World Domination. More DIY ideas for stands and headphones.

[idc]

Here are some more simple DIY ideas, brought to you by Out Of This World Audio.

First is The Orbit Mini Stand. This is my simple stand. It is ideal for for smaller setups, but would be strong enough to make larger ones if you use bigger bits of granite.

I bought granite place mats out of Morrisons supermarket. I went with Morrisons because their mats fitted the size of my kit the best. I then got the four legs out of B&Q. They are chrome door stops that are for screwing to skirting boards. The chrome looks smart and the feet are rubber. I used araldite to glue the legs onto the granite. It is heavy and solid. I used four legs, but could have got away with three, two at the front and one at the back. Three legs saves money and reduces microrocking. It cost about £30.

Behind the Orbit Mini Stand you can see my headphone rack. It is made from towel rails out of Ikea. The feet are supposed to be screwed into the wall. But the stand upright fine. There are various lengths of rail available. I bought a kit that had the length I wanted. They screw together using the standard screws and allan key provided in all of these kits. There is some waste left over from the kits, but it still worked out at about £10. I have called it the Comet Headphone Rail.

 

[ESP2009]

Ah, now you see - he's 'sharing'. Definitely an indication that IDC's up to something nefarious in his pursuit of World Domination. Could be that these IKEA towel rails act as some form of aerial transmitter for his thought waves (see future post for next insidious piece of kit in the sequence).

 

[ESP2009]

Like the granite stands and doorstops idea, though.

 

[idc]

Thanks ESP. I have gone down the sharing route as you and I know my first presentation of OOTW Audio fell foul of forums rules

I spend a lot of time now on DIY forums and it is a shame people dont give themselves and their builds names. There is one guy called Fraggler who makes loads of cables and he is now coming up with allsorts of names for his stuff. They do trading and request builds as well. Maybe, if a new forum comes along with a trading part I may do the same. But, cost wise and the potential hassels of trading, it is more fun to to come up with ideas and then share.

The most popular DIY project is the Cmoy headphone amp. Chu Moy came up with a design, shared it on the internet and the rest is history.

Anyway, I want power not wealth!

 

[ESP2009]

idc:

Anyway, I want power not wealth!

Now there's a thread - who has power without wealth? Traffic wardens?