Gimpod's Site Download

gimpod
gimpod Posts: 1,793
edited January 2022 in Vintage Speakers
Here you go. Download and uncompress files to an empty folder, load index.html with your internet browser.
I'm not going to release the gerber files period. (Maybe later if my health doesn't improve.)
There will be no group buy or gofundme, so don't ask.
Sorry if I sound like an a$$ but I have my reasons that I don't want to get into here.

Make this a Sticky ?
“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” ~ Mark Twain
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,510
    Thanks very much, Tony. Very excellent of you to make this knowledge available to us.
    I disabled signatures.
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  • Kryten
    Kryten Posts: 79
    I doubt anyone thinks poorly of you. Intellectual property has value. Thanks for the excellent post!
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  • figit090
    figit090 Posts: 12
    Truly a loss to the SRS SDA community, I'm so happy to have logged in to see this and download the .rar before things were taken down (wouldn't have found this thread if I hadn't seen the announcement banner on the website)

    Thanks for all you've done, Tony! I wish you the best and good health.
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  • cincycat13
    cincycat13 Posts: 887
    thank you! your work allowed me to have some fun diy!
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  • AMF007
    AMF007 Posts: 21
    F1 TO THE RESCUE! Thank you for the gimpod site, got it now, digging in to verify
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  • AMF007
    AMF007 Posts: 21
    Cheers to Tony! The gimpod boards are the bomb! And the info on the gimpod site is great.
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  • Kleins1
    Kleins1 Posts: 2
    Thanks very much, I have one question: are the crossovers for the SDA SRS the same as the SDA-SRS TL?
    Thank you
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 27,488
    Kleins1 wrote: »
    Thanks very much, I have one question: are the crossovers for the SDA SRS the same as the SDA-SRS TL?
    Thank you

    If you go to the vintage speaker section and look at the SDA thread you'll find the schematics for most all of them.

    https://us.v-cdn.net/5021930/uploads/attachments/1/8/5/1/1/26687.pdf

    https://us.v-cdn.net/5021930/uploads/attachments/1/8/5/1/1/26684.pdf
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 18,258
    Kleins1 wrote: »
    Thanks very much, I have one question: are the crossovers for the SDA SRS the same as the SDA-SRS TL?
    Thank you

    No, they are completely different..
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  • Kleins1
    Kleins1 Posts: 2
    Thank you very much for your answer.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 52,103
    Has anyone successfully opened those files?
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 7,931
    edited May 22
    I have them all saved on my computer. It saves all the files in a Folder called "Gimpod website". You can access a local version of the Homepage by clicking on the index.html file in the sub-folder. From there, you can navigate and open PDFs much like the original site. If you are having a hard time opening the RAR file, install a free software like 7-Zip to help you. (www.7-zip.org)
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  • xschop
    xschop Posts: 5,560
    F1nut wrote: »
    Has anyone successfully opened those files?

    And is there a file for the pcb layout?
    Don't take experimental gene therapies from known eugenicists.
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 7,931
    xschop wrote: »
    F1nut wrote: »
    Has anyone successfully opened those files?

    And is there a file for the pcb layout?

    No. He had some reasons that he did not want to provide the gerber file.
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 27,488
    edited May 22
    billbillw wrote: »
    xschop wrote: »
    F1nut wrote: »
    Has anyone successfully opened those files?

    And is there a file for the pcb layout?

    No. He had some reasons that he did not want to provide the gerber file.

    Yea, some of us tried to buy the rights to his proprietary files. He was having none of it. I was shocked to be honest.
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 18,258
    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    billbillw wrote: »
    xschop wrote: »
    F1nut wrote: »
    Has anyone successfully opened those files?

    And is there a file for the pcb layout?

    No. He had some reasons that he did not want to provide the gerber file.

    Yea, some of us tried to buy the rights his proprietary files. He was having none of it. I was shocked to be honest.


    Something upset him or there was pressure from an unknown source about the matter.
    Either way, I’m sure someone could have had them copied, or done with a few tweaks if needed, if they knew what they were doing of course.

    I’m grateful to have had my hands on a couple sets through the years..
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 27,488
    Toolfan66 wrote: »
    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    billbillw wrote: »
    xschop wrote: »
    F1nut wrote: »
    Has anyone successfully opened those files?

    And is there a file for the pcb layout?

    No. He had some reasons that he did not want to provide the gerber file.

    Yea, some of us tried to buy the rights his proprietary files. He was having none of it. I was shocked to be honest.


    Something upset him or there was pressure from an unknown source about the matter.
    Either way, I’m sure someone could have had them copied, or done with a few tweaks if needed, if they knew what they were doing of course.

    I’m grateful to have had my hands on a couple sets through the years..

    I've got a pair, NIB.....
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  • VSAT88
    VSAT88 Posts: 1,367
    F1nut wrote: »
    Has anyone successfully opened those files?

    I had no trouble opening them Jesse. DL then made a new folder called Polk Audio Gimpod then moved the .RAR into the folder and uncompressed with WinRAR. Thank you Tony, thank you very much. For everything!
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 52,103
    He never mentioned to me about being upset or getting pressured.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 52,103
    VSAT88 wrote: »
    F1nut wrote: »
    Has anyone successfully opened those files?

    I had no trouble opening them Jesse. DL then made a new folder called Polk Audio Gimpod then moved the .RAR into the folder and uncompressed with WinRAR. Thank you Tony, thank you very much. For everything!

    Beyond my pay grade.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 18,258
    F1nut wrote: »
    He never mentioned to me about being upset or getting pressured.

    I was just guessing/assuming, from some of his posts about them in the end of all of it, it felt like he wasn’t happy about something to do with them..
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  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,840
    I recall him saying his son(?) might want to resume production in the future and not to ask again.
    George / NJ

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  • xschop
    xschop Posts: 5,560
    edited May 23
    Hopefully he didn't drill holes all over it deleting half the traces...

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    Post edited by xschop on
    Don't take experimental gene therapies from known eugenicists.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 52,103
    Gardenstater wrote: »
    I recall him saying his son(?) might want to resume production in the future and not to ask again.

    He doesn't have a son.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • skrol
    skrol Posts: 3,474
    F1nut wrote: »
    Gardenstater wrote: »
    I recall him saying his son(?) might want to resume production in the future and not to ask again.

    He doesn't have a son.

    Well, that could be a problem then.
    Stan

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