Jazz for aficionados
@stuartk, trust me, I don’t go to jazz shows or jazz concerts for that matter anywhere near like I used to either, as I’m also older. I may sometimes go to a neighborhood bar and check out a local yocal live band and get a bite to eat. @fire_water, you’ve got one extremely serious badass system. I’m sure you’ll be able figure it out. |
@tyray thank you. Yes, I have an Accuphase C2300 preamplifier that feeds an Accuphase A-48S Class-A amplifier. I also have an Accuphase DC-37 Processor/DAC and an Innuos Pulsar Streamer (don't let this discrete silver box fool you, it's a hidden gem). And I have Klipsch LaScala AL5 speakers which make all this jazz come to life. I know what you mean about getting old but the key is to stay healthy and active. I'm a firefighter with Toronto and an architect by trade. I don't nearly design or build as much as I used to as firefighting at my age wears you down. I just finished two 24 hour overtime shifts back to back (with I day off in-between) so now I'm in my man cave relaxing to some ambient music - will change it up with some of my jazz favorites shortly. It was a very long and cold winter with a lot of snow but it's so nice to finally look out these tall windows that flank my Accuphase components and look at my landscaping that I completed last summer. When I say keep active I mean it! I did all this landscaping with a shovel and wheelbarrow. Yes I moved and dug everything by hand as I felt guilty using a Skid Steer loader. I even shovel the snow with a shove for this reasonl lol. I know this is off topic, but for me, when work is all done I look forward to listening to my music and my room was built for this reason. No the room isn't acoustically accurate but there is something profoundly restorative about balancing the technical pursuit of high-fidelity sound with a space that feeds the soul. *I'll post photos of the exterior of my music den so you know what I mean |
@tyray I just added the exterior pics. This is how the room evolved as it did. |
Hah! Interesting! I'm a structural draftsman (you red line my work You gotta tell me what interconnects you use? And it's ok, no worries about going off topic cause this is Audiogon and we're, I'm always looking for ways to improve my rig. About music streamers, I look at them as akin to turntables, but 2nd, 3rd or 4th digital iterations. I think that's why they are called transports also.
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What do you mean? Your room is perfectly acoustically accurate to your settings. You have 4 symmetrical bass/sound traps centered on your ceiling, repurposed old rough pole barn beams affixed to the wall, rough cut firewood stacked in a recessed 4’ x 9’ wall pocket, a 10’ x 15’ rug in the center of the room, a almost full length wood wall panel, a wood sculpture on another wall and what people tend not to count as acoustic treatment, is the furniture in the room itself. Well done. @fire_water as I’m also in the construction industry, and I know how much time, work (and money) went into that ’isn’t acoustically accurate room’. |
), and have been a big fan of anything Accuphase, Innuos music streamers and Klipsch LaScala speakers for years.