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News What's cooking? 1). Bookshelf speaker with the Seas 27TBCD/GB-DXT + L16RNX-04 and two SP18R 18cm passive radiators. Just about ready! 2). HATT-SE MK-II. Same Seas Excel magnesium woofer, new cabinet, new tweeter, new crossover. Working on the crossover. 3). Testing some capacitors from Erse: Pulse-X MPX, Transient-X and Vishay MKP 1839. 4). Solo-201: a Mass-Loaded TQWT with the Ciare HX-201 full-range driver. Tweaking the correction networks.
5). USB MK-II coming up. Updated crossover and cabinet for the Seas H1333-08/06 T18RE/XFCTV2 coax driver. 6). Humble Homemade Hifi kits! Complete loudspeaker kits containing everything down to the last screw! Release date end of 2010. News 26-05-2010 - New: Mezzo Galactica. Based on the original Galactica but slightly scaled down three-way system. 15-05-2010 - New: Humble Homemade Hifi now offers a small selection of crossover components and drivers: Shop. 22-04-2010 - Updated the Soup Sandwich page. Minor changes to the crossover create a different tonal balance. 15-04-2010 - New: It is now possible to support Humble Homemade Hifi using the "Donate" button on the main page. 23-03-2010 - New: A selection of Humble Homemade Hifi loudspeakers built by other people from all over the world. On the left of the main page you will find links to five new pages with examples of what others have built. This may give you some inspiration when building your own Humble Homemade Hifi loudspeaker. 18-02-2010 - Updated the Capacitor Test. Tested the Jupiter HT BeesWax, Epcos B32523-Q3475-K26 MKT, Epcos B32656-A6475-J MKP, Epcos B32774-D1505-K MKP, Cicada Pure Aluminium Foil and Cicada Pure Copper Foil capacitors. Also re-evaluated a few previous ratings here and there due to the ever widening listening platform. 15-02-2010 - Updated the Capacitor Test. Tested the AmpOhm aluminium foil capacitors with paper-in-wax, paper-in-oil and polyester-in-oil. 13-01-2010 - Updated the Sales Page. Added the Pipe-Line and Black Box loudspeakers. 04-01-2010 - New: PipeLine. A line-array transmission-line speaker using 16 miniture full-range drivers per side. History 18-11-2009 - New: Black Box. A three way monitor speaker using a 10" woofer, 2" dome midrange and 1" dome tweeter. 27-10-2009 - Updated the Sales Page 19-06-2009 - Updated the Capacitor Test. Tested the Jantzen Audio Silver Gold Z-Cap, WIMA MKS4 and Audience Auricap. 27-05-2009 - New: Andromeda Mk-II. 26-03-2009 - Updated the Sales Page. 18-02-2009 - New: Galactica>. A large three-way loudspeaker with a 1" tweeter, 6.5" mid, 12" midwoofer and 15" woofer. 11-02-2009 - Updated the Capacitor Test. Tested the Duelund CAST-Cu capacitor, we have a new reference! 23-01-2009 - Updated the Serious Sub article regarding issues with the Velodyne SMS-1. 02-12-2008 - New: LBS. A budget loudspeaker design with Monacor SPH-176 woofers and DT-254 softdome tweeter. 31-10-2008 - Updated the Links page. 11-09-2008 - Updated the Capacitor Test. Tested the Vishay MKT 1822, Wima MKP4, Wima MKP10, Evox- Rifa PHE 426, Evox-Rifa SMR, Clarity Cap APW, Clarity Cap ESA, Clarity Cap MR, Obbligato Oil type MKP, Sprague 730P and Axon True Caps. 23-06-2008 - New: CAT 6. Time to upgrade from my old CAT 5 loudspeaker cable. 19-06-2008 - New: Paper-HATT. The mini-monitor with a capacitorless crossover. 23-05-2008 - New: Serious Sub. An ultimate pair of subwoofers using 21” drivers, digital room-equalisation and class-D amplification. 11-09-2007 - Major update of the Great Capacitor Test. 12-06-2007 - Updated the Soup page. After a few years in the field it was time for a crossover revision. 06-04-2007 - Updated the Bass-Rig page. Added a low-pass crossover to the subwoofer and altered the port tuning of the woofer. 05-04-2007 - New: HATT-MKIII-C. A high-end mini-monitor using the Seas L12RCY/P midwoofer and the Accuton C2-12/6 tweeter. 05-01-2007 - New: Extremon. A two-way bass-reflex speaker using the Adire Audio Extremis 6.8 midwoofer and the Seas 22TAF/G tweeter. 12-12-2006 - New: Classic / Classic-XL. A two-way floorstander using the Seas CA22RNX woofer and the Scanspeak D2904-7100 tweeter. 13-11-2006 - Updated the Music page. 26-10-2006 - Updated the Great Capacitor Test. Tested the new Mundorf RXF, the SPP Capacitor and LCR Capacitors FSC polystyrene type. 21-08-2006 - Updated the Sales page. 21-08-2006 - New: Bass-Rig. A flexible speaker system designed for bass-guitar and double bass. 02-06-2006 - Updated the Sales page. 14-04-2006 - Updated the Great Capacitor Test. Tested the Clarity Cap PW, PX and SA types and Duelund capacitors. I have a new reference! 