For me this rates as the best I´ve seen so far.
Bass Horns built-in, as part of the room, door in between them, what else can I say?
I´ve shown this to my wife, suggesting we could do the same in the wall my speakers are set against.
She thinks there´s no hope for me.

this is very interesting, im currently in the market of buying a new stero but the room its going in is a mess, table in the middle ect..i dont have much choice as its not my house but im wondering how much difference to sound rearranging furniture makes?

Not that doesn't look cool and all but with out sitting your ass in front of those drivers how do you know you would like the sound? Or is this a case of it cost so damn much I must like it?

And since no where else I ever saw looked like this why is this a goal to shoot for??

Just Questiions from a guy stuck in the worst damn living room I can imagine for what I want to do with it.

Seems like the bass would be way behind time wise.

A good point you raise here, Mark.

The speakers , with the exception of the 12 bass drivers , are from Onken. Think Altec in an even more refined way. How would I know I like the sound? Well, I´ve not heard these particular ones, but I´ve heard other Onken multi-cell horns and compression drivers, and, man, are they good.

Anyway, the title of my first post was "The perfect listening room", not the perfect system, my intention being to show what many of us can only aspire to, i.e. a really dedicated listening room, so much so, that even the walls were part of the stereo system.

I´m sorry if I gave you the idea of being a snobish ###### for sharing my dreams here, for this is just what it is, my type of dream listening room.

Jorge

Hey Jorge,
you're not a snob. You're just a dreamer (like most of us).

It would be, indeed, if there wasn´t any time delay compensation in the active crossover feeding the sole SS MacIntosh power amp driving the woofers.

This system is in the south of France, and the man seems to know his business. He has built his own tube power amps, and one can only drool when reading about his "La Platine Verdier" TT, with SME 3012 / Ortofon SPU combination, and all the trouble he´s gone into to replace the motor with a Papst unit.

Is the system any good? I don´t know, but if I had to risk a guess, I´d say probably better than average.

Jorge

HiFi I didn't mean to infer you were being snobish.

And I chose this house I knew what I would be infor when I bought it in 1988. Of course I didn't have the stereo system I have now then LOL

If I could make any one huge change to this house it would be to add a full basement. But since the water table in this part of Oregon is about 2" above my front side walk most of the winter a Basement would not be dry for very long. BUT a listening room would be nice. Along with a Darkroom, and an Indoor shooting range.

It sure is an impressive looking room for sure. I'd love to hear something like that someday. Maybe in summer plays lots of bass heavy music and doesn't have to turn on a fan


I just looked closer at the picture. It looks like the owner has a smirk on his face that says "Watch me blow the leather coat off that old Geezer standing there "