My happy place

[brad225]

This is the result of years of trying different options not unlike everyone here.

I truly believe I can live out my life without changing equipment short of something self destructing.

I chose a monochromatic room to not have distractions and the greens as I find them relaxing.

 

[TooCool4]

Very nice

 

[microstrip]

Congratulations on such a great system! The REF 610 are a impressive sounding amplifiers with a low output impedance - surely a top match with the CLX. How are you driving the subs?

 

[spiritofmusic]

Are those acoustic treatment panels as scary as they look?
Fantastic room...I went with a mid level grey myself.

 

[MTB Vince]

Great looking space and an enviable equipment loadout! Those are the oddest looking diffusion panels I've ever seen though @brad225. I'm curious as to the manufacturer, design principle, and efficacy. Care to share?

 

[Ron Resnick]

I think this room is beautiful! Congratulations on the room and the system!

I love the very serious all-tube power you chose to drive the CLXs!

Are you using three subwoofers or four (as your system description suggests)?

 

[brad225]

Are those acoustic treatment panels as scary as they look?
Fantastic room...I went with a mid level grey myself.

Yes they are scary and good at keeping children out.

 

[brad225]

Great looking space and an enviable equipment loadout! Those are the oddest looking diffusion panels I've ever seen though @brad225. I'm curious as to the manufacturer, design principle, and efficacy. Care to share?

I have an Electrical Engineer friend that mods and rebuilds every piece of equipment he comes near. He brought 2 of them over for me to try and I was surprised at the detail it added to the system.
They are plastic Martini Glasses without the bottom. They are glued to foam core and I then painted them to my preferred color.

 

[brad225]

Congratulations on such a great system! The REF 610 are a impressive sounding amplifiers with a low output impedance - surely a top match with the CLX. How are you driving the subs?

I run them fed from the 610t's. They have the ability to be controlled much better. When I tried line level the controls on each sub was maybe 25% as effective as the speaker lever control.

It always seemed to me that having the signal that fed the main speakers would be better to feed the subs. Just more cohesive.

 

[brad225]

I think this room is beautiful! Congratulations on the room and the system!

I love the very serious all-tube power you chose to drive the CLXs!

Are you using three subwoofers or four (as your system description suggests)?

I was using 4 until about a month ago when I hosted our local audio group. I needed the room behind the main listening chair for more seating. I pulled the sub out and readjusted for 3. It has sounded so good I have yet to put it back

 

[tdh888]

Nice Brad , I hope all is well already w/ the REF610T , love those amps , mine are not leaving anytime soon . I hope you were able to try KT120’s w/ your REF 610T . Love your room Brad .

 

[Holli82]

Very nice! Enjoy!!

 

[MTB Vince]

You must have a superhero HVAC install for that room in order to manage the heat from all those tubes. I ended up parting ways with my Aesthetix IO and Callisto and ARC Classic 150 monos as I couldn't enjoy them for extended sessions outside of the Fall & Winter months. The waste heat in my 14'x20'x11' dedicated room couldn't be adequately managed by our HVAC.

 

[Lagonda]

Beautiful room ! What are the dimensions ?

 

[Mike Lavigne]

love everything about the room. super elegant looking too.

congrats!

 

[HughP3]

Wow great looking room. Clx were a bucket list speaker for me to audition last year. Almost impossible to find. I would even have gone the ML corporate office to hear them but they did not have any. Congrats.

 

[brad225]

Nice Brad , I hope all is well already w/ the REF610T , love those amps , mine are not leaving anytime soon . I hope you were able to try KT120’s w/ your REF 610T . Love your room Brad .

I decided to stay with 6550's. I love the sound and decided they were not going anywhere unless they meet their total demise.

 

[brad225]

You must have a superhero HVAC install for that room in order to manage the heat from all those tubes. I ended up parting ways with my Aesthetix IO and Callisto and ARC Classic 150 monos as I couldn't enjoy them for extended sessions outside of the Fall & Winter months. The waste heat in my 14'x20'x11' dedicated room couldn't be adequately managed by our HVAC.

When I first built the room it was on the same AC system as the main floor and our bedroom. I would need to make the house be penguin temperature.

When we built a new master bedroom addition to the house I was able to make it a 2 zone, 2 thermostat system that a damper system would direct 90 percent of the cool air to the music room. When I did the calculations I need just over 1Ton of cooling to offset the tubes heat to say nothing of the environmental and human effect. The system is a 2 Ton unit.

Others have asked what our electric bill is like. I designed and built the house. It is 4800 sq ft and our electric bill averages $160 per month here in Florida. We do have gas point of use water heaters cook top but the house is well insulated.

 

[brad225]

Beautiful room ! What are the dimensions ?

16' wide 24" long with 9'-6" max height.

 

[brad225]

Wow great looking room. Clx were a bucket list speaker for me to audition last year. Almost impossible to find. I would even have gone the ML corporate office to hear them but they did not have any. Congrats.

If you make it to Tampa area Hugh, you are more than welcome to some seat time in my room.