It is so cool to see you at such a young age into Vinyl. I am 65 years old, so the Vinyl has never stopped for me. If you take good care of it there is nothing that sounds better in my opinion. Love your music room!
Very kind of you! So thrilled you could join me for the tour and I definitely appreciate the music more than audiophile gear. All about the tunes for me!
Wow ein richtig klasse Musik Zimmer mit klasse Hifi Anlage und tollen Vinyl,s ( Schallplatten ) Love Musik 🎶. Mfg.Ake Gesundheit und Glück auf aus NRW Deutschland
Hi Paul! I really appreciate you stopping by for my room tour! We have similar taste in music it seems! I love that Dunedin sound, so cheers that you're from New Zealand!
That’s a wonderful room I’ve got 100s of albums and maybe a thousand or more 7 inchers unfortunately I ain’t got the space to display many like you have done. When I was a young punk growing up in the late 70s early 80s I used to cover my bedroom from top to bottom with record covers and cuttings from music mags and papers.
Ha! I definitely meant that when I said it. It was a huge headache moving that monstrosity! Glad you enjoyed the video. The hard work definitely paid off! However, it's not work if you're creating something you love! :-)
I had one of those power strips, got it off of a bargain table at Circuit city. Finally gave up the ghost a few years ago. I now have a five foot 12 outlet job from Home depot. Sits behind my gear. Great system.
Love it! Time to loose the pool table though. Best days are behind you Mr Table but thanks for the memories.. Lounge and rug up that area and you are in utopia Plus you will then yearn for BIG speakers Then there’s no turning back🤘 Do max justice to your awesome collection of records
Ha, you want to move the pool table for us? I think people don't realize how heavy and cumbersome these are... Thanks for stopping by. The room is truly perfect how it is and I am enjoying it fully. Cheers.
That's how I do my records to. All in alphabetical order by band, and each band is in order by release date. It makes it much easier to find things. I still have to get my CD's in order.
Dear Hanna: Wonderful room. I am setting my room, now that I settled back into my house in Cali in the mountains. I like your record stacks (IKEA). Good idea. Very cool. Cheers.
Thank you for watching and leaving me a comment! It was really fun filming this video. I'm still beyond thrilled with the outcome! Glad you enjoyed seeing what we did! Catch ya later!
I think you are right, ditch the Schitt since the Marantz is what you paid for and probably sounds fantastic. We added an LED strip to our undercabinets in our Kitchen and it made SUCH a nice detail/difference. Everything looks great.
Thank you, Kris! Yeah, the light strip really adds a nice touch to any room and it is fun to change up the colors. The Schitt will stay there but it will be a rare occasion that I use it again. Really am enjoying the full capabilities of the Marantz now that it has been lovingly cleaned! Enjoy the weekend! Glad you dug the tour!
Hi Gary! Glad you enjoyed seeing the precautions we took with the flood sensor, etc. I'm so glad you enjoyed seeing the completed music room in all of its glory! Truly the ultimate dream room! See you next time!
Great to see you back Hanna. The whole room is impressive and beautiful. it's great to see all of your hard work pay off. I really love that pool table cover tapestry. X, Pretenders, The Sound, B52's, Cocteau Twins and others on display. What a fantastic hodgepodge of stereo equipment! That receiver really stands out. Vintage! I know you will enjoy your new sanctuary and new home! Thanks for the tour and I'm looking forward to more videos!
Thank you, Todd, and it is so good to be back. Would have been back sooner but my health did not allow. We certainly were struck with a terrible virus for a few weeks! Oh, thanks for noticing the tapestry I put on the pool table. Funny thing is that I apparently bought it at Urban Outfitters many years ago and it was sitting in a box. I had just never used it! Glad you enjoyed seeing the completed music room and some of my vintage equipment! More videos coming soon! :-) Hope all is well!
Girl how you get here from when I met you!!!??? When you stored your records in a cabinet on top of some table or desk you had back in the day! When do I get an invite! That’s one sweet room girl! I see so many amazing music rooms on Instagram! You should post your room! So should I, my haven is crammed and cozy. I’ll have to show my space in a video. Love your records displayed above. The wall of great rock music 👍🙏😎 I’m in San Francisco this week so off to bed.
What a lovely music room you and Chris have created. Your tons of albums looking neat in those cabinets. Along with your beauty yellow True Colours, The Sound's Jeopardy is a great visual choice for this room too. Congratulations, its superb!
Thanks so much, Danny! glad you liked the particular records I chose to display for this video, too! Some favorites in there indeed! I'm thrilled you enjoyed seeing what we did with this room! Rock on!
What a delicate dress 😛. My washer machine of 34 years broke. Terrible water damage. The smell = horrendous. The ambiance of your listening room is absolutely amazing !
Great space Hanna. Nice job customizing the CD rack, etc. I customize my furniture whenever needed and possible, always a good idea. Vintage Marantz receivers (almost any vintage gear) sound fantastic! I have a Marantz 2238b (1973) in my stable, which I also cleaned myself. It was a disaster inside and out, but with help from Mr. Dremel outside and 90% alcohol inside it was good as new. Sounded great until this year, unfortunately the right channel is going out and I have no way of fixing it, so I may have to say goodbye to it. It had such a fun sound! I have about 850 CDs (yes, they are like rabbits) and I built two CD shelf units from scratch years back. Combines they hold about 950 CDs. I also have about 700 vinyl records I store in Ikea cubes and a couple of purpose made crates. I took the Ikea cubes and added 1/4 round doweling for stoppers. Your record wall looks fantastic. Love the lighting! I rent so I can't do such things. I love playing vinyl, I grew up with it. I also restore vinyl records as a hobby. I studied for two years, ran my own tests, etc. A lot of guys don't like even cleaning records, but to me it is therapeutic and saves a ton of money and provides me the music I grew up with, much of which is not available in modern releases. I like original pressings. The phono stage on your Marantz should serve you fine for now, it is better than the Schiit Mani in my opinion. As for a stylus upgrade for your turntable. I would recommend looking into an Ortofon 2M Blue if the mass matches the tonearm. (In your case, it should be fine). Also, AudioTechnica offers some good $150 to $200 phono cartridges you might look at. AudioTechnica cartridges, even their entry level $40 job are no slouches. The Ortofon would be a noticeable upgrade for sure.
