We look forward to welcoming you to our private basement hideaway – in the old equipment room beneath the Hotel Magdalena on Music Lane. Here you will find an intimate space that houses one of Austin’s most special record collections played on custom vintage hi-fi equipment. Blending Japanese Jazz Kissa culture with our Texas take – Equipment Room feels like a wholly new, yet very familiar experience. It’s the place we’ve been dreaming of for quite some time. So whether you come to listen to our collection, or for the cocktails, food and conversation – all are welcome at Equipment Room.

Reservations are available and we hold a limited number of tables for walk-ins on a nightly basis. We kindly ask that if you can’t make your reservation, you cancel at least 24 hours in advance. You don’t want to keep someone else from the sound do you?

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Hours

Sun
Closed
Mon-Thur
5p-12a
Fri
5p-2a
Sat
2p-2a

Location

1101 Music Lane
Austin, Texas 78704

Equipment

The EQ team has partnered with our friends at Klipsch, acoustic engineers, Breakaway Records, and AHS to design a space with an acute attention to detail when it comes to sound quality and ideal listener experience for our collection. Our mission is to be able to treat every record in our collection with the respect that each deserves, and play them as they were intended — on a considered system that cares for every aspect of sound within the perfect dynamic range. If we can get that right — and pair it with good lighting, joyful service, a thoughtful cocktail and a perfect bite…then we are on our way to delivering something special for you.

Speakers

Klipsch La Scala Heritage x2
Custom 3-way Full Horn-Loaded Loudspeakers
Klipsch Heresy Heritage IV x4
Custom 3-way 12” Horn-Loaded Loudspeakers
Klipsch R-121 SW x2
Custom 12” Spun Copper Cerametallic Subwoofer

Amplifiers

McIntosh C22
Vacuum Tube Preamplifier
McIntosh MC152
Solid State Power Amplifier
Luxman M-02
Vintage 4-Channel Power Amp
Douk Audio T4 x6
Vacuum Tube Headphone Amplifiers

Media Players & Other

Technics SL1210 M5G x2
Direct Drive DJ Turntables
Condesa Carmen V
Rotary Mixer
BDS PP-131
Spectrum Analyzer
Nakamichi 700 II
Late-1970s Three-Head Cassette Deck (Japan)
Pioneer H-R100
8 Track Player

Headphones

SIVGA SV021 Robin Classic
Closed Back Wired Over-Ear Headphones, available upon request
October 11
FIRST SEATING 6 - 8 PM | SECOND SEATING 8:30 - 10:30 PM

Dolly Parton's "Jolene" OMAKASE VINYL

October 18
FIRST SEATING 6 - 8 PM | SECOND SEATING 8:30 - 10:30 PM

Dolly Parton's "Jolene" OMAKASE VINYL

October 25
FIRST SEATING 6 - 8 PM | SECOND SEATING 8:30 - 10:30 PM

Michael Jackson "Thriller" OMAKASE VINYL

November 8
FIRST SEATING 6 - 8 PM | SECOND SEATING 8:30 - 10:30 PM

UGK "Ridin Dirty" OMAKASE VINYL

November 22
FIRST SEATING 6 - 8 PM | SECOND SEATING 8:30 - 10:30 PM

Dave Brubeck "Time Out" OMAKASE VINYL

December 13
FIRST SEATING 6 - 8 PM | SECOND SEATING 8:30 - 10:30 PM

Metallica "Ride The Lightning" OMAKASE VINYL

December 20
FIRST SEATING 6 - 8 PM | SECOND SEATING 8:30 - 10:30 PM

Vince Guaraldi "A Charlie Brown Christmas" OMAKASE VINYL

To book your next private event, contact sales@hotelmagdalena.com

This month’s favorites from our collection.

Deerhoof
Milk Man
2004
Gang of Four
Entertainment
1979
Milton Nascimento & Lô Borges
Clube Da Esquina
1972
David Bowie
Low
1977
SML
How You Been
2025
Lee Morgan
The Sidewinder
1964
Batsumi
Batsumi
1974
Caribou
Swim
2010
Bobby Caldwell
Bobby Caldwell
1978