Stories from DIY Audio Projects
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Informal Comparison of Six Phono Preamps
DIY Audio Projects &bull Nov 22, 2011
This is a project that sort of evolved from an interest to see how good a particular phonograph preamplifier was. Not the one I designed, but one from a DIY kit. If I would have known how difficult and possibly inconclusive it would become, I might have not done it. As it was, the experience was valuable in several ways. First let it be clear in everyone's mind that this comparison is largely subjective and based on what I hear or can measure. It was concerned with only those preamps that I had available at the time and your thoughts… Full Story »
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Knock-Down Birch Speaker Cabinets
DIY Audio Projects &bull Nov 12, 2011
Speaker building is a lot of fun and there are many who would love to try it out but can't due to some common woodworking hurdles. You may not have the space, tools or skills necessary to build a good… Full Story »
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Groovewatt Tube RIAA Phono Preamp
DIY Audio Projects &bull Nov 2, 2011
The latest project from Bruce's workbench is the Groovewatt, a tube based RIAA phono preamplifier. The Groovewatt is the result of over one year of work and several build iterations. Bruce set some pretty high performance requirements for the tube… Full Story »
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BK-12m Folded Horn Kit - Fostex FE126En
DIY Audio Projects &bull Sep 11, 2011
There is a new high-sensitivity folded horn speaker kit being offered by Madisound. The new BK-12m is a single-driver folded horn speaker kit that follows in the lineage of the BK-16 and BK-20 designs. The BK-12m uses the Fostex FE126En… Full Story »
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DIY 2-Way Tower Speakers - Ion
DIY Audio Projects &bull Sep 5, 2011
Adam has put together a fantastic looking pair of tower loudspeakers and he has shared his design with us. The speaker design uses a Tang Band 25-1372SC 1" inverted titanium dome tweeter combined with a pair of Audax HM170CO 6"… Full Story »
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Fundamental Amplifier Techniques with Electron Tubes: Book Review
DIY Audio Projects &bull Jun 14, 2011
Late last year Elektor released their most recent publication on the increasingly popular subject of hi-fi tube audio, Fundamental Amplifier Techniques with Electron Tubes by Rudolf Moers. The new book is actually the English translation of "Fundamentele versterkertechniek met elektronenbuizen"… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Amplifier
- Fundamental
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Feastrex NF-5 and NF-5ex Drivers at SSI 2011
DIY Audio Projects &bull Apr 7, 2011
We are big fans of single full-range driver loud speakers so we were excited to check out the Feastrex drivers. Michael Tang of Michael Tang Audio is importing the Japanese Feastrex NF-5 and NF-5EX drivers into Canada and had them… Full Story »
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The AuDIYo.com room at SSI 2011
DIY Audio Projects &bull Apr 5, 2011
Like last year, the AuDIYo.com room was displaying a number of high-end audio accessories, cables, audio connectors, tweaks and DIY parts from Furutech, Mundorf, DACT, TentLabs, 1877Phono and others. The AuDIYo show setup was focused around the recently introduced Furutech… Full Story »
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Solen.ca DIY Speaker Kit - SSI 2011
DIY Audio Projects &bull Apr 4, 2011
The DIY speaker kit will use a pre-finished curved Dayton Audio 0.38 ft^3 speaker enclosure. The drivers are from Airborne, a 120 mm wood cone driver with a 25 mm voice coil (HR124B8-10L) and the high-end is covered by a… Full Story »
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Salon Son & Image 2011 - Show Coverage
DIY Audio Projects &bull Mar 30, 2011
The Salon Son & Image 2011 show, known to audiophiles as the Montreal Hi-Fi is just several hours away from kicking off and once again diyAudioProjects.com will be in attendance providing show reports. If you have any suggestions for what… Full Story »
