Not trying to be provocative. I just genuinely don’t under why people who obsess over creating the best possible sonic experience in their homes—and are willing to spend a fortune on equipment to do so—don’t seem to care much at all about the appearance of the rooms that they’ll be spending so much time in. There are so many photos on here of dreary man caves with bad carpets and tacky furniture, many of them overstuffed with multiple sets of amps and speakers and giant cables snaking all over the floor. I love this subreddit and the passion people have for stereos and great-sounding music. I’m just a bit confused by why people who have so much aesthetic sophistication in one area seem to lack it another.
Technology weenies are often not that artistic. There’s a little something to that meme about how men would be fine living in a bare apartment as long as it had a mattress, a chair, a carton of beer and a huge TV.
Wife approval factor can be an awful thing but not always.
I’m no Rembrandt but at least I try to make every room in my place have its own identity so to speak, and try to match colors, have artwork, a few knick-knacks (though not a lot) and so on.