Hi
I decided to make some changes in my listening room
The problems were as follows
I have quite a lot of kit and not enough racking to put the kit on , Also most of the racks I already own are up too waist height , so to put a CD in the CD player is a hands and knees job , and getting a bit older I now have to plan how to get on my hands and knees the plan how to get up again
This is how the old listening room looked
http://theartofsound.net/forum/showt...9987-My-System
Moving on too the new alterations I decided " In for a penny in for a pound " and decided to re decorate and re fit the room
Started off like this , plain painted walls
Then on too some steaming and scraping
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Lots of this
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Accumulate the required items for the job
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Chose wallpaper
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Decided too go with this one
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Next on too the re wire and some extra plug sockets
Fit some plug socket mounting rails too the wall
Yes they are going to be at just below waist level
And obtain some plug sockets
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26 Doubles
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Fit and wire the plug sockets using 4mm conduit cable
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Run a length of 60 amp armaflex cable from under the stairs through under the floor to the opposite wall , What a Pigging job took nearly all day had to half dismantle the house taking off doors and lifting carpets
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Cut a access hole for the cable to come up into the listening room
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Fit and wire a RCD consumer unit so its safe and easy to isolate the entire supply when not in use
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Now on too the racking ? what to use ? do I build it ? or do I buy something ?
Have a look on evilbay , and low and behold what do I find about 10 miles from my home ?
8 bays of this with 5 shelves per bay :-
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Its made from heavy aluminum extruded uprights with fixing to the wall at the top , each shelf is on sliding brackets and can be positioned anywhere on the uprights , I have positioned the lowest shelf just high enough to get my speakers under and at a convenient height to put my TT's on , leaving 3 or 4 shelves per bay above for amps CD players , Tuners , Cassette players , 8 Track , Reel too Reel etc
Plenty of room for some box swapping as well
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The racking was a mare too fit and level as each shelf needed too be set individually, still not finished lining everything up but will get it sorted in the next few days , Then its time to start putting my kit on and wiring it up
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All fun and games