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My New Studio Build (perhaps overly detailed)

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Ulf_Hansson said:
Was it like that from the start, or did it change from the heat and moist?
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No idea. I haven't done much of anything out there since the new door was installed. The first day I was out working on it again I noticed it. The installer has been contacted, and they're coming out next week to take a look. I'm sure it'll be easily remedied.
 
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Stewie26 said:
Been following this thread for quite a while. Now that you are near final inspection, would you do it again? I know you had a lot of aggravation with city red tap plus contractor issues.
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Let's be clear; I'm approaching my final inspection with the city for the building permit. I'm nowhere near finished building the studio. One of the next steps is opening yet another permit to do the electrical.

To answer your question: I don't know. I'll know once I'm done building the thing. My guess is that I would do it again.
 
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Seattle's building inspection process is as ridiculous and bureaucratic as the rest of their methods. You can't make an appointment with a building inspector. The best you can do is call the day before, an office person will look at the schedules of the inspectors and tell you how likely they are to show up the next day if you call for an inspection. So, you do that, take the day off work to sit around and wait for the inspector, and then HOPEFULLY the inspector shows up. If they don't make it to your place that day, too bad. You then have to repeat the process. I've explained that I'm a homeowner, not a contractor who will be at this construction site day in and day out with lots of scheduling flexibility. I don't have that luxury. I have to take time off work to coordinate this and simply hope for the best. Infuriating. The person answering the phone was just as cheerful and helpful as you can imagine given my previous dealings with these fine folks. Hopefully I can get it inspected this week.
 
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In semi-related news to something discussed earlier in this thread. I've had my Adam F7s for a while now and I freakin' love these monitors. I have them pictured here with some burlap-skinned OC703 behind them in the room corners as an interim mixing solution until the studio is done.

These are much preferred to my previous Equator D5s. Despite being a larger driver in a larger enclosure these actually have less low end than the D5s, but that's pretty in keeping with the whole Adam "thing." The low end, while being less present feels inherently less boomy, much more controlled, and most importantly WAY more accurate. I never realized how boomy the low end was on the D5s until I compared them to these. These are definitely more realistic down low and less hyped. The stereo imaging is much more clear than with the D5s. The Adam high frequency driver, which is a sort of hand folded foil thing not unlike a ribbon tweeter is nothing short of remarkable. Everything through the midrange and top end is VERY clear.

They're not perfect. The auto on/off function is a little clunkier in its implementation than I'd hoped, but not awful. The attenuation control on the back of the monitors that allow you to calibrate the volume knob of your interface is not stepped like on the aforementioned D5s which was a really nice feature. Getting a perfect balance with a non-stepped attenuators is a little more tricky. There is a decent at 0db, but for my current tiny room I'd much prefer a -6db setting on each. I can get them both very close by ear, but measurements with a calibrated electret microphone show some level anomalies that took a bit work to get perfectly stereo matched. Lastly, if you're mixing EDM, dubstep, or other genres that make use of very big sub low end and even infrasonics, you'll absolutely need a subwoofer with these. The top end of these might be too bright for some folks. I have a tendency to mix a little too bright on my first few passes and really have to fight to keep the top end under control. These will probably be good for me in that regard. If I mix to my typical preference I suspect the brightness of the foil tweeters will have a net result much more in keeping with where commercial mixes live than where I usually head initially.

As a reminder; I ordered F5s through Vintage King, and when Adam couldn't fill the order in a reasonable amount of time they offered me a FREE upgrade to the F7s so I could get monitors more quickly. THe F7s are a significantly more expensive monitor, but don't get into crazy price territory or anything. It was a super generous offer and the upgrade has more than exceeded my expectations. Very very cool. Both Adam and Vintage King really hit it out of the park on this one.

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Inspection pseudo-scheduled. As I mentioned previously Seattle's building inspection department won't let you actually schedule an appointment with your inspector, which is positively ridiculous. I'm now on their radar, for whatever that's worth, and have been told that if I call the inspections department between 7:30 and 8:00 I can usually catch an inspector before they all head out in the field. If I happen to catch one I can ask that they pop over first thing so I can get to work. If I don't catch one I'll have to call, cancel my non-appointment and try again next week. Here's hoping it works out.
 
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peterpalmieri said:
The politics of living in Washington state seem a bit overwhelming. But regardless I'm still following along, looks good
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I wouldn't call this a political issue. This is simply a symptom of a city who's population is growing faster than it can handle. Aside from the rapid influx of people, living in Washington, specifically the western half of the state, is absolutely wonderful. It's a magnificent state.
 
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markjazzbassist said:
No income tax either I just read. So y'all just pay property and federal? Must be nice
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Super high sales tax on basically everything except food. The rate varies from city to city. Here in Seattle the rate is currently a fairly staggering 10.1%. The value of my home is increasing so rapidly that I hardly care, haha. Seattle is kind of a zoo right now which my fellow Seattleite @Marial will attest to.
 
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Oh City of Seattle and your obtuse permitting processes... :cautious:

I call in at 7:30 as instructed by the permit center receptionist. The automated system tells me that I'm the 15th caller in line. I'm expecting to be sitting on hold for a very long time, but in less than 20 seconds someone picks up and asks for my permit number. I give it to them and they immediately forward me to my inspector's cell phone. The conversation goes like this:

Inspector: This is Chris.

Me: Hi Chris, this is also Chris, I...

Inspector: [cuts me off] You wanna know when I'll be there?

Me: Yep.

Inspector: I should be outta here by 9:30, so I could come to your place first. Maybe 10:00 or 10:30.

Me: Your receptionist told me you could be on-site by 8:00.

Inspector: No, that's wrong.

Me: Damn. Well, let's just cancel for today. I'll need to take a full day off work sometime next week to be able to wait around for you.

Inspector: Well, hang on. Let me look at your file. [sound of papers rustling and him reading things under his breath] Dude, I don't need you to be there. I can just do this as a drive by.

Me: There was a line item for insulation inspection. I'll need to let you in for that.

Inspector: Nah, we can just pound that one to ground. [whatever the hell that means]

Me: Okay... Ummm... Yeah...

Inspector: I'll get over there today and will call you if I have any questions.

Me: Alright, thanks.

Inspector: Yep [hangs up abruptly]

So, I'm not entirely sure how this is going to go. I wanted to be there to walk the inspector through any of the decisions I made. That said, maybe this is such an insignificant project to his overall list of inspections that he just wants to make sure I haven't done anything that's obviously a code violation and call it good. Very confusing. More to come later as this thing develops.

:nailbiting: <- That's supposedly a nail biting emoji, haha.
 
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