#798

Why hate? Easily my fave pieces of gear of all time, daily use for over 11 years now.

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#799

Wow, I’ve been to that studio in Prague, but never seen that photo before. So cool!

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#800

I’ve been really jonesing for those Crookwood meters lately. What’s your experience like?

Also, love this whole setup on wheels. Fantastic!

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#801

i just really love hardwood herringbone floors…herringbone brick, herringbone in general.

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#802

They’re great, I bought the Crookwood setup in 2011.

I have the mastering console (bottom of the rack) with remote (top of the rack). It basically hooks the whole studio together, via D-SUBs on the back for AES to/from the PC, monitor controller, a capture ADC, a transfer DAC and a monitoring DAC to the ATCs, headphone amp, source and destination selector etc., and the VU meters.

I love the VU meters, once you get used to using them, nothing else comes close. It’s great that they have the various 6dB attenuators, so I can use them for premasters and the final master (which is usually a lot louder).

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#803

It’s called parquet in France, no idea what they call it in Italy. We’ve had parquet flooring since we left Japan in 2011, so am pretty used to it now, amuses me that someone thinks it’s cool. :slight_smile:

#804

I used to manage West End Music Exchange on Charing X Road in the mid 90’s, just down the road from Turnkey, who were also our rivals!
Moved to Notts in '98 and worked at Millennium Music who focussed on Music PC’s. Carillon were one of our rivals!

We should start a music store employees thread :joy:

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#805

I’ve never worked in a music shop, but a good friend was at Turnkey for many years.

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#806

totally, reminds me of france, petit trianon etc. we have so much wood trim and siding around here but you never see the parquet.

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#807

I worked at a guitar center for nearly a year back in 97-98…

Horrible experience…

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#808

I worked at a boutique (mostly) guitar and amp store in Santa Cruz for exactly two months. dude was a cokehead scam artist and would regularly guide me to do things that sold a maximum number of guitars instead of maybe what instrument would truly be good for someone. didn’t like me letting people play instruments that they “clearly were never going to buy” (Black college student), and in general just typified that early Gruhn-led renaissance and then overinflation of “vintage” guitar values.

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#809

This is a really OT and stupid question… but how do you like having a shelf on a radiator like that? @Angela and I have a few radiators in the house which would work amazingly with a shelf on/above them, but I’ve always been worried about limiting their efficacy (or roasting what’s on top).

#810

Personally, I’ve never found it to be a problem! I find that the heat doesn’t really transfer too thoroughly through a wooden shelf so whatever’s on top won’t roast (I keep books above my radiator, though, and not expensive music gear heh). Those big old radiators are always wayyyyy too hot for me also so I’m happy to block the heat in some way.

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#811

It’s pretty cool. I wouldn’t put instruments on there but I’m not really sure how hot the board gets. I’ve never had my desk on this side of the room, in general though I’ve never had issue setting small knickknacks and such there when it’s cold out and the heat is on. :slight_smile:

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#812

I guess I was thinking more about minimizing the heating in the room, though roasting was a smaller concern.

It gets quite cold during the winter here, so wouldn’t want to limit any heat-ness available!

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#813

I imagine there’s some sort of change in the heat output, I suppose it’s going to depend on your tolerance for change. FWIW, I don’t notice reduction in heat output but I’m not always super observant. You should give it a go!

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#814

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In my last post on this thread I shared how I had moved the majority of my gear from a creepy basement to my small sun-filled bedroom. The change of scenery helped with my creativity, but my gear was on a small coffee table and I had to hunch over slightly to reach everything. This worked out for a while until I started having lower back pains, so I ended up buying a proper desk and chair the other day. Now I have both tables in my setup and I’m able to have all my gear in one space. This is the coziest iteration yet.

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#815

Because I had to model it digitally for work. And that thing is the worst to model, but one of best to use :nerd_face:

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#816

Did you do the Softube version? I got all excited when they announced it, but when I did a head to head with the plugin, there was absolutely no way I was going to switch. I’ve been using a pair daily for over a decade, so was in a good position to compare. I can’t imagine how difficult it would be to try and model all the non-linearities and interactive effects of the controls, in these comps. Wade from Chandler says they are his favourite bits of gear they make. Mine too. :slight_smile:

#817

I would suggest that your logic is correct. For higher efficiency of transferring the heat and also for better distribution of the warm air in the room you need to keep your radiators clean.

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