Vance Dickason's Home Theater System Kit (1 Viewer)

[ArthurJ]

Anybody hear or have this kit? It's a DIY kit and comes with everything you need...heres a link...

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/pshow...=300-655&DID=7

 

[Rich_Ave]

Hi Arthur,
I built the kit and am very pleased with it. I'm certainly not an audiophile, so I'm probably not qualified to give you a detailed review, but it was a real step up from what I had. The kit comes complete with everything you need to build the it, except for some basic hand tools. I would suggest that you allocate plenty of time to put it together. PE says it takes about 2 hours to assemble. I guess if you're really quick, you may be able to. It took me about 9 or 10 hours to complete. Granted, I'm probably a little anal about building stuff, so you'll probably be a little faster than I was. I took the time to place all of the components in the crossovers in the same spot, I made sure all of the markings on the parts were visible and going the same direction, I labeled all of the internal cables,etc. The results were definitely worth the effort. I would highly recommend that you get the Loudspeaker Design Cookbook, if you don't already have it. All of the design data is in it for the kit. I found it to be very useful. If you decide to get it, I'd be interested in your feedback.

Rich

 

[Jeffrey Getzin]

I met Vance at CES a couple of years ago. Very sharp guy, and quite nice too. For a while, I had owned the Atlantic Technology System 370THX system: I was impressed to learn that Vance had designed it.

Jeff