thank you youtube for free construction lessons.
i’m gathering tips on studio design and acoustic control for our new listening room / theater / den of awesomeitude. it should be completely enclosed and built off of the floor. so far, i plan to use the basic wood and drywall method but without right-angles or parallel faces. i haven’t chosen any sound dampening materials yet. most are expensive, so i’m looking at getting the most from design before just throwing cash at it. some friends are giving me advice in general construction and acoustic design for now. next, i plan to use sketchup to make a model that i can walk through.
any advice appreciated and could be delivered over a decent beer.
i went to the old WGBH station today to look over the goods.
so . much . stuff .
i want industrial racks, tools, vintage a/v gear, rack servers, acoustic dampening material, batteries, mixers, comfy chairs, etc……
August 19th, 2007
7:02 pm
audio
for the chopper stereobox. this one is much lighter, takes up less volume inside the box, will be easy to charge, super hardy, high dispersion rate, sexier, two year warranty. trust me. this is exciting.
dorothy called just before lunch and invited me to come on a ride with texas senator Rodney Ellis.
the five of us started at back bay bicycles and took mem dr out to fresh pond, around the pond, and back through harvard. he said he enjoyed my tunes. it was pretty cool blasting madonna’s holiday through central, weaving through traffic with them all.
i finished my new stereobox a few days back. it’s virgin flight on a scul mission was mostly successful. it only took a while to figure out that the cause of the amps cutting out was due to poor wireless transmission. … so i hung the transmitter out of my bag, over my shoulder. it’s great now. i’m surprised that these new amps don’t need a heat sink since they’re much for powerful than the previous radiobox that did need a heat sink. i consider making the old radiobox (pic, another pic) was one of the best things i’ve ever done. … you just can’t be upset or unhappy while riding around on your bike with your tunes blaring causing people to randomly sing and dance in the street.
components:
- Pelican 1430 housing | bearproof
- mb quart nka 169 6″x9″ marine speakers | made to withstand sun and saltwater
- amphony 1550 50w wireless monoblock amplifiers | class T, efficient and precise
- two 12v lead acid batteries wired in-line for 24v for the amps plus one more 12v for the transmitter | heavier than your mom but should keep this stereo playing at high volume for days
- iriver h320 audio source | has an fm receiver built in so i can pick up skunk’s transmission on scul missions
to do:
- add ac input jack for internal charger
- try different audio absorption materials to tune resonance
- possibly replace lead acid batteries with li-ion. it’s really heavy.
