AUDIOMetamorphosis

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SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >website.  The site is so named because I like to use old or buyout speaker components to transform them into something which sounds as good as I can get it to sound.  (As you will see, not all my projects fit into that category, but most do.)</FONT></div> <div> The SO1</div> <div>           The picture below is of my first really serious DIY project, built with the famous Dayton 6.5" woofer (<A HREF="http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/pshowdetl.cfm?&PartNumber=295-305&DID=7" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/pshowdetl"><U>Parts Express part number 295-305</U></A>) and 1.125" silk dome tweeter (<A HREF="http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Product_ID=7350&CATID=49" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl."><U>Parts Express part number 275-070</U></A>).  SO stands for "stupid obsession", which is what my teenaged son considers my DIY hobby to be.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="06b90f60.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="246" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div>           See links below for my "Project Showcase" submission, on Parts Express "Tech Talk."  The write up has a parts list and tutorial on how I designed and built this project.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#0033FF" FACE="Arial" >Projects</FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0033FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.partsexpress.com/projectshowcase/so1.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.partsexpress.com/projectshowc"><U>SO1 Write Up On Parts Express Project Showcase</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The SK4"><U>The SK-4</U></A>: A Highly Efficient $70 MTM</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hello Mr. Chips"><U>Hello Mr. Chips</U></A>: My El Cheapo Garage Speakers</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Metamorphosis"><U>The Metamorphosis</U></A>:  The project that gave this site its name.  Towers made from old Advent 3 woofers and the Dayton silk dome tweeter.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Evolution"><U>The Evolution</U></A>:  An MMTMM tower using the infamous "69 Cent Wonders" and the Dayton silk dome tweeter.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Princess"><U>The Princess</U></A>:  A small two way made for my daughter using the Advent 3 tweeter and one 69 Cent Wonder.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ultra Budget Home Theater"><U>The Ultra Budget Home Theater</U></A>:  Fronts, surrounds, and center channel using more buyout drivers from Parts Express.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Jessicas"><U>The Jessicas</U></A>:  A tower version of the UBHT for stereo use.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Links</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.partsexpress.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.partsexpress.com"><U><IMG SRC="06cb23b0.gif" border=0 width="178" height="59" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> The Best Place for Speaker Parts.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.pesupport.com/cgi-bin/config.pl" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.pesupport.com/cgi-bin/config."><U><IMG SRC="06d9e480.gif" border=0 width="158" height="72" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>Parts Express Tech Talk:  a very good discussion board for beginning and intermediate DIY'ers.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.speakerbuilder.net/web_files/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.speakerbuilder.net/web_files/"><U><IMG SRC="06e485a0.jpg" border=0 width="72" height="90" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> Speakerbuilder.net:  Wayne Jeaschke's Home Page.  A must for beginning DIY'ers.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.loudspeakers101.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.loudspeakers101.com"><U><IMG SRC="074fa3e0.gif" border=0 width="250" height="62" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>A great resource with lots of calculators for crossover networks and related filters and circuits.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.linearteam.dk/winisd.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.linearteam.dk/winisd.html"><U><IMG SRC="091fa640.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="100" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>Click on image to link to the download site for WinISD, a good, relatively easy to use freeware program which works well for beginning speaker designers.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://members.tripod.com/dcarroll95624/id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://members.tripod.com/dcarroll95624/"><U>A Walk in Paradise</U></A><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >:  My lyrical description of a visit to Parts Express in Springboro, Ohio.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="mailto:lefty@speakerbuilder.net" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:lefty@speakerbuilder.net"><U>E-Mail </U></A>Me</div> <bR> <bR> <a 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