Been finding myself cruising these boards more and more often as my audio journey grows. What an immense archive of knowledge, experience, and generosity this place is! Time to come in from the cold.
I'm originally a northern Californian (SF Bay) but live and work now for a university in Cincinnati as an audio archivist and curator for a library collection. I love almost all music, with an especially deep abiding love for jazz, soul, and Jamaican dub and recording techniques from the late 60's through the early 80's. I find the history of loudspeakers totally fascinating and speakers themselves to be totally beautiful devices; have actually been doing some research work on acousmoniums and speaker-orchestras recently.
I've owned a decent (not huge) amount of gear in the last years but have been finding that my connection to equipment itself is sorta changing. As a writer I've moved a lot and worked a lot of different jobs (metal shops, farms, carpentry). I like making things and tinkering. If I can make something (even a small thing) each day I am exponentially happier for it. I'd love to start learning how to make and measure speakers, rather than simply restoring or recapping them.
Not sure I'll be able to contribute much yet but I am looking forward to learning from folks here. Just wanted to say "heya."
Heya!
I'm originally a northern Californian (SF Bay) but live and work now for a university in Cincinnati as an audio archivist and curator for a library collection. I love almost all music, with an especially deep abiding love for jazz, soul, and Jamaican dub and recording techniques from the late 60's through the early 80's. I find the history of loudspeakers totally fascinating and speakers themselves to be totally beautiful devices; have actually been doing some research work on acousmoniums and speaker-orchestras recently.
I've owned a decent (not huge) amount of gear in the last years but have been finding that my connection to equipment itself is sorta changing. As a writer I've moved a lot and worked a lot of different jobs (metal shops, farms, carpentry). I like making things and tinkering. If I can make something (even a small thing) each day I am exponentially happier for it. I'd love to start learning how to make and measure speakers, rather than simply restoring or recapping them.
Not sure I'll be able to contribute much yet but I am looking forward to learning from folks here. Just wanted to say "heya."
Heya!
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don't think you can quit, once you are hooked, you are done for, you will be dreaming of phono amps, tubes, speakers, transistors, it gets under your skin, you will eventually go mad 😀
Welcome Peter!
I'm already learning from you! Grm
You must start a thread and tell us the fruits of your research. 😎
Thanks so much for the warm welcome, all.
Yeah, man. That feeling under your skin. That's for real. I love this stuff more and more. The history of trying to engineer some way of hearing more clearly or more passionately. It's kind of an amazing human endeavor. Pretty incredible that humans have been working this challenge for so long. So I'm in awe of the folks here– everyone deep-diving into projects/problems and coming back up to share their experiences. Very, very cool.
I've been enjoying new and vintage speakers quite a lot, of course. But on some level I want a deeper connection to the materials and experiences themselves. To find a more creative way into the whole shebang, you know? Some of the new drivers are just things of beauty (as are some of the crossovers I've seen built).
Ganu– haha! You're very kind. I can be a bit bashful about such things but maybe I'll try. It all may be just a way for me to justify thinking about and looking at audiostuff 😉
Yeah, man. That feeling under your skin. That's for real. I love this stuff more and more. The history of trying to engineer some way of hearing more clearly or more passionately. It's kind of an amazing human endeavor. Pretty incredible that humans have been working this challenge for so long. So I'm in awe of the folks here– everyone deep-diving into projects/problems and coming back up to share their experiences. Very, very cool.
I've been enjoying new and vintage speakers quite a lot, of course. But on some level I want a deeper connection to the materials and experiences themselves. To find a more creative way into the whole shebang, you know? Some of the new drivers are just things of beauty (as are some of the crossovers I've seen built).
Ganu– haha! You're very kind. I can be a bit bashful about such things but maybe I'll try. It all may be just a way for me to justify thinking about and looking at audiostuff 😉
Welcome to the forums. I also have similar interests such as acousmoniums and acousmatiique sounds and music. Years a go I did work with IRCAM and the GRM. Fun stuff!
Thanks for the welcome, Pano! Man I’m gonna have to pick your brain... would love to know more about your experiences! Maybe I’ll start a thread in a bit here seeking out insights etc. I’d love to build one (maybe a smaller one than GRM or Milan haha 😉 to help celebrate the anniversary of our audio archive in some years. What would be the best subforum to start a thread like this?
Nice to meet you. My experiences with this stuff was mostly long ago, but have helped with some musical sculptures more recently. As for a subforum..... that's a tuff one. You'd have to think about what makes up the bulk of the project, amps, dsp, multi-way speakers, fullrange speakers, etc. It might end up in Instruments and amps, or Everything Else.
Just pick a place that looks right, it can always be moved if need be.
Just pick a place that looks right, it can always be moved if need be.