From modest to jaw dropping - some A+ music rooms and vinyl dens

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This is the February 2024 edition of Vinyl Dens, where we check out cool music rooms from across the Vinyl Community and around the world. In this episode I check out several vinyl dens, music rooms and man caves submitted by viewers.
Interested in being on a future episode of Vinyl Dens? Please send your submission to [e-mail]. Make sure to include 8 to 10 clear, well-lit and in-focus photos of your space and gear, including long shots and close ups (horizontal photos are better than vertical).
Also include a bit about yourself (name, age, where you live, how long you have been collecting), a bit about your gear, and information about your room (where in your home it is located, how you put it together, special considerations, cool features, etc).
I will do my best to get as many rooms as possible on future episodes; however, please note I do get more submissions than I have time to show. All types of music rooms welcome. Thanks!
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[@hollyrockscorner6223]

Thanks for your compliments it was a real honor to have my system on your channel. And to answer your question no it never ends. I just added two more surround speakers making 6 in the ceiling. Plus upgraded the tonearm to a modified Rega rb300 also added a Richard Gray power conditioner. It can always sound better. One piece at a time. I started building this system in 1988.

[@Channel33RPM]

Thank you for sending the pics - and best wishes with your continued journey.

[@1crzycanuk265]

I don’t mean to be a keyboard warrior. I noticed one thing in common about these listening rooms. It’s something that I’ve noticed quite often about the audiophile community. Thousands have been spent on amazing gear, but I see little or no acoustic treatment. When I look at the photos I can visualize the sound reflections and standing waves in those rooms. The only thing that I see in some of the rooms is book cases full of CDs and vinyl, which is good because it can create a somewhat of diffuser to scatter the sound waves. I come from an audio engineering background and have the perspective that you need to acoustically treat the room, because no matter how much you spend on gear it’s never going to live up to its full potential. I moved into a new house and I’m in the middle of a remodel project. Once it’s complete in a few weeks, I’d be happy to share some photos of my listening room. I can share some photos to show how I’m acoustically tuning the room.

[@frayedends100]

Definitely Kevin's room. See myself with a buddy digging through albums,spinning them, recall memories and discuss about the music 'till sunrise, and find out i've missed 8 calls from the missus about what the 'peeep' is holding me up!

[@TorontoJon]

1:45 I immediately recognized Jim's legendary Nakamichi Dragon cassette deck one can see on a lower shelf and the rectangular button design is reminiscent of "scales" of a dragon. :)

[@reverendbStaard]

i found a functional Nakamichi BX-300 at the dump. SCORE! Scratched top with one leg missing. It's cuddling with a Harmon Kardon TD212💞

[@TorontoJon]

@@reverendbStaard, wow, that was a lucky score indeed. :)

[@TorontoJon]

3:30 I like those wooden crates in Paul's room that fit records and gear so well while adding a lot of character to his room too. :)

[@suprememusicmaster]

I like those crates, too…He’s given me some recycling inspiration!

[@TorontoJon]

3:17 I love Jim's 'Logan's Run' poster on the left. I have an original rolled heavy stock theatrical poster of 'Logan's Run' just like that one which measures 40 inches wide by 60 inches in length as well as a French release of the poster which measures 47 inches wide by 63 inches in length. About 20 to 25 years ago, I collected a lot of original theatrical posters of various sci-fi and horror movies (ones actually displayed by movie theatre owners) from eBay sellers at a time when fewer people were collecting original posters, so prices were more reasonable. :)

[@TorontoJon]

00:50 I really dig Jim's room, particularly since we both have a mutual love for sci-fi and space fantasy. Plus, 'The Empire Strikes Back' is one of my favourite movies of all time and I would often use it as my test movie whenever I had set up a makeshift home theatre with surround sound because Ben Burtt's sound design was epic and all of the sound effects in that movie were a great way to test and showcase speakers. :)

[@dimebagdave77]

The $5000 in cables alone just messed my head up a little bit. That's one area I've heard mixed opinions about for sure. I'm like you Frank, I just want to hear it 😁 all of 'em! Thanks very much as always 🤘 edit: all of these, in their own way, are amazing. That was fun checking out set ups from all over the map. I love all of them of course 🤣

[@cpta03]

Love your vinyl dens series. I like the variety of different equipment and set ups. I have a 10’x13’ bedroom converted into a listening room and I am always looking for ideas for improvement. But, I got a bit queasy when you mentioned you threw out your Pioneer receiver 😢.

[@Channel33RPM]

It's regret for sure... it was about 18 years ago and I still think about it.

[@davidscott2095]

Thank you, Frank. I LOVE the "Vinyl Den's" segment!

