Electronics & Audio

How To Acoustic Room Treatment

I like listening to music – really listening to music. Sit back, clear my mind of all of the various thoughts that are tumbl...
How To Make A Quadratic Diffuser

The quadratic residue diffusor or Schroeder diffusor (Schroeder was the scientist who pioneered the development) is typically a bo...
Bookshelf Speakers Upgrade

I mainly built the new speakers for my office as a woodworking project and didn’t put much effort into designing the crossov...
Making A Modern Console Stereo

When I was growing up in the 70’s and 80’s, a very common sight in living rooms was the console stereo. At least here ...
Making A Powered Sub Woofer

When I built my new sound bar, it replaced my bigger speakers that had better bass response. And while the sound bar does have goo...
How To Make A Sound Bar

The house I live in now is considerably smaller than the one I had before this, in particular the living room. And while the speak...
How To Make A Speaker Crossover

Now that the speaker boxes are built and finished, I can move on to designing and building the crossover. Actually, I designed thi...
How To Make Bookshelf Speakers

I’m making some changes to my office to be a bit more comfortable for me to use. Right now the room is completely cluttered ...
Making A Project Box

This article covers how I built a simple project box from aluminum and wood to house the components of a power supply for my works...
DIY 1000 Watt Subwoofer Amp

Like my 6 Channel Amp, this is another one from 2008 – 2009. Which, so it seems now, was probably my most productive period ...
Six Channel Amplifier

I started work on this in late 2007 and didn’t finish it until 3 years later, in 2010. That might seem like I took some time...
Simple Load Sensing Automatic Switch

Three years ago I build an automatic switch that I use to turn a shop vac on when I use my miter saw. And although it has been wor...
Refitting My Wooden Computer Case

After six years of continuous operation, I officially retired the computer inside my wooden computer case. I replaced it with the ...
Making A Modern Retro HTPC Computer Case

I’ve built a number of computer cases over the years and most of them have been the flat, home theater style as opposed to t...
Design And Build A Wooden Computer Case

First, a word about my setup: I use my computer for everything. It is connected to a large screen LCD TV and I watch movies, TV pr...
Making A Super Bright LED Light Panel

When making videos indoors, lighting is even more important than how good your camera is. Not only should the light be bright enou...
Electric Guitar Headstock Repair

by Steve Carmichael Check out Steve on his website and watch his videos on YouTube. I am always looking for opportunities to put m...
Making A Low Cost Microphone

For video, audio quality is as important, or even more important than video quality. At least that’s my opinion now. In the ...
Ceiling Camera Mount

A little more than a year ago, I bought a wireless lapel microphone set that consists of a small transmitter and a receiver. The r...