You know you're a lazy DIY'er when...

[Amphiprion]

...your idea of wood finishing is "sanding off the glue".

...your favorite speaker finish is MDF.

...your house is robbed, but you still have all your speakers and amps.

...you're moving, and you can't find a refrigerator box big enough for your sub.

...all your crossover wires are red, because it was cheaper to buy the single 500' spool of hookup wire.

C'mon guys, add your own.

[Dennis H]

...your crossovers are spread on the floor, hooked together with clip leads.

[Amphiprion]

^ Very true.

From my own personal experience:

...you have actually desoldered components with a blowtorch because you couldn't find the big tip for the soldering iron.

[Undefinition]

...your house is robbed, but you still have all your speakers and amps.

This one is my favorite. It says so much!

Anyway, I'll add one:

...there's nowhere in your room for people to sit down unless they move the drivers and crossover components off the cushions.

[cotdt]

When your cabinet is made from the box your drivers were shipped in...

[joetama]

I've actually made a speaker box out of a cardboard box like that... LOL...

[impala454]

... your crossovers are built on carboard because you didn't feel like cutting up some pegboard.

... you've been listening to your speakers for over two months and still haven't put the foam in.

and most of all I have to echo Mark's first one:

...your idea of wood finishing is "sanding off the glue".

[JoshK]

You know you're a lazy DIY'er when...

... your pets have all run away because you can't be bothered to chase down that oscillation in your amp.
... the gear on your shelves in boxes is worth multiples of all the gear that is functional.
... your idea of WAF is having your own house next door to your wife.
... your idea of WAF is having your tools in a room other than the living room.
... you keep falling into the hole in the floor intended for your IB sub.
... you can't find the volume control under the rat's nest (ball of fur, etc).

[Amphiprion]

.. the gear on your shelves in boxes is worth multiples of all the gear that is functional.

Man, I totally get owned by this one.

[Hank]

The H.H. Scott 222C tube amp on your bench is 98% re-capped, AND you started the re-capping TWO years ago. AND, you have three more, including your own original Scott LK48-B kit version that you bought and built as a 16-year-old, AND two Scott tube tuners, AND you haven't even begun to re-cap all these others, all sitting on the closet shelf.

AND, months ago, you got a sweet deal on a Wilson Benesche Circle turntable with an RB300 Incognito re-wired arm, and you haven't even mounted the arm YET. :boohoo:

Please send me the prize money.

Don't MAKE me tell you about the cool Chinese tube power amps that I "plan" to modify. ops:

[tylerdurden]

you have started so many projects and cant decide wich one to finish so you sit stairing at them, frozen, overwhelmed! :E


SO you just start a new one. :B
Happy days are here again...LaLala

[JoshK]

you have started so many projects and cant decide wich one to finish so you sit stairing at them, frozen, overwhelmed! :E


SO you just start a new one. :B
Happy days are here again...LaLala

Man, I feel your pain!

[HareBrained]

... you grab the baffle from the last (unfinished) project because the "fresh" MDF is behind the stack of components.

[TacoD]

You pull the woofers from the cabinet to try your new ones.

[Hdale85]

... you string together 10 resistors to get the value you need because its what was in front of you.

[Johnloudb]

Man, you're all Sooooo pathetic!! :

Just kidding, :lol: I'm actually talking about myself here!

Umm,

... when you use white instead of black - it's what you could find.

[Xander]

You epoxy your crossovers into your box cause you didn't feel like finding screws

You use a Sharpie to color in the corners of the cutouts for your drivers cause the paint pen you bought was too big and don't feel like going back to the store (it works though!)

You convince yourself that the speakers look way cooler without grills...so you don't have to build them.

You still have a towel hanging over the edge of your speaker because you haven't gotten around to making a roundover on the edge of the baffle

[Hdale85]

Hey hey they do look better without grills.

[peter_m]

You know you're a lazy DIY'er when...

...you start a thread like this one instead of making MDF dust!

:B

[Amphiprion]

...you start a thread like this one instead of making MDF dust!

Hey now, Parts Express will have my cabinets to me any day this week. Geez, I'm too lazy to even build boxes these days

[cotdt]

Hey now, Parts Express will have my cabinets to me any day this week. Geez, I'm too lazy to even build boxes these days

Hey happened to the spirit of DIY, man! This forum should be renamed to Mission Possible DDIY (Don't Do It Yourself!).

[tktran]

Because building grills are a waste of time, you buy quality, fine haired paintbrush from the hardware store and use it periodically dust off your drivers...

[best lazy idea ever, but shows how obsessive I am] :roll:

[Bill Schneider]

..when rolled-on primer looks good enough.



..when you use other speakers as speaker stands.

Bill Schneider

[fjhuerta]

...your house is robbed, but you still have all your speakers and amps.

Ouch. That was too close for comfort. 8O

[tabasc07]

You use white electrical tape to connect your port flares to the tube.

[kgveteran]

LMAO, this is funny stuff. I can't add anything cuz you guys did. Thanx for the DIY laugh!!!

Kg

[Xander]

..when you use other speakers as speaker stands.

Bill Schneider

Haha, I've done that one!

[Hdale85]

No I think it's when you use half finished speakers as speaker stands <<Guilty

[Hank]

Face it: we're all sick and should be supervised closely.
My answer: TEQUILA! Just ask The Kid.

[chasw98]

You know you're a lazy DIY'er when..............







You take the time to post in a stupid thread that has nothing to do with increasing the fidelity of your current project!

Chuck :T

[HareBrained]

... when you start looking for a "white van" for your next project.

[HareBrained]

... when you claim the felt stuffed in the gap around the tweeter's edge is a "design feature to control early reflections".

[tylerdurden]

... when you start looking for a "white van" for your next project.

Ha Ha!! Thats got to be the ultimate LDIY'er. Hey a little bracing here a little there. Hmm Could work.
Oh wait!! I said the "w" word. :W

[A9X]

...your idea of wood finishing is "sanding off the glue".

...your favorite speaker finish is MDF.

...your house is robbed, but you still have all your speakers and amps.

...you're moving, and you can't find a refrigerator box big enough for your sub.

...all your crossover wires are red, because it was cheaper to buy the single 500' spool of hookup wire.

C'mon guys, add your own.

I resemble those remarks. But it's my Mains, Sides, Rears and Subs that need the fridge boxes.

...your crossovers are spread on the floor, hooked together with clip leads.

Amateur: it's when your tube amps are connected with clip leads that makes you a real DIYer. Them kids and dogs better learn right quick that HV hurts.