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0:00Well, here we are. We're still grinding.
0:03Um, and today I want to share with you
0:06the beginning, what I have been finding
0:09out, and of course, all the details of
0:12what I'm about to embark on. Before I
0:15get started, please don't forget to
0:17check out my website, jayauudioab.com,
0:20for more used high-end audio equipment.
0:23I am sure I have something for some of
0:25you out there uh that can certainly
0:28improve the performance of your system.
0:31I actually want to use this opportunity
0:33to brainstorm with all of you watching
0:35me. So if you have any constructive
0:38feedback, please comment below. Let me
0:41know your thoughts as I begin to explain
0:43to you what we will be doing here over
0:46the next two and a half to 3 months. So,
0:50I had a contractor
0:52come and pay me a visit u about a week
0:54ago. And at that point in time, I only
0:57had an idea in my head. I did not have
1:00the 3D model that you're seeing on your
1:03screen right now, which you got to give
1:04me kudos, man. I created it. I learned
1:07on my own, okay? I punched a few holes
1:09in the wall because of being frustrated
1:12with the software, but my iPad M4
1:15actually delivered. So I have a very
1:17good 3D model of what I'm visualizing.
1:20So anyway, after I got done doing that
1:23and now I have a visual of what I am
1:25thinking, okay, because it is important
1:27that the contractor also has a vision
1:30with you, okay, of what you're thinking
1:31about. And so I
1:34reached out to a company called Acoustic
1:36Science. They basically gave me some
1:41interesting insights as to what I should
1:43be doing with my room in order to keep
1:47vibration from happening around the
1:49walls, if that makes sense. They are
1:52extremely extremely knowledgeable when
1:54it comes to creating the right room, the
1:58right environment for your sound. So,
2:00let me go over as far as what that is.
2:02So, the name of the process is called
2:04ISO wall. Okay? An ISO wall is nothing
2:07else than two walls, two drywalls
2:11basically screwed together. So let me
2:14demonstrate a little bit of what we're
2:15talking about here. So for instance,
2:17right, you have here the frame, right?
2:19It's the frame of the structure. If you
2:23have sound waves, if you have a sound
2:25system in here, and let's say all you
2:27have is your drywall screwed onto these
2:30beams, what happens is, believe it or
2:32not, bass pressurizes the room and it
2:36makes the walls vibrate. When the walls
2:40vibrate, so does this. And you really
2:43don't want to have that issue because it
2:45does create base issues. There are many
2:48anomalies that occur when you have that
2:51in room vibration. And so what they are
2:55basically going to be helping me with is
2:57to create an environment where the walls
3:00absorb a lot of this issue. The drywall
3:03itself will be completely decoupled from
3:06these beams. So I'm going to be ordering
3:08this huge kit. So what it is are these
3:11channels that get attached on these
3:14beams, right? That go across. You're
3:17seeing them on your screen right now.
3:18And these channels essentially are what
3:22basically support the first drywall, the
3:24first layer. So it gets put on those
3:27channels. So that's step number one.
3:29Step number two is to put these pads,
3:32these squares on the actual drywall, the
3:36first drywall. And those squares will
3:39basically glue the second drywall on top
3:43of the first drywall. Now, of course,
3:45you can't leave the structure like that,
3:48right? So, you have to make sure you put
3:50screws to put to basically attach these
3:53two drywalls together. Now, the key here
3:55is to make sure that you do not screw
3:59that second layer of drywall onto the
4:02beam because if you screw it onto the
4:03beam, you essentially have damaged the
4:07benefits of this decoupling effect. So
4:11you got to make sure that when you screw
4:12them together, you're screwed it you're
4:14screwing them somewhere along here. So
4:16that when the screws go from the first
4:18drywall to the second, you're doing it
4:20right here. You're not doing it here. So
4:22you're doing it like this, right? That
4:25way the two drywalls stay together. Now
4:27the same thing is happening with the
4:30roof. Now you're looking at the roof
4:32right now. It is a huge tall ceiling
4:34here, guys. It is approximately
4:3716 to 18 ft tall. very tall ceiling and
4:41I'm going to have a I'm going to drop a
4:44ceiling. I'm going to definitely have a
4:45drop ceiling. The dimensions that I'm
4:47thinking about for the two rooms are
4:49going to be 24
4:51by 17 by 11. So, the ceilings are going
4:55to be approximately 11 ft tall. And
4:59right here, what you're seeing is
5:01approximately 17 ft. So this part once
5:08we put the double drywalls right here
5:11and we knock this down because you see
5:13all these beautiful shelves are going to
5:15go. They're going to be completely taken
5:16down. So from here to there is going to
5:20be approximately 17.5
5:23ft in terms of the width of the room
5:26which I find completely acceptable for
5:28this perfect ratio which again it's 24x7
5:33by 11. Now when it comes to the roof
5:36here is something that has been
5:39unfortunately
5:42be been creating a lot of like questions
5:45for me. Okay. And I'm going I want you
5:47guys to answer me in the comments
5:49section. Some of you that have seen this
5:52room, okay, have essentially told me
5:55that it would be cool to keep the
5:57windows, right? So, we have four windows
6:00as you can see on the on either side of
6:04the structure. Right? So, we have four
6:05windows. Some of you have told me, Jay,
6:08if you can keep those windows, I think
6:12it'll make the room just nicer. A lot of
6:14you feel very lonely in your listening
6:16rooms because you have no contact with
6:18the outside world, but I was told that
6:21if I kept the windows, it'll give the
6:24entire feel of the room much more of a
6:27living room, if you will. Okay. But my
6:31biggest concern, as you know, and
6:33hopefully I don't fall. Don't laugh.
6:35Okay. My biggest concern
6:38I'm stepping on magical subs. They'll
6:42survive. This is my biggest concern
6:45guys.
6:48See that it doesn't feel like it's thick
6:51glass and also the leakage that will
6:55occur right sound will essentially exit
6:59the room. Okay. Now I have been told by
7:03some of you that there are some special
7:06double like sided glass special glass
7:09that doesn't allow for sound to leak.
7:11And so if you know of these companies, I
7:14want you to drop them down in the
7:16comments section. If you have used
7:17specific glass that allows for that to
7:19not occur because ideally I don't want
7:22to disturb my neighbors. Although these
7:25are states so houses are pretty spread
7:28apart, that doesn't mean I still want
7:30the sound to escape. I would prefer to
7:32keep as much sound inside the room as
7:34possible. And so the ideal will the idea
7:38would be to put like special sealant
7:41across the frame of this window to allow
7:44for no sound to escape and maybe order
7:46some thick glass so that I can retain
7:50these beautiful windows. Now let me get
7:53down and make sure I don't bust my ass
7:54here. Yep.
7:59All right. Oh, I didn't. So, the idea is
8:02to hopefully retain the windows. Okay.
8:07Do you guys think that's a better idea
8:09to keep the windows or do you think I
8:11should just go all out and make the
8:12rooms completely enclosed with no
8:16visibility to the outside world? Drop a
8:19comment, okay? I want to know what you
8:20guys think. I may even p put up a poll
8:23so you guys can vote. Keep the windows
8:25or delete them completely and forget
8:27about it. Okay. So now speaking of the
8:30roof, I I just said that the ceiling
8:32would be approximately 11 ft tall. Now
8:3511t tall is so you know it's probably
8:39going to be around here. That's about 11
8:42ft. We already measured it yesterday,
8:43right? So in reality I would have if I
8:46decide to delete the windows, I would
8:48have to have them seal them and
8:50basically create a frame right there and
8:52put drywall right on top of it. like
8:54with the same idea as what we talked
8:57about, meaning the ISO wall procedure.
9:01So,
9:02I prefer to keep the windows as if
9:04possible because I think it's kind of
9:06cool to open the door to the room and
9:09not even have the lights on, actually
9:11have natural light inside the room. I
9:12think it's kind of cool. Um, I don't
9:14know how that affects the temperature of
9:17the room. That's another thing I was
9:18thinking about. I don't know if that's
9:20going to make the room hotter, meaning
9:21my AC will work much harder. Um, those
9:24are things that I just don't have answer
9:26for yet. Now, moving on to the next part
9:28of the project, which is really
9:31something that is very important. Okay,
9:34and that would be my electrical.
9:37All right, this panel is here. Don't
9:41know what it runs. Again, I'm still
9:43unpacking. Okay, I don't know what the
9:45hell this runs. All I can do is read
9:48what it says here. Now, this panel
9:51clearly, and I think you guys would
9:52agree, I wouldn't want this panel to be
9:55inside the room. I think it would look
9:57tacky.
9:59So, we have to relocate it, right? So, I
10:02would have to move this entire panel all
10:04the way,
10:06follow me, all the way here
10:09to this corner. Right. This corner.
10:14That way
10:15it's out of sight. Remember it's two
10:18rooms. So if the rooms are 24
10:23in length, 24 ft in length, I am
10:25probably going to end up with both rooms
10:28right here. So I'm going to probably end
10:30up with a wall right here, leaving me
10:32this space for storage, right? So, I
10:36don't mind having the electrical panel
10:38there because it's not going to be
10:39inside of any of the two rooms, right?
10:41That I'll have divided anyway. Now, of
10:44course, that presents issues. That means
10:46all of this wiring that you see here,
10:48they're going to have to rework this
10:49wires. All these things need to be done.
10:51See this? This is actually a pipe. Water
10:55runs through here to the to the uh
10:58outside where there is a hose. So, all
11:00of this needs to be relocated. All this
11:02needs to be taken down. See all these
11:04beautiful shells? These are expensive
11:05things. These shelves are heavy duty.
11:08They need to be knocked down. Think
11:09about how much wood I'm going to be
11:11wasting. Maybe I'll hand hang hang on to
11:13a lot of it because I could repurpose it
11:14at some point. So, maybe I'll tell him,
11:16listen, uh, leave me the wood in the
11:18best shape possible that because I might
11:20need to use these. Now, if you're
11:22wondering, what are we doing with the
11:24roof? Okay, so the plan with the roof
11:27will be to once we drop the ceiling
11:30hopefully at around 11 ft. The idea with
11:34the roof will be to keep the area above,
11:37which should be approximately another
11:39five feet maybe. The idea is to keep
11:41that as storage so that all these boxes
11:43that you see here when they're empty,
11:46they go up above. And then that section
11:48at the end will be for like the crates
11:51that are empty, right? The big speaker
11:53crates. So that way I don't have to keep
11:55renting storage units because full
11:58disclosure, I was spending $850
12:02a month on two storage units to
12:06essentially store all of this stuff that
12:08you see here. $850 and I did that for 2
12:12years straight. So what's that? Almost
12:16like $24,000 around there. $23,000.
12:20That's a lot of money that I dropped on
12:21that. So, I would prefer to try to
12:24leverage as as much of my space as I
12:26possibly can without having to be going
12:29to a storage facility. I don't want to
12:31do that anymore. I want to use my big,
12:33you know, home to basically store all of
12:36my crates and all of the equipment that
12:39I have here. As far as the floor, let me
12:42show you the floor. Okay, so for the
12:44floor,
12:46this is what I'm going to be doing. Now,
12:48these were left behind by the previous
12:50owner. But these are great things. These
12:54are called Duralux waterproof luxury
12:57vinyl. See that right there?
13:00That is essentially what I'm going to be
13:02doing for the floor. I'll tell you why.
13:07I'm tired of carpet. I'm sick of carpet
13:09on the floor. I'm sick of it. I'm sick
13:11of it. I I don't want any more carpet.
13:13I've already lived with it. And to be
13:15frank with you, I am not the most
13:17careful individual when it comes to
13:19dragging equipment on the floor. Um, and
13:22so I did put a heavy duty carpet in the
13:25last lab which really had great
13:28durability, but I don't think it adds
13:30anything to the presence of the room. I
13:32think carpet in general, especially
13:34heavy duty carpet, tends to just not
13:37look great. Clearly nothing like this.
13:40Clearly, it won't look like this. Okay.
13:43It will not have anything like this that
13:46gives more presence, more beauty, more
13:50room aesthetics. And so what I'm going
13:52to do is I'm going to laminate the whole
13:55floor, all this slab of concrete with
13:57this. Okay, we're going to do this
13:59entire thing. That way when I drag a
14:02huge crate and it breaks and I damage
14:05it, all I got to do is replace this and
14:08I'm back in business. I don't have to
14:10worry about anything else or having to
14:12tear the whole carpet because I
14:14destroyed it. Right? So, to me, this
14:16seems to be the better option. Also,
14:19remember, by having this, I can still
14:22couple the speakers on to the concrete.
14:25If I'm spiking them, which clearly I'm
14:27not going to use spikes because
14:29obviously I would damage this. But if I
14:31put these discs that go under the
14:32spikes, I'm still on the concrete
14:35surface, right? And to me that gives
14:38better performance. Last thing that I
14:40wanted to comment on which um you know I
14:44know many of you have talked about is
14:47the air conditioning. Yes, I'm going to
14:49be dropping hopefully a beautiful uh
14:52ceiling in here that I already discussed
14:55with my contractor. It's going to be
14:58very modern. I don't want any of the
15:00ghetto old looking ceilings. I want
15:03something really good-looking. I want
15:05something that when you walk in here,
15:07you're like, "Wow, this is next level.
15:09This is beautiful. This is a gorgeous uh
15:11looking room, two rooms." And so, I may
15:14even color rooms differently. I don't
15:16know. I may just paint them in different
15:18colors. Um I haven't gotten that far
15:21yet, but I would definitely love to
15:24differentiate the rooms. So, my intent
15:26is, for example, in this on this side, I
15:29want to have the
15:31more affordable room, if that's a thing
15:34on my channel. And then as you walk
15:37through the double doors that will be
15:38here on the wall, there will be double
15:40doors that or maybe a 40-in door perhaps
15:44because I still need to remember log
15:46equipment from that side to this side.
15:49This would be where my cost no object
15:52system will be. This will be the system,
15:53the crazy system that I prefer to have
15:57it here because I don't expect to be
15:59switching a lot of stuff in and out from
16:00this system. It would be more of my
16:03reference system for a long time, right?
16:06So, this system here would be the one
16:08that I would be changing a lot of
16:09component components, probably doing
16:11like tube gear, affordable speakers,
16:14affordable DAXs. This would be the the
16:16fun room where I would play more. Okay,
16:18that that would be more for like serious
16:20clients that want to hear a high caliber
16:24system. They're really interested in
16:26purchasing it through me. This is where
16:28they would come, right? That doesn't
16:30mean you can't hear it. Yes, you can
16:31listen to it, but this would be more of
16:33the approachable room. Two themes for
16:36sure. I got to think about two themes.
16:38I'm going to work with my wife wife as
16:39far as the color schemes u to
16:41differentiate both rooms. Um, I'm
16:44thinking a very beautiful structure,
16:47very beautiful feel to the entire room.
16:51Um, it's going to cost me an arm and a
16:54leg. When I get there, you guys will be
16:57part of the ride. Once I have come up
17:00with an agreement and the right figures
17:03for my contractor and I to do the work,
17:06I'll start filming parts of the process.
17:08You'll start seeing all this being taken
17:10down. you'll start seeing all the
17:13electrical be moved. I'm going to
17:15document all of that for you guys to
17:17follow along. I just wanted to give you
17:19this initial video so you understand
17:21what I'm thinking. That said, things may
17:24change along the way. So, keep that in
17:26mind. Okay? What you see here on your
17:28screen, this 3D rendering, the uh design
17:31that I did is so that you have a highle
17:33idea of what I'm thinking in my head,
17:35but we may have to switch things, you
17:38know, as we go along. I don't really
17:41know how what the end product will look
17:43like, but you do have an idea now with
17:46this design that you're seeing on your
17:47screen what I'm thinking about. Last but
17:49not least, we cannot forget about the
17:51importance of the door. This door, which
17:53is 36 in, will be replaced by probably a
17:5640-in or maybe even a wider door. And it
17:58will not open to the inside because
18:00remember, I'll have speakers right here.
18:03And I don't want some of you to come in
18:05here and knock down a speaker because
18:07that's going to be an expensive purchase
18:09that you're going to have to make. Okay.
18:10So, the door will open to the outside
18:13and um I think I should have enough
18:15space for people to walk through here
18:17and obviously visit both rooms. So,
18:21that's basically what I'm thinking. It's
18:24not going to be cheap, but I am going
18:26for number one the room performance. I
18:29am going for room aesthetics. Those two
18:32things will go hand in hand. And by the
18:35way, I understand that there's going to
18:38be there are going to be some
18:39trade-offs. I understand that. Okay. I
18:41know that if I want the best performance
18:43imaginable, I should just get rid of the
18:45windows. I get that. Okay. But how much
18:48of the performance am I really losing by
18:50getting rid of the windows? Am I really
18:52losing half of the performance by
18:54keeping them? Is that what's going on?
18:56Tell me in the comment section. Have you
18:59heard a quite substantial reduction in
19:02performance by keeping the windows in
19:03your listening rooms? Or perhaps, which
19:07something that my wife also said, we can
19:09put acoustic drapes right on them,
19:11right? Acoustic drapes. And that we can
19:14actually open up with a push of a
19:16button. Motorized. All eight of them
19:17will just open up when I'm just hanging
19:19out here with you guys, right? When
19:21we're hanging out, I can just open them
19:23up with a push of a button. And when
19:24we're going to do critical listening, I
19:26can just push a button and then some
19:27acoustic drapes right there would just
19:30close the windows off completely and
19:31we're back in business. So, there are
19:33some ideas that I have. Of course, they
19:36are all very expensive. Nothing is
19:38cheap. Okay. And as you can see before I
19:40go, I got a lot of gear that I need to
19:43sell. So, if you're looking for used
19:45high-end gear, please let me know. I got
19:48some SIM audio integrated, the latest
19:52Sim audio integrated in the back. I
19:54don't know if you see the box over
19:55there. I got that. Um, I have this
20:00Artisania audio stands that I would I
20:02wouldn't mind selling. Um, I got the
20:04Magical Q subs. I got an Apex stereo
20:07amplifier, which is still my reference
20:10amplifier. The monos are what I'm going
20:12to keep here. Uh, so I don't need to
20:14keep the stereo and the mono. So, I got
20:16an Apex stereo. U, there are many other
20:19things that I have here. I got some
20:21Sabrina
20:23X's right here from Wilson Audio. These
20:25are Sabrina's.
20:27Okay. And I need I think I'm going to
20:28use those in my home theater inside my
20:30home. So, when I get to the home theater
20:32section, which we will cover probably
20:34early next year, I think maybe I'll use
20:36some Wilson Audio Sabrina X's next to
20:38the screen and maybe some Wilson um the
20:42ones that hang on the wall. I don't
20:43remember. Alina, Alina, can't remember
20:45the name of them. Maybe I'll use that.
20:47I'm thinking about doing a Wilson home
20:49theater setup. uh something smaller uh
20:51for the inside or I may even do which I
20:54was thinking about this possibility. I
20:56was looking at Dine Audio uh fully
20:59active speakers from Dine Audio doing
21:01the entire full fully active speakers so
21:04that I don't need an amplifier. All I do
21:06is I would run lines from where the
21:08processor would be with an XLR into the
21:11back of each speaker and the inwalls. Of
21:13course, I would need perhaps an
21:15amplifier to drive the in the Atmos
21:17speakers, excuse me. But a lot of work
21:20to do here, guys, as you can see. And I
21:22am going to take you along for the ride.
21:25As I said, the idea is to build two
21:28impressive rooms. They need to be
21:30good-looking. I don't want something old
21:32school. I don't want something old. If
21:35they're going to be old, I might as well
21:36just keep the room as it is and drop a
21:38carpet on the floor and plop the
21:39speakers and call it a day. Okay? I need
21:42to make sure it looks the part. So, when
21:44I do the grand opening, hopefully end of
21:47the year, maybe in early January, you
21:50come in and you're like, "Man, this has
21:52been really well designed, Jay. You
21:54killed it. I have never seen something
21:56so pretty." And of course, good sounding
21:59as well. All right. So, let me know your
22:02ideas. Comment below. Give me your ideas
22:05on the windows. Do I get rid of the
22:07windows? If I keep them, do you have any
22:10suggestions as far as companies that I
22:12can work with as far as getting the
22:14right glass, something that's thicker
22:16that can maintain a lot of this of the
22:18sound? I don't want any sound to leak
22:20out of the the the the this structure,
22:23right? Let me know. Or curtains or
22:25things like that that I can utilize. I
22:27am counting on you to also give me a
22:29hand. Okay? Cuz I don't know everything.
22:32Okay? I don't know everything. All
22:33right? And let me know your overall
22:35impressions of what I'm thinking about
22:37for the near future. All right, guys.
22:39So, that's all I got for today. Thank
22:42you for your support, and I will be
22:45talking to you soon.
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