Cheers for all the comments guys. To answer a few questions,
the size of the room that I’ll end up with will be about 27’ x 20’ the only downside is the ceiling height, which will be vaulted and with an average height of only 7’ Treatment required!
It will be my existing stereo that is going in there.
No plans for big horns, my small ones will have to do, for now
Unless you fly here, travel by road and ferry takes 2 days - the Aberdeen ferry alone is 12-14 hours (dependant on weather and if it stops at Orkney)
Plenty of notice will be given for a road trip type bake off
The shopping issue is a one eyed Herring - Materialize your needs from the comfort of your monastic haven.
Garotte the golden ratio in terms of listening room acoustics. The damp stink issue is also not to be sniffed at. I’ve had similar issues and found a solution which solves all of the above whilst balancing my chi boosting my kundelini and giving me a firm point from which to affix my sex swing. Several tent poles a bit of tarps and an Ozone generator are more than adequate.
Are you in the Shetlands? Was up there just before xmas visiting the coastguard, weather despite being cold was really nice, some of the guys even went for a swim in the sea.
It must be like that scene from the end of Planet of the Apes where Charlton Heston and the bint who doesn’t talk ride off into nowhere at the edge of civilisation up there
(Photo of Paul and his missus on the beach yesterday)
I remember a programme a while back that was doing testing around Britian to find out what the genetic background was and The Shetland and Orkney islands were almost pure Norse.
Not a total surprise but the percentages shocked even the scientists.