{"id":199,"date":"2008-06-11T05:10:33","date_gmt":"2008-06-11T05:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/wordpress63\/?p=199"},"modified":"2008-06-11T05:10:33","modified_gmt":"2008-06-11T05:10:33","slug":"whats-brewing-at-diy-paradise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyparadise.com\/w\/whats-brewing-at-diy-paradise\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#39;s brewing at DIY Paradise&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 align=\"center\"><span>What&#8217;s brewing at DIY Paradise&#8230;<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\n<span>&nbsp;<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<span><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n<!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-8623111428385411\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 336;\ngoogle_ad_height = 280;\ngoogle_ad_format = \"336x280_as\";\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\n\/\/2007-05-01: diyparadise\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"8011883494\";\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\ngoogle_color_link = \"0000FF\";\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\ngoogle_color_url = \"0000FF\";\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><\/span><\/center><\/p>\n<p>\n<span>&nbsp;<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<span><span><br \/>\nYeah folks, proud to say I&#8217;m done with moving house! The past few years have seen me move from one &quot;shanty hut&quot; to another. : ) All because the Tube Mafia has put a price for my big fat stupid head! So is it any suprising I&#8217;m venturing more into solid state these days?!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<span><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p><center><span><span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/diyparadise.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/stories\/charlize\/system_aug05.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/center><\/p>\n<p>\n<span><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<span><span>After a few moving sales, I learned to appreciate the value of simplicity, the value of minimalism. Now, not just &quot;less in more&quot; in circuitry terms, but also, &quot;smaller is bigger&quot;. See above. CDPRO2 SPDIF output feeding &quot;3-some&quot; ( Monica2 and Charlize in gorgeous teak wood) driving a pair of Coral Flat 6s.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<span><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<span><span><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"30%\"><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/diyparadise.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/stories\/charlize\/linearmodel.gif\" \/><\/center>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td width=\"70%\"><span><br \/>\n\t\t\tThe magnificent hardwood enclosure is a Spiral Horn done by VMPS Audio! It&#8217;s just partly finished but typical of a True Blue DIYER&#8230; let&#8217;s listen to it first! And what can I say? I have never heard Flat 6 do such good bass! To learn more, read Masaaki Takenaka&#8217;s excellent <a href=\"http:\/\/www3.ocn.ne.jp\/~hanbei\/eng-intro.html\">&quot;3D Spiral Horn Speaker Building&quot;<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<span>I like speakers that you can tune to suit your room and this Spiral Horn is just like that. By adjusting the height, you are adjusting the bass quality. That&#8217;s why we have bricks as speaker base to get the required height. The bricks have to be wrapped in environmentally unfriendly plastic bags, otherwise my wife won&#8217;t even let it pass the front door. Man! She doesn&#8217;t understand a man must have his brick!<br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<span><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<span><span><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"30%\"><center><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/diyparadise.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/stories\/charlize\/3some.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/diyparadise.com\/w\/charlize\/3some.jpg\"><\/a><\/center>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td width=\"40%\"><span><br \/>\n\t\t\tOn the left, close up of &quot;3some&quot;. On the right, another Charlize dressed to impress. Again, beautiful teakwood chassis.<br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"30%\"><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/diyparadise.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/stories\/charlize\/system_aug05b.jpg\" \/><\/center>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<span><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<span><span><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"25%\"><center><br \/>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/diyparadise.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/stories\/charlize\/prettycharlize.jpg\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/diyparadise.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/stories\/charlize\/prettycharlize.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/center>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\">\n\t\t\tHere&#8217;s 2 ways you can sit Charlize. Either way, she looks great!<br \/>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/diyparadise.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/stories\/charlize\/prettycharlize3.jpg\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/diyparadise.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/stories\/charlize\/prettycharlize3.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td width=\"25%\"><center><br \/>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/diyparadise.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/stories\/charlize\/prettycharlize2.jpg\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/diyparadise.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/stories\/charlize\/prettycharlize2.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/center>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<span><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<span><span>Hopefully in the next few weeks, we could offer Monica and Charlize in such gorgeous teak wood chassis. 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The past few years have seen me move from one &quot;shanty hut&quot; to another. : ) All because the Tube Mafia has put a price for my big fat stupid head! So is it any suprising I&#8217;m venturing more into solid state these days?! &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; After a few moving sales, I learned to appreciate the value of simplicity, the value of minimalism. Now, not just &quot;less in more&quot; in circuitry terms, but also, &quot;smaller is bigger&quot;. See above. 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