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Getting Started

Brushing Aluminum - must be done before anodizing
Polishing Brushed Aluminum
How to decide between Anodizing, Painting and Powder coating
HowTo remove clear coat from Aluminum
Best aluminum for anodizing is billet aluminum rather than pure ALU; pure alu has many impurities which can give it an uneven finish
UK suppliers

http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/multi-way/93218-lgt-construction-diary.html-'LGT' Construction Diary
http://www.linearteam.dk/ - Linear Team - Good free box design program (you need the T-S parameters from the speaker you want to use) Follow the help exactly to enter the parameters or it will not allow you to complete the entry.
http://www.rjbaudio.com/ - RJB Audio - Projects
http://www.planet10-hifi.com/boxes.html - Planet10 Box Layout Library - nice
http://sites.google.com/site/undefinition/diy - Paul Carmody's Audio Projects - Projects (good site)

http://www.speakerworkshop.com/SW/Download.htm - Speaker Workshop - Probably the best free speaker design package but it is evil to learn how to use.
http://www.claudionegro.com - Speaker Workshop tutorial
http://www.pvconsultants.com/audio/frdgroup.htm - Frrequency Response Data Consortium - Collection of very usefull simulation tools mostly in Excell. Th Baffle Step compenation program is really good for demonstrating how just moving a drive unit a few cm in a cabinet can significantly affect the frequency response.
http://www.angelfire.com/electronic/...rworkshop.html - Tutorial - one of several tutorial on how to use it (search the web for others)
http://www.holmacoustics.com/holmimpulse.php - HOLM Accoustics - Probably the best free measurement software and fairly easy to use. You will need a microphone and a half decent sound card but that is all.

http://www.amazon.com/Sound-Reproduc...0935423&sr=1-1 - Floyd Toole's book on Sound Reproduction - recommended read; not cheap

http://www.lenardaudio.com/education/01_eduintro.html - Lenard Audio Institute
http://lenardaudio.com/sarabande_standard.html
http://www.johncon.com/john/wm61a/ - John Conover: Using the Panasonic WM61A as a Measurement Microphone - How to build a really cheap but flatish response microphone for only a few £ or $. If you only take one peice of advice from me it would be don't try to build speakers without a microphone. It would be like setting sail without even a compass, you can use the sun but its not really that much help unless you have years of experience, your ears are much the same.
http://www.humblehomemadehifi.com/ - Humble Homemade HiFi - Projects
http://www.troelsgravesen.dk/ - Troels Gravesen Audio - Projects and Theory
http://www.gedlee.com/Loudspeakers.htm - Geddes - ?
http://www.musicanddesign.com/HybridDesign.html - Hybrid Design - design philosophy principle for the mid/treble of a 3 way or subs/sats.
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/sho...ight=econowave - Audio Karma waveguide speakers - ick
http://www.t-linespeakers.org/ - Transmission Line speakers
- http://www.claudionegro.com - Speaker measurements, Double chamber reflex, DAC, Speaker vibrations.

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