2025 InDIYana Event Info

Where: 

Hampton Inn, DuPont Rd. Fort Wayne.

When: MAY this year!!

Friday  - May 9th

8am(open) Music 9am to 10 pm (nothing loud after 9pm, per hotel's request. Background music only.)

We usually go out for dinner about 6-7pm, and then return and chat. Friday's schedule tends to be informal. However, with typically over 20 designs usually lined up for demonstration, expect something interesting going on all day long! Normally, most start arriving after noon, but we will be there all day for whomever shows up. The first 3 hours can be interesting with only a few people present, so come at 9:00 am if you can swing it, or 8am to help set up!

Saturday - May 10th

8am(open) Music 9am to 6 pm (we have the room until 10pm)

There will be a couple breaks, plus lunch break in the day. Electronic gear will be provided (amps, sources, cables). Please make sure your project can use banana jacks, or bring adapters so you can use the bananas in the speaker leads that will be present. Bring stands if you wish, but a pair of 22" stands will be present if you should need them. (If your bookshelf speakers have spikes underneath, please bring a pad to set them on.)

Presenter will have 5 minutes of their own music on an audio CD, to be played following the house tracks. If you do not bring music, you only get 5 minutes play time per project. There will not be 10 minutes on the event disc, only 5 minutes. For the theme, only the theme tracks are played (roughly 3 minutes time), but we can revisit them later for more if time allows. Please withhold synopsis until after the contest is over. Contest portion is normally started about 11am on Saturday, with the goal to be done by lunch. 

There will also be a Bluetooth streaming device handy for those with tracks on/from their phones. It is a 1mii HD Bluetooth receiver/sender with a nice ESS internal DAC. This has seemed to work very well for this purpose in past years.

Project theme or challenge details -

"Tweeterectomy"

Chuck and I conversed recently on what we thought would be good here. Since the premise has dominantly been that of a technical nature rather than aesthetics, we have decided the Tweeterectomy fits very well. We have not really done full-range or widebander themes thus far, and it would be outside the comfort zone of many attendees. However, since they were thought highly of, we would also encourage an aesthetic choice. For those building either a non-competing or competing entry, which means all presented builds, if a famous brands' aesthetics aligns with or without the theme in tow, feel free to build a project that looks like a famous brands' aesthetics. There are many to choose from.

"Tweeterectomy" - no tweeters used, a singular wideband driver plus woofer in 1.5way arrangement. 3" or larger widebander, 90mm diameter frame minimum, must be cascaded style contour network to the 0.5 woofer section. Contours out front are allowed but then affect both or more units, padding on widebander allowed, but no actual electrical highpass on widebander allowed. Multiple woofers allowed, keep gross volume under 1.25ft^3. Insertion point of 0.5 woofer section must occur below 1.0kHz. Yes, this could wreak havoc on impedance with certain choices. I will draw up an example electrical network shortly to clarify any misunderstandings...

Sample contour network , please refer to this image for most network queries. One addendum is that ladder delays would be acceptable as they do not highpass, but set delay of the widebander. All contouring MUST be in front of the driver separation.

See this link for QnA from people planning to attend, as well as event updates. This event website should also be current and accurate as things come along. Some highlights from the QnA are listed below.

https://diy.midwestaudio.club/discussion/2671/indiyana-2025-theme-announcement-tweeterectomy-but-build-look-alikes-if-you-want/p1

- multiple woofers are allowed. Single widebanders only. If more than one woofer is used, they must be the same make and model. The widebander does not have to match the woofers in this instance.

- Open back widebanders are allowed should you choose to.

- Omni widebanders are acceptable.

- modding drivers is allowed.

- no exciter drivers, please.

- fuses and bulbs are allowed.

- bandpass woofers are allowed.

- no dollar limits, spend or not!

- no in-stock, buyout, or NLA driver limits. If you have it on the shelf, the above apply, and wish to use it- PLEASE DO! Use up the stuff you've had sitting.

- No cabinet over 40 lbs will be hefted for demo by the InDIYana planning crew. If you build heavy, you can set them up! =-) 

One theme entry per person, please. Also to keep chances for everyone to demo over the 2 day event, please bring no more than 3 pair; one theme and 2 non-theme max, please. If Max of 40 is not reached, then more will be entertained.

***Challenge entries will play 3-4 minutes of challenge-music, and on to the next pair. This is to keep the entries playing consistent selections. You are (normally) welcome to play music of your own on your challenge entry at a time outside of the challenge. This is to keep the extent of time usage in the contest to a minimum. 

Good luck to those who enter the challenge! You can bring whatever speaker project you want, but challenge entries must meet the above criteria.

Gloating rights will be the reward/award if you win the challenge. Nothing more, nothing less. This is just for fun!

Sponsors may soon be lining up. See Sponsor page for more information.

PLEASE TAKE NOTE: Adult beverages: THIS IS NOT NEGOTIABLE!

THERE ARE TO BE NONE, AS IN ZERO, ADULT BEVERAGES CONSUMED WITHIN THE MEETING PLACE/CONFERENCE ROOM. THE HOTEL'S 'MEETING PLACE POLICY' DOES NOT PERMIT THEM IN ANY SHAPE OR FORM. IF WE WANT TO KEEP HAVING THIS EVENT AT THE HAMPTON DUPONT, OR EVEN AT ALL, I HIGHLY SUGGEST WE ABIDE BY THIS SET OF GUIDELINES.  

NEW TERMS OF SIGNED CONFERENCE ROOM AGREEMENT STATE VERBATIM: Any outside alcohol will result in a fee of $1,500.00 and immediate event conclusion without refund. No exceptions.

PPS- All tracks selected for the house tracks are done by a select few, myself included, and are not revealed until the day of and at the event. Theme tracks typically are not compiled or known by anyone except the person picking them, which are typically not done by me. If and when everything goes right, there should be CD copies of the house tracks available in limited quantities for those that might like one. MAC has in the past graciously hosted the tracks on their event-archiving website.

If you are not on the attendee list and would wish to attend, or would like to confirm your presence please send me an email. If you have questions you can ask via email to InDIYanaOrganizer@gmail.com

We would like to give a gigantic THANK YOU to our sponsors!

(Please see list linked above)

Thanks for your time, and interest, and I hope to see or meet you /here/there!

Ben "Wolf" S.

Please have a look at my projects archive here:

Wolfy's Armada

Just one of our dearly departed;

In memory of Matt Bunn