Yes, a 23 year old Harley Road King. The most comfortable bike I’ve ever owned, great for long rides. But the previous owner installed a high performance cam, and some tuned headers on the exhaust. When I first got it I thought, “This is too loud!”, so these headers had an internal piece you could rotate to control back pressure, and volume. I attempted to adjust it, but found the internal baffle had rusted out! So, it’s basically straight pipes. It does make the most pleasing sounds at speed. Music to my ears! My girl digs it too so there’s that.
Russell
Used to listen most in the car when I was doing heavy mileages.
Now retired I listen as much as possible to the main system but probably spend more time with the system in the kitchen diner.
Pioneer CD, SMSL Q5 Amp, TDL speakers
TAD CD / DAC / Pre, Technics 1210, MCRU PSU, Mike New Bearing & Platter, Stillpoints LP1 weight, Speedy Steve Ebony armboard, Fidelity Research FR64FX arm, Ortofon SPU. Aurorasound VIDA Phono Pre Amp, TAD Power Amp, TAD E1 speakers. Coherent RTZ 3 Grounding box, Coherent grounding cables, Creaktiv racks. Coherent Mains Cables. SR Blue Fuse. Interconnects : Coherent and Yannis 223.5 Connect Litz. Coherent speaker cable. Audio Magic Transcendence Conditioner. Coherent mains socket. Mains Filters : , PS Audio Harvesters, Russ Andrews Purifiers, Tacima, Vertex. Black Ravioli and RDC supports. Electric Beach S1NX platforms for TAD CD and Technics. Ferrite chokes everywhere except the above. Ears, brain
Mike
I can spend up to 3 hours each way in the car daily so listen to MP3's on a USB stick. It sounds good enough.
I am also lucky to have a very understanding wife who allows me my man cave and music as loud as is necessary.
Fortunately, she's happy watching TV so we get together sometimes and are apart others. As she works shifts, I also get at times to spend up to 14 hours a day at a weekend indulging if I'm not contracted for work.
As we have no kids, it's my time and if I want to waste it away I can. Although I'm sure there are lots of other things I really should be doing. Avoiding the ringing sensations in my ears should be one of them...
We are currently looking for another house and my wife does get a little annoyed when I base all buying decisions on music room first!
And you are absolutely correct to do so. Moving is the perfect opportunity to get the listening room right. I mean, seriously, what other considerations are even as remotely as important? No matter what the kitchen is like, the oven will still work perfectly.
The flip side is when you go to someone's house and they have the perfect room but don't have a hi-fi system. The sheer waste of it kills me.
Current Lash Up:
TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.
Bakoon 13r Denon DP80 Stax UA-70 Shure Ultra 500 in a Martin Bastin body with jico stylus, project ds2 digital Rullit aero 8 field coils in tqwt speakers
Office system, DIY CSS fullrange speakers with aurum cantus G2 ribbons yulong dac Sony STR6055 receiver Jvc QL-A51 direct drive turntable, Leema sub. JVC Z4S cart is in the house
Garage system another Sony receiver, cassette deck
System components are subject to change without warning and at the discretion of the owner.
Serious listening is about 4 hours per week in "my" room.
Research (internet stations, Spotify, Radio 6) while I'm working and doing stuff in the study, car or garden is about 10 hours per week.
It's nowhere near enough now I think about it
Pete
When I go to someone's house to do some work, when I see their lounge the first thing I think is, if I lived here, where would the stereo go? If they have what looks like the perfect space but have no more than a crappy little flatscreen in the corner, I think, "what's wrong with you people?"
About 60% of all my listening is to my Makita job site radio while working. Not very high end, but a quite agreeable sound.
I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in
T/T: Inspire Monarch, X200 tonearm, Ortofon Quintet Blue. Phono: Project Tube Box CD: Marantz CD6006 (UK Edition); Amp: Musical Fidelity A5 Integrated.
Speakers: Zu Omen Def, REL T9i subwoofer. Cables: Atlas Equator interconnects, Atlas Hyper 3.0 speaker cables
T'other system:
Echo Dot, Amptastic Mini One,Arcam A75 integrated, Celestion 5's, BK XLS-200 DF
A/V:
LG 55" OLED, Panasonic Blu Ray, Sony a/v amp, MA Radius speakers, REL Storm sub
Forget the past, it's gone. And don't worry about the future, it doesn't exist. There is only NOW.
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I'm Dennis.
My first consideration when moving is the suitability of the main room acoustically, and its insulation from neighbours.
Currently end of terrace, ambient noise level between 25 and 30 dBs.