DIY 2004 Washington DC

Mattyo5 · 3rd October 2004, 08:46 PM

hope everyone in the dc area is getting ready for this! Just wanted to help the word out if nobody has mentioned it yet!

I'm bringin my bpa-200 6 chip monoblocks, speakers, and speaker cables. hope to see everyone there!

-Matthew K. Olson

http://www.audiodiycentral.com/diy2004_dc.shtml

Mattyo5 · 8th October 2004, 02:03 AM

The event is scheduled for saturday, hope everyone knows about it thats all! Hope to see everyone there!

-Matthew K. Olson

Kilentra · 8th October 2004, 04:12 AM

Hi Matt,

It's really too bad I won't be able to go again this year, because last time was really great fun and I learned more in one day than I had in months!

If I had been able to go to the event I would have been excited to demonstrate my active Kit281 system (I recently designed a PCB for it and I'm almost done building it up) which I am trying to make available to everyone else in the community... there's been some interest in it, it sounds really good, and it only costs about $200 to build one. The design increases the steepness of the filters by 12db/oct, lowers the frequency to 1.9KHz, and uses class A JFET buffers instead of op amps. With the Holton sym amps and a Zen for the tweeter it was starting to change the already good Kit281s into something extraordinary. Now that I am at college I went back to the regular Kit281s (for now) and it sounds kind of dull, grainy and muddy. Maybe you could tell the DIY crew about this and I will send out my prototype to other owners soon?

What speakers are you bringing?

Mattyo5 · 8th October 2004, 10:47 AM

Shame you can't go, this is turning out to be a fine show I think. I'm bringing my WWMT's dayton 7" aluminums, audax am130z2 mid and xt tweets, speaker cables, and bridgeclone monoblocks

Should be fun.

Your kit sounds interesting. Too bad Holton is gone from this planet again.

-Matthew K. Olson

tube-it · 10th October 2004, 08:56 PM

Just got back from DIY 2004

What a great time! I learned more in the one day at the show I could have after months of internet research. Thanks Matt for taking the time to put my speakers on the analyzer and all the suggestions I got to improve our sub $300 speaker project. If anybody remembers we had the speakers that looked better than they sounded

I hope to make it to the Ohio show and bring down our $2,000 + no holds bared project that we have been working on for the past year and our Fostex full range folded horn project.

Sean

Mattyo5 · 10th October 2004, 11:50 PM

I had a great time too. Perfect paintjob on those man

What a long and awesome event. Pics to come soon I think. PJAY has the pics that i took on CD, so he'll be submitting them to www.audiodiycentral.com for posting. I can't wait to be at the event next year

Later!

-Matthew K. Olson

Kilentra · 11th October 2004, 04:22 AM

Great, I can't wait to see the pictures and descriptions. I actually have a few things I wish I could say to Pjay, like for example, the speakers we were talking about using the raffled-off PE 7" woofers for last year, did become a reality and my friend Jared has them in his dorm room in Cedarville, Ohio.

Mattyo5 · 11th October 2004, 10:49 AM

Cool.

Keep building cool things

-Matthew K. Olson

tube-it · 11th October 2004, 06:19 PM

I put together a quick webpage with some images from the DIY 2004 Regional:

magicsnacks.com/DIY2004DC/

Feel free to use any way you would like.

Sean

Mattyo5 · 11th October 2004, 07:45 PM

you might want to email that link to www.audiodiycentral.com ... PJAY has my pics, and thats where he's sending them.

nice pics btw

-Matthew K. Olson

3rd October 2004, 08:46 PM	#1
Mattyo5 diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Farmington, CT	DIY 2004 Washington DC hope everyone in the dc area is getting ready for this! Just wanted to help the word out if nobody has mentioned it yet! I'm bringin my bpa-200 6 chip monoblocks, speakers, and speaker cables. hope to see everyone there! -Matthew K. Olson http://www.audiodiycentral.com/diy2004_dc.shtml

10th October 2004, 08:56 PM	#5
tube-it diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Rochester NY	DIY Washington 2004 Just got back from DIY 2004 What a great time! I learned more in the one day at the show I could have after months of internet research. Thanks Matt for taking the time to put my speakers on the analyzer and all the suggestions I got to improve our sub $300 speaker project. If anybody remembers we had the speakers that looked better than they sounded I hope to make it to the Ohio show and bring down our $2,000 + no holds bared project that we have been working on for the past year and our Fostex full range folded horn project. Sean

11th October 2004, 06:19 PM	#9
tube-it diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Rochester NY	DIY 2004 DC Pictures I put together a quick webpage with some images from the DIY 2004 Regional: magicsnacks.com/DIY2004DC/ Feel free to use any way you would like. Sean

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8th October 2004, 02:03 AM	#2
Mattyo5 diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Farmington, CT	The event is scheduled for saturday, hope everyone knows about it thats all! Hope to see everyone there! -Matthew K. Olson

8th October 2004, 04:12 AM	#3
Kilentra diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Cambridge, MA, USA	Hi Matt, It's really too bad I won't be able to go again this year, because last time was really great fun and I learned more in one day than I had in months! If I had been able to go to the event I would have been excited to demonstrate my active Kit281 system (I recently designed a PCB for it and I'm almost done building it up) which I am trying to make available to everyone else in the community... there's been some interest in it, it sounds really good, and it only costs about $200 to build one. The design increases the steepness of the filters by 12db/oct, lowers the frequency to 1.9KHz, and uses class A JFET buffers instead of op amps. With the Holton sym amps and a Zen for the tweeter it was starting to change the already good Kit281s into something extraordinary. Now that I am at college I went back to the regular Kit281s (for now) and it sounds kind of dull, grainy and muddy. Maybe you could tell the DIY crew about this and I will send out my prototype to other owners soon? What speakers are you bringing?

8th October 2004, 10:47 AM	#4
Mattyo5 diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Farmington, CT	Shame you can't go, this is turning out to be a fine show I think. I'm bringing my WWMT's dayton 7" aluminums, audax am130z2 mid and xt tweets, speaker cables, and bridgeclone monoblocks Should be fun. Your kit sounds interesting. Too bad Holton is gone from this planet again. -Matthew K. Olson

10th October 2004, 11:50 PM	#6
Mattyo5 diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Farmington, CT	I had a great time too. Perfect paintjob on those man What a long and awesome event. Pics to come soon I think. PJAY has the pics that i took on CD, so he'll be submitting them to www.audiodiycentral.com for posting. I can't wait to be at the event next year Later! -Matthew K. Olson

11th October 2004, 04:22 AM	#7
Kilentra diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Cambridge, MA, USA	Great, I can't wait to see the pictures and descriptions. I actually have a few things I wish I could say to Pjay, like for example, the speakers we were talking about using the raffled-off PE 7" woofers for last year, did become a reality and my friend Jared has them in his dorm room in Cedarville, Ohio.

11th October 2004, 10:49 AM	#8
Mattyo5 diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Farmington, CT	Cool. Keep building cool things -Matthew K. Olson

11th October 2004, 07:45 PM	#10
Mattyo5 diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Farmington, CT	you might want to email that link to www.audiodiycentral.com ... PJAY has my pics, and thats where he's sending them. nice pics btw -Matthew K. Olson

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