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JUDGES FOR DAYTON DIY SPEAKER BUILDING COMPETITION Vance Dickason - Jerry McNutt - Darren Kuzma
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Vance Dickason Vance Dickason is a loudspeaker designer, consultant to a wide range of loudspeaker manufacturers, and a published author. Dickason has been working as a professional in the loudspeaker industry since 1974, when he founded Speaker Research Associates (SRA) He is well-known in professional audio and audio hobbyist circles as the author of the Loudspeaker Design Cookbook, which is now in its 7th edition, and Loudspeaker Recipes: Book 1. A contributing author to audioXpress magazine, and for 21 years the editor of Voice Coil, a magazine for the loudspeaker industry. Dickason was awarded by the Audio Engineering Society for his contributions to the audio industry in 1995. |
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JERRY MCNUTT
Having
roots in the DIY hobby himself, Jerry holds a BS in Electrical
Engineering from Auburn University. As most young DIY'ers
experience, studying took a backseat as he found himself more often
in the garage building cabinets and systems rather than the Auburn
Library.
He built his first speaker project, a DIY Subwoofer, from an article
in a magazine back in 1984 using a 12" McGee Radio driver that was
manufactured by Eminence. He considers this time of speaker building as
preparing him for a career in the audio industry.
Professionally, he's been
involved in creating OEM drivers for Ford, Honda, and Chrysler. For over a decade Jerry has had a successful career as a Design
Engineer working on speakers manufactured by world-renowned
Eminence Speaker
LLC located in scenic Eminence, Kentucky. |
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DARREN KUZMA
Darren has been a speaker building enthusiast for
many years, and enjoys creating speakers that are unique and
out-of-the-ordinary (just look at his
Sphericles!). His designs combine solid technical design
principles with creative shapes, colors, and materials. When asked
how he learned about the hobby he said "I've learned the most by
talking to other speaker builders, reading, doing experiments, and
by trial-and-error. There's nothing like getting your hands dirty,
that's why they call it DIY!". Darren has a diverse experience
and background that brings a fresh perspective to contemporary
speaker design. |
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