Audio for Home Gym

[twoforme2]

When it comes to audio, you are only limited by your wallet.

You can find speakers from $10 to $100k!

My advice is figure out how much you want to spend and then find what is in your price range.

There are a lot of speakers that do a good job of reproducing music accurately (if that is indeed what you want).

[horsediente]

Linux music server for the win! Depending on what you use to play your music, setting up a dedicated music server is not a bad idea. I resurrected an old 2006-ish pc, installed Linux Mint, and use it to house my .flac music library. Audio sounds 100x better under Linux than in Windows for a dozen nerdy reasons I will not get in to. It is a good option for those who want significantly improved quality without having to take a hit on lossy bluetooth audio compression. I output to an old Onkyo home theater system and it sounds fantastic. Also, God listens to Slayer, and so do I, in my gym.

[fingerguy]

Garage:
https://www.amazon.com/Bluetooth-Not...2Bspeaker&th=1

For the living room, kitchen, and bedroom I have 2 Amazon Echo versions, a Bose Soundbar System, and a Bose portable speaker. But for the money on the garage item, you can't beat it and the sound quality is above decent. Anything else you are just being picky!

[BiGx5MurF]

This is where my gym audio setup is at right now. It consists of the following.

Yamaha TSR-5970 receiver
4x RBH coaxial ceiling speakers

Right now, it's only hooked up to play Bluetooth. I'm not sure what to do with the screen yet, thinking of just letting it display surveillance cameras constantly. I'm throwing around the idea of turning an old PC laying around into an Openelec streaming box, and either hooking it up to the screen, or a 2nd screen. Fear is making the setup too complicated for anyone to operate but me. Would like to add a subwoofer or two, but don't want to give up any floor space for that. Could maybe do ceiling mounted infinite baffle subs, but not sure drop ceiling tiles could support that kind of weight.

Picked up everything at the local Goodwill for just under $100

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[grumpytude]

This is where my gym audio setup is at right now. It consists of the following.

Yamaha TSR-5970 receiver
4x RBH coaxial ceiling speakers

Right now, it's only hooked up to play Bluetooth. I'm not sure what to do with the screen yet, thinking of just letting it display surveillance cameras constantly. I'm throwing around the idea of turning an old PC laying around into an Openelec streaming box, and either hooking it up to the screen, or a 2nd screen. Fear is making the setup too complicated for anyone to operate but me. Would like to add a subwoofer or two, but don't want to give up any floor space for that. Could maybe do ceiling mounted infinite baffle subs, but not sure drop ceiling tiles could support that kind of weight.

Picked up everything at the local Goodwill for just under $100

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good job. I figured I would take the audio talk here. You got a good deal on your gear.
I was hesitant too with adding a subwoofer ( floor space) but it made a huge difference in sound. Yes I know its a gym but I've always been serious about my tunes!
As I stated in the other thread I kept it rather simple too. Everything running through an AV receiver and then to 50" TV. Power is plugged into a Monster Conditioner. A bit overkill, but I had it lying around.

[RGrizzzz]

I'm running an Onkyo AVR that i retired from HT duty. It's connected to a Chromecast Audio, and we stream from our phone apps. Curent speakers are DIY Sound group Volt 10s in the angled boxes mounted at ceiling height and an old Sony 12" sub

[sowilson]

QSC KS118 powered subwoofer
2 or 4 K12 or K10 powered speakers
Denon DN-410X mixer is good but discontinued, something similar Alesis, Mackie, etc. You'll want it Bluetooth enabled so you can feed it wirelessly. You should also consider a CD/DVD player input. It will get loud with decent bass. My garage has some Eastern Acoustic Works wedge monitors, and an old Yamaha powered mixer for a sound system - it can get louder than my dust collector and table saw)))

[BiGx5MurF]

good job. I figured I would take the audio talk here. You got a good deal on your gear.
I was hesitant too with adding a subwoofer ( floor space) but it made a huge difference in sound. Yes I know its a gym but I've always been serious about my tunes!
As I stated in the other thread I kept it rather simple too. Everything running through an AV receiver and then to 50" TV. Power is plugged into a Monster Conditioner. A bit overkill, but I had it lying around.

I'm a bit of an audio/electronics hoarder, so I've got a few subwoofer choices on hand. I currently have two 8" Velodyne DLS-R, two DIY 3'x2' boxes, with a 15" car sub in each powered by a 1000wpc Crown dsp amp, two Jamo 100w bridged mono block amps. If I could find a way to mount a bare woofer securely to ceiling tiles, I could wall mount the Jamo mono blocks to power them, without taking any floor space.

I'm running an Onkyo AVR that i retired from HT duty. It's connected to a Chromecast Audio, and we stream from our phone apps. Curent speakers are DIY Sound group Volt 10s in the angled boxes mounted at ceiling height and an old Sony 12" sub

I tried adding in a CCA to my setup as well. But being in a commercial area, the wifi interference from having 50+ networks in close proximity causes constant drop outs. When CCA was announced to be discontinued, I bought 5 of them, which have just been sitting in my hoard. I'm also considering just putting a 4k Chromecast onto the AVR, and have it function for audio and video. That would make the UI for user friendly for the non technically inclined sharing my gym with me.

[Corbets]

Sonos, man. Sonos.

I’m in the Sonos crew with this guy, since it’s what I have in the rest of my house.

In the morning when I wake up, I say "Hey Siri, let’s lift", the lights in my gym and on the way to it all come on to appropriate levels (dimmer near the bedroom where my wife is still sleeping), and my hard rock playlist starts blasting in the gym (sound insulation is top notch in this house). It’s great.

