The first stage of the Akitika GT-102 project after unboxing, was building the power supply and amplifier modules, which whilst being a little daunting at first soon became both satisfying and enjoyable. It’s been a while since I’ve done any…
Back in 2015 I built a pair of floor standing speakers from a kit. It was a project that I enjoyed immensely and gave me a great sense of satisfaction. I documented the build in stages and got quite a…
Project completed. I’m really pleased with the outcome, the speakers look great and whilst I’m no audiophile they sound fantastic. They are incredibly detailed and don’t suffer from any of that wallowing bottom end messiness prevalent in most Hi-Fi speakers.…
The final stage of the build. I wanted to make sure that the wiring of the crossovers and the driver polarity was right before final assembly so I tested the set up externally without an issues arising. The wool for…
My concerns about not managing this part of the project proved to be unfounded. Although it’s been over a decade since I’d done any soldering the construction of the crossovers was relatively painless. The instructions gave a visual representation of…
And so the project continues. We now have two MDF cabinets in their rawest form, simply glued together. To start the next stage I forced as much wood filler into anything that even resembled a gap, as much as possible…
So I now have the basic shape of the cabinet, which is just a box at the moment. The hot glue blocks where removed with a chisel and mallet, I know others left them in on similar projects but I…
I ordered the M1TLm Ribbon transmission line speakers from IPL Acoustics in Ilfracome last spring and they’ve been cluttering up the front room since then. What with one thing or another I didn’t manage to get started on them last year, but…