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    Bookshelf Speakers

    Past few days I haven't been able to get much work done, but all the panels are finished (finally received the jig and forstner bit, surprisingly the jig was very painless to use and once I got everything dialed in I made perfect cuts) and hopefully I will be able to glue them up tomorrow...
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    Casework: Share Your DIY Enclosures

    Here is the case I am going to build to put a gainclone in. I kept it simple since it will be my first fully DIY enclosure and I am still designing the panels/jacks (hopefully I can get more accurate than usual on the drill press by printing out the design and taping it to the panel). BTW...
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    Bookshelf Speakers

    Quote: Originally Posted by Nebby Changing the speaker design is a good bit beyond my abilities as well unfortunately. I've also been trying to pick up some CAD skills since it seems that it will make the design phase smoother. QCad has been working out well for me so far (though...
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    Bookshelf Speakers

    Quote: Originally Posted by Nebby Try to keep the width roughly the same unless you plan on changing the baffle step comp. I meant amp enclosure, changing the speaker design would be a good bit beyond my abilities (to do it correctly, I mean).
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    Bookshelf Speakers

    Quote: Originally Posted by cyberspyder Or make the speakers active speakers? with the amp inside? The audiosector boards would definitely fit (though I would have to find a smaller trafo), but since I am building an amp capable for slightly larger speakers I want to be able to...
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    Let the Drunks Drive Themselves Home, I Say ...

    Quote: Originally Posted by frozenice There was no contract dispute. There wasn't a legal and binding contract in place. There was theft, pure and simple. When you are not playing the game on the up and up (which the cab driver wasn't) there are different rules that are broken, maybe...
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    Bookshelf Speakers

    Quote: Originally Posted by Nebby Deft Satin Clear Lacquer spray, I don't have too much time to get this done so I'm keeping it simple Pred: hope you don't mind me quasi-hijacking your thread Not a problem. It is probably best to keep a minimum of non-headphone related...
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    Bookshelf Speakers

    Quote: Originally Posted by Heady Would you be looking for a IEC power plug/socket? There are sockets with built in fuse holder and switch. Thank you, that was what I needed. I found this one, it would fit my needs correct? [EDIT]: Actually the screw mount one here...
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    Bookshelf Speakers

    I have started piecing together the BOM for the amp, but I don't really know what I need for the power plug/jack. What kind of jack has 3-prong plugs that are widely available, and what would the particular part be called? [EDIT]: Also, what is the easiest to use 2 amp slow blow fuse/holder...
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    Ways to improve hearing ability?

    Quote: Originally Posted by calvinjai I listen to both. Sure music is important, but i want to know what my equipment is doing to the music as well. I'm sure alot of people here are happy with just listening and enjoying music, but after i chose to take audio as my hobby, I like to be...
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    Ways to improve hearing ability?

    Quote: Originally Posted by calvinjai As a person who has spent hundreds of dollars on headphones and such, i'd like to hear whats different about my headphones. Sure, i enjoy my music, but i'd also like to be able to discern differences so i can justify my purchases. Otherwise i might...
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    Ways to improve hearing ability?

    Quote: Originally Posted by b0dhi Yeah, it sure is. It's as odd as wanting to know what that big white ball in the sky is. Who cares as long as your crops grow and you don't freeze, right? Curiosity about nature and wanting to able to call something "sibilant," "dark," or "airy"...
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    The argument to end all cable wars

    Quote: Originally Posted by haloxt ThePredator, it makes me sad that the analogy I made beautiful has been given the grim visage of concrete facts again. But there are great mysteries stemming from our incomplete understanding of gravity that have grave implications. Likewise I haven't...
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    The argument to end all cable wars

    Quote: Originally Posted by haloxt Silly rabbit, gravity exists and cable differences exist. But exactly how gravity exists and how cable differences occur are not completely understood. Bad analogy. We can quantify gravity to a large degree (we have managed to approximate the...
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    Ways to improve hearing ability?

    Isn't it a bit odd to want to find such differences? If you are currently content with music out of a wide range of gear, why would you want to be able to anally pick out details and almost assuredly polarize yourself against equipment (whether because you actually hear differences, or because...
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