Another new room

[j_garcia]

Moved out of the rental house into an apartment. The journey begins again. Disarray

 

[j_garcia]

After a little organizing last night:

Not sure where the surrounds are going to go. Have room, but one would be in the middle of the room and I am not liking that idea. Probably going to switch them with my A/V-1s from my other system.

 

[westcott]

Not sure I could live in an apartment after living in a house for so long. It will probably take you a while to acclimate to your new neighbors.

Nice, clean setup. Thanks for sharing.

 

[timoteo]

Wow John,
Your place was a bit of a staple around these parts! Well sorry to hear your not in a house now but hey its always fun to hear your gear in a new place!!

Lokkin good for so early into it! I like the layout so far. Clean & simple, not to jammed with stuff now. So the trial & error begins with placement...thats the fun part. Looks like no more tv wall-mount huh? Is that a new piece of furniture? At least the window is behind the tv which helps with reflections!! Gotta focus on the good

Time for a sub isolation platform to keep you in good relations with other tenants!!

Thanks for sharin the pics! Keep em' comin as you make changes.

 

[j_garcia]

The Empire doesn't really transmit vibrations to the floor, so I think that will help. I do still have a Gramma laying around that I can use if needed. It is a pretty large space too. Placement of the mains me about 2 weeks at the last place, and I haven't even had a chance to fire the system up here. Neighbors probably aren't going to like me The room seems to have decent acoustics so far too; just hooked up my little shelf sysetm to play some music and it wafts up into the vaulted ceiling area and doesn't echo. Will hopefully be actually getting things hooked up so I can fire things up. This system may actually be too much for the apartment and I've been pondering stepping down to a 3.1 or even a 2.1 setup and moving the rest of the gear up to the house.

The TV mount is a Bell-O piece, since they don't allow mounting on the wall, and since they don't allow wall mounting, I figured in front of the window would work out. The Salamander version is $600, the Bell-O was just $150 and basically attaches the same way. Gonna put curtains behind the TV and it will extend out a bit behind the speakers as well, and hopefully helping with acoustics a bit more.

 

[j_garcia]

Updated.

 

[Alex2507]

The rack and speakers look good together. Even though the TV is a 55 incher it looks small. Not sure why. With your sub I'd do everything humanly possible to keep it off your neighbors radar like no corner loading, an isolation pad and turning it off after 8 or 9 PM. Good luck with them.

 

[RevolutionUnion]

Yeah i will always just rent a house while in college my setup is most definitely an annoyance to anyone. Beautiful setup! I bet it sounds amazing nice job!

 

[j_garcia]

The rack and speakers look good together. Even though the TV is a 55 incher it looks small. Not sure why. With your sub I'd do everything humanly possible to keep it off your neighbors radar like no corner loading, an isolation pad and turning it off after 8 or 9 PM. Good luck with them.

A big benefit of the Epik is that Parallel Drive system, so it doesn't pass any vibration to the floor. I had it on a Gramma and it made no difference. It is a surprisingly good solution for being in an apartment. I've cranked it a few times and got plenty of things to rattle, but I do turn it off before it is late (except on Fri and Sat ).

I think it is just the angle that makes the TV look small, because it is wider than the rack:

 

[timoteo]

Wow your right it must have been the angle because it looks much smaller in that first photo. But from the front it looks bigger. Same size as my Panny so I know how big it is in person. Looking good though!!!

 

[afterlife2]

I've cranked it a few times and got plenty of things to rattle, but I do turn it off before it is late (except on Fri and Sat ).

Me too. Great beautiful setup. Looks like my setup. That cabinet is NICE.

 

[j_garcia]

I have some new speaker stands coming in today. Will get pics up once I have them put together. They were on sale, so bought them with the intent of using them for surrounds, but not sure if I will really be doing surrounds in here. I mainly miss it with multichannel SACD, but I am still enjoying the 3.1 setup for now. The other house has been stereo up until now, so that system will be getting expanded to 5.1 and eventually when I am at the house all the time, it will become 7.1.

The good thing about this apartment - only one real shared neighbor downstairs. The room where the system is has no shared walls, just the floor (corner unit, chosen for that reason ). Even in the bedroom, the units are separated by a fire escape area so there's 8ft between them.

 

[westcott]

The good thing about this apartment - only one real shared neighbor downstairs. Even in the bedroom, the units are separated by a fire escape area so there's 8ft between them.

Sounds like someone will be testing the volume waters soon! Hopefully your neighbor has a high threshold for music\video.

I suggest inviting them over for a movie night or something. Seems to improve your neighbors tolerance levels, once they know you.

Have fun and thanks again for posting some photos.

 

[j_garcia]

 

[Alex2507]

Don't be so secretive. What are those? They look nice.

 

[j_garcia]

Bell'O SP-224s. 24" tall. Got them off Amazon for the cheapest I've seen them. Good size top plate, feels like a quality finish and good design, and they are heavier than expected for how simple they look because those lower curved pieces are solid steel bar. Can't really be filled because the curved front tube is hollow with no bottom and the center post is also hollow because it is for hiding the wire, but I was more interested in the look than anything A buddy of mine had the 30" version for his surrounds and I always liked them, so I didn't hold off when I saw them on sale.

 

[Alex2507]

I just saw them for $88 shipped ... nice.

I want some because of the design but have zero need for them.

 

[j_garcia]

I just saw them for $88 shipped ... nice.

I want some because of the design but have zero need for them.

Those are the titanium colored ones though, and those don't look nearly as nice as the black ones.

http://www.bello.com/images/products/SP-224T_Studio.jpg

 

[agarwalro]

Clean and unassuming. I like that it seems less congested.

 

[j_garcia]

Clean and unassuming. I like that it seems less congested.

Yes, I like things simple and functional. Been trying to minimize the system somewhat.