[@Channel33RPM]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@johnszymczak6925]

Milwaukee proud, love the Volta and Exclusive Company stickers

[@Elpadre16]

This is so awesome love the Logan’s run poster great movie…….the whole setup is fantastic

[@PrankZabba]

Neat idea for reusing a trunk for albums. Now the question is, how easy is it to find one that fits perfectly.

[@TorontoJon]

Lots of very inspiring music/movie/media rooms for sure. It's always a treat to see how people decorate and customize their spaces as an expression of their unique tastes. All of those rooms were awesome! :)

[@WhatIsKevinUpTo]

I love all of these rooms!!!

[@kana4114]

Jim’s room is awesome! Hello from Peoria, Arizona!

[@3dimensionsofmusic3D]

The rooms and systems are incredible. Thanks for the veterans sacrifice - never forget. Love to hear those CV speakers 😮. Greg

[@garyharper2943]

Love seeing the Cerwin Vegas, I have AT-15’s.

[@jamesjennings-yd2bc]

Paul's is definitely the more attainable to most of us. As nice as the first one was, not everyone is able to spend $5000 on a cartridge alone. I used to buy records when I didn't have a record player, my mum even moaned that I was filling up my bedroom with records with nothing to play them on. I told her one day I would have.

[@mrhoffame]

Another great one Frank!! This is by FAR my absolute favorite series!!! I love seeing other people's musical worlds!!!!

[@Channel33RPM]

Thanks Brandon.

[@peterrech2307]

Hi Frank. Hope you and your family are well. Like the gear rooms.

[@Channel33RPM]

Thanks! All is well here.

[@henrys3629]

I just noticed the Logan's Run poster. That's cool. In fact all the rooms are cool.

[@thetubesrock]

I love these vinyl den videos Frank. Keep them coming!

[@Channel33RPM]

More to come!

[@DroOnTheGO]

I love seeing these spaces for inspiration. I’d love to share my small space one day!

[@Channel33RPM]

Please do!

[@mdit21]

Haha, I'll have to look up Jim and give his system a-listen-to.😊

[@user-bf5rk2du5c]

Absolutely awesome 👍

[@grahambiggs9822]

Hi Frank . your series on vinyl dens is brilliant to watch and some people have some fabulous set ups !! That first one from Jim was literally Space - the final frontier !! A cartridge costing $5000 is audiophile supremacy and something I would love to hear one day. Great stuff and thanks for sharing. Have you had a sneaky look at the RSD2024 list yet - there is plenty on it !! Keep on spinnin !!

[@Channel33RPM]

I would love to hear how that set up sounds.

[@brianjames5685]

I have an old Pioneer SF 690. Same situation I inherited it, used it for years and it packed up, (with loud ominous noise and burning smell lol). I still have it and I fully intend to get it restored soon as I have the money. Cheers for awesome content Frank.

[@jamesmadore3234]

Idemodulator is to extract Dolby 5.1 from laser disc , was stored on an analog channel.

[@batman.darthmaul]

.....and to this day laserdisc Dolby Digital and DTS soundtracks remain by far the best in terms of audio quality and sound experience for movies. Since the advent of DVD, soundtracks for films have used what is called a 'Home Mix' - a very toned down, far less dynamic, very tame mix as compared to a film's original theatrical mix. Laserdisc DTS and Dolby Digital tracks were nearly identical to the original theater mixes. Plus, since laserdiscs were so large, they had the physical real estate to store those soundtracks with very little compression - very much unlike DVDs, which use a ton of compression. Even blu ray and 4K audio doesn't come close, even with lossless formats, because, again, they use lame Home Mixes.

[@Channel33RPM]

Thanks for the info.

[@jamesmadore3234]

@batman.darthmaul highlander on laserdisc in 5.1 is.much better.

[@batman.darthmaul]

@@jamesmadore3234 That's cool. I had that one on laser, but I don't remember how it sounded. The Jurassic Park DTS laserdisc is truly exceptional and just absolutely buries any other release of that film on ANY format. Another title I can clearly remember being obviously better than other releases is the Japanese laser for Star Wars Phantom Menace.

[@jamesmadore3234]

@batman.darthmaul I had that on laser disk as well as, last man standing in the mourh of madness, Schindler's list, I still have the d t s c sampler Which has a really good version of the eighteen twelve on it

[@hollyrockscorner6223]

Well I did a thing today. I bought a new CD player. It's the Linn sondek CD 12. Revered as one of the best sounding CD players ever made. Version 1the better sounding of the two versions. Retail was $20, 000.00 I also bought new Nordost speaker cable and 3 new power cords. It truly sounds amazing I wish you all could hear it.