Hi Hanna! Thanks for the tour o' yer new music room. What a great space to do yer thang. You have good reason to be proud. Enjoy! I'm envious. All best wishes from John.
Hey there, Ed! Nice to read your comment and that you loved seeing the new music room! I'm so relieved it is now complete and I'm fully enjoying it! Be well!
I love it! I got my stuff so crammed. I don't have as huge a vinyl collection (but sizable enough) as you do. But have tons and tons of cds. I dumped my cassettes several years ago.All I can think of is if I decide to move what will I do with all of these. I've been told by family members just get rid of them. It's the digital age. Stream through Amazon or put them on a iPod. But so much of my collection has sentimental value to me.
Hey there! I appreciate the comment. I too dumped my cassettes after my cassette deck broke. I got sick of buying cassettes and having them being warped and virtually unplayable. I prefer owning a tangible collection compared to just streaming. Cheers!
Hey Hanna, So glad you're ok. Been missing your great videos. From the looks of your thumbnail, your new set up is fantastic. Very anxious to see what you've got in store for us. Now that you've successfully moved, may the rest of your summer be rewarding and relaxing for you. All the best, Mark in MI
Thanks, Mark! Gotta give my boyfriend most of the credit on the hard work here. I am in awe of this new listening room! Thanks so much for your comments, my friend!
Awesome! Yeah, that 20/20 record is SOLID throughout! Definitely a winner. I'm so glad you enjoyed my power pop suggestions! Will check out your channel! Cheers!
What an amazing music room! Very nice! It is a Vinyl paradise!!! Have a nice time and listen to a lot of good Music!!! 🤘🎸🎺🎷🥁🪘🎤🎹🪗🎻🪕 … play it Loud!! Tschüss Gunnar
Oh, definitely playing the music as loud as I want in this room! This room is certainly the ultimate vinyl paradise to me! Thanks for joining in my excitement! Cheers!
If you're still looking for a new cartridge, take a look at the Ortofon 2M Blue. The cheaper Red has a nice round sound, the diamond in there is fixed onto a holder which is mounted to the cantilever. The Blue version has a nude needle, reducing the moving weight and thus enhancing a lot of details. There is also a Bronze but that might cost almost twice as much. You mentioned 200-300 Dollar, the Blue is like 200 and the Bronze goes over 350. European price though, it's in Euro, but it gives you an image. On a Technics with an S arm (Great choice!!) it is definitely going to make you happy. Suggestions: a small bright light behind the Technics so you can easily put the needle on the right spot, plus maybe a mat (felt? rubber?) under the speakers, cut so that they don´t mess up the view, to reduce feedback to the needle. Vintage equipment is so cool, from back when they made stuff to last for decades! My record player: Technics SL-D3 with an ADC TRX-1 induced magnet (not MM, not MC but best of both worlds) with a line contact needle. They don't make that anymore, but the needle lasts a lifetime...
wow..nice setup..we almost have the exact same album collection...The Three O'clock, 13th Floor Elevators, Modern Lovers...all within an Ikea Kallax system....crazy.....keep it going!
So glad you enjoyed some of the albums I chose to display. All classics, right? Hope to see you here again when I talk about some additional records added to my collection soon!
Been looking forward to this video and am glad you are pleased with your record library. It's such fun. I like the look of that Grand Prix cover. Much Thanks.
Thanks for checking out our rad new music room. It truly was a joy for me to film this and talk about it. I love that Grand Prix Teenage Fanclub cover as well. Killer LP! Be well!
great record room! reminds me of my college radio station.. I like the display wall (the three o'clock!) and it really showcases album covers as art. very smart with the temperature control, flood alarm and raised shelves. I've had floods and water ruins everything! I had the Technics slq 202 growing up and it's a great turntable. Thanks for sharing and have fun in your new sanctuary😊
Hey there! Glad you love the wall display shelves (also my favorite part of the room)! Technics is a sweet brand for turntables! Thanks for joining me while I showed off this vinyl paradise room! Cheers!
Hi Hanna: Great to see ya! When you turned the camera to the vinyl side, I involuntarily whispered "Wow" aloud in front of my laptop. Looks fabulous! Rock Always! - Heather
Awesone slice of happiness! You have great taste in music. One suggestion, move the speakers to stands. Trust me, it’ll make everything sound better. Otherwise, your listening room looks fantastic!
Thanks, John! Yeah, guess I should have actually counted my CDs before buying this CD spinning cabinet. It's all good! Glad you got some suggestions from this video! Rock on!
Hi Jason! Great to hear from you again. Yeah, Chris really took excellent preventative measures for this room to protect it as much as possible from any catastrophes. Glad you enjoyed seeing the completed room!
