The listening room

@TheHorse (207500)
Walnut Creek, California
February 12, 2019 10:32am CST
I recently (well, fairly recently) sold a couple of pairs of speakers that I restored over the years. I made a decent chunk of change ($1360) for the two pairs, but more importantly, I was able to clear up a bit of space in my listening room. Here's a picture of my listening room as of a couple of weeks ago. As you can see, I still have too many speakers, and only the pair on its side is for sale. Each pair has some sentimental value for me, but I have to keep "thinning the herd," or my smallish apartment will be dominated by stereo gear. Do you have a hobby that "takes up space"? If I move into a larger place, I'll try to have a dedicated work area and speaker storage area. For now, my walnut speakers are a part of the "aesthetic" of my living space.
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Jennifer
@LovingMyBabies (85127)
• Valdosta, Georgia
12 Feb 19
I love photography and when we move soon I will have my own indoor studio for that. =)
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The Horse
@TheHorse (207500)
• Walnut Creek, California
12 Feb 19
Most excellent! Will you have a "dark room," as in the old days?
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Jennifer
@LovingMyBabies (85127)
• Valdosta, Georgia
12 Feb 19
@TheHorse No, just special lighting and backdrops. =)
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The Horse
@TheHorse (207500)
• Walnut Creek, California
12 Feb 19
@LovingMyBabies Sounds good. Can you take a photo of me (attached) and make me look young, slender and handsome? That is NOT my best angle.
Anne Marie Guyer
@LeaPea2417 (36588)
• Toccoa, Georgia
12 Feb 19
I have a small space where I keep yarn to crochet.
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Anne Marie Guyer
@LeaPea2417 (36588)
• Toccoa, Georgia
13 Feb 19
@TheHorse No, it doesn't
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The Horse
@TheHorse (207500)
• Walnut Creek, California
13 Feb 19
@LeaPea2417 Heh. My restoration supplies are gradually taking over my kitchen.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (207500)
• Walnut Creek, California
12 Feb 19
Am I correct in assuming that doesn't take up too much space?
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (308693)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
12 Feb 19
That is a nice chunk of change for those speakers. My second bedroom is my dedicated workspace.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (207500)
• Walnut Creek, California
12 Feb 19
Got it. If I had a second bedroom, it would be my music room.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (308693)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
12 Feb 19
@TheHorse That would be helpful for you.
Cindy Tolbert
@cintol (11261)
• United States
13 Feb 19
Wow, thats a lot of speakers, good thing your thinning them out, they are beautiful though. You do good work sir!
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The Horse
@TheHorse (207500)
• Walnut Creek, California
13 Feb 19
Thank you. My goal is to get as many of these "older" speakers as possible into living rooms, where they all belong.
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Cindy Tolbert
@cintol (11261)
• United States
13 Feb 19
@TheHorse You shouldn't have a problem if they all look like that and the old speaker were always the best sounding.
Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326727)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Feb 19
I sued to have a lot of yarn in boxes but I've thinned that out completely. Probably Vince's photo gear takes up most space but it's packed away out of sight.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (207500)
• Walnut Creek, California
12 Feb 19
Should I give Vince a serious talking to?
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326727)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Feb 19
@TheHorse I've tried that. Doesn't work.
CarolDM
@CarolDM (203449)
• Nashville, Tennessee
12 Feb 19
My hobbies do not require much space.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (207500)
• Walnut Creek, California
12 Feb 19
At least I don't golf.
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203449)
• Nashville, Tennessee
12 Feb 19
@TheHorse My big camera is in a tripod, which takes up not much room at all.
Hate2Iron
@Hate2Iron (15730)
• Canada
12 Feb 19
I finally got some space to myself in the new house! Now to fill it ;) Love your room btw!
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The Horse
@TheHorse (207500)
• Walnut Creek, California
12 Feb 19
The books and walnut speakers give it a nice warmth.
Alfredo Rossi
@amadeo (111948)
• United States
12 Feb 19
No I have enough space.But always can use more
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Fleur
@Fleura (29276)
• United Kingdom
12 Feb 19
Yes, several - my house is full of plants, books and sewing projects. And then there are various other projects (usually involving furniture) in the garage!
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Jo Miller
@pjmurphy (2500)
• United States
12 Feb 19
That's a lot of speakers. I have more things than I need and I keep getting rid of things because can only take so much clutter.
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Angie
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
12 Feb 19
My office is full right now, with products for Sunshine`s homestead creations. All the working outside is for clearing an area for the building to be placed, then I will have a store right here on the homestead. And I will have my office back, no clutter and easier to clean.
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Hanni Harel
@Hannihar (129681)
• Israel
13 Feb 19
@TheHorse That is great that you sold them and have more room now. Since we do not have a storage. It belongs to the landlord and I cannot use it so have to have things in the apartment and try and find some order. I have downsized things and continue to do it.
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Arunima Singh
@arunima25 (85887)
• Bangalore, India
13 Feb 19
My hobby of reading and collecting books has taken up a lot of space. Now I am planning to thin it out by donating a few to library. That is a tough decision and I have to come over my sentimental connection to those books. It is going to take some time. I have no more place in my house for books. Meanwhile I am not buying a new one till I get rid of a few of them.
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Fat Oreo
@fluffy69 (4956)
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13 Feb 19
You have big speakers! How old are they?
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The Horse
@TheHorse (207500)
• Walnut Creek, California
13 Feb 19
Most are from the very early 1970s. The black ones holding the sideways KLH 17s are DCM Time Windows. Those are from the early 1980s.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (207500)
• Walnut Creek, California
13 Feb 19
@fluffy69 There are many people out there who want good sound and good aesthetics. These were the speakers I couldn't afford as a child, but revered. Many of my friends' parents had them. Now I can afford to buy them all scratched up and fix them up. It gives me great pleasure to get them back into living rooms, where they belong.
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Fat Oreo
@fluffy69 (4956)
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13 Feb 19
@TheHorsed then you must be selling them because they are collector’s items already. My father-in-law also has such.
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Toni
@toniganzon (72279)
• Philippines
13 Feb 19
I do and that's collecting planners and journals along with its accessories. I don't have a craft room yet where I could put all of them but I plan to organise everything soon as I need an office space in this house as well.
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Greg
@xander6464 (40942)
• Wapello, Iowa
12 Feb 19
I collect steam locomotives. I sometimes wonder if it's worth it because they do take up a little space. And constantly laying track for them is starting to get expensive.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (96474)
• Marion, Ohio
12 Feb 19
I used to collect a few things. But over the last few years I have been slowly getting rid of some stuff as I got tired of keeping the pieces clean.
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DEBJANI BASAK
@debjani1 (7207)
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12 Feb 19
Yes we are sometimes attached to some things in our house which we don't want to replace by other things. I have five sound boxes for tv and dvd player.
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José Valera
@jvicentevalera (13671)
• Santiago, Chile
12 Feb 19
It must be hard to get rid of things that have sentimental value for you.
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dhia eddine
@didinedhia (8475)
• Algeria
12 Feb 19
That is a good saving... good for you
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