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

Location

1101 Music Lane
Austin, Texas 78704

Contact

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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 600
1975 Vintage Cassette Player / Recorder
Pioneer H-R100
8 Track Player

Headphones

Grado SR225x Prestige Series x6
Wired Open-Back Stereo Headphones, available upon request

Sorry, no events at this time.

To book your next event contact info@equipmentroom.com

This month’s favorites from our collection.

Helen Merrill – Self Titled Album (1955)
Helen Merrill
Self Titled
1955
Tamikrest - Chatma (2013)
Tamikrest
Chatma
2013
De La Soul - Buhloone Mind State (1993)
De La Soul
Buhlōōne Mind State
1993
Blaze Foley - The Dawg Years (2016)
Blaze Foley
The Dawg Years
2016
Dos Santos - Logos (2018)
Dos Santos
Logos
2018
Linton Kwesi Johnson - Forces Of Victory (1979)
Linton Kwesi Johnson
Forces Of Victory
1979
Bill Withers - Bill Withers Live at Carnegie Hall (1973)
Bill Withers
Bill Withers Live At Carnegie Hall
1973
V/A - Saturno 2000 - La Rebajada De Los Sonideros 1962-1983 (2022)
Various
Saturno 2000 - La Rebajada De Los Sonideros 1962​-​1983
2022
Bill Evans - New Jazz Conceptions (1957)
Bill Evans
New Jazz Conceptions
1957
Grace Jones - Nightclubbing (1981)
Grace Jones
Nightclubbing
1981