Ok, it’s never really finished… is it?

But at least it’s wired up and running!

Time to hit record!!!

Set up the new Dynaudio LYD48’s and on first flush, they sound pretty fucking fantastic!!! What a huge difference all the treatment from GIK Acoustics makes (as you might imagine).

I hung the remainder of the wall panels (just 3 more ceiling panels to go).

Broke the place in with some early Billy Joel, Patrick Park and of course, some Iron Maiden.

Here’s a panorama for shits and giggles.

“Rielly chose this format because he wanted to emphasize the songwriting and I don’t blame him. His craft has matured to the point where these songs don’t need anything else but his voice and a guitar.  He shows off his fantastic and slightly bent sense of humor as well as a sad and ultra-serious side.”

Charlie Ricci – http://bloggerhythms.blogspot.com/2017/12/d-b-rielly-live-from-long-island-city.html?m=1

…drill bit that is!

(see what I did there? I’m using a drill a lot today… get it?)

The last bass trap arrived from GIK undamaged… so time to start hanging!!!

I still need to deal with the damaged pieces but with the help of my wife, I got this far:

A few more things came today.  Mostly small utilitarian stuff (still vital to the process though).

But, also this monster from Equi=Tech (My UPS guy hates me).

Still no word on the missing bass trap…

So, all the acoustic treatment showed up from GIK (Well, almost all, still waiting on one bass trap that FedEx has… eh… misplaced.).

I spent a bunch of time unpacking and even placing a few of the easier to mount pieces

But….

…FedEx was not exactly gentle with these things and of the 9 “Alpha 6” panels I ordered, 7 were broken and unusable.

So… Fuck FedEx right in the fucking face.

I’m sure the folks at GIK will be great about returns, etc.

It’s still progress though.

Stay tuned.