[grumpytude]

I'm a bit of an audio/electronics hoarder, so I've got a few subwoofer choices on hand. I currently have two 8" Velodyne DLS-R, two DIY 3'x2' boxes, with a 15" car sub in each powered by a 1000wpc Crown dsp amp, two Jamo 100w bridged mono block amps. If I could find a way to mount a bare woofer securely to ceiling tiles, I could wall mount the Jamo mono blocks to power them, without taking any floor space.

I tried adding in a CCA to my setup as well. But being in a commercial area, the wifi interference from having 50+ networks in close proximity causes constant drop outs. When CCA was announced to be discontinued, I bought 5 of them, which have just been sitting in my hoard. I'm also considering just putting a 4k Chromecast onto the AVR, and have it function for audio and video. That would make the UI for user friendly for the non technically inclined sharing my gym with me.

I'm lucky the gym is one of the few rooms I did not hard wire for internet. But luckily the wifi signal is pretty good. I stream music occasionally but I have a pretty big collection of music physical & digital I use mostly.

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[RGrizzzz]

I'm a bit of an audio/electronics hoarder, so I've got a few subwoofer choices on hand. I currently have two 8" Velodyne DLS-R, two DIY 3'x2' boxes, with a 15" car sub in each powered by a 1000wpc Crown dsp amp, two Jamo 100w bridged mono block amps. If I could find a way to mount a bare woofer securely to ceiling tiles, I could wall mount the Jamo mono blocks to power them, without taking any floor space.



I tried adding in a CCA to my setup as well. But being in a commercial area, the wifi interference from having 50+ networks in close proximity causes constant drop outs. When CCA was announced to be discontinued, I bought 5 of them, which have just been sitting in my hoard. I'm also considering just putting a 4k Chromecast onto the AVR, and have it function for audio and video. That would make the UI for user friendly for the non technically inclined sharing my gym with me.

My buddy was telling me the CCA prices on eBay are nuts. Check it out, if they need a new home.

[litljay]

Mine is fairly simple.

Old Pioneer 50" Plasma that just won't die.
Yamaha AVR
Apple TV
Polk 10" sub
2 cheap bookshelf speakers (forget what they are)

Can listen to music via Airplay/Apple TV or watch a movie.
AVR, Sub, and Apple TV are under the desk.

*Edit - just noticed this thread is a couple of years old and I posted back in 2018. I guess this is where it landed.

[BiGx5MurF]

I'm lucky the gym is one of the few rooms I did not hard wire for internet. But luckily the wifi signal is pretty good. I stream music occasionally but I have a pretty big collection of music physical & digital I use mostly.

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Mine's wired for internet already, but the jack is on the opposite side of where I wall mounted everything. There's a jack on the same wall, but I'll have to tone trace it, and see if it's even cat5. I have a huge physical media collection as well. Probably 500+ each of CDs and vinyl, maybe 200 cassettes, and a dozen or so R2R albums.But nowadays, I only really listen to the CDs I've ripped to my NAS. I guess I could access all that in my gym if I setup a Plex server at home. But my music tastes are probably too eccentric, and not exactly workout motivational.

My buddy was telling me the CCA prices on eBay are nuts. Check it out, if they need a new home.

Yeah, looks like they're going for 2-3x what I paid. I suspected it would happen when it was announced they were going to discontinue it, just like it did for the logitech squeeze box. I'm an electronics hoarder though, so I'll probably keep hoarding them. Or just give them away as gifts when I forget to buy people gifts.

[grumpytude]

Mine is fairly simple.

Old Pioneer 50" Plasma that just won't die.
Yamaha AVR
Apple TV
Polk 10" sub
2 cheap bookshelf speakers (forget what they are)

Can listen to music via Airplay/Apple TV or watch a movie.

AVR, Sub, and Apple TV are under the desk.

*Edit - just noticed this thread is a couple of years old and I posted back in 2018. I guess this is where it landed.

Nice looking room, excellent setup.

[litljay]

Nice looking room, excellent setup.

Thank you. Still would like to find a lat pulldown/low row. I'd also like to rearrange some things when I get a chance. Mostly just swapping the room around so the treadmill is facing the tv.

[daniel327]

I'm now using a pair of RCF ART10A speakers and a Yamaha DXS12 sub.

They're connected to a SONOS Connect via an ART Clean Box Pro.

Rock concert SPLs are achievable, and it can become quite nauseating if the system is turned up too loud.

I'd recommend anyone that wants LOUD to check out some pro-audio gear. Domestic level gear simply doesn't compare.

[Duplicitous]

We just have a Flip 5 and Sirius. Suits us just fine.

[grapegorilla]

If you're into Apple, OWC has a decent price on the HomePod. It's not audiophile, but I'm fairly impressed. I ordered a 2nd to try a stereo setup.

[BiGx5MurF]

Managed to add subs today without losing any floor space. Only feeding 50wpc to each sub, but just trying to get another octave out of music, not trying to simulate earthquakes.

[MajorTendonitis]

Sonos, man. Sonos.

I have a system too install which cost me thousands , and I’m kind of regretting I didn’t take the Sonos route .
I see their subs 100 bucks off this week , and I heard this sub before and it actually was fairly impressive for its size
https://www.sonos.com/en-ca/shop/sub.html

[BiGx5MurF]

I have a system too install which cost me thousands , and I’m kind of regretting I didn’t take the Sonos route .
I see their subs 100 bucks off this week , and I heard this sub before and it actually was fairly impressive for its size
https://www.sonos.com/en-ca/shop/sub.html

That's a crazy looking sub. Looks like some sort of planar isobaric design.


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