Recent content by Jazzman53

Carver was the coolest looking gear of that era, and still rocks. I have other Carver gear, including four amps with Bob's signature on the face plates. The coolest Carver piece I had was the CT-7 preamp/tuner that my GF appropriated (she's stuck with me for life now because she has to give...

1982 Carver C1 Preamp:

I built this red oak rack about 10 years ago. The center shelf is height-adjustable and slatted for air flow, the back is open, and the sides are slatted, and the drawer has lots of room form cables and such. I made a CAD drawing if anyone is interested.

Annette Peacock - X Dreams

Hi all, I've just rebuilt the stat panel in a Martin Logan Theater center channel speaker. These speakers are dying and no longer supported by ML, so anyone who has one with a weak or dead panel, was SOL. But that ain't necessarily so... I attempted to copy/paste the write-up from my...

Hi All, I'm pleased to share my latest RiPol sub project below. These use the same Peerless SLS 12 woofers as my previous ones, but are 1/2" smaller in height/depth and the plywood grain directions are angled for a book-matched look -- much prettier! Not everyone is familiar with RiPol...

Hi all, Below is the finest loudspeaker I've ever built, and I'm happy to share it here. I also have an extensive how-to website for building this type of speaker, and my drawings and parts lists are available to anyone crazy enough to attempt it, at no charge :-) Enjoy! Charlie My...

I've just finished building a pair of Ripole subs, which turned out very nice. The Ripole design was patented by German speaker designer Axel Ridtahler. Conceptually; it's a dipole speaker with its baffle folded around a pair of opposing drivers in push-push configuration. The name "Ripole"...

Does anyone use a digital preamp or recommend one, or better yet; know of a digital music server which includes a digital volume control? I'm not up on the newest gear and just wondering what's out there. For many years I have been streaming music from a Logitech Transporter. I'm pretty...

Hi everyone. This looks like a good forum to join. I'm an old guy (68) into DIY hoping to contribute and still learn a new trick or two. No high-dollar gear here--- just a Logitech Transporter feeding recapped chip amps, driving homebuilt hybrid ESL's and Ripole subs. Charlie