Welcome back! That music room looks incredible. I love the details like strengthening the CD tower and using oak for the display shelves. The end result was worth the effort. The flood sensor freaks me out, but better safe than not. So many favorites on display! Split Enz - True Colors is not one you see that often. I remember a friend in High School having it on release with laser-etched vinyl. Quite the novelty at the time. Now you have the room I think it is time for your best of 1982 video. No pressure. lol. If Chris (or you) wants to hear how a didgeridoo can be used Ed Kuepper's La Di Doh on his Character Assassination album is a great example. And as she is the woman of the moment right now - Kate Bush's song The Dreaming has a digeridoo also. Great to have you back.
Hi Richard! As always, I appreciate your comments and you taking the time to watch my content! This was a really fun one to put together. Yeah, it is kind of scary having to even bother with the flood sensor and putting a piece of wood under the Kallax shelves, but yep, better safe than sorry. Need to take precautions when having these items in the basement! Yes, I love the etched vinyl on True Colours. I think there are 8 cover variants of that one, too. I just have the one you see! I love that you mentioned an Ed Kuepper solo release. A couple of videos from now I will mention him for a special themed video! I haven't decided if I will continue with my yearly focus series. If I do, I will probably narrow it down to a list of 10 or 20 favorites from 1982! Cheers!
Nice. I’ve got two ex-Record Shop “bins” where my records go. They have ikea kallax-like underneath but on top they’re display boxes. Each one holds the same as the Kallax-like boxes. The two units hold all my records, 2,862 & counting. Your room would be absolute boss with something similar, I feel.
Hi David! Thanks for the comment and watching this video. Must be cool to own some former record store bins for your collection! I'm pretty happy with my storage for now and hopefully I can stay put here for a long, long time! The moving process with records is such a pain! Cheers!
I appreciate the kudos on our new music room! This was so fun (and a bit daunting) to put it together, but so worth it! The wall of LPs is my favorite feature, too!
Good for you! Nice setup, looks very nice. I’ve had to fit my music experience into a living room as my basement has crap acoustics and the layout does not afford ideal speaker placement.
Thank you, Andrew. It's great to be back. Yes, I'm still shocked about Fletch's passing. How tragic and unexpected. he will be so missed. Glad you enjoyed the music room tour! See you next time!
You look gorgeous today! What a beautiful room! That Speed Racer is really rad. I love the way you set everything up so neat. We just moved as well and I am still getting my studio media room set up as well. The pillows are cute too. Very cool! I just got my childhood stereo working again. It’s a 1974 Panasonic with 8 track and I think I will clean it too. I got used Bose bookshelf speakers online for it and they sound great. I got lucky and found a new needle for it and got that working this week. I got some of my guitars hung up too. Waiting on new blinds and floating shelves to get here. I might make a video when I get it done. You are inspiring me. Thanks for sharing!
Aww, thank you for the extra kind words! Ah, glad you got your childhood stereo in working order once again. How fun! Congrats on working on your music room and modifying it exactly how you like it! Definitely film a video of the completed room!
Love Beliefs! I don't think they're around anymore, sadly. Not 100% on that. Hope to do a dedicated shoegaze video in the future. I've accumulated some good stuff.
She's back. Wow! New music room, new video on UA-cam. Fantastic Hanna! Congrats on the new sanctuary. This shelf from your CD collection is interesting and until today I'd only seen people who order shelves made of steeel or wood with glass here in Brazil. Great room, great collection! Take care and rock on! Until next time.
Hi Alen! Yes, I'm back! Yeah, I guess this CD cabinet choice is a little unique. It needed some help to become a little stronger, but we took care of that! So glad you enjoyed seeing the final result of my new music room! Cheers! Rock on!
Hanna !! Nice slick room !! I never knew they had flood sensors. I can foresee some more shelves in you future now LOL. enjoy the space very nice !!! -V
Hi V! Yep, we may need to get another shelving unit in the future. I have almost two full rows of cubes to work with now, but being an addict, they can certainly fill up quickly! I can also do purges occasionally, hehe! Take care, and the flood sensors are definitely for peace of mind!
Hi Hanna. Your music room turned out great. You should be proud to show it off. Lighting looks great. I've been picking up lots of CDs this year too. Thanks for sharing. Greg
Hi Greg! Really glad to have you hear, and I appreciate the kind words about how our new music room turned out. I'm with you - I can't stop buying CDs. Just the way it is! Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Nice digs! I actually hit up two thrift stores last week, managed to get an 90s Aiwa CD boombox for $19 but the cassette doesn’t work. Using it for a bathroom shelf radio. The CD works.
Hi Scott! Congrats on the Aiwa boombox. Bummer the cassette portion doesn't work but glad the CD function does! I love what gems the thrift stores can turn up on occasion!
@@TheOmahaIntrovert One of them had a Sony "XPlod" (lol) boombox but the antenna was missing. No idea if it worked or not, anyway. A Goodwill store had the Aiwa one, they had a huge old Sony minisystem with EQ but it didn't work at all, minus the radio, alas. Always see some weird old electronics at some of these places. The Aiwa is great, I wish the cassette motor was working, though. I just needed a box for the bathroom, those crank emergency radios are wretched. I also bought a new BT boombox, one of the 40 watt waterproof ones, I'm shocked at how great it is! High power and sounds fantastic. And I don't like BT anything, usually. It's good for the bedroom or just when I'm sitting here working on the PC and don't want to take up the main system for music, etc. No radio on it, however. Then again the radio in NY is pretty horrible by now.
