J-Mod

06/16/2026

06/13/2026

How about something a little outside the speaker box!!!
I’ve been busy.

Bug-wood rechargeable Bluetooth speakers.

I did the math, the enclosures are sized to the driver. The big one has a perfectly tuned port. The little buggers will have a sealed baffle under those bug holes, but the body will vent naturally through the holes in the bug wood making each speaker sound unique and tuned by bugs!!!! Whaaaaat?!?
All I have is left is soldering them up., maybe tomorrow.
I can’t wait to listen!

04/14/2026

I made some Star Wars themed desktop speakers for Nevin. I turned some old useless Advent home theatre satellite speaker upside down and placed a high end Tang Band off axis full range driver where the woofer was and installed a perfectly tuned base port where the tweeter was. I went with Millennium Falcon gray and threw on some decals depicting the iconic scene of the destruction of the Death-star.
They sound extremely clear, with heavy base for the size and he loves them. He runs them with the Fosi BT20A pro Bluetooth amplifier hooked to his gaming system.
These are not for sale, but I can make one more pair to order. Same sound signature, but your color/theme of choice.($500)
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03/10/2026

I built myself a bass guitar speaker cabinet out of an old house stereo speaker. I paired it with the 200 watt Ampeg Micro VR for that vintage sound. The cabinet is loaded with the beefy 10” Celestion Pulse XL driver with a 3” port and a decent amount of internal dampening. It can be placed vertically for better sound dispersion or horizontally for extra bottom end. It’s only 22” x 12” and sounds like it should take up way more space than it does. It’s a beast!!!!!🥰

02/28/2026

Success!
I sold the Electro Voice Interface II to a man that has wanted them since the eighties when he heard a demo of them at the store. He said the salesman turned them up so loud he couldn’t believe they weren’t distorting. He did the same while he listened to mine. He played Van Halen “Really got me” so loud I cringed, but my restoration kept up and rocked the sh*te out of that song. He bought them and loved that they looked even better than originals with the new blue wood grain vinyl. Another set saved from the trash!!! Yay for JMod!
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01/07/2026

Released in 1987…. The iconic Yamaha NS10M studio monitors restored by JMod.
Rustic distressed finish, hand cut wine cork feet, new Avantone pro woofers, with high end Jantzen and Nichicon capacitors!
Available for purchase
$750
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01/04/2026

Almost finished. I installed all the new capacitors today!

01/03/2026

I’m excited to be restoring a pair of the iconic Yamaha NS-10M’s. These guys have been rode hard and hung wet. They’ve been dropped, gouged, and driven so hard they almost caught fire.
Have you heard the story of the recording engineer that put 1 square of toilet paper over the tweeter leading to that paractice becoming an industry standard? He even inspired yamaha to tame the high end on the next series.
Bob Clearmountain was his name. He famously used Yamaha NS-10M monitors as his primary reference speakers on a vast number of hit albums in the 1980s and 1990s. He is often credited with popularizing their use as studio monitors because if a mix sounded good on them, it would sound good on almost any hi-fi system.
While he has mixed hundreds of albums, some of the most notable albums he mixed using the NS-10Ms include:

Bruce Springsteen – Born in the U.S.A.
The Rolling Stones – Tattoo You and Still Life
Roxy Music – Avalon and Flesh + Blood
David Bowie – Let's Dance
Bryan Adams – Reckless and Cuts Like a Knife
Hall & Oates – Big Bam Boom and Picture This
Chic – C'est Chic, Risqué, and Real People
Simple Minds – Once Upon a Time
The Pretenders – Get Close
Huey Lewis & the News – Sports
Bon Jovi – Slippery When Wet

He often carried his personal pair of NS-10Ms from studio to studio to ensure a consistent listening reference, a practice that helped establish them as a studio standard. Clearmountain even resorted to placing tissue paper over the tweeters of early models to tame their harsh high-end, a modification that led to Yamaha producing a slightly less bright "Studio" version.
The model I’m restoring is the studio version.
☮️❤️🎶JMod

11/30/2025

The “Jolene” powered Bluetooth speaker.
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11/30/2025

!!!SOLD!!!
Introducing the “Jolene” powered Bluetooth speaker just in time for Christmas.
Mixing classic vintage sound with modern convenience. This is perfect for the minimalist; someone who loves music, but dislikes stereo wires and battery chargers. Just plug it into the wall outlet, turn it on, connect, and stream your favorite music.
The sides are made from gorgeous live edge Purple Heart Juniper. For the grill I chose an Oxblood with gold stripe just like the Fender guitar amps from the 60’s.
She sounds crisp and clear, gets loud if you want her too, and digs deep with the new woofer and re-tuned port.
This was originally a JBL J 216 from the 80’s, but with only about 15% of the original components, and now modified with power and Bluetooth it is truly a JMod creation.
(Specifications are in photos)
$500
Thanks for looking!
☮️❤️,
JMod