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  As is always the case with a two-way active monitor, each B2031 is equipped with two separate power amplifiers – one for the low frequency driver and one for the tweeter (150 watts and 75 watts respectively).  The low frequency polycarbonate driver is 22cm in diameter and the high frequency duties are handled by a one-inch ferofluid-cooled titanium dome tweeter. The crossover circuitry consists of an active fourth-order witz-Riley filter kicking in at 2kHz. The enclosure also employs a bass reflex porting system to extend the low frequency drivers’ overall frequency response down to a quoted 50Hz.  Other features of the B2031s worthy of note include: protection circuitry to look after the drivers and amplifiers in the event of overload; and electromagnetic shielding to allow close placement of the B2031’s to TV screens and computer monitors without interference. At the back of the B2031s you’ll find a metal amplifier housing which extends about an inch or so beyond the ...

Christian over at Black Sunshine Media (Wait, you don’t know about Black Sunshine Media? Get over there and check the site out immediately. It’s awesome.) Anyway, what was I saying? Oh yes, Christian over at Black Sunshine Media asked if I could possibly fix his headphones, since they were his favourites and an essential part of his kit. He showed me this photo: I think the technical term for what happened here is that they “assploded” (through no fault of their own, I might add). According to Christian, they got a bit squashed at some stage. Anyway, I took one look at the wires and said something entirely too self-confident like “piece of cake”. In fact, the wiring was the easy part. Figuring out how to put them back together took a bit more, well, figuring out. Before continuing, the other wire is disconnected to make things easier to work with: It didn’t even dawn on me to take a photo at this stage, but the next step here was to put the back of the pad back on. This wasn’t rocket s...