Cosmetic changes. Boxes for sale going away soon, If you want what's left, buy them before I throw them out. New designs should be coming this summer.

Mounting Crossovers for Easy Removal

Edging Raw Veneer for Splicing at audioDIYcentral.

E-mail me at wesnor@knology.net. Due to very strong anti-spam measures I am forced to take, some e-mails may not make it through to me. Starting your subject line with "DAN:" (no quotes) should get you through the safeguards and into my mailbox.

I'm not asking for any sort of payment if you build my designs for your own personal use. What I would like, however, is for you to send me a picture when you're finished. I'll put of a gallery of completed speakers.

Thanks,
Dan

In a 7"-wide box at Skaaning's recommended 12L tuned to 46Hz:

The audiomag mantra on amps is "straight wire with gain", but the amps they peddle are almost anything but. And when they bother to test an amp (as opposed to just spouting poetic about it), they don't test some of the most important things. Distortion and FR are great, but any idiot can design an amp with low distortion and flat FR into a constant 8-Ohm load, but what about a REAL speaker load. Check out the amp measurements at SoundStage, and pay particular attention to the gain vs. frequency measurements at 8 Ohms, 4 Ohms, and a dummy speaker load. Some of those things are +/-2dB, with peaks between 1kHz and 2kHz, which always sounds like crap. And they have the nerve to charge $2k+ for that! An amp designed this way will sound different on every pair of speakers you hook up to it.

Here's a good discussion from amp designer Bob Cordell

Just to make sure PJ gets the credit for the work he's done putting it together, here's the root site.

Dennis Murphy - Home of the MBOW1, et al.

Rick Craig - RC2, Linus Array, and more. Also Selah Audio

John Kreskovsky - LS3/5a Clone, plenty of theory. Former RF engineer, the master of transient perfect design.

Siegfried Linkwitz - Phoenix, Orion, and yet more theory. Open baffle dipole speakers. Inventor of the Linkwitz transform and co-inventor of the Linkwitz Riley filter (probably one of the most important pieces of math in crossover design). Designer of the Audio Artistry Vivaldi, Dvorak, and Beethoven (all 3) speakers. Another ex-RF engineer. If I had six-G's and wanted the best speaker money could buy, I'd build the Orion.

Madisound - Drivers, x-over components, misc. parts, kits.  My favorite seller, now with on-line ordering!

Parts Express - Where I usually get crossover parts.  Also, the Titanic subs are excellent.

Speaker City - Drivers, x-over components, misc. parts, kits

Zalytron - Drivers, x-over components, misc. parts, kits

GR Research - Go there and pay homage to the M130. Do it now. Try not to be distracted by the levitating CD platforms and SET amps.

eBay - Where I get most of my veneer.

Certainly Wood - Large collection of exotics & figures, non-paper backed

B&B Rare Woods - Exotics, non-paper backed

Formwood - Large selection, good sample pics, small orders from overstock list only

MacBeath Hardwoods - Online store, good selection of paper-backed veneer, watch out for the elephant sound

Joe Woodworker - Small selection, but nice stuff, non-paper backed

Herzog Veneers - Small selection, but nice stuff, non-paper backed

Audiogon - Best collection of used gear on the net

Audio Shopper - Another great site for new/used gear

Madisound Audio Discussion - Everything Speaker Building

Audio Asylum - Forum for everything audio. If you like putting little blocks of exotic wood everywhere, building bridges for your speaker wires, and SET amps delivering a cool 1W of power, you'll feel right at home.

Home Theater Talk - HT Forum

Home Theater Forum - The name says it all