@@TheOmahaIntrovert One inexplicable thing is the Aiwa has "QSound" "3D" stereo button effect, but no Xbass. Just has a 3 setting EQ. Weird! The 90s were wacky. I'd rather have a real old 80s boombox but they can be expensive and they may not work anymore unless restored. Actually I got a Sony refurbed one last year but it died, I just had to chuck it in the trash, sadly. That was a 90s one with CD and tape. CD stopped loading and No Disc kept flashing.
I've seen the way Goodwill throws around audio equipment and pretty much everything else after it is donated to them. So very sad. I would have to say the audio equipment selection at the Goodwills here is very poor
gotta get my stuff cleaned up as well so i can crank it up!!!!!!....lived in omaha for my first 20 years.....good times!!!!!....a top notch room!!!!
What I like the most is that it is growing. Greetings from A Coruña, Galicia, Spain.
Greetings, Jose! Thanks for joining me here! The collection is definitely growing every week. I am a true music addict! take care!
It is so cool to see you at such a young age into Vinyl. I am 65 years old, so the Vinyl has never stopped for me. If you take good care of it there is nothing that sounds better in my opinion. Love your music room!
Gotta love the Sound's 'Jeopardy' on the wall, very cool
Thank album is tops, isn't it? Cheers!
Love to see the Thirteenth Floor Elevators on the wall. Very cool room. Sit back or play some pool. Love it. ✌
Beautiful! You can tell this is a room of a true music lover who obsesses over music, not gear.
Always feel more comfortable in these kind of rooms.
Very kind of you! So thrilled you could join me for the tour and I definitely appreciate the music more than audiophile gear. All about the tunes for me!
Wow ein richtig klasse Musik Zimmer mit klasse Hifi Anlage und tollen Vinyl,s ( Schallplatten ) Love Musik 🎶. Mfg.Ake Gesundheit und Glück auf aus NRW Deutschland
So glad you enjoyed seeing my music room. I have some German roots! Thank you for being here!
Hi from New Zealand. Your taste is just immaculate. The Sound, Modern Lovers, JAMC, The Smiths, T Rex etc. Perfect,
Hi Paul! I really appreciate you stopping by for my room tour! We have similar taste in music it seems! I love that Dunedin sound, so cheers that you're from New Zealand!
Wonka and a world of Music, Perfect pairing!
Thanks! It seemed rather fitting! I appreciate you watching!
That’s a wonderful room I’ve got 100s of albums and maybe a thousand or more 7 inchers unfortunately I ain’t got the space to display many like you have done. When I was a young punk growing up in the late 70s early 80s I used to cover my bedroom from top to bottom with record covers and cuttings from music mags and papers.
Wow I really like your listing room. Great job. Thanks for letting us view it!
It's All About The Vinyl Isen't It! Very Nice Audio Room! A Special Room!
That room looks great. Nice touch with the Wonka clip...."if you want to view paradise, simply look around and view it...."
Thanks, Bill! Glad you liked how I incorporated the Willy Wonka clip. I thought it was very fitting! :-) I appreciate the comment!
"It was a biiiitch to move this pool table" LOL. I was cracking up when you said that. Great tour! Music spaces are ALWAYS my favorite VC vids!!
Ha! I definitely meant that when I said it. It was a huge headache moving that monstrosity! Glad you enjoyed the video. The hard work definitely paid off! However, it's not work if you're creating something you love! :-)
Very very nice set-up! Thx for the great video!
Right on, Timothy! So glad you enjoyed seeing how we fixed up this room! Cheers!
EXCELLENT looking room and setup!!!
great ,like a record store 😃
Thank you! Did my best to organize this the best way that I could!
So nice !!!
Oh man, I love that cassette pillow cover and DM clock!!
Thanks! I love that I found the pillow cover right before filming this video! Stroke of luck! Enjoy the weekend!
I had one of those power strips, got it off of a bargain table at Circuit city. Finally gave up the ghost a few years ago. I now have a five foot 12 outlet job from Home depot. Sits behind my gear.
Great system.
Thanks so much for stopping by! I enjoyed showing off how this room turned out. Glad you dig my system! Cheers!
Very nice, neat and clean, which is more than I can say about my space which looks like a small warehouse, lol!
Enjoy the tunes!
Thanks so much for checking out our awesome room. I appreciate the comment!
Love it!
Time to loose the pool table though. Best days are behind you Mr Table but thanks for the memories..
Lounge and rug up that area and you are in utopia
Plus you will then yearn for BIG speakers Then there’s no turning back🤘
Do max justice to your awesome collection of records
Ha, you want to move the pool table for us? I think people don't realize how heavy and cumbersome these are...
Thanks for stopping by. The room is truly perfect how it is and I am enjoying it fully. Cheers.
Wow looks amazing Hanna. Love our NZ Split Enz True Colours LP up there too!
Thanks, Danny! True Colours is definitely one of my faves! Had to display it! Cheers!
Wow Fantastic room. Great ambience for listening. Way too cool. Enjoy.
Thank you very much, Paul! It's great to read all of these comments. I can't contain my excitement over this new music room! Cheers!
GURL! That record wall!!!
That's how I do my records to. All in alphabetical order by band, and each band is in order by release date. It makes it much easier to find things. I still have to get my CD's in order.
Hanna's back-yes !!!!! 😉😉
Yes, finally! Hope you watch tomorrow! Thanks, Patrick! :-)
@@TheOmahaIntrovert yes 100%
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U have put a lotta thought into this. Wonderful
I appreciate the kind words. I love the record wall the most. This is my music sanctuary!
Room loox amazing!! Yea, Chris did a spiffy job with record display racks! Nice work, you and Chris!👍
Thanks so much, Jeff! Love having you here, and Chris outdid himself with this room indeed! Cheers!
sweeeet setup. enjoy!!!
