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PWK Designs - Custom Speaker Enclosures
Our friend Pete Kulicki has just opened up his new custom speaker enclosure company in Tombstone, Arizona going by the name PWK Designs. Pete has built quite a reputation for himself designing and building some pretty damn nice enclosures over the years.
I had a long talk with Pete about his services and he is offering something that is very appealing to those of us with listening rooms that don't fit the normal mold. I think Pete says it best on his website...
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"Reflect for a moment on the...
Occam MT27KITA July Sale
We just got word that Occam will be offering their new MT27KITA kit speakers at a discounted price for the month of July.
The MT27KITA speaker kit includes parts to make a full-range bookshelf speaker. Each speaker uses a Mark Audio Alpair 5 aluminum wide range "tweeter" and the CSS SDX7 woofer. Other parts included are for the crossovers, CNC Cut baffles and a magnetic grill.
Normal price on the MT27KITA is $235, the sale price is $199.
Link: Occam MT27KITA on Sale for $199
Krell Papa Dock
Krell is now shipping their new Papa Dock amplifier that is designed to be used with their KID iPod Dock. The Papa Dock mates up with the KID (that sounds so wrong) and can provide up to 150 watts of power to the listener's choice of speakers.
Features include a 40,000 microfarad power supply, physically isolated left and right channels, twelve high current output devices and WBT speaker connectors. The Papa is also auto sensing and powers on when the iPod is connected.
Price on the Krell KID is $1,500 and the...
Kids and Ports Don’t Mix
- Images: brandonnash via AVS Forum
There's a pretty funny post on the AVS forum about a guy who noticed a rattle in his rear-ported Athena monitor after one of his kids knocked it off the stand and onto the floor. After removing the terminal block, he kept finding one "Hot Wheels" car after another, until a total of 15 cars and 6 magnetic toy letters had been removed. Some commenters also responded with stories of toy farmers, plastic cows, dog food, frightened rabbits, and even snakes finding their way into speakers.
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LG HT762TZR Speakers
What better to pair with your Red Wine Audio components than speakers designed to look like large glasses of red wine? LG's new HT762TZR 5.1 system consists of four identical front and rear speakers with very glossy "Bordeaux" red finishes and equally glossy mid-bass drivers flanking soft dome tweeters in a D'Appolito array. The center channel is a slightly smaller version of the main speakers, and lacks a stand. The sub is side-firing and front-ported to save space. The LG HT762TZR system is currently available in Korea, no word yet on pricing or whether...
Fostex G2000 Speakers - Magnesium Love
Fostex has announced their new G2000 Magnesium speakers. They will be released in Japan at the end of July with a price of just under $6,000 (3800€). The speakers house dual 200mm woofers, a 100mm mid-range driver, and a 25mm tweeter. The speakers will be available in the brown or red finishes shown above.
Frequency response: 30Hz-35,000Hz
Sensitivity: 90dB/mW
Max Power: 150 watts
Impedance: 4Ω
Buttkicker Going Mainstream
- Image: Auto Week
This past weekend the NHRA performed testing using a wireless Bluetooth transmitter for a Buttkicker low frequency audio transducer. The ultimate goal would be to give the viewers at home the ability to feel the action through the seat of their pants. The only downside is that they are planning on making it a subscription based service, on top of the cost of the equipment (LFE transducer and amplifier).
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Although it sounds cool, the biggest problem I see is that anyone who watches NASCAR or...
DIY Headphone Amplifier - CD Drive Stealth
Giovanni Militano just put up his newest creation on DIY Audio Projects, a DIY Class A MOSFET Headphone Amplifier that is housed inside of an external CD drive case. Estimate of the total parts cost is about $20.
In his words, "This is a simple do-it-yourself (DIY) headphone amplifier project that is fashioned primarily after the Class A MOSFET Headphone Driver project by Greg Szekeres and to some extent Mark's DIY Class A 2SK1058 MOSFET Amplifier Project. The amplifier concept is simple and follows a typical single-ended class A circuit utilizing...
Pass Labs XP-10 and XP-20 Preamps
Pass Labs has released two new Class A analog line stage preamplifiers, the XP-10 ($5,000) and the XP-20 ($8,000). The XP-10 is a single chassis design, featuring two balanced and three single-ended inputs, balanced and single-ended outputs with identical gain, a high-resolution volume control with 1dB steps, and a remote control with direct input access. One of the inputs can be configured for home theater bypass.
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The XP-20 adds a much larger outboard power supply, a tape loop, an extra set of single-ended outputs, and a 12V trigger...
eBay Policy Change - Sellers Can No Longer Leave Negative Feedback For Buyers
- Image: tryork5ifp Feedback
I just got a notice from eBay that sellers can no longer leave neutral or negative feedback for buyers, just positive or nothing at all.
I'm pretty sure most of you guys buy and sell audio gear on eBay all the time like I do. This seems like a bit of a mixed bag to me. On one side I think it is great because people can now say if the buyer was shitty and not have to worry about getting negative feedback in return. I'll be...
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