My Music Room

[Sherwood]

Love the hippo!

Ah yes! Humphrey. He is due for hs annual oiling and rub down. I think some tea tree oil this Christmas!

I was tempted to buy Nelly too, but thought better of it in the end!

nelly.jpg

[Bksabath]

Wash out your mouth with soap, you will be giving her ideas of moving me out completely so its quieter.

You would not be the first one

[Tim]

Great space to relax and enjoy music, I could happily sit in there for hours. Love the colour scheme too, right up my alley

[Audio Al]

Fist step is replace swimbo with housekeeper

The first step is DONT HAVE A SWIMBO

Looks very nice , makes my place look like a tip

Is the Hippo house trained

[Frazeur1]

Very nice room, certainly looks to be a great environment to relax and get into the music!

[Sherwood]

Very nice room, certainly looks to be a great environment to relax and get into the music!

It helps that my house is detached and that this room is at the back of the house directly above the kitchen. It means that I can wind the wick up a bit without disturbing the neighbours or anyone else in the house.

The room sounds pretty good since I installed some home made acoustic panels. I made these from 100mm Rockwell acoustic wadding. I have two of these panels immediately behind my head in my listening chair and these have made a big difference. I made a couple of corner traps which I have placed above the record storage units. The heavy curtains have also helped, especially since I bought extra wide panels which reduce reflections from the window.

So too has mounting my Maggie speakers on a pair of home made plinths. These provide a much more stable base than simply resting the speakers on carpet. Raising them by about 10" has also helped to improve imaging. I am very pleased with the balance now: bass texture and extension has improved considerably.

Geoff

[Barry]

Ah yes! Humphrey. He is due for hs annual oiling and rub down. I think some tea tree oil this Christmas!

I was tempted to buy Nelly too, but thought better of it in the end!

nelly.jpg

Did you buy Humphrey in Africa?

(Actually I think he might be a sub-woofer in disguise! )

[Sherwood]

Did you buy Humphrey in Africa?

(Actually I think he might be a sub-woofer in disguise! )

Yes. From Okahandja Mbangura Woodcarvers Craft Market some 20 years ago. I don't normally buy knick knacks (although I have a large collection of naive art from countries I worked in) but I had a huge house in Windhoek that needed a few architectural pieces and this craft market had some really good carvers. It is still going strong ..

https://www.africahunting.com/thread...-market.41230/

I resisted the temptation to buy some of the impressive huge carvings which look great in huge houses but are frankly ridiculous in most UK houses. Having said that, I also bought Gertrude, a 6ft giraffe who now resides in the hall.

Geoff

Correction: Gertrude tells me she is 2m tall!