The Pluralists Get Pods

So they say blog posts are a thing of the past. My last post here was eight years ago. I used Instagram posts when I wanted to tell the story of some recently completed project work. It didn't take long to discover that Instagram was not the place to tell stories. I suddenly realized that this almost forgotten blog was. So let me say welcome back.

Nowadays, there is quite an interest in vintage audio. I became interested in it last spring when I bought a decades-old Harman Kardon receiver that closely resembled one I used to own. I designed and built a pair of small full-range speakers long ago and hooked them up to the Harman Kardon. Paired with the receiver, they absolutely sounded vintage.

 

Full-range speakers are known to have a problem. They extend mid-range frequencies. So, to correct the problem with mine, I made the speakers into bass units, added high-frequency drivers, and used off-the-shelf 2-way second-order crossover networks.

 

The high-frequency drivers needed small cabinets, which I designed and called pods. Their design was initially uncomplicated - too much so - so I reasoned that the pods created a design opportunity.