Guest Admin Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Jim Nieves, Vinyl Collector of the Day on June 3rd http://www.vinylcollective.com/2010/06/03/vinyl-collector-of-the-day-jim-nieves/ has offered to help me out with a new feature to Vinyl Collective, "My Vinyl Setup". I figured this might be a great way to share with others how people are setting up their collections and their room for record playing. Jim has offered to have the first post in this new series of posts. You, too, can submit your vinyl set up by sending photos and commentary to me. Please try to keep the image sizes under 1,000 pixels wide (recommended is around 600 pixels wide, 72 dpi). Here are a few comments from Jim; thanks Jim: As with most married men, I have been exiled to the basement but it works pretty well for me. As you can see, my LP collection rooms with my guitar gear as well as my digital work station. I like to rip my vinyl to DVD-Audio and FLAC for best audio fidelity and I also record my guitar tracks down here as well. My wife wonders why I spend all my time in the basement. As much as I try to explain, she'll never understand. Notice my GE Wildcat portable turntable in some of the photos. I really love that thing. I bring it upstairs along with a crate of vinyl when we have friends over - instant joy for everyone. I have a real sweet spot for that thing - I picked it up on eBay several years ago $10 plus shipping. I had to replace the stylus but was mint otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desensitizedbyu Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 The last 2 pictures aren't showing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Admin Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 The last 2 pictures aren't showing. fixed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evvandflow Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 pretty rad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfel Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Awesome post. Makes me want to reorganize my Vinyl Room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifebystereo Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 I wish I had an entire room just for that stuff. Damn bay area living costs. That's awesome, though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohnotherobot Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabpower Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Where are the speakers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desensitizedbyu Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 On top of the 5x5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrospectacle Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Where are the speakers? I actually have a 7.1 system, you can't see them all but there are satellites in each corner of the room, two book shelf speakers on the 5X5, a center channel speaker above my work station and a sub under it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamlikesmusic Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Very nice setup. This could be a cool feature - Makes me wish I had one worth bragging about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillhole Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 That's a beautiful setup!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scully Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Great idea for a feature and nice setup! I share your sentiments on being "exiled" to the basement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paal Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 looks very nice:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cephalic666 Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Very nice! I'd like to have a dedicated room for my tunes some day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakeupandlive Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 I am hopefully moving into a 2 bedroom apartment by myself come September, so I will definitely turn my spare room into a vinyl room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourfourtwo Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Makes me wish I had one worth bragging about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtype Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 i hope i never have to 'hide' my records from my girl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkticon Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 i hope i never have to 'hide' my records from my girl No kidding. I'm so glad my girlfriend likes listening to and looking through my records with me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steventangent Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 I'm glad my wife loves records too (she even buys stuff she wants). No exile here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darknesscomesalive Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 makes me wish my home office/2 crates of 12"/1 crate of 7" was worth showing off right now. Maybe in a couple years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamlikesmusic Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 I kind of hope my future wife exiles me. The thought of a man cave reminds me of going to Disneyland for the first time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrospectacle Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 I'm glad my wife loves records too (she even buys stuff she wants). No exile here! I guess "exile" was too strong of a word. My wife loves music, we just have other priorities in life now. And, trust me, the situation changes greatly when you have a couple of kids running around the house. For you single folks, spare rooms become play rooms or additional bedrooms. Judging by my other married w/ kids friends, I'm blessed to have a wife that has given me even just a little space of my own. The basement door is my escape hatch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakland Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 I'm glad my wife loves records too (she even buys stuff she wants). No exile here! I guess "exile" was too strong of a word. My wife loves music, we just have other priorities in life now. And, trust me, the situation changes greatly when you have a couple of kids running around the house. For you single folks, spare rooms become play rooms or additional bedrooms. Judging by my other married w/ kids friends, I'm blessed to have a wife that has given me even just a little space of my own. The basement door is my escape hatch. Totally true. There was a point after our kid was born where I had to seriously consider selling all my records. Eventually I worked it out, but our house was only 860 sq. feet at the time. We added a little and now it's about 1100, but that's still pretty small. Having a secure record area in that amount of space, with kids, is truly a luxury that I don't take for granted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circlingvultures Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 that TT plays cds? coooool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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