Archive for January, 2009

ZD5 Build: Construction starts

January 27th, 2009

Progress has been a bit slow because I was waiting on a drill to replace my crappy Black & Decker.  I will never buy a B&D product again.  I always get lured by the low prices.  The recent jigsaw of theirs I bought lasted 2 days.  Too bad I threw away the receipt in a fit of faith beforehand.  However, the new Milwaukee Lithium Ion equipped drill is amazing and well thought-out.   Read the rest of this entry »

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Zaph ZD5 project has begun

January 24th, 2009

The project: Build a pair of reference quality speakers to cover the mid and high range of my speaker system.  The bass modules are completed, except for the finishing of the maple front baffles.  I’ll post pictures when that is complete.  The cabinets themselves, for the electronics and bass modules, are from a 1970′s hifi set that belonged to my grandparents.  I retrofitted the inside of the speaker cabinets and will put up info about them in a separate post.

Images here:

http://www.webherrera.com/photos/index.php?album=HiFi+Set

For those unfamiliar with the Zaph Audio ZD5, they were designed by John Krutke.  Here are the design details:

http://www.zaphaudio.com/ZD5.html

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