I appreciate the kind words on our setup! Cheers!
Dear Hanna: Wonderful room. I am setting my room, now that I settled back into my house in Cali in the mountains. I like your record stacks (IKEA). Good idea. Very cool. Cheers.
Wow, what an awesome music bunker!! Love your LP display wall, very cool! Well done!
Thank you for watching and leaving me a comment! It was really fun filming this video. I'm still beyond thrilled with the outcome! Glad you enjoyed seeing what we did! Catch ya later!
I wish I could find a girl that loves music as much as you do. Also, I'm digging that vintage Marantz receiver!
Hey Omaha, long time... You're looking great and the channel ROCKS. Enjoy your summer.
PEACE.
Thanks, TJ! I appreciate the comment!
Looking forward to the unveiling.. Rock On Hanna!
Rock on! Hope you dig what we did to the room after you see it tomorrow! Thank you for the interest!
HIGH VOLTAGE!!!
I think you are right, ditch the Schitt since the Marantz is what you paid for and probably sounds fantastic. We added an LED strip to our undercabinets in our Kitchen and it made SUCH a nice detail/difference. Everything looks great.
Thank you, Kris! Yeah, the light strip really adds a nice touch to any room and it is fun to change up the colors. The Schitt will stay there but it will be a rare occasion that I use it again. Really am enjoying the full capabilities of the Marantz now that it has been lovingly cleaned! Enjoy the weekend! Glad you dug the tour!
I was like.... oh my.....oh my....... OH MY !!! Dreams do come true and you are SOOOO living the dream !! (very wise re: flood sensor too) - AWESOME !
Hi Gary! Glad you enjoyed seeing the precautions we took with the flood sensor, etc. I'm so glad you enjoyed seeing the completed music room in all of its glory! Truly the ultimate dream room! See you next time!
Great to see you back Hanna. The whole room is impressive and beautiful. it's great to see all of your hard work pay off. I really love that pool table cover tapestry. X, Pretenders, The Sound, B52's, Cocteau Twins and others on display. What a fantastic hodgepodge of stereo equipment! That receiver really stands out. Vintage! I know you will enjoy your new sanctuary and new home! Thanks for the tour and I'm looking forward to more videos!
Thank you, Todd, and it is so good to be back. Would have been back sooner but my health did not allow. We certainly were struck with a terrible virus for a few weeks! Oh, thanks for noticing the tapestry I put on the pool table. Funny thing is that I apparently bought it at Urban Outfitters many years ago and it was sitting in a box. I had just never used it! Glad you enjoyed seeing the completed music room and some of my vintage equipment! More videos coming soon! :-) Hope all is well!
Starting out nice. Like ur cd tower. Cool lights. I'm a Yamaha guy. Also Sony for cd playing. I'm a table person not a sleeve
Thanks for watching, William! Love the Sony brand for CD players.
Nice room. Your videos are always well worth the wait. Thanks for sharing.
That is so sweet to read. Thank you so much. Glad you enjoyed this room tour!
Girl how you get here from when I met you!!!??? When you stored your records in a cabinet on top of some table or desk you had back in the day! When do I get an invite! That’s one sweet room girl! I see so many amazing music rooms on Instagram! You should post your room! So should I, my haven is crammed and cozy. I’ll have to show my space in a video. Love your records displayed above. The wall of great rock music 👍🙏😎 I’m in San Francisco this week so off to bed.
What a lovely music room you and Chris have created. Your tons of albums looking neat in those cabinets. Along with your beauty yellow True Colours, The Sound's Jeopardy is a great visual choice for this room too. Congratulations, its superb!
Thanks so much, Danny! glad you liked the particular records I chose to display for this video, too! Some favorites in there indeed! I'm thrilled you enjoyed seeing what we did with this room! Rock on!
Beautiful!!! I'm very jealous!
Thanks, Drew! It's a huge relief to have this project done and now be able to enjoy the room every day!
saw this in 4chan so i had to check it out for myself. dope collection!
Thank you! I dig that my video is being shared elsewhere! Cheers!
What a delicate dress 😛. My washer machine of 34 years broke.
Terrible water damage. The smell = horrendous.
The ambiance of your listening room is absolutely amazing !
Very nice. I'm glad to see you've taken some precautions against flood. We all know what a disaster a flooded basement can be.
Hey there, Dave! Yep, taking the precautions is a must. When we go out of town I have a few other steps I will take. Take care!
Love the room. Can really hear in your voice the love you have for the room. Well Done!
Thank you! I can't contain my excitement whenever I talk about this room. It truly is my pride and joy! My records are my kids. LOL. Take care!
Cool! Keep rocking ! Luc , Montreal Love the Pandoras , I have that exact copy here too .
Hi Luc! Yay, another Pandoras fan! High five! What a great, underrated band. Thanks so much for the comment and watching this video!
Great space Hanna. Nice job customizing the CD rack, etc. I customize my furniture whenever needed and possible, always a good idea. Vintage Marantz receivers (almost any vintage gear) sound fantastic! I have a Marantz 2238b (1973) in my stable, which I also cleaned myself. It was a disaster inside and out, but with help from Mr. Dremel outside and 90% alcohol inside it was good as new. Sounded great until this year, unfortunately the right channel is going out and I have no way of fixing it, so I may have to say goodbye to it. It had such a fun sound!
I have about 850 CDs (yes, they are like rabbits) and I built two CD shelf units from scratch years back. Combines they hold about 950 CDs. I also have about 700 vinyl records I store in Ikea cubes and a couple of purpose made crates. I took the Ikea cubes and added 1/4 round doweling for stoppers. Your record wall looks fantastic. Love the lighting! I rent so I can't do such things.
