sound bar

Fixing a Panasonic soundbar

A Panasonic SC-HTB510 was exhibiting unreliable behavior on the keyboard, and not responding to the remote control actions. Removed all screws, visual inspection… The flat cable connecting the main board and the keyboard was half out of the socket. Gently plugged in, all functions recovered, re-inserted into the casing and Read more…

Speaker cables

Nowadays almost everyone cares a lot more about the look of things and much less about their functionality, so after seeing an inspirational post by Archimago and having heard mumbling on the cables I was using, I came up with these “enhanced” speaker cables. About 3 meter long, 2.5mm2 pure-copper Read more…

Loudspeaker Power Handling

Understanding wattage for the amplifiers Article by Paul Joppa, Bottlehead: Most ordinary solid-state amplifiers put out more than enough power for most ordinary speakers. Single-Ended Tube amplifiers need high efficiency speakers to attain the loudness most audiophiles want. Over the years, I have tried to gather enough data to make Read more…

Frudua Stage 312 Sub-Fi

Bass fixed

I have got this huge, heavy, Frudua bass guitar speaker to fix. A friend of my son almost threw it away, right before I salvaged it. The passive circuit was ok, all drivers as well, all it took was some re-shaping of the internal wiring. Not really sure it works Read more…