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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 #2: Aspirational Audio
Because this space is used mainly for two-channel music listening, the owners had no qualms about planting two 6-foot-tall speakers in the room. Manufactured by Wilson Audio, these top-of-the-line Alexandria speakers mirror the seriousness of this listening space—as does their $135,000 per pair retail price. Says Craig Abplanalp of Definitive Audio in Seattle and Bellevue, Wash.: “Although there’s a flat-panel TV in the area, the owners spend the bulk of their time playing the stereo system,” which also includes a Linn Unidisk 1.1 disc player, a Linn Kistro A/V preamp, Halcro DM68 mono amps, and an SME 30/2 turntable, all connected with high-end Transparent Cable.
Purpose-built for high-performance audio, this room above a detached garage was acoustically treated with fabric panels on the ceiling, which enhances the clarity of music and intelligibility of the dialogue in movies, and is so well-designed it appears as a standard painted ceiling.
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.