DH Labs Cables
I’ve had components swapped in and out on my system over the last few years, but had not done enough experimenting with audio cables. So I contacted Darren at DH Labs; here are the results.
Technical and DIY
Articles that explain or educate readers on one or more technical aspects of the hobby, and article on DIY projects. Submissions from industry members are welcomed, as are those by any audiophile who has completed an audio project build.
Editor: John Reekie.
Doing your own DAC mods: a Primer
This is a golden age for the budget audiophile. For a few ducats, the cash-strapped can get a taste of high-fidelity. Here’s how to take it even further with just a little sweat, and hopefully not too many tears.
Sound correction in the frequency and time domain
When we play a hi-fidelity recording in our listening room, the sound that we hear is the product of many things: the performers, the recording environment and the skill of the recording engineers, the quality of our playback electronics and loudspeakers, and the room/acoustic environment in which we are listening.
Prototyping a 4-way open-baffle speaker with the miniDSP 2×4
This article, the second in a series of tutorials on the miniDSP, demonstrates how to use the miniDSP as a crossover/eq for a 4-way loudspeaker. The speaker is an open-baffle loudspeaker, a configuration that has been gaining popularity in DIY circles in recent years.
A Solo 103 Build
This is the second in my series of articles on building full-range loudspeakers. I decided to build a pair of small Fostex-based speakers for my next project, and chose the Solo 103 speaker from Humble Homemade HiFi.
Pensil 70 – a Learning Experience
Kris Adams writes about the first in a series of single-driver loudspeakers that he is building as a learning exercise. This first pair is the Pensil-70 design for the mark Audio CHR-70 fullrange driver.
Three Acoustical Issues that Room Correction Can’t Correct
This article by Nyal Mellor introduces three fundamental acoustical issues that room correction cannot address. They can only be addressed through good design, appropriate use of acoustic treatment, and appropriate system setup techniques.
Subwoofer equalization and integration with the miniDSP 2×4
This is a tutorial on using the miniDSP 2×4 “DSP in a box” for equalizing a subwoofer and integrating it into a two-channel audio system.
The Controlled-Pattern Offset Bipole Loudspeaker
Duke LeJeune of AudioKinesis explains the theory behind the controlled-pattern offset bipole loudspeaker, and demonstrates how this configuration can – if used correctly – lower room-related frequency response anomalies.
Truth and Corruption
Jason Wong describes his journey into DIY with the dual build of the Simple SE amplifier from tubelabs.com, and used in his active speaker system.