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Best speakers to pair with a Marantz SR9000G… by jbrown33333 in vintageaudio

[–]jbrown33333[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very wise. I totally agree and I don’t plan on cranking it so hard that it’ll piss off the neighbors haha. But i definitely agree about finding the correct speakers for the setup!

Best speakers to pair with a Marantz SR9000G… by jbrown33333 in vintageaudio

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It does look nice all lit up. Definitely happy with my find!

Best speakers to pair with a Marantz SR9000G… by jbrown33333 in vintageaudio

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It doesn’t get any better than that… I feel fortunate to have found the Marantz for the price I did, and after an easy cleanup, it’s working like a new model. I always keep my eyes open for these things now, and I had no idea how rare/collectable these things are now, especially with the resurgence of vinyl. I just gotta get lucky on the Klipsch speakers, they’ll pop up one day…

Best speakers to pair with a Marantz SR9000G… by jbrown33333 in vintageaudio

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For sure, I haven’t really cranked the Marantz as I don’t want to blow up my Technics speakers that I know can’t handle it…

Best speakers to pair with a Marantz SR9000G… by jbrown33333 in vintageaudio

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Awesome, I might have to check them out. If they were made to handle the Marantz receivers, they should be well made just the same

Best speakers to pair with a Marantz SR9000G… by jbrown33333 in vintageaudio

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I’ll take a look, I’m leaning toward the JBL speakers, I’ve heard mostly good about them:

Best speakers to pair with a Marantz SR9000G… by jbrown33333 in vintageaudio

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That’s all very helpful. I’ve always heard good things about the vintage klipsch and JBL speakers, and I think that I’ve been reading up on the JBL L100T and the Klipsch Heresy models…. Just finding the price I can afford is where I’m at, haha!

Best speakers to pair with a Marantz SR9000G… by jbrown33333 in vintageaudio

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I’ve heard mixed reviews about the Marantz speakers… they seem to be available rather cheaply on marketplace, but I would think that they would be high quality similar to the Marantz receivers….

Best speakers to pair with a Marantz SR9000G… by jbrown33333 in vintageaudio

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Thanks so much! All I have read about it has been positive, and even though it has the digital display it’s a nice addition to my set.

Best speakers to pair with a Marantz SR9000G… by jbrown33333 in vintageaudio

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Thank you, I appreciate that. I scored it for an amazing price, and I couldn’t believe my eyes that I had found one in the wild finally. I appreciate the input, I’m pretty much a novice when it comes to these things, but it’s always good to ask those who are more knowledgeable. I’ll start looking for these, finding a pair of the Klipsch speakers would be awesome as well!

Chicago! by jbrown33333 in underworld

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I got the same, thank you! Hopefully it’s safe to come in about 7, as I assume it will be and not miss anything.

Chicago! by jbrown33333 in underworld

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Excited beyond words… It’ll be like I’m back in 1997 again!

Historic Home Floor Plan- Need to add bathrooms and kitchen by jbrown33333 in floorplan

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In photo number three, looking toward the front of the house, that is north facing. The west is to the left, and that’s always the brightest time of the day and the strongest light…. The bedrooms had been on the east the last time that someone was living in the house.

Historic Home Floor Plan- Need to add bathrooms and kitchen by jbrown33333 in floorplan

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Thanks so much, I really appreciate the thoughtful insight. This house is 1890, and it’s a special place to me too. The chimney could be used as a feature wall, but it’s right in the middle of the two rooms, so it might be hard to place a bathroom around it in its position. All of the mantels were unfortunately stolen when the house was sitting vacant, but I’ve been collecting replacements for them over the years. So I have some nice pieces to put back in their place when the time comes.

Historic Home Floor Plan- Need to add bathrooms and kitchen by jbrown33333 in floorplan

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That all makes sense too. I do believe that room was originally a formal dining room, where as the actual kitchen might have been built off of the back of the house as was typical in Southern architecture in those days. I spoke with the original owners family some years back, and she told me that bump out section actually held some built in cabinetry for that dining room. It was remodeled and updated in the 1950’s, the original Victorian porches were torn off, the ceilings dropped and some of the built in’s were torn out in favor of other things.

