link to a site that will give you step by ...   Islandflyfisher

05-22-04   System edited: jeff rowland 201 monoblocks added.   Islandflyfisher

05-24-04   Just wanted to say great room and very nice looking too!   Robm321

05-25-04   Nice room. i did not have the same result with the jon risc ...   Davewav1

05-26-04   Davewav1, when i first placed the room lenses in my room, i ...   Islandflyfisher

05-26-04   Dope i only used 2 first reflection points. i'm still very h ...   Davewav1

04-21-05   Great looking system , im envious!   Brainwater

07-16-05   System edited: an outboard audio mirror dac was added to si ...   Islandflyfisher

08-07-05: Millenium
you can get better bass than what you are getting now because the way you have your subwoofer set up is not really recommended by rel. they are to be corner loaded and do not use spikes.on a good support floor the spikes will actually decouple the sub from the floor which will reduce the amount of bass. the closer to the floor the better for a rel sub. i have had about 3 rel's including the one you have. the center setup looks uniform but actually defeats the purpose of getting good bass. rel has a specific way to set them up and they train dealers to do this but anyone can do it. if you would like to know or already know try it, it makes for a huge improvement not only in bass but soundstaging, imaging etc... good luck
Millenium  (System | Answers | This Thread)


08-08-05   Millenium, thanks for the feedback on sub location. i have ...   Islandflyfisher

08-08-05   Excellent effort on the room! i also diy'ed my ht. same thin ...   Douglas_schroeder

08-09-05   Yes on the spikes. i have talked to rel on how to set them u ...   Millenium

02-14-06   System edited: after months of contemplating between dynaudi ...   Islandflyfisher

02-23-06   System edited: digital music server added replacing sacd pla ...   Islandflyfisher

03-09-06   Very nice system! do you think the rel subwoofer integrate w ...   Dizzyizzid

03-09-06   Dizzyizzid, yes, after playing around with placement and adj ...   Islandflyfisher

03-10-06   Thats good to hear - i am thinking of adding a subwoofer wit ...   Dizzyizzid

03-10-06   My first sub was a velodyne and it did not integrate well wi ...   Islandflyfisher


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