Do you build anything for your high fidelity system? If so, what do you make?

I built my audio room, had a little help pouring the cement and framing it, otherwise I did everything myself including a sub panel and six dedicated 20 amp circuits.

I wanted a surround/stand for my McIntosh mx110z Tube Preamp. Not the old walnut case.

Research, correspondence with McIntosh about vintage enclosures, ended up developing a unit in 3 optional heights and several optional finishes.

Ventilated, Rubber Isolation feet, tempered glass top, wide open back.

All dressed up, never offered them for sale, maybe some day

I put photos on this site

I built my speakers from the ground up.  Modified my Dynaco tube amps, modified my Lazarus tube pre-amp. modified my turntable, built my speaker wires from bulk cable, and made my mission style stereo cabinet from scratch.  Sure...I guess you could say I had a hand in some of my system.   😎

   Back in the 70’s when I started this journey, I built most of my gear. I built my preamp from a kit, my power amps were a scratch built copy of Dynaco MK III’s. I built numerous speaker sets mostly 2 way. I did a 3 way but I bought premade crossovers. I built light boxes that had multiple colors and interfaced with the different frequencies of the music. They were 3’x 5’ X 12”. The front had opaque plastic from  industrial light covers. The three colors were blue ( low freq ), green ( mid ) and red for high. I hung them above and behind my speakers. I built a credenza with front doors that closed and an open back with fans to dissipate the heat from the tubes. I built my speaker cables and RCA interconnects. I was in High School and had enthusiastic wood shop and electronics teachers. My humble attempts pale in comparison to the work that I’ve seen here on AGON. Had I continued maybe I would be on par with some of you. What I took from my few years of building was a lifelong appreciation of audio, wood and electronics. And a realization of how truly hard it is to design speakers. You guys amaze me with your ability to create and your skill at matching gear. People poke fun at MC, but look at what he did. Have a blessed day, Mike B. 

Built a wall hung record shelf that holds about 400 records, hung on wall with a French cleat. Id have to build about 10 more to hold entire collection! Also made my own absorbtion/diffuser panels using cotton towels and decorative wooden wall panels with scroll pattern bought from Target. Yes, not very thick, but it can’t hurt in maybe cutting down some high frequency reflections. I Mainly use these on back wall to cover some of the drywall. For front and sides, I’ll most likely buy something from gik eventually. I also made my own 50 inch TV screen cover using a 100% black cotton bath rug with rope weaved in an out at top. This is hung from TV using several 3M removable clips stuck to back side/top of TV.