Inspired by “stepped back from main system”, @Thermionics office setup and spending more time at the office than ever before. I’m sure there are plenty havenites who have beefed up their office setup, so feel free to post away!
Office System
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Awww, shucks...
Doghouse Riley
Senior Junior Member
Having been retired for twenty years, I've long left my work office behind.
My vintage main system is in my den.. alright... our front room. Nothing spectacular. Leak tuner/amp, Goodmans Havant speakers, Sharp cassette deck, Philips turntable, a couple of vintage jukebox wallboxes that play mp3s and a Tyros 5 electric piano.
But I do have my "home office" alright then, our box bedroom.
It's quite small, so I had to make it as efficient as possible as I've a lot of stuff.
But I do sometimes like to play music or watch a bit of spirt on TV. Just mp3s on my laptop through a small amp and the speakers of another vintage jukebox wallbox.
My vintage main system is in my den.. alright... our front room. Nothing spectacular. Leak tuner/amp, Goodmans Havant speakers, Sharp cassette deck, Philips turntable, a couple of vintage jukebox wallboxes that play mp3s and a Tyros 5 electric piano.
But I do have my "home office" alright then, our box bedroom.
It's quite small, so I had to make it as efficient as possible as I've a lot of stuff.
But I do sometimes like to play music or watch a bit of spirt on TV. Just mp3s on my laptop through a small amp and the speakers of another vintage jukebox wallbox.
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@Doghouse Riley , those jukebox wallboxes are pretty cool. I believe those were similar to the diner table ones?
Yep @Thermionics is the reason I now have a turntable in my office. I was listening to Monk on Friday it was kinda awesome and the runout groove wasn’t disruptive at all. Forces me to get up. Thanks @Thermionics
Doghouse Riley
Senior Junior Member
Yes, you often see them at the ends of booth tables in scenes in diners in films of the fifties.
There were two ways they could be used. You could have a full sized jukebox in a bar or diner with several wall boxes linked to it. It was a way of taking more money.
Alternatively they could be linked to a "hideaway." The mechanism, record carousel, amplifier etc., in 3ft square wooden box in a back room or cellar, with just one or more wallboxes in the bar and speakers on the wall. Ideal for small establishments where a full sized jukebox would take up the same room as a table.
These are my other two, in my den....alright.. our front room. These have title card magazines which can be quickly removed. As I have a spare magazine, it increases my selection choices. They are 1976 Rock-Ola 507 Tri-Views. The title cards are on Toblerone shaped lozenges, giving you three pages. I arrange them as Vintage pop, Motown & Soul and Jazz/Classic standards.
You can only play the same number of "sides" for which the wallbox was designed, in this case 80 singles, 160 sides. Although you could make one selection a whole CD. With the spare magazine and three second hand 3rd gen iPods I can have 3 X160 choices. With modern technology, there's no rubbish "B" sides.
The selection play in the order you select them, not as they would in a jukebox in the order they are in the carousel.
You give your iTunes playlist a name, which is actually a code. From this, the adapter the size of a box of matches, recognises which make and model wallbox you have and tells the iPod when to play.
I've only one adapter, but I can swop over the connections to play the other wallbox. I've had them for about ten years
I've two vinyl jukeboxes in our summerhouse at the bottom of the garden. From jukebox messageboards I learned about the adapters years back, when few people knew what to do with redundant wallboxes, other than use them as telephone directories, so good ones were "cheap as chips." Now as the technology is wider known, sellers want silly money for boxes in poor condition.
I've a USB stick with a few thousand mp3s on it in the side of the TV. But for me, "It's not the same."
It's pure nostalgia, I can re-live my youth in a way if you know what I mean.
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Doghouse Riley
Senior Junior Member
This is my "summer office"
Well it isn't really an office, but it's handy when I'm gardening to come in, sit down and have a beer and listen to some music. My Budweiser fridge is on a stand with castors, so I can roll it out onto the veranda.
These are my systems.
I can even watch a bit of sport on TV if I choose.
Not now of course, far too cold.
Well it isn't really an office, but it's handy when I'm gardening to come in, sit down and have a beer and listen to some music. My Budweiser fridge is on a stand with castors, so I can roll it out onto the veranda.
These are my systems.
I can even watch a bit of sport on TV if I choose.
Not now of course, far too cold.
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Gorgeous landscape there @Doghouse Riley and summer office.
How’d I miss this? Looks great!
You know this is probably more musical than what most people’s main system would be. Definitely a distraction!
ICTWoody
No longer a junior member
This pic is a few years old, but nothing has changed. Well... my desk isn't that clean. But otherwise same stuff:
iMac 5K into Parasound Zdac V2 > Homebrew solid silver IC > Parasound Zamp V3 > Audience Ohno Speaker Cables > Audience ClearAudient The Ones (now sitting on IsoAcoustics stands, not pictured). Also on the floor out of site is a REL T.0 subwoofer that is just BARELY on.
I love it. Really really good system.
- Woody
iMac 5K into Parasound Zdac V2 > Homebrew solid silver IC > Parasound Zamp V3 > Audience Ohno Speaker Cables > Audience ClearAudient The Ones (now sitting on IsoAcoustics stands, not pictured). Also on the floor out of site is a REL T.0 subwoofer that is just BARELY on.
I love it. Really really good system.
- Woody
That’s a very clean setup @ICTWoody . To the untrained eye it looks like a normal desktop arrangement.
Moving our companies location this week so excited for my new office and audio setup. I’ll post pics once it’s put together. My current arrangement Has great components but not the best layout. HK A300, Topping D10, Altec Maderas.
Moving our companies location this week so excited for my new office and audio setup. I’ll post pics once it’s put together. My current arrangement Has great components but not the best layout. HK A300, Topping D10, Altec Maderas.
This 'temp' setup sits behind me in my home office. It's a bit messy and in flux at the moment. Normally I listen to the BK-12's with Fostex FE126, driven by my Darling 1626 amplifier. Source is Mac mini, into Xiang Sheng DAC-01A.
Right now, the dac feeds a tpa3116 amplifier into my newly acquired KEF 103.2's. I'm going to be re-finishing these speakers, and updating their crossovers, replacing a few caps, testing the components, etc. I haven't started that project yet because they sound so damn good.
Terrible phone pic:
Right now, the dac feeds a tpa3116 amplifier into my newly acquired KEF 103.2's. I'm going to be re-finishing these speakers, and updating their crossovers, replacing a few caps, testing the components, etc. I haven't started that project yet because they sound so damn good.
Terrible phone pic:
Pioneer SA9100/TX9100 (recapped), Technics Sl-1015, Sansui SD7000, Streaming from my computer (mostly), Allison One speakers. I sub in other speakers at times for the fun of it be the Allisons work really well and at all volumes. Also using a Pioneer A-717 integrated at the moment. Also, for radio talk show listening etc I fire up a The Fisher 500 (mono) with an EV Baronet speaker.
I noticed the keyboard as well. Mechanical bucking-spring FTW.Nice keyboard and pen.
Thanks, Watt! One of the few wireless mech keyboards I was able to find, and an old Waterman Man100 Opera.Nice keyboard and pen.
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