Cal Blacksmith Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 We had a pipe break in the bathroom and it flooded all but the master bed and bath room so we have new floors through the whole house now, as well as new paint etc, etc! This room used to be a mixed use room but as nearly everything we owned was boxed up and placed in storage until the repairs were done, it was a good time to convert the room to a 2 ch room only! There still isn't any artwork on the walls etc but you can see the bones of the room now. It is 11 x 13 x 8 with the closet located behind and to the right of the chair. Most of the gear is the same as I have had for a while but I did score a good deal on the dual CD player, a new in OEM box, old stock, rack mount CD player. I had a choice of a single unit for $45 or this one for $75 (yes there are more!) The single unit has XLR and RCA outs while this one is RCA only but I do not have a XLR input to the preamp so there wasn't a great loss there. I had a new problem though as the CD player has two outputs and I only had 1 input on the Preamp, I bought a passive, 4 ch stereo splitter/combiner with reostats for each channel. I have always wanted to drop the output of the preamp to the amp as this match was a little hot and I was never able to turn the preamp up over about 0 to 30% of total available output. This splitter/combiner also can be used to adjust each ch independent from each other so I used Ch 1 to drop the output of the preamp to the amp and used Ch 3 and 4 to combine the outputs of the CD player. A very nice and easy solution to both problems and low cost to boot from Parts Express, about $85 total with adapter cables. As the room is now 2ch only, the Cornwalls are moved out a bit more into the room to give them air and it makes a huge improvement! I have spent more time in this room in the last week than I have in the last year and I have enjoyed the room more than I have for years! Well more room treatments ect will follow but it is nice to just sit and listen now...... again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cal Blacksmith Posted August 28, 2012 Author Share Posted August 28, 2012 In truth the CD player is DJ gear but it does a GREAT job, it is a solid bit of kit and has features such as pitch adjustments etc that I will never use. It is supposed to be able to auto switch between the two players also, if it is setup properly. All in all, it is a new start with the same old gear and it is bringing a smile to the face every time I turn it on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennie Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 That looks so clean, I'm jealous! Congratulations on the new room Cal, it looks great! Dennie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Blacksmith Posted August 28, 2012 Author Share Posted August 28, 2012 LOL yes it is clean now but I must have 100 boxes to put away! The ins paid for most of the repairs. I upgraded to hardwood floors in most of the house so we had some out of pocket. I don't advise a home remodel this way1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted August 28, 2012 Moderators Share Posted August 28, 2012 Sorry to hear about the broken pipe, that's alot of work but it's not like you had a choice. Looks nice, how does the boss like it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lo123 Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Wayne, sounds like you came out on top with this deal! I remember the "old" Cornwall room with your two channel setup, tubes and TT (Rega Planar?), I'll bet it sounds great. Keep on Keepin' on brother! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStewMan Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 looks good....did you lose any gear in the flood? The cornwalls? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audio Android Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 That room does look nice......... and clean. Good to hear your getting things back together after that nightmare. Nice gear too[H] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Blacksmith Posted August 29, 2012 Author Share Posted August 29, 2012 The "boss" really dosn't care about what I do in there, she just closes the door when it is too loud..... in the other side of the house [:$] It all came out very nice but there were some scarry moments to be sure. We came home from shopping and the first step in the front door went SQUISH and I knew it wasn't a good thing! I USED to have wires on the ground, multiple outlet bars on the floor etc, the water was the level of the top of the carpet so all the connections were above the "water line" but not by much. Not only was the 2 ch room affected, the TV room was too and I got very lucky that NOTHING electrical was damaged. I did have some delam on the vanier on the risers of the Cornwalls, the bottom inch or so of the riser was sitting in water but the speakers themselves were safe. The risers dried out fairly fast but like I said, I had a littl gluing to do where I had delam. We must have had 200+ gallons of water in the house, the bottom foot of most walls were removed so that the heaters/dehumidifiers could dry them out then everything had to be replaced so it was a fairly long process. We have GREAT insurance and they covered 100% of replacement costs but like I said, we added hard wood to most of the house except for this room, one bedroom and the HT, which all got new carpet. This is the same room that the Cornwalls used to be in when Larry came to visit but there is a LOT less stuff in there. I have a feeling that this is a GREAT time to donate to Goodwill etc all the stuff that works but I have not used for a long time. Like most people we have a lot of stuff pile up over the years and though I had been intending to go through it "someday" our hand was forced and in the long run, we will be better off by having my lazy butt forced to go through this stuff. Anyone want a really nice commercial L shaped desk made by Hon? To members of the board, it is free for the hauling away, it is NOT going back into the room! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MechMan Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Thats a really nice looking listening room Cal. Unfortunate how it came about, but it's a new open window you could say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxx Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 A great looking setup. It is really nice to have a dedicated listening room.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksonbart Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 I am guessing your camera got full of Shit as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Blacksmith Posted August 29, 2012 Author Share Posted August 29, 2012 No, the camera is OK, it is just a phone camera, at night, low light, no flash and then compressed to not take long to load. Nice result but a PITA to get through [:S] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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