Found Happiness

Logikal · 22nd December 2008, 01:37 PM

Hello everyone.

My name is Nima, I am a Iranian born American who is 19 years old. I have always had a passion for DIY anything. I have always had a burning desire in the automotive field which I pursued and now have a project which i have been building for almost three years at this point. I always loved sound quality in automobiles and have been apart of some very high end SQ builds. Well all that changed for me one day when I sort of lost touch with the world of DIY and my passions for audio. I became was dragged into the wrong crowd of people and became a drug addict up until recently. Now I fought back and am back into what I love and I figured why not start doing DIY Hi-Fi to keep myself out of trouble. So here I am, and I am ready to amass as much information as possible. Well I hope I didn't bore any of you but I'm ready to dive in head first and have fun doing it!

cuibono · 22nd December 2008, 03:49 PM

This place has been great for keeping me out of trouble. Idle hands.... There is a really great and supportive community here, so please enjoy yourself. Its a good place to let one's imagination go.

Cheers,

Patrick

planet10 · 22nd December 2008, 05:00 PM

Welcome to the forum...

diying your own hifi can become an addiction in its own right. Fortunately a constructive one that can better your life

(just ask us who have half a dozen sets of speakers and/or amps.)

dave

Cal Weldon · 22nd December 2008, 05:14 PM

Hello Nima and welcome to the forums. Nice to have you aboard the good ship DIY.

justblair · 22nd December 2008, 05:37 PM

Hi and welcome. Its good to have you here...

Logikal · 23rd December 2008, 02:59 PM

thanks for the replies everyone!!! What do you guys think is a good place to start for a complete newbie?

Cal Weldon · 23rd December 2008, 03:40 PM

What part would you like to start with? This forum can help with all sorts of things and perhaps speakers are a logical choice. Have you any ideas of your own you want to bring forth?

justblair · 23rd December 2008, 04:37 PM

I think amps are a nice place to start. A simple chip amp is a quick win project that is good for teaching or refreshing you on the basics. Power supply, signal input, gnd lines and impedances.

After that sources are fun but more comlicated to my feeble mind.

I dont have space for building my own speakers, so I am limited to tweaking here.

I think that you may get loads of different answers to that question!

Logikal · 23rd December 2008, 10:23 PM

Well I do have a set of Dynaudio components sitting on my desk as we speak so I think a good place to start would be a set of crossovers for these bad boys. After that maybe I'll move onto a small gainclone/chip amp to power them. What do you guys think?

Cal Weldon · 23rd December 2008, 10:24 PM

Do you have the info on the drivers needed to design the XO's and the box?

22nd December 2008, 01:37 PM	#1
Logikal diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2008	Found Happiness Hello everyone. My name is Nima, I am a Iranian born American who is 19 years old. I have always had a passion for DIY anything. I have always had a burning desire in the automotive field which I pursued and now have a project which i have been building for almost three years at this point. I always loved sound quality in automobiles and have been apart of some very high end SQ builds. Well all that changed for me one day when I sort of lost touch with the world of DIY and my passions for audio. I became was dragged into the wrong crowd of people and became a drug addict up until recently. Now I fought back and am back into what I love and I figured why not start doing DIY Hi-Fi to keep myself out of trouble. So here I am, and I am ready to amass as much information as possible. Well I hope I didn't bore any of you but I'm ready to dive in head first and have fun doing it!

22nd December 2008, 03:49 PM	#2
cuibono diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: City of Angles	This place has been great for keeping me out of trouble. Idle hands.... There is a really great and supportive community here, so please enjoy yourself. Its a good place to let one's imagination go. Cheers, Patrick __________________ double complete rainbow all the way!!

22nd December 2008, 05:00 PM	#3
planet10 frugal-phile(tm) diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Victoria, BC, NA, Sol III Blog Entries: 4	Welcome to the forum... diying your own hifi can become an addiction in its own right. Fortunately a constructive one that can better your life (just ask us who have half a dozen sets of speakers and/or amps.) dave __________________ community sites t-linespeakers.org, frugal-horn.com ........ commercial site planet10-HiFi p10-hifi forum here at diyA

22nd December 2008, 05:14 PM	#4
Cal Weldon Speakerholic diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: British Columbia	Hello Nima and welcome to the forums. Nice to have you aboard the good ship DIY. __________________ Next stop: Margaritaville Some of Cal's stuff \| Cal Weldon Consulting

23rd December 2008, 03:40 PM	#7
Cal Weldon Speakerholic diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: British Columbia	What part would you like to start with? This forum can help with all sorts of things and perhaps speakers are a logical choice. Have you any ideas of your own you want to bring forth? __________________ Next stop: Margaritaville Some of Cal's stuff \| Cal Weldon Consulting


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22nd December 2008, 05:37 PM	#5
justblair diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Glasgow, Scotland	Hi and welcome. Its good to have you here...

23rd December 2008, 02:59 PM	#6
Logikal diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2008	thanks for the replies everyone!!! What do you guys think is a good place to start for a complete newbie?

23rd December 2008, 04:37 PM	#8
justblair diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Glasgow, Scotland	I think amps are a nice place to start. A simple chip amp is a quick win project that is good for teaching or refreshing you on the basics. Power supply, signal input, gnd lines and impedances. After that sources are fun but more comlicated to my feeble mind. I dont have space for building my own speakers, so I am limited to tweaking here. I think that you may get loads of different answers to that question!

23rd December 2008, 10:23 PM	#9
Logikal diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2008	Well I do have a set of Dynaudio components sitting on my desk as we speak so I think a good place to start would be a set of crossovers for these bad boys. After that maybe I'll move onto a small gainclone/chip amp to power them. What do you guys think?

23rd December 2008, 10:24 PM	#10
Cal Weldon Speakerholic diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: British Columbia	Do you have the info on the drivers needed to design the XO's and the box? __________________ Next stop: Margaritaville Some of Cal's stuff \| Cal Weldon Consulting

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