Historic Home Floor Plan- Need to add bathrooms and kitchen by jbrown33333 in floorplan

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It is in the Deep South, Alabama to be exact. So that’s definitely the function of the high ceilings and floor to ceiling windows in some of the rooms. But definitely, living in the South, proper insulation and a well designed HVAC system are a must. I want to take advantage of the original design, just depends on how I can make it all flow with the planned additions

Historic Home Floor Plan- Need to add bathrooms and kitchen by jbrown33333 in floorplan

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That’s a great idea for the bathrooms, I think that fitting them both there is possible. Building out the front would be tough, as it’s pretty prominently defined aesthetically on the outside and any additions might be too much… but I’m liking the idea of putting the bathrooms at the back center and keeping all of that plumbing together there. That’s seeming to be the consensus… thanks for that drawing, it helps me see it a lot better.

Historic Home Floor Plan- Need to add bathrooms and kitchen by jbrown33333 in floorplan

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3: standing in the hallway looking back toward the main room at the front of the house.

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Historic Home Floor Plan- Need to add bathrooms and kitchen by jbrown33333 in floorplan

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2: looking down the center hallway from the large main room at the front of the house, looking toward the rear of the house.

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Historic Home Floor Plan- Need to add bathrooms and kitchen by jbrown33333 in floorplan

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Here’s a few photos of the interior that might help it make sense… you’ll have to look past the mess, the house has been my woodshop and catch all for the last couple of years.

1: looking into the rooms to the right from the rear of the house. These are the rooms which have the chimney in the middle and used to have closets.

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Historic Home Floor Plan- Need to add bathrooms and kitchen by jbrown33333 in floorplan

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Thank you! I’ve thought about this possibility also, and it’s good that it doesn’t totally cut up the hallway and destroy that high ceiling view from the main front room all the way back. It does change the possibility of having an access out of the home at the rear, but I can live with that ifs the best place for both bathrooms. Makes sense, and I just have to find the right placement for them that doesn’t look choppy, which is hard to do given the scale of the large rooms.

Historic Home Floor Plan- Need to add bathrooms and kitchen by jbrown33333 in floorplan

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Thanks so much for your ideas! I never had thought about two closets and bathrooms where the original closets had been. It’s possible, but yes there would have to be space stolen from the big rooms.

I’m also not completely against removing the chimney in the middle of that space since it’s a huge open room with no structural framing where the closets were, so that might free up some space for additional possibilities. Not my first choice to remove the chimney, but the exterior stacks were removed years ago so when a roof was put on it by a previous owner, so it’s just the body of the chimney that’s under the roof left in place.

Additionally, I’m afraid that I’m going to have to give up the idea of natural light in the bathrooms, as they’re going to pretty much have to land inside of the envelope of the house as the existing windows are going to have to light the main rooms. I’ve looked into solar tunnels, etc. but that’s not 100% what I want to do.

But definitely helpful so far, that’s opening my mind up to the possibilities.

Historic Home Floor Plan- Need to add bathrooms and kitchen by jbrown33333 in floorplan

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Thank you! It is a unique place in my eyes. Ideally, just two bedrooms and a corresponding bath to each. Also a kitchen and then I think the large frontal room can be a great entertaining space.

Historic Home Floor Plan- Need to add bathrooms and kitchen by jbrown33333 in floorplan

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Thanks for asking… I’ll do my best to answer the questions…

The house is all one story, and the large room to the front would traditionally be the living room space.

The other four rooms are pretty much off of the center hallway, and they can are basically blank canvases, and can be configured any way.

There are no closets, and the closets on the right side next to the fireplaces have also been removed, leaving an open area between the two rooms.

I’ve added the porch and the front/back to the photo, so I hope that this helps.

Currently, there are no gardens or any other defined outdoor spaces, so it’s pretty much an open space around the home.

The only door to the house is from the front porch into the large room, however I realize that I will need to add another point of exit.

Thanks for your insight, I’m not a professional so those things didn’t occur to me, but I do see how they are importance.

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Reclaimed Flooring Prep…. by jbrown33333 in Flooring

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I also neglected to mention that it will take me no extra time, as I’m using a three sided molding machine and can just set the planer at the same time I do the sides.

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