Mark Audio Pensil 10.3 designed by Scott Lindgren

 

Having built dozens of single driver speaker designs, many of which were designed by Scott Lindgren, I must say the pensil cabinet with the Mark Audio Alpair 10 v.3 is a stellar performer.

Numerous accolades abound regarding this driver.

I built my pair using Baltic Birch, Walnut Veneer from Rockler, 

Lamp Black paint from General Finishes, outriggers, binding posts and binding post plates from Dayton Audio.  This is my personal current reference speaker.

“Coltrane” (Sold to David of Norwalk, Connecticut)

David, who commissioned this amplifier, wrote to me that he owes his passion for music, notably jazz and for fine audio wares, to his father.  He was an audiophile and introduced David to Coltrane, Monk, Errol Garner, Oscar Peterson and others.  David’s father passed away in 2014 and David felt the greatest gift his father left him was instilling in him his love of music.   At David’s request, this amplifier has been named “Coltrane”.

This TPA3116 amplifier includes a high purity copper EI transformer, a regulated power supply with Nichicon Gold Tune capacitors, Klei naked Harmony RCA connectors and binding posts. Input wiring is shielded Belden Brilliance and output wire is Dueland brand cotton insulated stranded copper. A US Navy stamped vintage Western Electric meter adorns the last piece of Ambrosia Maple from the stock I obtained with this striking grain pattern.