I recently moved my main system from our living room to our lower the rec room, which has 9 foot ceilings, a fireplace, and is a walkout with daylight windows on two sides. Neither is "dedicated," and both are living spaces, but I no longer have to compete with the television that my wife often prefers, so I am able to enjoy music pretty much when I want, and to much better (and more often) utilize my main system. My pool table is also in the lower level room so the new set-up is all around better suited to our needs, and for entertaining. My wife and daughter can easily access and use the HT system in the upper level for movies, and we can use that upper system for music also. I haven't yet changed my virtual system pictures, but I will soon. I am enjoying the sound of my system in a carpeted room (instead of the hardwood floors upstairs) and also experimenting with a sort of corner speaker positioning that sounds promising.
How isolated is your hi-fi?
I'm thinking of dedicated rooms, not component stands. I was looking at some of the "All Out Assault" rooms in the virtual systems section, and while some of them are impressive they are all isolated. It occurs to me that if I had a dedicated room I'd probably never use it because I'd be sitting in there by myself. I use our family room and the hi-fi is just something we make room for. It isn't the perfect accoustic setup, but my wife and I enjoy listening to it. I take the noise of the ice maker or banging pots and pans from the kitchen in the next room in stride.
Anyone else ever consider this scenario?
Anyone else ever consider this scenario?
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