Puget Sound DIY Speaker Contest - August 2010!

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"The Puget Sound! DIY Speaker Contest" is once again being sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Audio Society (PNWAS) and will be held on Saturday, August 28th. In the coming days and weeks, I'll be posting information as to location, rules and how to enter. The event is free for attendees, although there is an entry fee for contestants to help defray costs of the facility rental.

If you're interested in DIY speaker building, or just Audio, this is a great way to meet and connect with others that are of a like mind. Come for an hour, or spend all day, it's interesting and a whole lot of fun. While spectators aren't allowed in the evaluation/judging room, we usually have an similar, or nearly exact, system set up in a separate area, in order that the public can listen to the various entries.

If you're new to speaker building, this is a chance to talk to the contestants about speaker design and Audio in general. I believe that you'll be astonished by the quality of sound that these home-built speakers are capable of.

If you have been working on a speaker design that you'd like to enter, this contest may serve as an incentive to finish it up. In the past, all entries have received a printout of the frequency response of their speaker as well as being able to talk to real experts and audio professionals."The Puget Sound! DIY Speaker Contest" is once again being sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Audio Society (PNWAS) and will be held on Saturday, August 28th. In the coming days and weeks, I'll be posting information as to location, rules and how to enter. The event is free for attendees, although there is an entry fee for contestants to help defray costs of the facility rental.

If you're interested in DIY speaker building, or just Audio, this is a great way to meet and connect with others that are of a like mind. Come for an hour, or spend all day, it's interesting and a whole lot of fun. While spectators aren't allowed in the evaluation/judging room, we usually have an similar, or nearly exact, system set up in a separate area, in order that the public can listen to the various entries.

If you're new to speaker building, this is a chance to talk to the contestants about speaker design and Audio in general. I believe that you'll be astonished by the quality of sound that these home-built speakers are capable of.

If you have been working on a speaker design that you'd like to enter, this contest may serve as an incentive to finish it up. In the past, all entries have received a printout of the frequency response of their speaker as well as being able to talk to real experts and audio professionals.

I will be in attendance this year, and time permitting I plan to build a pair of speakers to bring with me to the competition. If you live in or near Seattle it should be a ton of fun. If you have any interest in speakers, this is a great opportunity to come listen to a variety of different designs. I'll try and find a silly hat to wear so anyone that wants to say hi can find me. Anyone that lives in Seattle that might want to swap numbers would be welcome to do so as well. I'll likely drag some Physics buddies and a few DIY/AV'ers along with me so if you ever had any questions about acoustics, speaker design, home theater or home audio this would be a great time to get your answers. It would be cool if we could get a few of the regulars off of the forums to come join us as well. I know crazyBLUE is just a reasonable drive away (that's right, I'm putting you on the spot) and you'd be more then welcome to come check out my theater after the festivities. Maybe we could even sweet talk BD into entering a pair of his speakers into the competition, or else I won't love him anymore.

For anyone who hasn't been to Seattle before, it's a great place. If you have any questions about where to stay or what to do here besides the speaker contest I'd be happy to provide you with some great suggestions. I'll post updates about the event as I get them.