Here's a picture of my recently discussed Large Utility Advents that I recovered in black vinyl. I am using them currently as the "A" system fronts on my 7.1 HT system. The Mission 760i's are the "B" system. The cabinet was made from an old chest of drawers from a thrift store for about $10. It was painted black with hammer textured paint in the front areas then covered with the same black vinyl that I used on the speakers on the flat areas.
The LED lights came from Parts Express. They are remote controlled and there are many choices of colors and intensities. The LED's which fit exactly (39"/1 meter) on the cabinet's curved lip were on sale along with the power supply and the remote. I think the total was around $25 to do that. they are really cool looking in a dark room when watching a movie at night or for ambient lighting.
By the way just for info....you can see my nice Pioneer cassette 6 tape changer in the picture and that HD with the orange circle is a 500 GB DVD Expander that connects to the Scientific Atlantic 8300 cable receiver and gives it a huge capacity for recording those HD programs.
I'm kind of proud of the way it all turned out! Thanks! Franksta
Solid maple side panels for my two Sony TA-N80ES amps. The original rosewood veneer panels were in rough shape, and didn't match my furniture very well.
Solid maple side panels for my two Sony TA-N80ES amps. The original rosewood veneer panels were in rough shape, and didn't match my furniture very well.
Wow lots of great pics here!
here is my Pioneer SX-1980 with new solid walnut case and custom painted transformer
Those maple side pieces on that Sony eqiupment really lightens up the look of it. I'm thinking of doing the same with Cherry for my SAE equipment which has a similar design.
Somebody needs to dust under those Sony's!
Peeled off the crappy grey-brown fake vinyl with a putty knife and a hair dryer.
Replaced it with iron-on cherry veneer and six coats of gloss polyurethane.
Tom
Nothing too fancy. I just redid my armboard for my Technics SL-1100a (walnut veneer over MDF, red mahogany stain), then mounted an SME arm: