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TC
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Here are some shots of my lovely Whisper Room.
It weighs roughly 1,000,000 pounds, but it's on wheels in case I need to move it around for vacuuming or whatever.
I attached a simple shelf on the outside to hold my PowerBook and an external hard drive. I put another one on the inside to hold a wireless keyboard and mouse and my MBox.
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Mushmelon
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| Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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| TC wrote: | | It weighs roughly 1,000,000 pounds |
Damn...when did the gravitational constant change?
Or are you located on a pulsar?
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tackerman
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| Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 4:48 pm Post subject: |
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Obviously he rounded up.  |
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Yoda117
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JeffK
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| Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 5:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | It would explain the orbiting hats. |
I learn so much on this board...I thought orbiting hats made things defy gravity!  |
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DaveChristi
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| Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 5:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Mushmelon wrote: | | TC wrote: | | It weighs roughly 1,000,000 pounds |
Damn...when did the gravitational constant change?
Or are you located on a pulsar? |
| VoiceTom wrote: | | Obviously he rounded up. |
(in my best "Dad" voice) I've told you kids a billion times not to exagerate!
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TC
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| Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 5:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Trust me: The real exaggeration was the part where I mentioned vacuuming. |
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Jeffrey Kafer
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TC
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| Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 10:25 pm Post subject: |
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| JeffreyKafer wrote: | | Your window: Glass or plexiglass? How do you keep reflections off that thing? |
It's glass.
I don't have any issues with reflections, but I haven't done anything special to prevent them. |
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COURVO
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| Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 10:43 pm Post subject: |
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TC,
I like it...very well constructed.
Two questions.
Is that a flourescent light above the window? Usually they give off a distinctive whine. Yours?
Also, ventilation? What do you do for that?
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TC
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| Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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| COURVO wrote: | | Is that a flourescent light above the window? Usually they give off a distinctive whine. Yours? |
You're right, it is a fluorescent light. Doesn't make any noise at all.
| COURVO wrote: | | Also, ventilation? What do you do for that? |
It came with an elaborate ventilation system that's baffled from here to Sunday. If you look at the bottom of the second picture, near the bottom of the copy stand there's a black round thing that looks like a pop filter sort of hanging in mid-air. It's actually the hole through which the ventilation system brings in air.
Unfortunately, the ventilation system, unlike the fluorescent light, does make noise. Too much noise to record with. I don't even bother using it. If I'm in there for extended periods, I take breaks every 15 minutes or so and open the door.
I imagine the ventilation system isn't so disruptive in the larger models, but this one is only 4 x 4, so you can't put the mic anywhere that it won't pick up the noise. It's not the fan that's the problem, it's the actual "whoosh" of the air moving through the system.
One of these days I may pull it apart and try to mess with the baffles and see if I can address the noise. Right after I finish vacuuming. |
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TC
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| Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 11:17 pm Post subject: |
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| JeffK wrote: | | I learn so much on this board...I thought orbiting hats made things defy gravity! |
You're right, they do. Without those hats, the whole thing would plunge through the floor. |
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JeffK
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| Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 5:10 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | the whole thing would plunge through the floor. |
wow...I did know somethin!
Seriously, you have a great set up...the placement of your lap top was very innovative! I really wanted to go down the Whisper Room or Sound Sucker road. When I was looking at options, my wife told me that the whisper room looked too much like a coffin. Being the creative guy I am I then tried to use a different angle and told her that would work out even better...she wouldn't have to make another investment when the good Lord called my name...but obviously that tactic didn't work either. Even if it did, I just wouldn't have anywhere to put it. So on to plan B. However, I think my wife is now a little envious. She has been telling me that it is unfair, she wants her own "padded room"! |
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TC
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| JeffK wrote: | | When I was looking at options, my wife told me that the whisper room looked too much like a coffin. |
She's right -- the thing is ugly. There's no way around that.
I'll bet her padded room will be very tastefully decorated. |
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jrodriguez315
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| TC wrote: | | JeffK wrote: | | When I was looking at options, my wife told me that the whisper room looked too much like a coffin. |
She's right -- the thing is ugly. There's no way around that.
I'll bet her padded room will be very tastefully decorated. |
Ugly or not, if it's a making money box, my wife won't mind much.
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