Budget turntables and attic appartment set-ups...
Posted by: mattbr on 18 January 2004
So...
I've got a CDX/82/250/Jean-Marie Reynaud Basic's, and have unsuccessfully attempted to get something interesting out of what is to become my new listening room.
it's a sloped (from 80cm to a bit above 2 1/2 meters) rectangle, almost 9 meters wide by 5 meters deep. the room is divided in almost perfect thirds by two beams, leaving a central space of 3 meters wide by 5 meters deep, with a huge ( 250 cm by 140) window on one end, and a 2 meter wide opening on a corridor on the other. there are no obstructions there and will be none. The window has a view on lake geneva and the mountains, and curtaining it is completely out of the question. At this point, the room is empty safe for boxes of books.
at this point, the speakers are about 40 cms in from the window, tried moving them around but to no avail, and the sound is best decribed as resonant and very, very, heavily bassy. very bassy. and very wobbly bassy, as well.
are there any special considerations to take into account (other than changing the speakers, which will happen someday, but i like what they do) given the slope-iness of the room, or should i just chill out, buy some furniture and start getting into organ music ?
A second, and totally unrelated question, is to know what, other than the perrenial used LP12, should be considered in the turntable up to, say, 1200 euro with arm and cartridge range, taking into account that the 82 has an MC board. I've trolled around a bit, heard a lot of Rega P3, some pro-ject RPM, what about the small Michell ?
I've got a CDX/82/250/Jean-Marie Reynaud Basic's, and have unsuccessfully attempted to get something interesting out of what is to become my new listening room.
it's a sloped (from 80cm to a bit above 2 1/2 meters) rectangle, almost 9 meters wide by 5 meters deep. the room is divided in almost perfect thirds by two beams, leaving a central space of 3 meters wide by 5 meters deep, with a huge ( 250 cm by 140) window on one end, and a 2 meter wide opening on a corridor on the other. there are no obstructions there and will be none. The window has a view on lake geneva and the mountains, and curtaining it is completely out of the question. At this point, the room is empty safe for boxes of books.
at this point, the speakers are about 40 cms in from the window, tried moving them around but to no avail, and the sound is best decribed as resonant and very, very, heavily bassy. very bassy. and very wobbly bassy, as well.
are there any special considerations to take into account (other than changing the speakers, which will happen someday, but i like what they do) given the slope-iness of the room, or should i just chill out, buy some furniture and start getting into organ music ?
A second, and totally unrelated question, is to know what, other than the perrenial used LP12, should be considered in the turntable up to, say, 1200 euro with arm and cartridge range, taking into account that the 82 has an MC board. I've trolled around a bit, heard a lot of Rega P3, some pro-ject RPM, what about the small Michell ?
thanks for the hints... keep 'em comming...
forgot to add that the floor is hardwood, don't know how it's suspended, guess concrete...
here's what we're dealing with... the speakers are either side of the heater, a bit in. the hammock is the listening position, and might be replaced by a couch one of these days...
forgot to add that the floor is hardwood, don't know how it's suspended, guess concrete...
here's what we're dealing with... the speakers are either side of the heater, a bit in. the hammock is the listening position, and might be replaced by a couch one of these days...