Tag Archives: Music

How to Build a Rockin’ Outdoor Speaker Setup with Sump Pump Subwoofer

At long last, here is the complete write-up on how I installed a killer outdoor speaker setup, complete with 12″ subwoofer, using mostly gear from Craigslist, Amazon, Crutchfield and The Home Depot. I’ll go into how I designed this outdoor … Continue reading

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Making of The Dayton Reference 2-way MTM Center Channel Speaker

Shortly after completing my Dayton HiVi RTS181.3 speakers, I got to work on a matching center channel to finish off the front sound stage of my family room theater. And this weekend, after approximately 10 weeks since I started this … Continue reading

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Setting up a 3-Way Speaker with MiniDSP 2×4 using REW

It’s been about a month since the completion of these speakers and it’s about time I do a write-up on how I set up and tuned these speakers. I’ve spent the last several weeks and many hours setting up and … Continue reading

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Weekend Project: Two-way Bookshelf Speakers with Spunk

UPDATE:After 6 years with these speakers I’ve made some tweaks to the crossover to improve the response. See below for details. Now back to the original post… We listen to a lot of music in my family, there are a … Continue reading

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Matt Nathanson’s Heartbreak World Sheet Music

This one is for all you piano-playing Matt Nathanson fans. After listening to Some Mad Hope several times through (which is a great album by the way, highly recommended from a long-time Matt fan) I thought that it would be … Continue reading

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