I love playing vinyl, I grew up with it. I also restore vinyl records as a hobby. I studied for two years, ran my own tests, etc. A lot of guys don't like even cleaning records, but to me it is therapeutic and saves a ton of money and provides me the music I grew up with, much of which is not available in modern releases. I like original pressings.
The phono stage on your Marantz should serve you fine for now, it is better than the Schiit Mani in my opinion.
As for a stylus upgrade for your turntable. I would recommend looking into an Ortofon 2M Blue if the mass matches the tonearm. (In your case, it should be fine). Also, AudioTechnica offers some good $150 to $200 phono cartridges you might look at. AudioTechnica cartridges, even their entry level $40 job are no slouches. The Ortofon would be a noticeable upgrade for sure.
Welcome back! We missed you! Can't wait to see the room tour. Just seeing your thumbnail blows me away! 🙌🤘
Thanks, Christian! Really proud of this record room and can’t wait for you to see it! 😀🎶🎶🎶
Hi Hanna! Thanks for the tour o' yer new music room. What a great space to do yer thang. You have good reason to be proud. Enjoy! I'm envious. All best wishes from John.
Thanks, John! Glad you enjoyed the tour. I'm beyond proud and in awe of it. Take care and enjoy the weekend!
Totally AWESOME!!!
Thank you! Have really been enjoying kicking back in this space!
Awesome job on your new music room, Love the cd tower and the collection of vinyls. hope you and Chris are enjoying your new house.
Hey there, Ed! Nice to read your comment and that you loved seeing the new music room! I'm so relieved it is now complete and I'm fully enjoying it! Be well!
very nice room with lots of great records on the wall. Thanks for sharing!
So glad you could check out the fruits of our labor, Willie! We adore the outcome! Cheers!
I love it! I got my stuff so crammed. I don't have as huge a vinyl collection (but sizable enough) as you do. But have tons and tons of cds. I dumped my cassettes several years ago.All I can think of is if I decide to move what will I do with all of these. I've been told by family members just get rid of them. It's the digital age. Stream through Amazon or put them on a iPod. But so much of my collection has sentimental value to me.
Hey there! I appreciate the comment. I too dumped my cassettes after my cassette deck broke. I got sick of buying cassettes and having them being warped and virtually unplayable. I prefer owning a tangible collection compared to just streaming. Cheers!
Hey Hanna,
So glad you're ok. Been missing your great videos. From the looks of your thumbnail, your new set up is fantastic. Very anxious to see what you've got in store for us. Now that you've successfully moved, may the rest of your summer be rewarding and relaxing for you.
All the best,
Mark in MI
Oh baby, what a sweet music room. You really outdid yourself Hanna. Soooooooo nice
Thanks, Mark! Gotta give my boyfriend most of the credit on the hard work here. I am in awe of this new listening room! Thanks so much for your comments, my friend!
So happy to see that 20/20 record up there, damn that is my favorite of all the Power Pop that I bought from your video suggestions!
Awesome! Yeah, that 20/20 record is SOLID throughout! Definitely a winner. I'm so glad you enjoyed my power pop suggestions! Will check out your channel! Cheers!
Love it Hanna thank you again 🙂
What an amazing music room! Very nice! It is a Vinyl paradise!!! Have a nice time and listen to a lot of good Music!!! 🤘🎸🎺🎷🥁🪘🎤🎹🪗🎻🪕 … play it Loud!! Tschüss Gunnar
Oh, definitely playing the music as loud as I want in this room! This room is certainly the ultimate vinyl paradise to me! Thanks for joining in my excitement! Cheers!
If you're still looking for a new cartridge, take a look at the Ortofon 2M Blue. The cheaper Red has a nice round sound, the diamond in there is fixed onto a holder which is mounted to the cantilever. The Blue version has a nude needle, reducing the moving weight and thus enhancing a lot of details.
There is also a Bronze but that might cost almost twice as much. You mentioned 200-300 Dollar, the Blue is like 200 and the Bronze goes over 350. European price though, it's in Euro, but it gives you an image.
On a Technics with an S arm (Great choice!!) it is definitely going to make you happy.
Suggestions: a small bright light behind the Technics so you can easily put the needle on the right spot, plus maybe a mat (felt? rubber?) under the speakers, cut so that they don´t mess up the view, to reduce feedback to the needle.
Vintage equipment is so cool, from back when they made stuff to last for decades!
My record player: Technics SL-D3 with an ADC TRX-1 induced magnet (not MM, not MC but best of both worlds) with a line contact needle. They don't make that anymore, but the needle lasts a lifetime...
wow..nice setup..we almost have the exact same album collection...The Three O'clock, 13th Floor Elevators, Modern Lovers...all within an Ikea Kallax system....crazy.....keep it going!
So glad you enjoyed some of the albums I chose to display. All classics, right? Hope to see you here again when I talk about some additional records added to my collection soon!
Seems like a great space to escape to. Look forward to all the videos coming from your new headquarters.
Thanks so much, Robert! This is definitely my oasis! More videos coming from this space very soon. Stay tuned!
What a cool setup! I am modifying my record listening room, and I think I picked up some pointers.
Glad this video was helpful, Erik! Bet your modified record room will be killer!
Great looking space and audio equipment. Some really great albums on that wall IMO.
Glad you dig the titles I have on display. It's fun changing them up weekly! Cheers!
Very very nice all around! Great job.
I appreciate the comment, thank you, Anthony!