[@ddy3smptr]

These are my favorite videos, I love seeing what others do with their space. My room is in (constant) flux but would love to submit some pics soon

[@kennycunningham8721]

I am in the process of having a 52L×30W and 4 feet high record box built from wood from my great grandfather barn it's 100 year old wood and will be a flip style should hold around 500 albums then he is building a cabinet for my equipment.i have a fluance RT 85 and Kenwood amp, cassette player,CD player and Kenwood speakers which I got all Kenwood stuff back in 1989 I will post pictures when I get done maybe it will make it to your channel . Keep up the channel and spinning the vinyl.

[@jodywoodruff6473]

Some awesome rooms. That one room that took inspiration from the hotel was pretty cool 😊

[@Sarge_72]

Love me some Vinyl Dens! As a fellow Desert Storm Vet, I am loving what this guy has been able to land!!

[@VitoC.]

Love this type of video. Keep it up!

[@bmboldt]

Don't feel too bad. I threw out a Luxman integrated amp, a Pioneer SX-580 and a PL-516. They had issues and I had new AV receivers. I could kick myself now especially since I restore equipment these days.

[@Channel33RPM]

Kicking myself as well... I dumped mine 18 years ago, and regret it.

[@suprememusicmaster]

Hey Frank…I think it could be fun to relive the nostalgia of your youth and maybe find one of those Pioneer SX-636 receivers, even if you kept it in the garage or spare room…I have plenty of other excellent turntables (Dual, Pioneer, Sansui, Technics, etc.) and receivers, but for nostalgic reasons, I also still have the very first turntable I had as a kid, which was the GE Wildcat portable my dad gifted me from the neighbor’s trash…My dad also gifted me a brown leatherette case of beat-up 45’s from the 60’s and they’re still fun to hear on the changer once in a while…It reminds me of the joy I had discovering records as a kid and I never want to lose sight of that…If we keep our hobby fun, that’s really what counts!

[@Channel33RPM]

I am definitely keeping an eye out for one.

[@joevass5172]

Love Kevin's Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin posters. Love the vinyl den videos.

[@williambruce9207]

Threw it in the trash!!!??? Shakes head. I have a 1970's Fisher turntable/am-fm/ cassette system that died, but have it (hidden)in my closet, to be repaired, someday.

[@Channel33RPM]

Yup... it was probably 18 years ago... never occurred to me to fix it (not sure why).

[@williambruce9207]

@@Channel33RPM Oh well, we all have done something we regret.

[@analoguecity3454]

I love these videos, some badass stuff!😮😮😮

[@analoguecity3454]

Love the "Fluance" , I have an "RT-84" only difference from the 85 is the "aluminum" platter! It's exactly what you need at an awesome price to get that "near audiophile" sound from record's!

[@bryanj8980]

great video again thanks

[@Channel33RPM]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@yyman23]

Hi Frank, the Laserdisc AC-3 demodulator was needed in order to take the AC-3 signal and convert it to surround sound (Dolby Digital or DTX) that an AV receiver can play.

[@Channel33RPM]

Thanks for the info!

[@ChromeDestiny]

Thanks for the CD love, as far as CD vs vinyl a lot of it is going to depend on the mastering, the condition and your equipment and then the most important thing, do you like the music on it?

[@jeromeminthradeva7907]

All the rooms you showed are high end stuff.

[@ballstadt]

8:28 that’s actually a photo of my home theater…

[@ballstadt]

No, I mean that was a photo of my home theater but you're talking about someone else's theater. @channel 33 RPM

[@xz3ss]

New video! Yessssss!!!!

[@JasonJames72]

Awesome luv looking the extremities of our hobbies. Will submit mine one day soon😊

[@BadEnglishRecs]

NIce looking vinyl dens! Oh why I didn't paint our tv-room's walls black or dark grey... I'd like to see people showing their listening rooms where they also sleeps. Because I keep thinkin now and then how to fit everything because our tv-room and music room is also our bed room. How to fit everything... mr. FInglish (Bäd English Recs)

[@Lozhedgehog]

That 1st system is awesome (Jim's). I don't watch movies so that bit is neither here nor there to me. But I'd like to know if his speakers set just behind the TT is the best option for positioning.... I'm interested not being picky, as I suffer a space issue and my speakers have to be fairly close to the TT too - but Jim has loads more space but hasn't moved them away.

