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    Speaker building all by yourself

    Wood screws! The threaded inserts were a total pain to mount without damaging them (the brass is quite soft). It also makes chamfering the woofer...
    Post by: peef, Nov 22, 2020 in forum: DIY
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    Speaker building all by yourself

    Some progress on the cardboard box speaker. Drivers mounted prior to glue-up. [IMG] Close-up of the baffle with driver cutouts. We used...
    Post by: peef, Nov 16, 2020 in forum: DIY
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    Speaker building all by yourself

    I know a lot of us are happy with paper cones in a wood box, but I haven't seen too many builds of a wood cone in a paper box. (Maybe Harbeth? ;))...
    Post by: peef, Sep 6, 2020 in forum: DIY
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    Speaker building all by yourself

    I've been trying to build a pair of 2.5 ways for longer than I care to admit. They are sealed floorstanders based on Seas drivers: the U18RNX/P...
    Post by: peef, Aug 3, 2020 in forum: DIY
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    Let's Build a Phono Stage

    Hah, has it really just been three years? :) I did end up building the gyrator version with some other tweaks (Darlington in the cascode, Sziklai...
    Post by: peef, Mar 24, 2020 in forum: DIY
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    Jam Jar: 100W class A monoblocks

    And you even regulate the power supply? Be still, my heart. I've built a similar front end to your KISS variation (with the cascode BJT). Any...
    Post by: peef, Feb 21, 2020 in forum: DIY
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    The Plywood Buddha: a dipole testbed

    This is a super cool project. I may have missed the specifics of your mic placement, but generally your best bet when measuring and EQing the...
    Post by: peef, Feb 6, 2020 in forum: Speakers
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    Assemblage Discrete I/V Mod

    Friends, the year is 2008, and discrete I/V mods are in. I had some spare I/V boards from a DIY PCM1798 project and decided to throw one into an...
    Thread by: peef, Sep 19, 2019, 0 replies, in forum: DIY
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    A variant of ECP Torpedo III

    Neat project! Since you're not locked into the original's footprint, you might want to consider designing your own CCS onto the board. If you...
    Post by: peef, Sep 14, 2019 in forum: DIY
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    DIY speaker troubleshooting

    The peak shows up in the datasheet, too, so it is likely the driver's main breakup mode and not something to do with the enclosure. The easiest...
    Post by: peef, Jul 31, 2019 in forum: DIY
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    Class AB + C Power Amp

    I picked up a cheap class D amp from AliExpress, and, while it sounded fine at first, it eventually started motorboating. Fixing it seemed like...
    Thread by: peef, Dec 28, 2018, 0 replies, in forum: DIY
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    Anyone going to build coasters?

    I think the datasheet is OK, and we were both misreading it? One end of the filament is at +1.25V to heat it, but the other end is at ground...
    Post by: peef, Jul 21, 2018 in forum: DIY