New at this forum but far from new at DIY audio. The Heathkit Pro Series (all components) I built are still in service. Have made audio improvements to things like pinball machines, consoles and jukeboxes. Built one pair of loudspeakers in the 80s. They were petty much crap as I had an utter lack of the proper tools to make a good, sturdy enclosure. Lack of tools (or skill to use them) is no longer a problem but until recently I've found no need to build anything requiring advice/assistance.
Drooling over the Heathkit Pro Series when I was 16.
Oh yes! I bought and built in my twenties. Foolish purchases of course according to my ever frugal parents. They were probably correct but I'd do the same again. The one component I didn't buy during the age was the tuner as I had a fair Marantz and the Heathkit was crazy expensive. I found one in the early 2000s (still in kit form) and it's a true performer! I think Heathkit had a bad batch of tuners since the circuit board that connects to the meter lighting, amazingly, had no access to the lamp power circuit itself and I had to run a funky jumper.
Oh yes! I bought and built in my twenties. Foolish purchases of course according to my ever frugal parents. They were probably correct but I'd do the same again. The one component I didn't buy during the age was the tuner as I had a fair Marantz and the Heathkit was crazy expensive. I found one in the early 2000s (still in kit form) and it's a true performer! I think Heathkit had a bad batch of tuners since the circuit board that connects to the meter lighting, amazingly, had no access to the lamp power circuit itself and I had to run a funky jumper.
No pics that I'd be particularly fond of posting--like the tuner on entry coat closet shelf for the in-ceiling loudspeakers. The components are now scattered as I no longer use the "big" system. Even with plenty of space Klipshorns really limit arrangements and as things accumulate.
My present project the accompaniment system to a player-equipped acoustic grand piano.
I have a single mono audio signal and need to design/find/build what amounts to a "vocal" design with excellent clarity and a single driver or potentially array that is nice and flat from about 100hz to 2khz. I'm presently using an AR "Powered Partner" for that part of the system and it lacks sufficient acoustic power for use under even a "baby" grand (Baldwin M).
Will post some pics on that subject somewhere--tough to choose a single sub-forum. "Public Address" is perhaps the closest.
My partner dug some Renkus-Heinz TRX61s out of storage but the first one I tested is fried. Hopefully they weren't arrayed and are all the same. I also have a Peavey 12" stage monitor to try out but it's physically much larger than I want to use.
My present project the accompaniment system to a player-equipped acoustic grand piano.
I have a single mono audio signal and need to design/find/build what amounts to a "vocal" design with excellent clarity and a single driver or potentially array that is nice and flat from about 100hz to 2khz. I'm presently using an AR "Powered Partner" for that part of the system and it lacks sufficient acoustic power for use under even a "baby" grand (Baldwin M).
Will post some pics on that subject somewhere--tough to choose a single sub-forum. "Public Address" is perhaps the closest.
My partner dug some Renkus-Heinz TRX61s out of storage but the first one I tested is fried. Hopefully they weren't arrayed and are all the same. I also have a Peavey 12" stage monitor to try out but it's physically much larger than I want to use.
I brought most of the major components together. All turned on but not hooked into a system. While it is a "super station" the tuner's meters show a locked in station without any sort of antenna. As I (hopefully) mentioned before, the preamp is in need of new rear RCA connections. I've read this is pretty much an endemic problem. While the preamp worked perfectly from the moment of full testing I recall the rear panel being a real pain to connect and assemble. The EQ (not pictured) suffered a rather early failure of a power-related IC (the signal path is all discreet component) that took out one channel and was impossible to find the last time I searched around the time of building the tuner c. 2008. The amp (boat anchor) is kind of buried right now.
