To tell you the truth, I haven't completely finished the JBL cabinets yet. It's in bare MDF format with a few sides veneered. But I found myself with a wicked case of sciatica during Labour Day weekend and have been in constant pain since then. Not in the best shape to move a pair of 5 cubic foot cabinets around. Lower back pain is a bitch.

Gar.

In July I was working on a prototype corner speaker. My wife left for a three-week trip, and I promised her that I would not do anything dangerous while she was gone - like run a table saw.

I picked up a copy of Civilization 3 (Conquests) and got the fever. (I have spent thousands of hours playing Civilization over the years.) Still stuck. Need to get back to building my speakers. I don't know where my plans or calculations are. I think I may just build the seven-pi configuration; but, because of Wayne's advice (BTW, thanks, Wayne, for the advice a few posts back!), now I have some DECISIONS to make, since I have never done any veneering!

I'm still waiting on B'heads Sex kit. There are some issues with getting the top plate delivered. I'm also working on a 1W amp based on a 117N7 and a SS headphone amp I saw over a headwize.com. Oh yeah, there's also the 400' of crown moulding sitting in the garage just waiting to be put up, and the 300' of shoe moulding and the basement to finish and building a saw board and.......Colin

My brother and I are working on one of his pairs of Valencia's. They're coming along pretty good. But as usual they're going slow!

Not much to look at, but here's a link to some pics of them, just look for the folder titled Altec projects.

take care...and happy holidays!

dan

• pics of my system and some projects