Today Imoved my rack out from the wall as I'm having the trim in my listening room painted -- a greyish sage green to complement the battleship grey accent wall and the sandy beige that covers the other walls. The chair cushions are a sage color and so is the area rug that will go down once the speakers are placed. Yeah, I can't see a bit of it, but like the gear, I want the room to look nice too. There are two ficus plants in the front corners in pots and sitting on black lacquered 2" thick platforms. Then it will either be the bamboo Orcas and baby benthic subs and amps for a two-tone look, and the Abbys will match the rack when I put them in. So, I'll be alternating speakers as the spirit moves me. Of course the current el-84 amp is a bright Porsche Racing Ruby Red, and the stereomour II (if I decide to build one) will go in the birch box, and I may build a base for the s.e.x. 2.1 that matches the walnut earcups on the Meze 99's. Oh, and the main floor is carpeted with a beige burbur -- all wool so as to minimize static buildup.
At this point I can only manage 3-4 hours a day to work on things, so I try to get as much done every day, that I possibly can. Today, when I pulled out the rack I did all the wiring to connect the sub amps to the main amp, so the only thing left to do there is to run the speaker cables to the subs themselves, which isn't very practical nowat this time. Whatever I end up doing on the amps, I promise they will look and sound great. Time to start oiling the birch stereomour II base...
Just have to have it all looking good. Of course I'll send pics when it's all together.
Your son sounds a good bit like me. :-)
Take care,
Jim
Jim Rebman -- recovering audiophile
Equitech balanced power; uRendu, USB processor -> Musette DAC -> 5670 tube buffer -> Finale Audio F138 FFX -> Cain and Cain Abbys near-field).
s.e.x. 2.1 under construction. Want list: Stereomour II
All ICs homemade (speaker and power next)