Been looking forward to this video and am glad you are pleased with your record library. It's such fun. I like the look of that Grand Prix cover. Much Thanks.
Thanks for checking out our rad new music room. It truly was a joy for me to film this and talk about it. I love that Grand Prix Teenage Fanclub cover as well. Killer LP! Be well!
great record room! reminds me of my college radio station.. I like the display wall (the three o'clock!) and it really showcases album covers as art. very smart with the temperature control, flood alarm and raised shelves. I've had floods and water ruins everything! I had the Technics slq 202 growing up and it's a great turntable. Thanks for sharing and have fun in your new sanctuary😊
Hey there! Glad you love the wall display shelves (also my favorite part of the room)! Technics is a sweet brand for turntables! Thanks for joining me while I showed off this vinyl paradise room! Cheers!
Really nice looking room. Great place to be!
Thanks so much, Richard! Truly enjoying the music room every day!
The Nuggets CD box set you have, I found a sealed one in a Charity shop for £1.00 😁 that's Two Dollars I think hey, great compilation album 😘
Killer find at that price! I mean, wow!
Marantz, old school, nice!
Gracias por la invitación a mostrarnos tu espacio lleno de tesoros, un saludo.
Saludos, y estoy muy feliz de que me haya acompañado en este recorrido por la sala. ¡Gracias por pasar el rato y cuídate!
Very nice! Thanks for sharing. 🙏
Hi Hanna: Great to see ya! When you turned the camera to the vinyl side, I involuntarily whispered "Wow" aloud in front of my laptop. Looks fabulous! Rock Always! - Heather
Hi Heather! Hope you are well! I'm glad my music room impressed! I'm in awe whenever I walk in there. So happy to have it complete! Rock on, girl!
Wowwww i love it very cool collection thanks for vidéo 👌
Awesone slice of happiness! You have great taste in music. One suggestion, move the speakers to stands. Trust me, it’ll make everything sound better. Otherwise, your listening room looks fantastic!
Thank you for checking out the tour, Keith. Peace
That's a beautiful music room! I especially love the wall of records and the Marantz receiver.
Thanks, Sam! I definitely treasure my Marantz, and the record wall is definitely my favorite feature of the room. I appreciate the comment!
Love your music room ❣️You gave me suggestions for updating my cds . I have more then I realized! LOL Enjoy and keep rocking 🤘
Thanks, John! Yeah, guess I should have actually counted my CDs before buying this CD spinning cabinet. It's all good! Glad you got some suggestions from this video! Rock on!
NICE!!! Enjoy.
I appreciate it, Willis! Thanks for watching!
very happy for you ,great place to just kick it and listen to your favorites,love those albums also have fun guys and yes its cool .👍
I'm glad you enjoyed seeing the new room, Harold! I very much love that it is done so we can now enjoy it! Cheers!
Sweet music lair! Super smart with the flood sensors and other preventative measures as well.
Hi Jason! Great to hear from you again. Yeah, Chris really took excellent preventative measures for this room to protect it as much as possible from any catastrophes. Glad you enjoyed seeing the completed room!
Welcome back!
That music room looks incredible. I love the details like strengthening the CD tower and using oak for the display shelves. The end result was worth the effort.
The flood sensor freaks me out, but better safe than not.
So many favorites on display! Split Enz - True Colors is not one you see that often. I remember a friend in High School having it on release with laser-etched vinyl. Quite the novelty at the time.
Now you have the room I think it is time for your best of 1982 video. No pressure. lol.
If Chris (or you) wants to hear how a didgeridoo can be used Ed Kuepper's La Di Doh on his Character Assassination album is a great example.
And as she is the woman of the moment right now - Kate Bush's song The Dreaming has a digeridoo also.
Great to have you back.
Hi Richard! As always, I appreciate your comments and you taking the time to watch my content! This was a really fun one to put together.
Yeah, it is kind of scary having to even bother with the flood sensor and putting a piece of wood under the Kallax shelves, but yep, better safe than sorry. Need to take precautions when having these items in the basement!
Yes, I love the etched vinyl on True Colours. I think there are 8 cover variants of that one, too. I just have the one you see!
I love that you mentioned an Ed Kuepper solo release. A couple of videos from now I will mention him for a special themed video!
I haven't decided if I will continue with my yearly focus series. If I do, I will probably narrow it down to a list of 10 or 20 favorites from 1982! Cheers!
Nice. I’ve got two ex-Record Shop “bins” where my records go. They have ikea kallax-like underneath but on top they’re display boxes. Each one holds the same as the Kallax-like boxes. The two units hold all my records, 2,862 & counting.
Your room would be absolute boss with something similar, I feel.
Hi David! Thanks for the comment and watching this video. Must be cool to own some former record store bins for your collection! I'm pretty happy with my storage for now and hopefully I can stay put here for a long, long time! The moving process with records is such a pain! Cheers!
Very cool. Love the wall of killer albums on display. Very good taste! Very good job with the room.
I appreciate the kudos on our new music room! This was so fun (and a bit daunting) to put it together, but so worth it! The wall of LPs is my favorite feature, too!
On the wall lps, fantastic choice of music.
So glad you love the albums I picked to to display, Arthur! Rock on!
What a lovely inviting space. Love the clock.
Thank you! @Miss LadySoul really spoiled me with that DM clock! Happy to have you stop by!
Absolutely brilliant room and great set up, I used to have the same turntable nice piece of kits great job 👍👍👍
I really appreciate you stopping by, Barry! We love the Technics turntables! Cheers!