[@daviddanglis7135]

I've noticed that the vinyl dens you feature are nicely arranged, clean and orderly, well-structured, etc. It might be interesting to see the opposite: dens that are stacked high with records (laid flat, no less!), random stuff strewn on the floor, unmade beds, last week's pizza crusts on every flat surface, etc. It might not be kind to call such places "bad" or "ugly;" might have to come up with some kind of euphemism (e.g. "funky?"). Along those lines, if you're ever passing through Rochester, NY, you need to visit a store called The House of Guitars. You'll be amazed; even shocked! Trust me. There isn't old food lying around, but more than once I've stepped on product as I endeavored to get around the place.

[@Channel33RPM]

I have been to House of Guitars. I was impressed. Do they still have that huge Marshall stack in the foyer?

[@daviddanglis7135]

It's been a while, but I think so!

[@fishrider62]

I wonder how much sick audio equipment is rotting away in city dumps?

[@Channel33RPM]

A lot, I imagine.

[@TorontoJon]

Welcome to the Vinyl Den Thunderdome. Two dens enter. One den leaves. ;)

[@reverendbStaard]

My Vinyl Den comes with a 1990 Volkswagen Westfalia Guardian called, "Entropy."🤣

[@TorontoJon]

I was paraphrasing a line from 'Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome' in case it wasn't obvious to everyone out there. :)

[@obsprisma]

I don't wanna be "picky" but that first audio set powered by Cerwin Vega speakers is definitely not "Audiophile". Cerwin Vega gives a lot of power but is still "Pro Audio". Like PA stuff. Not Audiophile.

[@TorontoJon]

You're being picky. Hahaha! Just kidding. As Andrew Robinson says on his KZbin videos, the only person who has to like the sound of your system is YOU. I know what you mean, but if Jim loves his distinctive Cerwin-Vega speakers and the sound, that's all that counts and I'd love to visit his room any day of the week. :)

[@obsprisma]

@@TorontoJon I agree, being picky. But i feel sad about all that other stuff from him being high quality. It gets ruined by these speakers. It's like riding a Ferrari with a 1.5 liter engine.

[@hollyrockscorner6223]

Like I said in the ad they're highly modified. Took all the wiring out and added audioquest wiring. Took out the electrolytic capacitors and added foil capacitors. Took out the tweeters and installed focal tweeters. Remove the air core coils for the subwoofers and added iron core coils. Braced the inside of the cabinets and line the entire cabinet with fat matte rattle trap and stuffed it with Dacron basically pillow stuffing. Also bye wired the speakers so the tweeters and meds are on the tube amp and the woofers are on the monoblock amplifiers. Also installed spikes under the speakers to anchor them and give them tighter bass. Trust me they sound way better than the day I bought them in 1988.

[@obsprisma]

@@hollyrockscorner6223 That sounds like a lot of work and effort to change their normal sound into something way better. I saw your other equipment and then i saw these Cerwin Vega, that is why i was anxious for the end result. But you know what you're doing. Congrats with your nice "mancave".

[@marcjohnson9270]

I was thinking the same thing. Speakers need an upgrade. B&W or Focal come to mind.

[@janisdurwael269]

Hey Frank living in Canada in a small city make it hard to buy records locally. The price for LPs in my area are mostly over $40.00 plus the two taxes. Buying very few new LPs lately.

[@Channel33RPM]

Records are getting ridiculously expensive. The new Judas Priest album is CDN$65 on Amazon. That hurts.

[@theflipside-vinylcommunity]

Killer bro

[@eternalhalloween1]

Frank, I need to level with you. YES. I still have a turntable. But I can't dedicate a room like this to it! My turntable is powered by my laptop. So that means my turntable can only go where my laptop can go. So, the limitations are thus self explanatory. That's why CDs 📀 are my main source of music.

[@TheVinylLoungeMtl]

Where could I send you a few pics of my home setup?

[@Channel33RPM]

Hi - there is information in the description below the video. Thank you.

[@goodsound4756]

First System: so much (expensive) gear, yet for room acoustics bad positioning of the speakers.

[@lucalone]

What can you do with an Arcam 24 bit DAC CD player when a CD has "only" 16 bits ?^

[@dannyfannyfoodle]

You don’t have to use all the “bits”. Other sources, such as a streamer may do 24/192, and, of course, you can upsample.

[@lucalone]

I know, but a compact disc "only" has 16 bits 44.1 kHz audio on it .@@dannyfannyfoodle

[@reverendbStaard]

i'm sorry, but who puts speakers close to, or touching, cabinets with a turntable? Harmonic distortion is not super bass. Sorry. No offence intended, eh.

[@Pluralofvinylisvinyls]

I commonly see speakers inches away from the turntable and on the same surface. They always say the TT has isolation pads or whatever but it’s still pretty stupid. I think I’d be more worried about damaging my records with the vibration

[@marcjohnson9270]

Hobbyist's that are new to the hobby.