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

After some self assessment and introspection on my own high fidelity habits I discovered that I build or make things for my stereo/audio room. Some examples of these things are;

1 Tore out carpeting/padding/floor tiles in the addition to my house (audio room) and painted the cement floor with epoxy paint and clear coat. Placed out a Turkish area rug.

2 Made cherry wood speaker stands on wheels.

3 Had made custom speaker covers and stereo stand covers for when I am not listening to audio to keep away dust. Thanks to my seamstress....

4 Custom made Paduak wood cover (with legs) with two low speed exhaust fans for my tube amp

So curiosity got the best of me. Have you made anything for you stereo system or room? If so what did you make and why?

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secretguy
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I made a vodka and tonic to use while listening.

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curiousjim
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@sandthemall 

Impressive! I’ve often thought of building a large Diffusion panel, but alas I never did.

JD

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curiousjim
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@jl1ny 

Looks great! What are the two boxes on the second shelf?

Thanks.

JD

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dustcanblue
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I've machine a fully adjustable 10 shelves Stereo Rack out of billet aluminum, SS and copper with every rack parts isolated from each other with pure virgin Teflon bushing and pad.

Bass trap out of rigid glass insulation

Custom stand for raising center speaker out of MDF

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dweller
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Needing more room on top, I took a 4X2 foot 3/4 inch plywood blank and replaced the top shelf of a generic four-shelf equipment stand. Now I have plenty of room for my turntable and all the gizmos for playing vinyl. Also, got an eight-foot aluminum "C" channel (should have got an "L" channel) made cuts and bent it around the plywood (to hide the edge laminations). Will probably paint the wood in the future.

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