Like many people in the last couple of years I have been expanding my home theater. Back in 2009 or so I experimented with some Aura bass shakers on my couch and I didn’t like them very much. I never figured out how to get them to integrate smoothly and … Continue reading
Back in 2003 I worked with a college friend to build a big set of speakers, and in 2015 I did some updates to make them somewhat less terrible- I wrote about that here: https://totallyshould.com/?p=870 One big problem with these speakers was that they were really not capable of producing … Continue reading
When I built our home theater I used the JBL LSR-308p MKii as the front left and right speakers. Overall they sound very good, but they don’t quite hold up when the action is at its peak. I’ve never had a very successful non-subwoofer speaker design so I set out … Continue reading
Since my last post we’ve moved and had a baby, who is now a rambunctious toddler. I’m getting to do some projects again so it’s time to bring the blog back! This project might be a little more “totally should” than my other recent audio posts, so I thought I’d … Continue reading
A lot of time has passed since my room equalization post in August 2016, and the stereo is now in a different room. Looking back, I think that one of the biggest problems that I had in my attempt at equalization was that I was aiming for the wrong target … Continue reading
This is a topic that I’m still fairly shaky on, so anybody out there reading this as a possible reference should probably take this all with a grain of salt. After building the LX521 speakers I could tell that they weren’t delivering precisely the sound that I know that they’re … Continue reading
It’s about time I had an update! This is basically skipping to the end from the last post, building cables, but I’ve been pressed for time in getting them built so I didn’t keep blogging as I went. I have a few pictures of putting the cabinets together, but it’s … Continue reading
This is is the very first post in my LX521 build, not counting a couple of background posts saying what I’m building and why I’m building it. Tonight I got started on making my speaker wires. The LX521 is a four-way speaker with an active crossover, meaning that for a … Continue reading
What am I building? It’s the LX521. Here’s a picture of me feeling starstruck. Part 2a- The LX521, compared to what else? Ok, so they cost about $3k to build on a tight budget… what are they competing against? The LX521 speaker was created by Siegfried Linkwitz, and he’s the … Continue reading
I’ve been interested in speakers and sound for a very long time, and if I had to pick some point in time that started this it might have been in the summer of 2000 when I was working for Radio Shack. I only worked there for that summer before college … Continue reading