Do you build anything for your high fidelity system? If so, what do you make?

   Back in the 70’s when I started this journey, I built most of my gear. I built my preamp from a kit, my power amps were a scratch built copy of Dynaco MK III’s. I built numerous speaker sets mostly 2 way. I did a 3 way but I bought premade crossovers. I built light boxes that had multiple colors and interfaced with the different frequencies of the music. They were 3’x 5’ X 12”. The front had opaque plastic from  industrial light covers. The three colors were blue ( low freq ), green ( mid ) and red for high. I hung them above and behind my speakers. I built a credenza with front doors that closed and an open back with fans to dissipate the heat from the tubes. I built my speaker cables and RCA interconnects. I was in High School and had enthusiastic wood shop and electronics teachers. My humble attempts pale in comparison to the work that I’ve seen here on AGON. Had I continued maybe I would be on par with some of you. What I took from my few years of building was a lifelong appreciation of audio, wood and electronics. And a realization of how truly hard it is to design speakers. You guys amaze me with your ability to create and your skill at matching gear. People poke fun at MC, but look at what he did. Have a blessed day, Mike B.