Essential element in the listening environment

[mossy]

A real fire:upyours:


http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh501/mossypotty/P1090272_zps2lh1u3iv.jpg (http://s1249.photobucket.com/user/mossypotty/media/P1090272_zps2lh1u3iv.jpg.html)

[awkwardbydesign]

Nice. But I believe a chimney is required. :(

[jandl100]

Cosy!

Sadly, the best place for my hifi gear to be sited is directly in front of the rather nice stone fireplace!

[Oldpinkman]

Honest, I kid you not, this has been a HUGE theme in my marriage with Sue (6 years so far)

When we met, I had the TV in the fireplace (and a beer fridge in the corner of the lounge) - speakers either side of the fireplace, which fired the long axis of the room - spot on.

Astonishingly, and quite unreasonably, she insisted we put a log burner back in the fireplace - necessitating a compromise on the HiFi / Home Audio. But since when, she has got the bug.

For about 4 years now we have been looking for houses in France - and "where are the dogs going" and "where is the HiFi going" has been the main cause of grief. We have bought a place, which we both love, and spent ages trying to accommodate the fireplace and the HiFi. The solution - with full backing from SWMBO is we are going to REMOVE the HUGE fireplace, plaster over it, and put the HiFi there, and install a separate log burner in the corner of the room. Leaving a redundant chimney (handy for routing the cables through the loft to the rear AV speakers)

The fire / HiFi dilema is resolved!! :cool:

[Macca]

The hi fi system should always be the priority in these situations. If it isn't then something has gone badly wrong with your life.

[struth]

A real fire:upyours:


http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh501/mossypotty/P1090272_zps2lh1u3iv.jpg (http://s1249.photobucket.com/user/mossypotty/media/P1090272_zps2lh1u3iv.jpg.html)

And a nice Deco fireplace too.

[awkwardbydesign]

When I installed central heating in our previous house, a similar fireplace was then used to house my valve power amp. I made a curved clear polycarbonate cover to protect it, and the heat vented up the chimney. I still have the amp, but no fireplace now, sadly. I guess I am old enough to feel a living room without a fireplace is somehow lacking.
http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m604/awkwardbydesign/Velleman/138_zpsd02d1bab.jpg

[Macca]

I've got two fireplaces in my living room.

One doesn't work and I've never tried the other one since it has a loudspeaker next to it.

Not much call at the moment anyway since it is warmer here now than it was for most of the 'summer'.

[awkwardbydesign]

I've got two fireplaces in my living room.


You do have to show off, don't you? ;)

[Macca]

Canon Climatic mate, from 1973. Now that's a gas fire. It has fallen off the wall because the brackets have perished. :(

[Gazjam]

Never mind Prescott...Here's Martin "two fireplaces" :)

[awkwardbydesign]

Canon Climatic mate, from 1973. Now that's a gas fire. It has fallen off the wall because the brackets have perished. :(
That's kind of what we had in the fireplace after the open fire and before the central heating. But the bars across the front used to rattle! And when I took it out, I discovered that soot had piled up behind it to just below the vent. A few more months and we would have died from carbon monoxide poisoning! :eek:

[Macca]

I suppose in hi fi terms a radiator is better than a gas fire. Lower noise.

[awkwardbydesign]

I suppose in hi fi terms a radiator is better than a gas fire. Lower noise.
Not with our pump, it's in the living room! I have built a false wall in front of it, but still. And a gas fire creates moisture, while central heating dehydrates, so we have to run a humidifier.
Anyway, I never minded the hiss of a gas fire, or the crackle of an open one. But the soot from the regular blowbacks didn't help.