Millercarbon, although I've built tube preamps, class d amps (all from kits), my crossovers, changed power supplies in my phono pre, the one time I involved myself in working on the internals in a power amp, ie, the capacitors in an Adcom five-channel amp, I almost fried the drivers on my custom Tannoy HPD's. I've learned to recognize my limitations, and work within them.
New woofers and tweeters for Tannoys have skyrocketed in price over the years, and it's worse yet for me, since my woofer cones on my 12" HPD's have been converted from foam surrounds to "Hard Edge" (as in the current Prestige line of speakers), making them even more expensive to replace them.
So yeah, I've learned to try not to f---k myself up doing stuff I have no business doing. I do wish I had immersed myself in learning all about electronics from a young age, but my first love was music. Much of my life was also spent building my own home, after clearing the land myself, installing my septec system, building a pole barn building, etc; etc. So DIY is in my blood, deep diving into electronics though, is my not bailiwick.
Best regards,
Dan
New woofers and tweeters for Tannoys have skyrocketed in price over the years, and it's worse yet for me, since my woofer cones on my 12" HPD's have been converted from foam surrounds to "Hard Edge" (as in the current Prestige line of speakers), making them even more expensive to replace them.
So yeah, I've learned to try not to f---k myself up doing stuff I have no business doing. I do wish I had immersed myself in learning all about electronics from a young age, but my first love was music. Much of my life was also spent building my own home, after clearing the land myself, installing my septec system, building a pole barn building, etc; etc. So DIY is in my blood, deep diving into electronics though, is my not bailiwick.
Best regards,
Dan