Speaker Fight – Anarchies vs. Nova Hits
For the first time since I’ve been into designing and building speakers I have two pairs of passive systems that can be setup and compared directly to each other in my basement man cave. So while I have… Read More
Nova Hits
Realistic Nova 15 (1988) rebuild Design Goals The main purpose of this build was utilize a pair of Realistic Nova 15 cabinets that were my own first set of real speakers. This pair has been with me from… Read More
Anarchies Finishing, Round 1
The Anarchies were finished in early 2023 with a simple cabinet treatment that was intended to be temporary until the time and resources were available to do a more complex gloss finish. It has been a couple years… Read More
Anarchies Crossover Design
Integrating the Drivers Crossover Goals This design is intended to be my best work and the centerpiece of my main listening spot in my home for the foreseeable future. To meet that goal while not spending time and… Read More
Tower of Power
Design Goals This system was originally designed and built back in about 1998 when I became serious about gigging as a bass player and wanted a system worthy of the task. The goal at that time was to… Read More
Besta Subwoofer
IKEA furniture hack into a real Home Theatre subwoofer. Design Goals This project was born of necessity to replace a 30 year old DIY cabinet that had been beat up over the years and left in pretty rough… Read More
SuperNova Minimus Speaker Build
SuperNova Minimus, a vintage Realistic Nova 15 re-design. Why build this? The main purpose of this build was to revitalize a pair of Realistic Nova 15 cabinets from the mid 80’s. The cabinets have been in my family… Read More