Hey all!
This is my first post in this forum and also my very first competed DIY audio project 🙂
I’ve been wanting to build a pair of LX Minis for years and finally pulled the trigger on everything
Looking into the crossovers for them, most people go for a Mini DSP or Mini DSP HD. After some more research, I saw that Mr Pass had designed a DIY kit for an analog version of the LX Mini crossover and not only did people say it sounds better than the Mini DSP HD, but it’s also cheaper and honestly sounded like more fun than just buying that!
While waiting for some 3D printed parts I decided to order the kit and go to town 🙂
Since the chassis and extras set has been OOS on the DIYAudio store, I had to source those on my own which honestly was enjoyable!
For this project I needed to learn how to solder, being a member at a local makerspace I was able to attend a soldering class which was great to learn the basics. So not only is this my first completed DIY audio project, it’s also my first actual soldering project and overall I had a blast putting it together!
The kit was very straightforward and very doable for a beginner in my opinion
I can’t lie the JFETs were a bit of a pain though since they need to be decently high off the board, the wires going into the centre of the RCA jacks were also a pain to actually attach with solder for some reason….
If I could change anything, I probably would have measured and lined up my rear panel better… I used a drill press to get the holes in there for the power and RCA jacks and they aren’t straight at all 😂 First time for everything! Could have also been me not lining up the drill press properly, all in all not much of an issue though as it still works and it’s just for my own personal use (and you’ll never see that side on my stand)
Sadly I can’t test it as I still haven’t actually finished the LX Minis… so I’m hoping it works right off the bat. I did test it out on my current Kef speakers and they do output audio properly (one set of RCAs being the lows and one being the highs) and the LED lights up so here’s hoping it works properly when i
Ive attached a bunch of pics of the final product + of my progress along the way below! Thanks for reading 🙂
This is my first post in this forum and also my very first competed DIY audio project 🙂
I’ve been wanting to build a pair of LX Minis for years and finally pulled the trigger on everything
Looking into the crossovers for them, most people go for a Mini DSP or Mini DSP HD. After some more research, I saw that Mr Pass had designed a DIY kit for an analog version of the LX Mini crossover and not only did people say it sounds better than the Mini DSP HD, but it’s also cheaper and honestly sounded like more fun than just buying that!
While waiting for some 3D printed parts I decided to order the kit and go to town 🙂
Since the chassis and extras set has been OOS on the DIYAudio store, I had to source those on my own which honestly was enjoyable!
For this project I needed to learn how to solder, being a member at a local makerspace I was able to attend a soldering class which was great to learn the basics. So not only is this my first completed DIY audio project, it’s also my first actual soldering project and overall I had a blast putting it together!
The kit was very straightforward and very doable for a beginner in my opinion
I can’t lie the JFETs were a bit of a pain though since they need to be decently high off the board, the wires going into the centre of the RCA jacks were also a pain to actually attach with solder for some reason….
If I could change anything, I probably would have measured and lined up my rear panel better… I used a drill press to get the holes in there for the power and RCA jacks and they aren’t straight at all 😂 First time for everything! Could have also been me not lining up the drill press properly, all in all not much of an issue though as it still works and it’s just for my own personal use (and you’ll never see that side on my stand)
Sadly I can’t test it as I still haven’t actually finished the LX Minis… so I’m hoping it works right off the bat. I did test it out on my current Kef speakers and they do output audio properly (one set of RCAs being the lows and one being the highs) and the LED lights up so here’s hoping it works properly when i
Ive attached a bunch of pics of the final product + of my progress along the way below! Thanks for reading 🙂
Good for a beginner, but always use a center punch when drilling holes in metal.
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