Upstairs - Downstairs

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I thought it was about time to give you all an update here with some fresh/current pictures of our upstairs listening room. I tried to be creative with the above image as it it two different pictures tweaked, and then spliced together to give a wide view of the couch and a adjacent wall in the upstairs listening room. This room is not very large room (about 12.5 ft. by 13.5 ft.), but I've manage to cram a fair amount of gear in here with three different set-ups on display. While not quite optimal from a sound point of view, until I move into some bigger digs (which, with a little luck, will happen in 3 or 4 years from now) this room will be a bit crowded. This does however, allow me to keep the main listening room downstairs dedicated for more optimal single speaker/systems demos. Anyway, the above picture shows the Axiom M22tis running with a Rega Mira integrated amp with Pioneer DVD player feed to a Channel Islands VDA-1 DAC. While the above picture shows a Music Hall MMF-5 truntable, I've just sold off the MMF5 and already have a Rega Planar 2 in the house to replace it as the analogue front end for this little set-up. Facing the Rega/Axiom set-up is another system (see picture below) which has a white Rega Planar 3 turntable on a Rega wall mount bracket with a variety of electronics including the Power Modules Belles 150A Hot Rod power amp, SimAudio Moon I-3 integrated amp, Power Modules Belles 20A tube line stage preamp, Rega Planet or Jupiter CD player, Rega Ela MkII speakers, and PS Audio power conditioning products.

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