I'm not new to audio electronics, just this forum.
I found my interest in audio hardware from a shared love of music within my family. Dad had a stereo that I was not allowed to touch, and I loved music. Dad used to do sound work for a local band, and so this sort of thing was around in my childhood. I found an old Rat Shack book on speaker building in his books, and had to find out more.
Years later, with the arrival of the internet, finding out more got a lot easier, so I started building speakers and reading the Parts-Express and Madisound discussion boards (back when the mad board was the shiznit.) I spent a lot of time confused and annoyed at my lack of understanding of the physics and math (curse you John k
), so I went back to school to study engineering. I'm finishing my last class to get my Associates Degree in "pre-engineering." I will likely stop my studies here since I can't get classes that go with my work schedule, and nobody has volunteered to pay me to go. Oh well, I've learned a lot.
Occupationally, I'm half owner in an auto electric shop specializing in accessory electrical.
So, I've done speaker design, and various electronics repair over the years, and I've got a decent basic test bench.
Of interest to you guys, I've got a PL4000 preamp that I have repaired/ restored, a 3300 pre, and a 300 amp as well as piles of other crap. The main reason I joined the forum though, is that I have a 700B I'm restoring that's giving me some trouble. I've made a lot of headway, and it's working now, but needs more lovin'. I'm just finishing up on a WO board for it, and before I install it, I want to take a chance to finish diagnosing some weirdness is exhibits before I swap out the boards. I'm guessing the board may fix the issue, but I'd like to know why it's doing what It's doing and fix that before the swap. That's where you guys come in...
I'll start a thread on that in the near future. days?
Thanks for reading.
Zach
I found my interest in audio hardware from a shared love of music within my family. Dad had a stereo that I was not allowed to touch, and I loved music. Dad used to do sound work for a local band, and so this sort of thing was around in my childhood. I found an old Rat Shack book on speaker building in his books, and had to find out more.
Years later, with the arrival of the internet, finding out more got a lot easier, so I started building speakers and reading the Parts-Express and Madisound discussion boards (back when the mad board was the shiznit.) I spent a lot of time confused and annoyed at my lack of understanding of the physics and math (curse you John k
), so I went back to school to study engineering. I'm finishing my last class to get my Associates Degree in "pre-engineering." I will likely stop my studies here since I can't get classes that go with my work schedule, and nobody has volunteered to pay me to go. Oh well, I've learned a lot.Occupationally, I'm half owner in an auto electric shop specializing in accessory electrical.
So, I've done speaker design, and various electronics repair over the years, and I've got a decent basic test bench.
Of interest to you guys, I've got a PL4000 preamp that I have repaired/ restored, a 3300 pre, and a 300 amp as well as piles of other crap. The main reason I joined the forum though, is that I have a 700B I'm restoring that's giving me some trouble. I've made a lot of headway, and it's working now, but needs more lovin'. I'm just finishing up on a WO board for it, and before I install it, I want to take a chance to finish diagnosing some weirdness is exhibits before I swap out the boards. I'm guessing the board may fix the issue, but I'd like to know why it's doing what It's doing and fix that before the swap. That's where you guys come in...
I'll start a thread on that in the near future. days?
Thanks for reading.
Zach
