New music room, finished september 2012. I converted a two car attached garage into my new music room.
overview from rear wall of 24'x25' room
left side of room:
dark cabinet - The Vactrola record cleaning machine.
left shelf unit, Ikea Expedit 5x5, with my 33.3 record collection.
middle, rack, top level
1955 Presto Recording Corp T18, soapstone plinth, on top left
1963 Bogen-Presto B51 heavy platter mod'd TT, soapstone plinth, on top right
Redboy Nate custom tube phono-stage
middle of rack:
Plinius 8200 class-ab 175w SS amp, with Analysis-Plus Bi-Oval 9's cable (c. 1999)
Bogen-Presto B60 heavy platter TT "Lucille" (c. 1959/1960)
temporarily on floor - later 80's Denon DRA-25 receiver presently powering the lowboy speakers at 30w per channel (at a low dB)
bottom of rack:
Digi-shizzer thingy for CD / DVD-A
VansEvers Power conditioner
Speakers:
Towers - Soliloquy 6.3 rosewood (c. 1999)
Lowboys - mid-50's era General Electric A1-400 12" coaxial speakers (c. 1955)
Right side of room:
Ikea Expedit 5x5 shelf unit with 78rpm shellac record collection
Customized monaural console, "Audrey" in corner.
Hard right of room:
Mid-century stereo console with Bogen-Presto heavy platter B61 TT
this is a newly developing project to accompany the GE A1-400 speakers
In a bit closer:
Solioquy 6.3 tower (l) -- General Electric A1-400 (r; c.1955):
Mid-century console w/ Bogen-Presto B61 heavy platter TT (c.1961) this is a newly developing project:
"Audrey" 1934 Art-Deco radio/phonograph cabinet, w/ Presto Recording Corp 15G2 TT (c.1952), General Electric A1-500 radio broadcast tonearm (c. early 50's), GE RPX cartridge (c. early 50's, made for GE tonearm), Harman-Kardon 10w tube amp (c.1957)
I assembled this console from parts purchased over a couple of years of searching:
In her old location in old house (since moved to new house)
Bogen-Presto B60 heavy platter TT (c.1959/1960), "Lucille":
Bogen-Presto B51 heavy platter modified TT (c. 1963), on solid, custom, DIY soapstone plinth:
Presto Recording Corporation T18 Pirouette (c. 1955), custom hot-rod, on custom solid DIY soapstone plinth:
There it is, the new music room, with quite a bit of golden era goodies. Its still a work in progress.