SPA Modeler

This is something we don't see every day. There is excess, and then there is excess. This is the latter. Everything about this is incredible: the costs of the system and the room, the time involved and the dedication it required; all just over the top! An example; the turntable unit weighs 1500 pounds, the main speakers are 1400 pounds each.

Note at 52:19, "Where's the Led Zeppelin?" Man, I would pay to hear "Immigrant Song" in that room!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b2IOOhJmxw&t=449s

Sadly, after Mr. Fritz passed from ALS, the entire system was parted out for a fraction of what it cost; just what he didn't want to happen...there's a lesson in that, somewhere.

i want one!

I need that in my car. Gotta have that to drown out that rap junk from another next to me at a stop light.

It would've been quite the experience to have listened in that room, on that system. I've lost so much of my hearing in my left ear, that I wouldn't get the full effect, I'm sure.

But still...Oh man, just imagine hearing "Electric Ladyland" in there!

I have 85% hearing loss in both my ears. Yes, I am hard of hearing since I was a toddler and wear a hearing aid all my life.
A funny story a few years ago…. a family friend on my brother in law’s side who owned an Opal Pro Street. I used to bust his chops of my desire to hear her purr. That one year he did. Pulled it out of his trailer, started it up. Just prior to that, my wife told me I better wear ear plugs so I won’t lose any hearing. I told her….

“The f*** you talking about? It’s a little too late for that. You know I’ve been hard of hearing since I was a toddler, right?”

I've lost about 80% of my hearing in my left ear due to a benign tumor (schwannoma) in my inner ear. I also have a loud, constant "ringing" in that ear; over time, I've come to sort of ignore the noise and the deafness is most annoying when listening to conversations in loud places.
It could be much worse.

Ah but being hard of hearing has its advantages... I can out "huh" everybody. Plus I'm a professional at selective hearing. That bugs my wife the most. She knows I do it on purpose too - especially during an argument- intentional or not.