This is one of 2 primary dedicated rooms that I'm forever working on, and enjoying. It's used primarily for 2 channel listening (90% of the time), and most of that is vinyl listening (~75% of the time). The HT is used for concert videos and an occasional movie. Most of our movie watching is upstairs in the family room.
Apology - some of my pics are really bad. One of these days I may fix that.
The Room:
It's in the basement - 14x18x8. Originally built for my kids, but when they grew up, it needed a purpose, and I had free time once again to invest in this hobby. There are no windows due to the location in the basement where we built it. I have a new room under construction that's twice the size, but alas the priority is low so it will be a while for its completion.
This system was built on a tight budget. That's why I have a lot of DIY and leftover furnishings (ie hand me downs from the "upstairs"). On the plus side, my wife has recently become fond of watching movies down here, and has even shown the room off to friends, so I may be able to acquire some new furniture without getting grief.
I will be editing and adding comments over time, but this is my initial offering.
Full function remote controlled preamp. Includes a nice MM/MC switchable phono stage. and HT passthru
Jolida JD 9a
tube phono stage - MM/MC
Lexicon DC-1
w/V 4.0 firmware DD, DTS pre-pro
Eagle 4
(2) EKSC Eagle Mod 4's vertically biamping VR4 gen IIIs
Eagle 2c
this is the last 2C ever made. It says so on the label affixed and signed by by Russ Sherwood. New 2 years ago.
Eagle 2a
a 2A driving rear speakers VR3's
Von Schweikert Audio VR-4 Gen III
main speakers in HT, but primarily used for 2 channel
Von Schweikert Audio LCR-15
center channel monitor
Von Schweikert Audio VR-3
rear channels.I originally bought these for use as 2 channel mains. When I bought the VR4's, these went into another room. I screwed around with various surround speaker options for HT until it occurred to me these would be the best option.
Von Schweikert Audio Tower of Power
LFE only
DIY Amp stands
Butcher block from TJ Maxx, MDF Plinth, deco legs from ebay.
DIY Equipment Rack
built in rack - IKEA Butcher Block Slabs cut to size, mounted in alcove