I built the 14x20 listening room in 07. Built GG tube preamp, restored Dynaco ST-70, built Crites Type B "Cornscala's", made speaker cables and interconnects with Mogami cable and made wood framed absorption panels with 2×24×48" fiberglass covered with fabric. I enjoy the rewards of DIY.
Do you build anything for your high fidelity system? If so, what do you make?
After some self assessment and introspection on my own high fidelity habits I discovered that I build or make things for my stereo/audio room. Some examples of these things are;
1 Tore out carpeting/padding/floor tiles in the addition to my house (audio room) and painted the cement floor with epoxy paint and clear coat. Placed out a Turkish area rug.
2 Made cherry wood speaker stands on wheels.
3 Had made custom speaker covers and stereo stand covers for when I am not listening to audio to keep away dust. Thanks to my seamstress....
4 Custom made Paduak wood cover (with legs) with two low speed exhaust fans for my tube amp
So curiosity got the best of me. Have you made anything for you stereo system or room? If so what did you make and why?
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The current moving-coil phono preamp, 50-watt center channel amplifier, and 120-wpc left rear/right rear stereo amplifier (Published in Audio Xpress magazine) are all of my design and construction. In the past, the front left/right 100-watt pure class A monoblocks were also of my design and construction (See Audio Magazine's January, February, and March 1995 issues for construction details). Prior to purchasing McIntosh MC611 600-watt monoblocks 1-1/2 years ago, the front channel amps were ten Harmon Kardon Citation II tube amps configured by me to deliver 500 wpc, the details for which AudioXpress magazine published. The listening room was configured in live end/dead end configuration and front 'speakers configured according to a formula I ran across, but acoustics is not my forte. 'Speakers are B&W 802D's, which are excellent in my opinion. |
@asvjerry , Black Locust is usually used for decking and fence posts. Carbide will cut it fine but like Teak it has silica in it which dulls carbide blades fast. This is why woodworkers avoid it. We also (except for the Danish) tend to avoid teak. Most of it goes into boats and they are probably using diamond tooling to deal with it. @buellrider97 , I started out just like you building DynaKits. It is great to have a group of people who are willing to mix it up and treat this like a real hobby. |
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