11-04-2006 - New: Modulus. A modular speaker using an open-baffle midrange. 14-03-2006 - Updated the Links page. 13-03-2006 - Updated the Sales page. 10-03-2006 - New: Monacor PAB-415 upgrade. Making a standard PA speaker into an excellent PA speaker with hi-fi quality. 23-01-2006 - Updated the Reviews pages with the DD8-MkII, HATT-SE, Optimo, Solo-103, Solo-206 and Soup built buy other DIY-ers. 22-12-2005 - New: The Cup-a-Soup compact stand mount monitor. 28-11-2005 - Updated the Solo-206 page considering the chassis grounding method. 21-11-2005 - Humble Homemade Hifi has it’s own dot-com! 19-10-2005 - Site exceeded data traffic limit. Will be hosting the site from a new address soon. 05-09-2005 - Updated the Sales page. 02-09-2005 - New: The Phlea compact stand mount monitor. 04-08-2005 - Updated the Reviews page with the Soup. 25-07-2005 - Updated the Sales page. Big Van Den Hul clearance, interlinks, speaker cable, power cords and power block. 14-07-2005 - Updated the Sales page. 14-07-2005 - Updated the Great Capacitor Test. Tested the Mundorf Supreme Silver/Gold, AmpOhm FP-CA-AU, Arcotronics MKP-C-4G, Evox-Rifa PHE 450. 08-07-2005 - New: The ultimate Flexy Table Reference equipment rack. 23-05-2005 - Updated the Soup page with an alternative driver/crossover combination. 05-04-2005 - Updated the Sales page. 15-03-2005 - Updated the Reviews pages with the Andromeda, HATT-MkIII, Mezzo Proteus, Optimo, Proteus, Solo-103 and Solo-206 built buy other DIY-ers. 10-02-2005 - Updated the Sales page. The orginal Solo-206 for sale. 03-02-2005 - Updated the Solo-206 page with a bright idea. 06-01-2005 - Updated the Solo-206 page. Even less is even more. 04-01-2005 - Updated the Soup page. Added a few new pic's. 29-10-2004 - Sold the HATT-MkIII and vanished into thin air. See you in the new year. 22-10-2004 - Finished the Soup and The Monitor pages. 21-10-2004 - Updated the Sales page. The orginal HATT-MkIII for sale. 19-10-2004 - New! The Soup, a high-end all ceramic driver floorstanding speaker. 19-10-2004 - New! The Monitor, a high-end two-way floorstanding speaker with a passive radiator. 11-10-2004 - Updated the Great Capacitor Test with the Inco Sintex 45TD2BS; Ducati 4.16.10; Sonic Craft Sonicap; Audio Cap Theta PPT and PPMF. 22-09-2004 - Nothing for sale. 07-09-2004 - Updated the Sales page. Thiel&Partner (Accuton) drivers for sale. 23-08-2004 - Updated the Reviews page with the HATT-MkIII, Proteus and Mezzo Proteus. 03-06-2004 - Updated the Optimo page. 25-05-2004 - New! The Optimo, a high-end two-way TL floorstanding speaker. 13-05-2004 - Updated and re-styled the Reviews section. 29-03-2004 - New! The DD8-MkII, the evolution of the monitor. 18-03-2004 - Updated the Sales page. Hovland Musicaps, various inductors, Hawaphon and a couple of drivers. 16-02-2004 - Finished the In progress pages. Added the final crossover, some tweaks and measurements. 09-02-2004 - Updated the Great Capacitor Test. Tested ERO MKP1830/Vishay MKP1837 bypass cap. 16-01-2004 - Updated the In progress page. 09-01-2004 - Updated the In progress page. Finalised the crossover! 09-01-2004 - Updated the Great Capacitor Test. Tested the Mundorf Mcap Supreme Silver in oil. 02-12-2003 - Updated the USB page. Added the crossover schematic, some new photos and the final measurements. 20-11-2003 - New! The USB, a versatile shielded speaker using the new Seas T18RE COAX-TVFC (full article to follow soon). 18-11-2003 - Updated the In progress page. More tweaking of the crossover. 11-11-2003 - Added some links on the HATT-MkIII page. The speaker had a day out. 03-11-2003 - Updated the In progress page. Added some photo's of the completed cabinets. 30-10-2003 - Updated the In progress page. Started designing and tweaking the crossover. 27-10-2003 - Cosmetic changes to the website layout. 06-10-2003 - Updated the In progress page. 29-09-2003 - Updated the Great Capacitor Test. Tested the North Creek Cresendo Film and Foil. 22-09-2003 - Finished the HATT-MkIII page. Added the final crossover and some corresponding measurements. 15-09-2003 - Updated the Sales page. Various items for sale. 15-08-2003 - New! The HATT-MkIII, the evolution of the mini-monitor. 15-08-2003 - Updated the Sales page. A pair of new Seas SP 21 R passive radiators for sale. 07-08-2003 - Updated the In progress page. 23-06-2003 - Updated the Reviews page. Three new reviews: The Proteus, the HATT-MkII and the Auriga. 