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Years ago I lived in Ecuador, in Quito. Even though I've been fortunate enough to have traveled outside the country a fair amount in my past, Ecuador still stands as the only place I wasn't hauling bags between hotels or hostels. It was really an interesting time to be there, and for myself it set off a lot of personal growth. I don't think there is any way to underestimate the momentous changes that happen to someone when you go from traveling in different countries, to actually picking a different country and staying there to live.
Old Town, built by the Spanish
Going towards the center of the city, lots of 60's and 70's buildings
I lived in Quito for half a year just about, and at the time I was still following the car audio field and previously I had been selling Polk Audio (among others) back home. Sometimes I would get a chance to listen to their home audio gear and I knew after listening that I wanted to venture out into audio for my home listening someday. In general I love good design (and specifically, getting things down to what I call their "basement honesty", meaning distilling something down to get to the very root cause of a problem regardless of the politics/judgements, and building it back up from there based on what people actually do... but that's a tangent for another forum) and even while living abroad I found drafting supplies in order to keep my tinkering mind stirring away with designs. One of these designs that kept evolving on my desk throughout late nights where a set of speaker towers using car audio components I knew I could get a hold of once back home. Back then I wanted what I want now from a pair of music speakers... something clean visually and auditorily, something room filling, and something that (pardon the cheesiness) inspired emotion. After drafts started piling up I realized I really desired to see this come to fruition from beginning to end, and despite everything else going on I saved some of these papers and later brought some of them back home with me to make decisions on.
Some of the originals and their variations using Infiniti Kappa Perfect components. I brought these out tonight from their packing spot
It's been years now since I first set out to build a set of speakers for music, but despite the time lost the desire has always been there in the back of my mind each year, and this is the year it is going to be finished! A lot has changed for me, I'm practically a new person from the one that lived in Ecuador all those years ago, but the drive remains the same. And this year I made a pledge to myself that I'm calmer, I'm wiser, and I'm going to finally make this happen. No more of the:
"I have gotta build those speakers before another year passes.."
"I've got some money coming up, I'm going to build those speakers once and for all"
"What would it take to finish my speakers..."
I've spent the last few months researching how I want to bring this long day dream to reality, and thanks to many of you on this forum I'm going to get a chance to see it happen probably better than I ever would have before. This last week most of the remaining big components I need in order to finish my design have arrived!
Over the next few weeks I'll be updating this periodically as I get this project underway. As it stands I'm only missing the two or three router bits, the two sheets of Baltic Birch, clamps, and some more damping material. With some luck and some time I hope to have the remaining bits solved shortly.
¡Que viva Ecuador!
Old Town, built by the Spanish
Going towards the center of the city, lots of 60's and 70's buildings
I lived in Quito for half a year just about, and at the time I was still following the car audio field and previously I had been selling Polk Audio (among others) back home. Sometimes I would get a chance to listen to their home audio gear and I knew after listening that I wanted to venture out into audio for my home listening someday. In general I love good design (and specifically, getting things down to what I call their "basement honesty", meaning distilling something down to get to the very root cause of a problem regardless of the politics/judgements, and building it back up from there based on what people actually do... but that's a tangent for another forum) and even while living abroad I found drafting supplies in order to keep my tinkering mind stirring away with designs. One of these designs that kept evolving on my desk throughout late nights where a set of speaker towers using car audio components I knew I could get a hold of once back home. Back then I wanted what I want now from a pair of music speakers... something clean visually and auditorily, something room filling, and something that (pardon the cheesiness) inspired emotion. After drafts started piling up I realized I really desired to see this come to fruition from beginning to end, and despite everything else going on I saved some of these papers and later brought some of them back home with me to make decisions on.
Some of the originals and their variations using Infiniti Kappa Perfect components. I brought these out tonight from their packing spot
It's been years now since I first set out to build a set of speakers for music, but despite the time lost the desire has always been there in the back of my mind each year, and this is the year it is going to be finished! A lot has changed for me, I'm practically a new person from the one that lived in Ecuador all those years ago, but the drive remains the same. And this year I made a pledge to myself that I'm calmer, I'm wiser, and I'm going to finally make this happen. No more of the:
"I have gotta build those speakers before another year passes.."
"I've got some money coming up, I'm going to build those speakers once and for all"
"What would it take to finish my speakers..."
I've spent the last few months researching how I want to bring this long day dream to reality, and thanks to many of you on this forum I'm going to get a chance to see it happen probably better than I ever would have before. This last week most of the remaining big components I need in order to finish my design have arrived!
Over the next few weeks I'll be updating this periodically as I get this project underway. As it stands I'm only missing the two or three router bits, the two sheets of Baltic Birch, clamps, and some more damping material. With some luck and some time I hope to have the remaining bits solved shortly.
¡Que viva Ecuador!
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