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Stereo porn of Rives Audio custom media room (with special pics just for Artisan Fan)

post #1 of 18
12/28/08 at 1:11am
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A few months ago I posted some info about a Rives Audio custom design media room that is in my family's home. Chris Huston designed the room. Here are some pics. A few more closeups of the speakers and other gear: Front of the room. Back of the room. All of the components are kept in a separate room. Crestron system. Two bonus sections just for Artisan Fan. An orgy of high-end cables and wires: Bill O'Reilly "no pin-heads" mat in front of a custom built CD and record cabinet:
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post #2 of 18
12/28/08 at 1:54am
Wow that's amazing, thanks for sharing. Do you have a remote for it all? (And is it dual or quad core? )
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post #3 of 18
12/28/08 at 2:08am
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There's no central remote for everything. Although, the Crestron system has a touchscreen pad for the basic TV, DVD, lights, etc. I can barely figure out how to turn the thing on to watch a DVD. This is all my father's hobby. I was just visiting the folks for the holidays and thought I'd snap a few pics, since I'd mentioned the room in another thread.
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post #4 of 18
12/28/08 at 7:40pm
Interesting. I know Richard through a friend who owns a record label. He has given me tips on acoustics. Great guy and very smart.
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post #5 of 18
12/28/08 at 7:42pm
Love the custom LP drawers. The Spectral gear is sublime. The Schroder tonearm alone deserves a
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post #6 of 18
12/28/08 at 7:56pm
Nice speakers. No comment on the amps, which actually do need those fancy (very expensive cables), but I find the digital front-end to be very ironic.

--Andre
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post #7 of 18
12/28/08 at 8:25pm
I completely missed the dcs stack. I guess Zach's family is doing really well. I heard the newer "stack" at RMAF. Best CD playback I had heard but the EAR Acute was surprisingly close.
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post #8 of 18
12/28/08 at 8:39pm
Dropping over $20K on the dcs stack, and then having the Sigtech digitize it again with mid-90s 48 kHz converters seems pretty ironic to me.

--Andre
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post #9 of 18
12/28/08 at 9:02pm
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Dropping over $20K on the dcs stack, and then having the Sigtech digitize it again with mid-90s 48 kHz converters seems pretty ironic to me.

--Andre

I agree. The new dcs stack is a whopping $55K. And people make fun of my $600 Cardas AC cord.
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post #10 of 18
12/28/08 at 9:22pm
the dCS gear is outstanding. The new Paganini is fantastic.
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post #11 of 18
12/28/08 at 9:25pm
Dang.

- B
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post #12 of 18
12/28/08 at 9:39pm
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the dCS gear is outstanding. The new Paganini is fantastic.

I would settle for the Puccini myself.
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post #13 of 18
12/29/08 at 2:44am
Holy crap. Serious business going on in there.
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post #14 of 18
12/29/08 at 8:37pm
Very nice. Quite the media collection!
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post #15 of 18
12/29/08 at 8:47pm
What kind of music do your parents like?
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