Hello AudioCircle members and Danny Richie fans
My name is Edgar. I grew up in Germany and I played with electronics since I was a boy. Later I learned how to solder and some mechanical skills. I build my first PC in 1994 with 80486 CPU and 16MB RAM. Then I learned programming and the last 30 years or so I work in IT.
The best sound system which I ever had was in my car in 1990. I spend real money and sawed big holes in the doors and below the rear window for the biggest speakers which I could fit. At that time the best of Blaupunkt. Obviously there was a lot of external noise especially when I was driving. But it sounded real good – and loud.
Now I live in a high-rise building in Bangkok with neighbors and I have to be more careful with the volume.
First by accident and then on purpose I saw lots of Danny’s videos on YouTube and that inspired me that now I should build the speakers and amplifiers which I wanted to build when I was a boy but which I couldn’t afford at that time.
Currently my idea is that I want to build the x-ls encore, or maybe the nx-studio or maybe even the nx-otica – so many choices.
And for amplifiers I have DIY Neurochrome amps in mind, possibly the MODULUS-286.
I am pretty sure I should be able to get the electronics right. But it’s a long time since I worked with wood so I have to decide if I want to do that myself or maybe I should hire someone local to build the speaker cabinets according to Danny’s plans.
When I was in school I had lots of vinyl records and a tape deck and I was excited when I bought my first CD-player and didn’t have to worry about problems with those analogue devices anymore. I don’t imagine I will every play vinyl records again.
I joined this forum to learn first before I order and build myself. I guess it will be at least a couple of months before I will start with my own speakers and amps.
I wish all of you a happy new year 2021 – hopefully it will be a lot better than 2020.
Edgar
