Really enjoyed this video Ben, The Audio Cave is awesome ! Thanks for sharing ! I'm currently trying to set up my own vinyl cleaning station with inspiration from your other videos. P.S. Don't sell yourself short, you are a VERY interesting guy. KEEP THAT CONTENT COMING !!
Thanks for sharing some of your home with us. Man do I miss basements. The acoustics in basements was always somehow better than above ground. I live in Florida now and no basement's here or you would be underwater. Nice gear and I am sure you enjoy it daily. Keep up the great work.
Thank you! I love my basement and oddly enough I believe you are correct… had a dedicated room in my last house (ranch no basement) and it never sounded as good as the basement no matter what I did to it!
@@BensAudioCave Probably why Capitol Records in Los Angeles had all their recording studios in the basements. Dead silent so nothing to interfere with the sound waves.
Ben, Nice space and gear if I may make a suggestion as my place was very much setup like yours. I read Get Better Sound by Jim Smith and the two most important things I learned were; Proper placement of main speakers and getting them away from the wall with correct toe-in. Next was treating the room to take care of 1st and 2nd reflections and using REW software to find frequency spikes. Use of sound foam and other sound deadening materials will transform your room. It sounds like a lot but its actually much easier and cheaper than you think.
There was some foam behind the speakers and this is like the 3rd iteration of placement… I do measure with REW and this is about the best I have done so far with a bit of listening for phase issues
Ive always wondered if 1/2kg weight on a powered plater is a good thing? Considering when they designed and made these turntables 40 years ago. What are your thought Ben ? This is coming from someone who has dj'd on them since the 80's :) and had little experience using them in a hifi configuration, until now only
Ben, i don't know why you have been missing in action, but if you can return, that would be great. i hope you are well and just are on a hiatus from this endeavor for constructive reasons. c'mon back.
I lost my mom a while back and kind of buried myself in work... Then I dug back out but have been spending time with my wife and honestly not had the time lately... Thank you for your kind words. :)
@@BensAudioCave Ben, whenever you get the time and will to do this, I can wait. you are missed. i know what it's like to lose a special person, my wife passed in early 93 and I STILL miss her dearly. be happy.
Great Audio Cave Ben,you are very grounded person.
Really enjoyed this video Ben, The Audio Cave is awesome ! Thanks for sharing ! I'm currently trying to set up my own vinyl cleaning station with inspiration from your other videos. P.S. Don't sell yourself short, you are a VERY interesting guy. KEEP THAT CONTENT COMING !!
Thanks for the kind words! Brew videos coming every Friday!
Thanks for sharing some of your home with us. Man do I miss basements. The acoustics in basements was always somehow better than above ground. I live in Florida now and no basement's here or you would be underwater. Nice gear and I am sure you enjoy it daily. Keep up the great work.
Thank you! I love my basement and oddly enough I believe you are correct… had a dedicated room in my last house (ranch no basement) and it never sounded as good as the basement no matter what I did to it!
@@BensAudioCave Probably why Capitol Records in Los Angeles had all their recording studios in the basements. Dead silent so nothing to interfere with the sound waves.
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Nice tour - thank you!
Ben, Nice space and gear if I may make a suggestion as my place was very much setup like yours. I read Get Better Sound by Jim Smith and the two most important things I learned were; Proper placement of main speakers and getting them away from the wall with correct toe-in. Next was treating the room to take care of 1st and 2nd reflections and using REW software to find frequency spikes. Use of sound foam and other sound deadening materials will transform your room. It sounds like a lot but its actually much easier and cheaper than you think.
There was some foam behind the speakers and this is like the 3rd iteration of placement… I do measure with REW and this is about the best I have done so far with a bit of listening for phase issues
Excellent vid Ben and wonderful home👍👍
awesome
Thanks for videos. Noticed that your schit modi dac is sitting next to the Onkyo AVR. Wanted to know if used the modi dac to bypass the dac in the AVR
That’s actually the mani phono pre… but have played with a modi and Bitfrost…
Ive always wondered if 1/2kg weight on a powered plater is a good thing? Considering when they designed and made these turntables 40 years ago. What are your thought Ben ? This is coming from someone who has dj'd on them since the 80's :) and had little experience using them in a hifi configuration, until now only
Well, weights are generally hifi usage only... Also I replaced the OEM bearing with a timestep EVO
What is the color and finish of that paint on the walls?
Ben, i don't know why you have been missing in action, but if you can return, that would be great. i hope you are well and just are on a hiatus from this endeavor for constructive reasons. c'mon back.
I lost my mom a while back and kind of buried myself in work... Then I dug back out but have been spending time with my wife and honestly not had the time lately... Thank you for your kind words. :)
@@BensAudioCave Ben, whenever you get the time and will to do this, I can wait. you are missed. i know what it's like to lose a special person, my wife passed in early 93 and I STILL miss her dearly. be happy.