Hey there! Posted a ‘hello’ on TT’s MAC thread (somewhere), but figured I should go direct to source.
Attended the recent CKY-MAC meet in Louisville. Found out about event via FirstBuild’s FB page. Very glad that I made it. Looked up MAC site and requested an invite right away.
I’m a Louisville KY native, novice builder, long-time audio user, and obsessive listener. A few itinerant posts on various audio forums; primarily a lurker at this point. Partner to a wonderful lady and dog, both in Lexington KY. Would very much like to be involved in future meets, when and where I can.
Welcome and at least a first or Nick name is much appreciated. Also, do you mind reminding me who you are. I have definitely met you at the meet. I am the Indian guy with the floor staying speakers with curved back, from Minneapolis.
My name is Bob. I got here by YouTube surfing and I clicked on some weird video and now I'm here. Must be one of those weird twilight zone things, I dunno, must have crossed an Einstein-Rosen bridge. What year is this?
Jk. I'm Oscar (aka: guitar maestro on PETT) and I got dragged here involuntarily! Been tinkering with speakers since about 92 or 93 as a teenager; built some basic 2- and 3-ways and subs armed with only a small handful of cash and a scientific calculator with some radio shack books.. Did the whole "car" thing in my late teens/early twenties mostly building vented subwoofer enclosures; now a days I mostly stick to "home" audio. I work in education, my BSc is in Math & Physics. Been playing guitar since about the same time, so about 25yrs. Have a half-finished naturally-aspirated race car with a nice 13.8:1 compression V8 engine I built myself, with more anti-friction and ceramic coatings than the space shuttle, with an anticipated redline is north of 9000 RPMs. My recently acquired Legacy Audio Calibres are largely responsible for re-invigorating my interest in designing a very neat pair of 3-way loudspeakers for myself. Not married, no kids, so I get to buy lots of cool toys as I see fit.
Greetings from Canada! My name is Mike and I started fiddling with speakers when I was about 10 years old. My Dad ran a shop on the side and scrapped cars when he was either slow or looking for extra money. I was allowed to pilfer the speakers from the cars and figured out fast that they sounded a lot better in a box, especially if I helped myself to some of the sound deadener in the trunk or floor, and lined the (cardboard) box with it. That was my introduction which lead to building a pile of projects over the next 20 or so years, some better than others. Then I got out of it for the next 20 and now I'm back. The hobby has changed a lot since I was doing it in the 90's, and for the better. Components are much better and with the internet, it's never been a better time to be a DIYer. Anyway, that's my story and I hope to learn from the very capable people on this forum.
Nice, I'm in SK, haven't been out to Ontario since I was a kid, but I was in Thunder Bay back then. Most of the family is out in Alberta and BC, so I tend to go west when I travel.
Hey guys, I've been posting as CSS, but sometimes I'd like to be a little less professional, so I had Jason hook me up with a personal account. Kerry and I will still use the CSS account for official announcements, so there's no confusion.
Hello Everyone, my name is Jeremy and I am from Grand Rapids, MI. I met Brian last year at the Mensicus Audio DIY event and brought my refurbished DCM's. I have been a long time audio enthusiast and have been into the car audio arena for decades as well as home audio. I have been building speakers for the better part of 15 years as a hobby. I hope to learn many new things from everyone here!
Greetings Jeremy! Lots of great people here and virtually none of the toxic attitudes & pissing matches you might have experienced on some other forums.
Greetings Jeremy! Lots of great people here and virtually none of the toxic attitudes & pissing matches you might have experienced on some other forums.
Yep, seems to be at least a handful of people on PE's forum whose sole purpose is to start $hit. Although I'm still active there, I do get tired of all that childish krap. It keeps me from being more active there, and I'm sure it has a like affect on others.
Yep me too. I don't post any of my projects or designs on PETT anymore. The mods let too much stupid shit slide and clamp down on other stuff. I like posting stuff here and don't mind a bit if you guys have negative comments about anything. I feel those comments are generally legit and not just some D-bag trying to look like a know it all. Now if MAC allows AE to join here and he starts correcting my on line English... I'm out!
Hello, I'm a lifelong tinkerer and audio guy living in Minneapolis. I used to be a car audio guy, but now have 3 kids and no room or time for such foolishness . So I've moved the foolishness to my basement! I'm currently building a 2.1 system around a pair of North Creek Echos and a 15 sealed Dayton HF sub. I'm building a set of Swan HiVi 3.1s right now - and looking for all the (good) advice I can get. I'm using an iMac as a Hires audio source, and a Schiit Magni / Modi Uber into a minidsp 2x4HD into an Adcom 4 channel amp.
I tend to overcomplicate things and then slowly pull back to sanity... mostly.
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Attended the recent CKY-MAC meet in Louisville. Found out about event via FirstBuild’s FB page. Very glad that I made it. Looked up MAC site and requested an invite right away.
I’m a Louisville KY native, novice builder, long-time audio user, and obsessive listener. A few itinerant posts on various audio forums; primarily a lurker at this point. Partner to a wonderful lady and dog, both in Lexington KY. Would very much like to be involved in future meets, when and where I can.
Thanks in advance... !
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Jk. I'm Oscar (aka: guitar maestro on PETT) and I got dragged here involuntarily!
My name is Mike and I started fiddling with speakers when I was about 10 years old. My Dad ran a shop on the side and scrapped cars when he was either slow or looking for extra money. I was allowed to pilfer the speakers from the cars and figured out fast that they sounded a lot better in a box, especially if I helped myself to some of the sound deadener in the trunk or floor, and lined the (cardboard) box with it. That was my introduction which lead to building a pile of projects over the next 20 or so years, some better than others. Then I got out of it for the next 20 and now I'm back. The hobby has changed a lot since I was doing it in the 90's, and for the better. Components are much better and with the internet, it's never been a better time to be a DIYer.
Anyway, that's my story and I hope to learn from the very capable people on this forum.
Dan
Dan
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I tend to overcomplicate things and then slowly pull back to sanity... mostly.
Scott has a great thread on modding the 3.1 - just scroll down a bit.