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This audio component rack is the centerpiece of an audiophile’s listening room, and keeps all the equipment easily accessible.
System #1: Audiophile Approved
Douglas Acker set up is first stereo system with the help of his dad when he was 14. Although he’s still just as passionate about music, he’s become much more sophisticated in the way he listens to music and demanding of the systems that he uses to play it. He credits his maturation in part to his wife, a concert pianist who “expects nothing more than acoustic greatness” from a home stereo system.
To satisfy their audiophile ears, Acker spent hours auditioning various speaker and amplifier combinations at the showroom of Hanson Audio Video in nearby Kettering, Ohio. “I would spend three to four hours at a time just listening,” says Acker. “I listened to bookshelf and floor standing speakers, and everything in between, with different amps, preamps and sources.” He ultimately decided on Dynaudio Confidence C2 speakers, along with Bryston amps, preamps and CD player, and a turntable from Pro-Ject. In addition to being the most pleasing combination to his ear, Acker felt the design of the speakers would fit nicely with the decor of his living room, deemed by Hanson Audio Video as the best area for music listening due to its size and acoustical characteristics. “They stand out just enough to look interesting, but don’t make us look as if we’re high-tech geeks,” says Acker.
Three nice rooms but I have to disagree with the statement:
“Yes, it’s perfectly fine to have a TV in your listening room. It won’t impact the performance of your audio gear.”
Having the highly reflective surface of a TV in between the main speakers, or even on the side wall will definitely affect the sound quality negatively. One my accept this compromise but to say that it will not impact the sound quality negatively is just wrong.
It is easy to demonstrate the effect - simply hang a thick quilt or blanket over the TV in any of these rooms and you will hear the difference.
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Great to see these three systems. Always amazed when such systems integrate into the primary living space in a home. Because of the WAF that comes into play at times. Which makes having the compromise of bringing everything from room treatments to televisions into play. First and foremost is having an enjoyable home, made all the better with a great audio system.