19-06-2003 - Introduction of the Mezzo Proteus two-way book-shelf speaker. 17-06-2003 - Updated the In progress page. 06-06-2003 - Updated the In progress page. 03-06-2003 - Updated the Sales page. Vacuum impregnated Mundorf T-150 core transformer inductors for sale. 30-05-2003 - Updated the Great Capacitor Test. Tested the Hovland Musicap and the Solen Fast Cap. 20-05-2003 - Updated the Solo 206 page. Added a correction network and some new pictures. 13-05-2003 - Introduction of the Solo 206 single driver 96dB efficient rear-loaded horn. 28-04-2003 - Updated the Sales page. Nearly new Philips SACD-1000 Super Audio CD-player for sale (06-05-2003 added new pic's). 24-04-2003 - Updated the In progress page. 03-04-2003 - Updated the In progress page. 01-04-2003 - Updated the In progress page. 07-03-2003 - 3D renderings of the inside of the Tempo. 03-03-2003 - Updated the Sales page. To free enough liquidity for the In Progress speaker I have decided to sell the Auriga's. 27-02-2003 - Updated the HATT page. Crossover schematic slightly revised. 27-02-2003 - Updated the In progress page. 17-02-2003 - Introduction of the Tempo two-way time aligned floorstander. 14-02-2003 - Updated the In progress page. 06-02-2003 - Updated the In progress page. Find out what has been going around in my brain the last week or so. 30-01-2003 - Introduction of In progress, the step-by-step high-end speaker-building diary. 17-01-2003 - Introduction of the Solo 103 single driver mini-monitor. 13-01-2003 - Updated the Reviews page. The Proteus jrs. in a 5.1 Home Cinema set-up. 09-01-2003 - Updated the Reviews page. Two new reviews: the Proteus and a variation on the DD8. 09-12-2002 - Updated the Auriga page. Minor changes to crossover schematic and values for the Focal TC120TD5 tweeter added. 05-12-2002 - Updated the Andromeda page. Crossover schematic revised. 22-11-2002 - New! Series crossovers. A basic understanding of how the series crossover works. 15-11-2002 - Updated the TG84 tube amplifier page. 18-10-2002 - Introduction of the Auriga floor-standing speaker. 12-09-2002 - Updated the Sales page. Thiel / Accuton mid-woofers for sale. 30-08-2002 - Minor changes to the HATT-SE crossover. 30-08-2002 - Cosmetic changes to the website layout. 19-08-2002 - Updated the Sales page. Scanspeak tweeters for sale. 13-08-2002 - Updated the Sales page. Free tower cabinets for anyone who wants to pick them up! 13-08-2002 - New! Factory Tour. How to create a Masterpiece. 13-08-2002 - Introduction of the HATT-SE mini-monitor. 19-07-2002 - Updated the Sales page. Real photos of the carbon fibre car-speakers. 18-07-2002 - Updated the Reviews page. Two new Proteus owners give their opinions. 28-06-2002 - Updated the Sales page. New item for sale. 28-06-2002 - Finished the DD8 monitor article. 21-06-2002 - Introduction of the DD8 monitor. 13-06-2002 - Proteus tweeters should be connected out of phase! 31-05-2002 - New! The Great Capacitor Test. Various capacitors undergo the dreaded Humble Homemade Hifi listening test. 31-05-2002 - Updated the Sales page. New items for sale. 15-04-2002 - Minor cosmetic changes to the website layout. 04-04-2002 - New! Turntable Tweak. How to upgrade a standard record-player for practically no cost at all. 29-03-2002 - Finished the Flexy Table + page. New photo's and complete article. 22-03-2002 - New! What's cooking? Check below for details. 19-03-2002 - Updated the Sales page. New items for sale. 13-03-2002 - The ultimate equipment rack: Flexy Table + More to follow soon. 16-01-2002 - HATT photo's by Hans Kristian Jakobsen to the Reviews page. 10-01-2002 - New! Reviews page. What other people have to say about Humble Homemade Hifi projects. 07-12-2001 - 3D renderings of the inside of the Proteus. 06-12-2001 - Extra link on the Proteus page to the mid-woofer datasheet. 05-12-2001 - New! Sales page. Contains (new) goods that are taking up useful space in the Humble Hifi cupboard. 24-10-2001 - Introduction of the HATT mini monitor. 22-10-2001 - Minor cosmetic changes to the website layout. 30-08-2001 - Proteus tweeter series resistor changed from 1,67ohms to 1,5ohms. 03-08-2001 - Total revision and update of the Humble Homemade Hifi website. 04-04-2000 - The birth of Humble Homemade Hifi with the Andromeda. No part of this website may be reproduced in any form without written or email consent from the author. These designs are free for non-commercial use. Copyright © Tony Gee 2010 |
