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How many audio systems do you have in your home?

Curious as to how many systems do your have in your home?
I at one time or another have 3 mid to top tier sytems, one in family room, one in basement and one in main room (living room, HT room)?
Currently, my HT room has the best electronic, then the family room, and than basement.
Due to limited finance I will have to cut back on my audio toys to finance other needs, such as summer camp, summer vacation, etc. (things associated with having kids).
I am undecided in either going for a very budget minded system in family room and basement or just running speakers to those room from main room via an ABC switch box.
Are any of you currently in a similar situation or have been in such situation? What route did you take?
The family room/basement is mostly background listening.

Thx
rlew
zinfan2
154 posts
 
"Just" four:

Living room (main system) -- all tube; great for jazz, classical and acoustic music

Family room/kitchen -- vintage solid state (mid-80's tandberg and klipsch)plus tube dac and dvd/cd player; gets the job done for rock (and good enough for movies, for now)

Bedroom -- all tube again (love that glow)

Home office -- mixed bag of spare components and totem dreamcatcher monitors (not bad at all)
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yioryos
723 posts
 
Well I got enough components to put together 6 systems but I am also into rotation.I also have a hard time letting my beloved gear go.I gave some of my early stuff to my brother though.
Best regards
George
hack
185 posts
 
Tom,

I've pared down some *L* oh man, if it was up to me every room would have a system. I'm really irked we don't have a kitchen system but she's being unreasonable. Let's see...

My main system lives in the family room, as does the home theatre thingy. I'm fine with that, we share the room.

I have three kids (12, 13, 15) and they each have their own systems. We need to bring the kids into the fold.

Bedroom system, including a pair of speakers in the bathroom. I like to S/S/S to tunes.

Garage system, a must! I tinker, mod, work on stuff so I have to have my tunes.

Outdoor system, facing the pool. A cold beer or great Merlot, a Cuban cigar, and really loud swimming trunks. Ideal.

Office system. C'mon, you can't work without a high-end system to rock out to. Output would suffer or I'd hafta kill dozens of people.

Basement system is a simple TV and VCR/DVD set-up to keep the kids out of my hair (and let me enjoy my main system).

Traveling system, no man should be without when he's on the road. iPod, speakers, CDP, cans, headphone amp

I have an extra system I was using in my office, but now that I work from home it's gathering dust. I guess I'm at an even dozen. Cars don't count eh? hmmmm.. probably forgot one or two all the same...
dburner
11 posts
 
Two one main with a Mac 4280 receiver and B&W cdm7Se's, another with a Marantz 2325 and infinity RS3's (with XM satellite tuner)
bdgregory
1,715 posts
 
I have 2 dedicated rooms with significant equipment, one of which has both home theater and a separate 2 channel rigs. Plus 6 other lesser but still relevant rigs (Workout room, Living Room, Fam room, Study, Bedroom, vacation house). These rooms are pretty much changing constantly, new stuff goes in the dedicated rooms, equipment cascades through the other rooms and something gets either sold or given away.
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