Good for you! Nice setup, looks very nice. I’ve had to fit my music experience into a living room as my basement has crap acoustics and the layout does not afford ideal speaker placement.
Hey there! Glad you enjoyed seeing our setup. It truly is a getaway. Sorry you weren't able to utilize your basement for a listening room.
That Marantz (I had one) deserves a nice set of SONY SSCS5s and a nice sub.
Room looks great thanks for the tour. Yes very sad about Andrew Fletcher will be missed by us Essex guys. Keep up the good work dear 😘
Thank you, Andrew. It's great to be back. Yes, I'm still shocked about Fletch's passing. How tragic and unexpected. he will be so missed. Glad you enjoyed the music room tour! See you next time!
You look gorgeous today! What a beautiful room! That Speed Racer is really rad. I love the way you set everything up so neat. We just moved as well and I am still getting my studio media room set up as well. The pillows are cute too. Very cool! I just got my childhood stereo working again. It’s a 1974 Panasonic with 8 track and I think I will clean it too. I got used Bose bookshelf speakers online for it and they sound great. I got lucky and found a new needle for it and got that working this week. I got some of my guitars hung up too. Waiting on new blinds and floating shelves to get here. I might make a video when I get it done. You are inspiring me. Thanks for sharing!
Aww, thank you for the extra kind words! Ah, glad you got your childhood stereo in working order once again. How fun! Congrats on working on your music room and modifying it exactly how you like it! Definitely film a video of the completed room!
Music is soothing to the soul and enhanced with a great listening room
You are so right, John! I'm so thankful to have this calming music space. Cheers!
@@TheOmahaIntrovert did you discover the band mando Diao that I suggested to you recently?
Hopeful for a little shoegaze love. Listened to Beliefs this morning. Amazing!
Love Beliefs! I don't think they're around anymore, sadly. Not 100% on that. Hope to do a dedicated shoegaze video in the future. I've accumulated some good stuff.
She's back. Wow! New music room, new video on UA-cam. Fantastic Hanna! Congrats on the new sanctuary. This shelf from your CD collection is interesting and until today I'd only seen people who order shelves made of steeel or wood with glass here in Brazil. Great room, great collection! Take care and rock on! Until next time.
Hi Alen! Yes, I'm back! Yeah, I guess this CD cabinet choice is a little unique. It needed some help to become a little stronger, but we took care of that! So glad you enjoyed seeing the final result of my new music room! Cheers! Rock on!
Great room! I have an Ortofon OM20 cartridge and I love it. I've also heard great things about the Ortofon 2M Blue.
Thanks for hanging out, Jeff! Still doing some research on the cartridges. Thanks for your recommendations! Cheers!
Great room! That's a whole lot of vinyl there. Great collection!
Hi Al! Yeah, this is more than I "need," but the hobby is too fun and the music obsession is real! Cheers!
Incredible room you have put together.
Hanna !! Nice slick room !! I never knew they had flood sensors. I can foresee some more shelves in you future now LOL. enjoy the space very nice !!! -V
Hi V! Yep, we may need to get another shelving unit in the future. I have almost two full rows of cubes to work with now, but being an addict, they can certainly fill up quickly! I can also do purges occasionally, hehe! Take care, and the flood sensors are definitely for peace of mind!
@@TheOmahaIntrovert Oh I know the feeling oh too well. with in the last 5 year I filled another 25 cubes and seems any purge I do does not help LOL
We both have the sickness! 🤣🤣👍🏻🎶🎶
Hi Hanna. Your music room turned out great. You should be proud to show it off. Lighting looks great. I've been picking up lots of CDs this year too. Thanks for sharing. Greg
Hi Greg! Really glad to have you hear, and I appreciate the kind words about how our new music room turned out. I'm with you - I can't stop buying CDs. Just the way it is! Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Nice digs! I actually hit up two thrift stores last week, managed to get an 90s Aiwa CD boombox for $19 but the cassette doesn’t work. Using it for a bathroom shelf radio. The CD works.
Hi Scott! Congrats on the Aiwa boombox. Bummer the cassette portion doesn't work but glad the CD function does! I love what gems the thrift stores can turn up on occasion!
@@TheOmahaIntrovert One of them had a Sony "XPlod" (lol) boombox but the antenna was missing. No idea if it worked or not, anyway. A Goodwill store had the Aiwa one, they had a huge old Sony minisystem with EQ but it didn't work at all, minus the radio, alas. Always see some weird old electronics at some of these places. The Aiwa is great, I wish the cassette motor was working, though. I just needed a box for the bathroom, those crank emergency radios are wretched. I also bought a new BT boombox, one of the 40 watt waterproof ones, I'm shocked at how great it is! High power and sounds fantastic. And I don't like BT anything, usually. It's good for the bedroom or just when I'm sitting here working on the PC and don't want to take up the main system for music, etc. No radio on it, however. Then again the radio in NY is pretty horrible by now.
@@TheOmahaIntrovert One inexplicable thing is the Aiwa has "QSound" "3D" stereo button effect, but no Xbass. Just has a 3 setting EQ. Weird! The 90s were wacky. I'd rather have a real old 80s boombox but they can be expensive and they may not work anymore unless restored. Actually I got a Sony refurbed one last year but it died, I just had to chuck it in the trash, sadly. That was a 90s one with CD and tape. CD stopped loading and No Disc kept flashing.
@@TheOmahaIntrovert I also found a lovely new condition sportcoat at one of those places for $14!
I've seen the way Goodwill throws around audio equipment and pretty much everything else after it is donated to them. So very sad. I would have to say the audio equipment selection at the Goodwills here is very poor