In the spirit of sharing (and I got a new digital camera today that I wanted to play with) here are a few pictures of my setup. My apologies for the different sizes.
Photobucket resizes and I don't care enough to play much in photoshop.
The place is a bit messy, but I don't care enough to clean it up (unless you are a geeky attractive woman then just give me a few minutes notice).

The first has no flash:




Surrounds above my seats (I really need to get a couch or love seat, or at least matching furniture!


In case the photos don't make it obvious, yes I am single

jr

Love the books on the stands, it looks like a lot of thought went into choosing similarly sized books for each stack. And of course.....evil dead!

Hehe yeah, thanks for complimenting my getto speaker stand mod. It will only cost you $1500 and I guarantee you will hear higher highs and lower lows. The properties of bound rag paper help to enhance lower frequencies to give you 'tighter base'....
I wanted to see if I'd prefer higher stands and it turns out I do. Yet, I keep blowing my entertainment budget on other things. I guess if I had an SO complaining of the ugliness I'd reprioritize.

jr

might also sound better if you put a couple books on top of the speakers, but flush with the front. dampens cabinet vibrations...... maybe....

Hmmmm...

Umberto Eco, Personal Finance, Investing, O Brother Where Art Thou Soundtrack, a Carpenters album. You're all over the place, man!

Hehe. I'm either an Renaissance Man or have some serious ADHD and can't stick to one topic for long. I try to foster the the Renaissance idea. Oh and all the thick books are Sci-Fi and Fantasy.

jr

You sure you're single? I thought the Carpenters was chick music! Just kidding. Looks great. How do you like the sound?

I have the same IKEA TV stand! I am surprised you did not get the maple speakers with tan grills like I did. It matches the wood on the TV stand perfectly. I also have the two giant DVD racks that natch the TV stand. Also, that TV stand is sturdy, I have a 220 lb HDTV on top of mine, and it has lasted there for over 2 years.

I had the same rack too....it seems to be pretty popular.

Mine lasted a year and a half and stated sagging....I had too much on it and in it. It was a good reason to upgrade.

I love the sound!
Carpenters might be chick music, but so is Melissa Ethridge, Sara McLaughlin, The Indigo Girls, and all the other stuff you find in Lilith Fair. Either I have broad tastes or I'm a lesbian/angsty middle class white girl on the inside and a balding 30 something white guy on the outside .

The speakers came prior to the tv stand and I could not find one that matched them and did not cost hundreds of dollars so I got one I had already put together for a different friend. It's handy having an ikea 20 minutes away by car.

jr

Don't let 'em get to you James. Whether or not one likes The Carpenter's music, the fact is, Karen Carpenter had a voice for the ages. It breaks my heart to think of all the wonderful music we lost with her death. She was something special!

Didn't think much of Karen's diet but "I'll Say Goodbye To Love" was a tremendous song.

THe easy listening stations would always fade the end out as soon as Tony Peluso's guitar solo would start. That was such a strange, but appropriate, ending for that song.

Ajax you nailed it on the head! I think I could listen to recordings of her reading grammar rules and I'd still like it.
Plus, my mom loved them so I grew up hearing them all the time.

jr

In reply to:

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"Plus, my mom loved them so I grew up hearing them all the time."

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Oh you young whippersnapper! Now I REALLY feel like the old goat I am. Karen was 5 years younger than I. I was in my 20s when they put out their first successful album.

When I hear her sing I run through the gamut of emotions from anger with her for killing herself, through terrible sandness for our loss, to absolute awe at her voice and vocal ability. So special.

I don't mean to minimize Richard's contribution. He was/is very talented also.

Haha. Sorry to toss that in there. Yes, I'm only 32 so the Carpenters are very much part of my childhood or before.

jr

So do all people born AFTER the moon landing count as a young whippersnappers?

ABSOLUTELY! In fact anybody born after JFK's assassination is a whippersnapper!

What about born the same day as JFK's assasination? My dad was born on that day but I don't know the exact time...

Oh he's still a whippersnapper. WAIT A MINUTE! Your FATHER was born on November 22, 1963? That makes you a whippersnapper's whippersnapper. I was in college on that day. OY! I'm old.

I guess you're right.

I was in the 4th grade when JFK was assassinated. Does that make me whipper? Did they have colleges in 1963?

In the early 70s I was living in an area where I was stuck listening to a couple of local AM stations for music. They played the same stuff over and over which consisted of The Carpenters, Helen Reddy, Elton John and Alice Cooper. I acquired a real disdain for the first three. To this day I don't think I could force myself to listen to a Carpenters album. I must admit though, that, if I was on a desert island and had a choice between Britney Spears, Kid Rock, Linkin Park and the Carpenters I'd choose The Capenters.

Not a fan of her at all but if I was on this mysterious island I would take Britney....wait, are we talking about music?

Semper Fi

But, you'd start thinking to yourself that Justin had been here and it would ruin it for you.

I was going to write something in that vein, but 'm glad I didn't. Your response is much better than mine would have been.

That was good! Or should I say the thought was horrible.


Semper Fi

Go to your room, Bruce!

Sorry, Dad

Well, at least he didn't say "Sorry Grandpa." We're making progress here.