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<blockquote data-quote="Tom Manchester" data-source="post: 48450" data-attributes="member: 82">Re: Crazy idea for a powered subJR I&#039;m not arguing with you on the point of your knowledge, you and I have known each other via the forums for at least 8 years now. My point is that the cost of materials to make my idea happen is quite negligible. In my ideal world, if I were for instance making a plate amp CE4000, I might first propose the idea, buy the amp, take it apart and post pictures. We&#039;d dig up the schematics from the crown website and discuss the shielding and filtering, you might chime in about the proper airflow and cooling, maybe Phil Graham would give his $0.02 about shock mounting the PCB for better reliability, someone else may suggest an inexpensive DSP option to kludge into the design, and in the end we&#039;d all be a little wiser for the experience. Presumably back in the 70&#039;s you decided to build an amp when you could have just gone out and bought a McIntosh or Altec. You opted not to, and in the end you had a job building real amps and several patents to your credit. It&#039;s just discouraging to me to see how reluctant people are to get their hands dirty because they are so obsessed with the cost and complexity of the project when realistically you can get some pretty professional results if you talk to the right experts and know the right suppliers.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tom Manchester, post: 48450, member: 82"] Re: Crazy idea for a powered sub JR I'm not arguing with you on the point of your knowledge, you and I have known each other via the forums for at least 8 years now. My point is that the cost of materials to make my idea happen is quite negligible. In my ideal world, if I were for instance making a plate amp CE4000, I might first propose the idea, buy the amp, take it apart and post pictures. We'd dig up the schematics from the crown website and discuss the shielding and filtering, you might chime in about the proper airflow and cooling, maybe Phil Graham would give his $0.02 about shock mounting the PCB for better reliability, someone else may suggest an inexpensive DSP option to kludge into the design, and in the end we'd all be a little wiser for the experience. Presumably back in the 70's you decided to build an amp when you could have just gone out and bought a McIntosh or Altec. You opted not to, and in the end you had a job building real amps and several patents to your credit. It's just discouraging to me to see how reluctant people are to get their hands dirty because they are so obsessed with the cost and complexity of the project when realistically you can get some pretty professional results if you talk to the right experts and know the right suppliers. [/QUOTE]

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