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A Turntable of my Own, Part 4
Copper #90 , #91, and #92---Ed.> You are looking at the main aluminum plate that will support the entire table. It is resting on the aluminum plate that was previously...
A Turntable of my Own, Part 3
Copper#90 ; Part 2, in Copper #91---Ed.> All of the brass points/receptor cups were designed to have cored-out cups so they could be filled with a lead/elastomer matrix. Using a...
A Turntable of my Own, Part 2
Copper #90---Ed.> Here we see the finished laminated fiberglass plinth sitting atop the 1 ½” thick machined aluminum sub-plate. You will notice the ¾” thick grey MDF pieces sitting between...
A Turntable of my Own, Part 1
Copper #72, #73, and #74. In that series of articles, Ken described how he cut down trees on his property, milled, planed, and cured the lumber, then built his listening...
5400 Hours of Fun, Part 3
[We previously featured Ken Fritz’s amazing speaker and listening room project in Copper #72 and #73. We’ll wrap up now with some of the details. I hope you’ll find this inspirational— although I doubt...
5400 Hours of Fun
[Ken Fritz has abilities and ambition that put most of us to shame. Ken decided to build his own speakers—and the listening room for them. As you’ll see, he did...
5400 Hours of Fun, Part 2
[Ken Fritz has abilities and ambition that put most of us to shame. Ken decided to build his own speakers—and the listening room for them. As you’ll see, he did...
The Pipe Organ in my Living Room : A Lifelong J...
[This issue’s In My Room is a little different from our usual offerings: Joseph Grogan tells the tale of building a pipe organ in his living room, combining seriously high-quality audio equipment...
A Vivid System, Indeed
I probably have a pretty standard story as far as the evolution of my system goes. I started listening to music seriously back when I was still a teenager, with...
Zen and the Art of Speaker Building
Most of us squander far too much of our time engaged in “self-talk”. Our minds are continually preoccupied with “what if” scenarios and how to resolve them, even though these...
A Joyful Experience
A friend and I would walk into hi-fi stores back in the day, and hope to be left alone in the big demo rooms where we could listen to Supertramp’s Crime...
Big Bang For Bucks
Feeling a bit inspired about low-fi and mid-fi based upon the Paul’s Posts series this past week, I thought I would send some shots of my latest room to give...
Four Ways, No Waiting
I’d prefer not to dwell too much on the name brands of electronics (of the front end, but sure, as they pertain to the speakers) at this time, but rather...
Humble but Beautiful
My current system has evolved during the past year and although a humble vintage set up, I’m rapt with its performance. The one constant has been my Philips HS 510Q...
Blimey, It’s the ’70’s!
Not the best pictures, but here’s one of our vintage systems that took a few years to acquire. Two turntables- a Gale GT2101 turntable with SME II Improved/Shure V15, and a Transcriptors Skeleton with Vestigal...
Room Tuning is Important!
Not only are room design and tuning important, but having dedicated 30 amp circuits on the same phase are important as well. My audio room was built with several and...
Excess in Pursuit of Stereo is No Vice!
This is my second large stereo. Like its predecessor, it took a while to pull together; in this case, about 2 years from the time I began my quest for...
SET in Carolina
The speakers are Tidal Contriva Diacera-SE speakers, sitting on Symposium platforms. The amps are Chalice Audio “Grail” SET (Single-Ended Triode) mono-blocks. The amps are 1 of only 2 pair in...
Goose Bumps And All
Audio reproduction was of great interest to me ever since, as a teenager, I ventured to Lafayette Radio and heard a marching band emanating from a JBL C34 mono loudspeaker...
Sacred Ground
This room is our masterpiece. A two-channel haven for playback of what we record at Sacred Grounds Studios in North Hollywood, California. Resolution was the main design parameter in our...
Hi-Fi from Finland
I started my career at a radio & TV repair shop, and I like to every now and then do some upgrading and restoration jobs. This is my #1 setup, and...
I Did It Myself
This is my first purpose – built computer based system and a few years of reading and learning of new terms and technology was required. And the technology kept changing....
Tape Heaven
That big shiny aluminum turntable is a Triangle Art Signature, with two Triangle Art 12″ Osiris tonearms and ALL the extras!!! Cartridges are a Triangle Art Zeus with mods,and a...
Montana Audio
To start off my system is nothing brand new. It is all older equipment, like my Montana Audio XP1 loudspeakers, but the build quality of everything is top notch and...
Vinyl, baby!
Being a vinyl type of guy, with CDs to fill in the gaps, I have assembled a system that I think pays tribute to that unique vinyl sound. I play...
A tall screen, and a wireless keyboard
Some history. Actually a lot of history. I came late to paying attention to audio reproduction. I always loved and collected the music, especially from the era in which I...