New crossover assembly service available.

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R1200CL

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Re: New crossover assembly service available.
« Reply #60 on: 10 Nov 2022, 05:06 pm »
Hi Elon

Is your mail working now ?

Craig Young

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Re: New crossover assembly service available.
« Reply #61 on: 14 Dec 2022, 08:39 am »
I like the strength of your solder joints, they are convex oops I meant concave and at max strength. It looks like you went to soldering school 2M repair school.
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Clem

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Re: New crossover assembly service available.
« Reply #62 on: 23 Dec 2022, 05:53 pm »
Hey E-Zee,
I'm just offering ideas for a fledgling business to think about. If it helps GR also then it sounds like a win win for both and Danny has been in the game long enough to say Ya or Na.
Looks like you have it sorted for now and are happy with room to grow into things later on. There is no question about Danny's integrity, he is first rate and honest etc. But as you have recognized and I have seen a lot of potential customers for GR put off by the X over so at the very least you are giving more newbies a chance to get into this great hobby with the great people GR research has attracted here on this forum.
Keep up the great work.
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E-Zee

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Re: New crossover assembly service available.
« Reply #63 on: 25 Dec 2022, 12:10 am »
I believe I've gotten the email failures resolved.  Issue was my email server space kept filling up.  So many attached photos incoming and outgoing. To make sure space isn't used up I'm in habit of deleting those older emails that have photo attachments.

I've been through a lot of transition and development in the last couple months that Id like to share, I need to take the moment to sit down and I'll make a new thread to share it. 

M3NTAL

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Re: New crossover assembly service available.
« Reply #64 on: 15 Jun 2023, 01:58 pm »
E-Zee - do you have the plans for the AV123/Onix Reference line?  I have a 3.0 and 1.8 that still have the stock x-over.  I'll PM also, but it might be nice to know in public for anyone else looking in the time ahead.

Infidel

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Re: New crossover assembly service available.
« Reply #65 on: 1 Aug 2023, 01:16 am »
I like the strength of your solder joints, they are convex oops I meant concave and at max strength. It looks like you went to soldering school 2M repair school.

Don't you know? The bigger the glob the better the job! Lol, when I was in the Navy a reseevist jokingly told me that after seeing me correctly soldering something. 😉

hagels316

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Re: New crossover assembly service available.
« Reply #66 on: 19 Jan 2024, 03:08 pm »
Hello,

Are you still offering crossover assembly service for GR-Research DIY kits?  I am interested in getting a set of the RF7-IIIs crossovers built that GR offers.  What is your typical turnaround time once you have the parts in hand?  Thank you.

Gradofan

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« Reply #67 on: 20 Apr 2024, 01:34 pm »
"Ditto" 

Still providing this service?

Escape068

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« Reply #68 on: 8 Aug 2024, 04:00 pm »
Hi, what do you charge to put the components together on boards for a a pair of Klipsch RF-7ii from a GR Research crossover upgrade Kit?  If you can't quote an exact price, a range would be fine.  Do you have any pictures of a RF-7ii crossover build? Thanks

simoon

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Re: New crossover assembly service available.
« Reply #69 on: 12 Aug 2024, 09:47 pm »
Hi Elon.
I sent you the parts for the crossovers I want you to build.
I also sent you an email with the tracking number, but it bounced due to your mailbox being full.
You should get them on Wednesday.

Dave

E-Zee

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Re: New crossover assembly service available.
« Reply #70 on: 1 Nov 2024, 12:05 am »
Hello friends, I've been absent for a while from the forum, but I have still been performing crossover assemblies, I just wasn't logging in here at audio circle. Now that things have relaxed a little bit in my life, I'm returning to some activity in the forum.

When things were most hectic for me, I did take a few months off with no assembly work, and referred everything over to Frederick.
He also has posts here in the forum. 
https://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=181739.0
I appreciate his willingness to step in and provide an assembly service option. Frederick and I have had many great conversations and he is worthy of your trust for any assembly needs you may have. There is zero competition between us.

What many people who are outsourcing crossover assembly work may not understand is that crossover assembly is not profitable as a business. We both spend a lot of time in labor, but also in communication, as well as shipping, that is well beyond the assembly fee that either of us charge. This truly is a labor of love. Sometimes it can be a lot of fun, but there are many tedious and stressful moments as well. Many customers are very pleasant and appreciative. Some are high-maintenance and overly concerned about every detail that may not have any impact at all, which equates to lots of hand-holding and advice, which equals lots of donated time.

I doubt it is much different for Frederick, but for myself, I have easily donated more hours than I have billed for. Not a complaint, just a reality. I love problem solving. I love the challenge of creating a layout for a difficult design. I love encouraging and helping people in this hobby. Charging $120 or even $200 for an assembly job is not enough to create a financial motivation, but it allows me to take my family to dinner occasionally or treat them to something as thanks for all the hours I was unavailable to them and busy on assemblies, emails, and phone calls helping DIY'ers.

I'll create a new Thread to have some discussion and share some things I've learned throughout this process, but since this thread is a sticky, I'm staying brief and will leave topics for back and forth discussion in individual threads.

A few recent posts here have shown interest in the Klipsch RF7 series upgrades so I'll post a few pictures here. The RF7 series is easily one of my favorite options for a large tower, and the crossover redesign from GR-Research really does a fantastic job of improving its shortcomings and maximizing its potential. I don't have room for towers at this moment, but if so, my first two picks for today would be the GR-research updated RF7III, or the GR-Research X-Statics. Maybe another day I could feel differently, but currently those would be my two choices for my space.





Rf-7 iii above in photos.  Followed by a few other recent assemblies below.  The ones below are not GR-Research designs. They are either upgraded parts on original layouts or possibly published designs, and just there showing layout and assembly styles.











« Last Edit: 1 Nov 2024, 01:12 am by E-Zee »