She called it a turntable, not a record player. She’s a keeper.

Rick, Mandie is on to something. I find darker environments easier to listen in and the space she’s created is warm and inviting. The contrast between the lights and darks and the different textures makes it look like a great space to hear music in.

She's so sweet... You are a very nice couple!!

"Moin" (Hi) Rick 🙂.. and Mandy: nice to see you! First I was shocked when I saw all the black or gray paint (and that on the walls AND ceiling!), but when it was finished I thought: wow - great result! I like it 👍. Great video 😉

It was nice to have met your wife and I really have enjoyed your listening room’s journey 🎶

Beautiful room mate. You guys did an amazing job!

It looks so good! Mandie did such a great job!

Wow! I really like the way Mandy designed the listening room!

Love it! Well done!

Looks awesome!!!!

Looks great!

Looks fantastic!

I absolutely love it! Also agree with Mandy's line of thinking 100%.

Great job!!!

Looks great 👍. Rugs or carpet definitely help vs. hard surfaces. Drapes over windows too. Happy listening 🎶

Wow ! Looks great Rick & Mandy

your wife is a keeper. the room looks great. the framed photos add a lot of class . thanks for doing all your great videos very much appreciated

Looks great - congrats on the room makeover.

That was awesome 👏🏾. I got the vibe of jazz club especially the pictures. Really cool.

Looks great love it

very nice music room and cool that your wife is supportive of your hobby.

Pretty cool results there .. and I never knew that jazz club was there even though I live around that neck of the woods. Nice job on your listening room :- )

Hi Mandie! Glad to see you joined to share. 😃

Thank you, dear Mandie and dear Rick. That's what I call a insight with a deep and permanent impression. Mandie, you're a really great woman. Very nicely done. To be honest, I personally don't like dark rooms. Probably from my childhood. You both need to be comfortable. As you also mentioned, a black hole. But that’s important, it looks very cozy. It's great with the pictures on the walls. Then this Thorens vinyl turntable. It's a former Swiss cheese that's now manufactured in Bergisch-Gladbach Germany. May I come over for a coffee? I'll also bring the homemade old Bavarian apple pie. A hearty "Servus" from Bavaria.

You guys are great. Ha, nice video buddy. The room looks fantastic! Classy, moody, cozy and definitely kickback and listen vibes😎 Reminds me of what I and my gf did to the listening room when we revamped. She made the mistake of letting me make the decisions of how it was to be redecorated and paint color choice. Lets just say she grew to love the “Bee Room” as she affectionately called it. I dont care what her facial expressions said to the contrary! Yep, I picked yellow. And I still say it is cool!

We all need a wife like yours. Will show this to mine, and gauge her reaction ;-)

i have a original Thorens TD166MkII so it was nice to see you had a New TD160 Super 😊

Very nice video as always 😁 Your wife Mandie has done an absolutely fantastic job 👏👍 The room look amazing. Enjoy your new listening room and maybe sometimes your Black Sabbath records 😁 All the best from Norway 😁😁😁

Way to go Mandie! You are a lucky fellow to have such a great partner. My wife wants to do a similar paint scheme in my room. I will do a before and after on my channel as well. I am going to steal your idea. Thanks.

Very cool guys 😁

Awesome Mandie

Looks great! I think the heavy curtains and carpeting will make a big difference. Some day I too will have a dedicated listening room. Until then, I'll remain in the living room dancing with the kids. I am up your way several times a year to visit the in-laws. Just hit Modern Records this past weekend. One of my favorites. I might have to ask you to make me a record store map of the area.

Nice job Mandy and cool collab video. It's extreme but was inspired and for sure recreates that club atmosphere. The large open daytime windows help. For nighttime, the gray chairs and especially the white background photo frames provide a nice contrast (I'm all about it). Sure, you could throw on a jazz album and it would be very apropos, but what I really want to know, is have you cranked the "Back In Black" album yet?

Thank you for showing your listening room. Greetings from A Coruña, Galicia, Spain.

Thanks for sharing! I can see that it fits your style. Re carpet floor, could that make static charge worse? We ripped out all carpet in our home and put hardwood floors in. Only in the music room did I put a rug down. That's our style.

Love the room.

She has fantastic taste and definitely succeeded in mimicking that moody jazz club vibe.

Love the BOC pic!

Looks very nice, and that Galion TS120 really glows. I have been intrigued by tube amps for decades and that one really floats my boat. I finally decided to try one a lot cheaper so I have a CAYIN MT-12N EL84EH integrated amp coming this week. If I decide that tubes are for me I just might get the Galion.

Very nicely done 👌. Sometimes I enjoy listening in the dark! I've also been known to listen with my sleeping eye mask on! Thankfully no one apart from my family has seen me, or goodness knows what they would think! Happy listening to all and best wishes from Scotland. Jim🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😂

Looking good you two loving the dark ceiling , one very small thing though, myself being a decorator should have been Matt instead of silk ….. I’ll get my coat 😅

Hmm, I wish I could do something like that...😜 I'm cramped into a small 8'x11.5' middle bedroom and I need more room! Someday 🤔

Thanks for the tour! I have a wall of nearly floor-to-ceiling windows in my living room, which is great for the deck view but sometimes too bright for serious listening. I swear my entire system sounds better by moonlight. I've played the same record in mid-afternoon and again after sunset and sometimes I really detect an improvement after the sun goes down. Most of what we hear is the product of our brains rather than our ears (which are merely acoustic devices), so I'm not surprised that the music sounds better in the dark. Fewer distractions. One question: What's the story with the six b&w photos over by the doorway? Are they all from the same source? II'm awaiting cataract surgery so my vision is blurry anyway) but it looks like maybe Syd Barrett and Janis Joplin at top; Elvis (or Jonathan Richman!) and Johnny Cash in the second row; and Charlie Christian and Aretha on the bottom row?

Wow, it looks really beautiful. Excelente'. Great job Mandie! When I was a kid we spent a couple of summers in Kittery Point. My uncle was in the Navy. Only years later did I find out he was a prison guard at Portsmouth Naval Prison. Probably all condos there now huh?

You are very lucky that have wife that ❤ Vinyl too 🤗

My listening room was all dark wallpaper when we bought the house. there were some lamps, but it was very hard to see anything. And yes, finding an album was impossible. LOL. I had to go lighter.

Never be skeptical when Mandie's design is on the line, Rick! 🤣 It was always a cozy space, but this redesign is soooooooooooo much better for the room's purpose ❤

There’s nothing like the glow of your stereo to enhance the listening experience. Enjoy. 🍻

Look’s Great!

Like your channel Rick. I’m a huge vinyl fan and now getting back into the fray of listening to and buying vinyl again. I really miss it! Kind of changing the subject, what are your thoughts hi-fi streaming? I recently purchased a wi-fi turntable to get back in the game. I also purchased (2) Sonos Five speakers, wireless as well. But connects through wi-fi. I don’t like the fact that it doesn’t have bluetooth capabilities, so to say. Once I got everything setup, I was pretty pleased with how everything sounded. So what are your thoughts on this? I look forward to hearing your thoughts, thanks Jeff

Looks good! I never tried a black room. I have tried blackening the edges of cds with a marker. And green too. The color green absorbs light, including much of the spectrum of stray laser light. You don't want a cd player's laser to read, and be confused with its own stray laser light. Those pictures on the wall behind the speakers, I assume you are using plexiglass instead of real glass, as any acoustician will tell you glass ANYWHERE is the worst thing for acoustics. If you are suspending your speaker cables off the floor with white thread, be sure to change that to black thread. Although that would increase your chances of not seeing it and getting tangled upt up in it, like an unseen spider web. I hate when that happens. One time my furnace went out and I spent a long time sitting in the same spot in front of a space heater. This spider kept seeing me always there, and kept sliding down from the ceiling to attatch the foundation of his web onto me; assuming I was a stationary object. Always being there in the same spot. It was a cold winter. He might have been an old spider who was near sighted. I would have to keep grabbing the string of web he was sliding down on and place him aside. When anyone comes into my living room, they say; "What Is This?"

The way she looks at you... Lucky Rick!

Back in Black....Indeed! ENJOY!!

Nice job 🌝👍

You 2 are so darn cute!

I cannot tell a lie... when I saw the ceiling being painted black I was horrified. Then I saw the finished result and heard what the inspiration was and I did a 180... It's a perfect listening room! Brava to Mandie... and thank you both for the tour!

I like that Thorens turntable Rick do you like it?

Why I see the wife painting and Rick just opening beers? 🤣 (joking) The room, all black... went BACK IN BLACK

I just found your channel! What took me sooo long????

@2:53 "'Can you hear the difference? Can you hear the difference?' I'm like, ah, no!" That's grounds for divorce.

My suggestion: how about adding disco lights in your listening room?

I bet Mandie rolls a super doobie.

Yeah, well... nobody likes a bragger! 😅 No, that's awesome. My wife let's me listen to records in the garage. I'm lucky I get that!

I refuse to sit in an all black room!!

Great job guys looks outstanding . Welcome to the dark side just saying...