So I did a little searching online today (the one hour of the day we weren't nonstop busy) and I think I'm going to attempt a bar that looks like this:

http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/e6656a89.jpg

It will match my wall panels and speakers. Should I do black or grey for the top and trim? I need to find someone to custom make me a metal top and trim.

This would really look amazing Sean :rock: Looks inviting and would be a nice place to enjoy a drink while being transportedby the Sapphires paired with Octave V70

I might have to rebuild it as the height is a bit tall I think. This bar project is going to take a little longer to finish that planned.

Wait a minute now. You trash Travis's spelling

Then you go & misspell "new", BUT, Correctly spell "Schindler" of SCHINDLER'S LIST :confused: :eek: :panic:

"RUSSELL" Brand too.:whip:

Travis does it numerous times a day on a daily basis. If I do make an error I usually catch it and correct it. However when typing off the iPad I am more likely to make a mistake which is what I made that typo from.

"I Swear Ma'am, my Dog ate my Homework last night!!" :( :p :D

Yea yea yea:rolleyes:

I like the look of the bar your thinking of doing, it would really look great with your speakers and panels you have now.

What SPF would you care for :rotfl:

What's up Sean? If you could build that bar, you can definitely build speakers lol

That is what I was thinking. I was going to do something simpler until I came across that. I need to find a counter top like that or have someone build it. Working with metal isn't my thing.

I never said I couldn't build speakers. I just don't want to.

Funny....:angry:

Morning Sean,

That bar would look great! Would you build it from scratch or are you going to use pre fab cabinets?

The frame I already have built (although I might have cut down the height of it). The countertop I will need built by someone. It won't have that long overhang like in the picture. The siding & trim I could probably do by myself.

Well I went to price things around here for the heck of it on what I'd spend to buy the countertop outright. $300 was the minimum. That was for laminate to stick to my wood surface. That is ridiculous. Well my future brother in law and his father have made counters, shelves, etc. out of metal. They have a plasma cutter and all sorts of other tools. I'm thinking I'll get this done for the cost of materials (maybe not even that if they have stuff laying around). The side panels I haven't figured out yet and I'll see what the f.b.i.l. says before I get that done. I dismantled my bar as it is going to be too high. So I'll head over to the shop and cut those height boards soon. I got new speaker wire (naim) today also. I might get around to hooking that up tonight also. Back to the grind....................

$300 is rough for laminate. What about something a little south of the border, tiles?
or simpler.

You won't be rolling out dough to make bread. It will be for mixing drinks, nachos and of course the odd can of Mt. Dew. The center

Oh I know I can get something done for less than $300 but I just wanted the already done costs and a rough idea. Besides the local lumber store here is overpriced anyways. I can get what I want done fairly cheap I think. I haven't spent a thing yet (like to keep it that way). I cut 5 inches off the height of my bar. It was about 3-4 inches too tall. I figure 1-2 inches for the height of the counter top. My frame is half way dismantled currently. My backup battery to the drill I didn't have the charger plugged in all the way so now I have 2 dead batteries.

loved the old classic with dudley moore, never had any intention of seeing the russel brand version, I think other then forgetting sarah marshall, all his movies suck. JMO. won't watch this one, so now that you guys think it sucks also... that just confirms what I figured would be my impression, so why waste my time.

I found it a struggle to watch the whole thing. I haven't heard of anyone say good things about that movie.

So I got the naim nac a5 speaker wires yesterday and installed them at lunch today. I did a little a/b comparison between them and the monster speaker wire I was using. I didn't think I'd hear a noticable difference given I'm not very good at nit-picking the finer details. So I played first 3 songs of Allison Krauss Airplanes album (24/96 hires) as I am recently familar with it on both sets of wires. The naim seemed to have more noticable detail, cleaner/crisp sound, and the bass response was a bit better. I found myself hooked on listening to the album and being drawn into the songs/detail. I had the volume cranked also and was loving it:rock:. The difference wasn't huge by any means but it bumped things up a notch on improvement for me. I was going to keep the wires regardless of a better change (unless it was negative) as the shielding/build quality is a lot better than my monster cable speaker wires.

The naim ndac, oppo 93, and nordost quatum qb8 power distributor (with nordost blue heaven power cord) are all back on for sometime next month. I was thinking of getting just the naim ndac for now but decided to go with all 3.

Hi Sean, Happy hump day. Your place is coming along nicely. It's starting to look like a home now. Those are great upgrades you are considering. :rock: