DIY Audio

I've put a bunch of photos and such here of audio gear I've build over the last couple years. I've gotten very into doing this. It's fun, and the equipment sounds amazing!

ODroid Music Streamer (and FREE Roon Replacement)

I've been playing for a while now with an ODroid N2 and trying to build a music streamer from it. In some ways, that is not particularly difficult, but I'm trying to do it my own way, of course, which makes it more so. This page records the steps I've taken to get it working.¹

Music Music Music Music Music

(With apologies to Mingus...)

I used to listen to music all the time. I'm not sure why that stopped. I remember years ago when my then-wife's sister visited us and she asked me one morning, "Do you listen to music every morning?" My answer, "Yes", was honest, but failed to engage with what she was really trying to say. It didn't occur to me that other people didn't put on an album the minute they got out of bed.

New Other Stereo Stuff: Pass XP-20 and Schiit Yggdrasil

This post is really just a continuation of the last one. In that one, I raved about our new speakers, the Dynaudio Contour 60s and explained that it had been quite a while since I really made many changes to our stereo system.

New Speakers: Dynaudio Contour 60s

As anyone who knows me knows, I'm very into music. And, since most of the time I listen to music at home (not at a concert), I'm also very into stereo equipment. That actually goes back to when I was about fifteen and used my babysitting money to buy what then seemed, to me, like audio nirvana: A Technics receiver, and then later a Technics turntable and a pair of Altec Lansing Model 10 speakers.