WOW!!! What a sweet audio room.

zybar · « **on:** 1 Mar 2009, 03:43 pm »

Below is a dedicated audio room that we all dream of having.

This particular masterpiece is Kevin Tellekamp's listening room/studio. Kevin is the president of Silent Running Audio (SRA) - who makes some very good platforms for audio gear.

You can read more about it here:

http://www.soundstage.com/configsys/

George

launche · « **Reply #1 on:** 1 Mar 2009, 03:52 pm »

Even a desperate housewife could love that room.

2bigears · « **Reply #2 on:** 1 Mar 2009, 04:16 pm »

a room and gear to make the music sing sweet.man,my eyes are tearing up.lucky guy....

TheChairGuy · « **Reply #3 on:** 1 Mar 2009, 05:24 pm »

Good lord that is amazing!!

John

Rocket_Ronny · « **Reply #4 on:** 1 Mar 2009, 07:18 pm »

Awesome work.

Just needs to be about 10 feet wider for this space cowboy.

Rocket_Ronny

TONEPUB · « **Reply #5 on:** 1 Mar 2009, 07:35 pm »

Nice speakers!

Got a pair of Verity Sarastro II's myself and they are quite good...

ctviggen · « **Reply #6 on:** 1 Mar 2009, 09:00 pm »

That room is a little bit of overkill:

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Speaking of AC power, each of the thirty AC wall outlets were wired to their own 20-amp breakers via its own "home run," which is a direct wire run from an outlet to a breaker. The exception to this is that each of the mono amplifiers runs at 240v and are wired to their own dedicated 30-amp breakers.

Collectively, over 2000 feet of rather expensive hospital-grade BX cable was consumed during the wiring of this studio. There are a total of 440 amps coming into the building. The circuits feeding the audio components are deliberately separated and placed in their own 220-amp Siemens commercial breaker box, complete with bolt-in, copper-clad circuit breakers. The second 220-amp panel feeds the security system, lights and mechanicals, including two tons of AC!

Do you really need 400+ amps just for the sound equipment? I run my entire system (granted, not near the quality of this) off of a single 20 amp circuit. I could see a few more circuits, but the amount of wiring he has in there is overkill, especially when the amps are on their own 30 amp 2 phase dedicated circuits.

TONEPUB · « **Reply #7 on:** 1 Mar 2009, 09:12 pm »

I'd think to hear what his products contribute to the overall sound, being overkill is a smart way to go!

pardales · « **Reply #8 on:** 1 Mar 2009, 09:32 pm »

A lovely space...indeed.

2bigears · « **Reply #9 on:** 1 Mar 2009, 10:24 pm »

Jeff,how did you come across those speakers ?? they look great.are they a hard drive ??

JRace · « **Reply #10 on:** 1 Mar 2009, 10:33 pm »

Quote from: ctviggen on 1 Mar 2009, 09:00 pm

Do you really need 400+ amps just for the sound equipment? I run my entire system (granted, not near the quality of this) off of a single 20 amp circuit. I could see a few more circuits, but the amount of wiring he has in there is overkill, especially when the amps are on their own 30 amp 2 phase dedicated circuits.

Well no....
its kind of like asking
"do you really need 400+ bhp?"

TONEPUB · « **Reply #11 on:** 2 Mar 2009, 12:27 am »

Quote from: 2bigears on 1 Mar 2009, 10:24 pm

Jeff,how did you come across those speakers ?? they look great.are they a hard drive ??

Hard drive? Huh....

They are Verity Audio Sarastro II's. One of my current three reference speakers. $40k a pair.

www.verityaudio.com

Other two are the MartinLogan CLX and the Harbeth 40.1's. Watch for an upcoming review...

rydenfan · « **Reply #12 on:** 2 Mar 2009, 01:58 pm »

Beautiful room

nice find

Frihed90 · « **Reply #13 on:** 2 Mar 2009, 03:00 pm »

I prefer rooms where people actually live, filled with sofas, chairs, puffs, antique Persian rugs, windows with a view to the outside and lots of light, surrounded by thick drapes, plus lots of plants, books and that sort of thing.

underdog64 · « **Reply #14 on:** 2 Mar 2009, 03:21 pm »

It's great but where's the bar?

J. Royce Baron · « **Reply #15 on:** 2 Mar 2009, 04:54 pm »

The altar to worship the great masters.
I love it!

ckline · « **Reply #16 on:** 2 Mar 2009, 09:20 pm »

Looks a bit like Mike's room..

Quiet Earth · « **Reply #17 on:** 2 Mar 2009, 10:02 pm »

An inspiring room indeed! I would love to have it.

If I were going to lay down that kind of green though, I would find a way to get the source/preamp within a meter of the power amplifiers.

I mean if you're gonna have it all, why not get THAT part right?

Still,,,,,,,,,,,

Speedball · « **Reply #18 on:** 2 Mar 2009, 11:21 pm »

Nice, those rooms do look similar. With audio, too much is just enough. aa

TerryO · « **Reply #19 on:** 3 Mar 2009, 12:54 am »

Quote from: ckline on 2 Mar 2009, 09:20 pm

Looks a bit like Mike's room..

I've been in Mike's room a few times and it is exceeding good acoustically. (I've tried to explain to him the sonic benefits of applying Bondo over the old-fashion wood finish of his speakers, but he just won't listen!)

Another great room belongs to Winston Ma the owner of First Impression Music,. Positive Feedback has done a couple of articles on it.

Both Mike and Winston have served as judges for our speaker contest: The Puget Sound! DIY Speaker Contest. Good Ears and very nice guys.

Best Regards,
TerryO