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shateredsoul1979:
A good friend gave me and my wife these speakers for our wedding gift. Here's his description of the speakers, not sure what it all means as I'm not an audiophile, but I'm just excited it's not a toaster or towels  ;D

A number of choices were made in deciding to build this particular speaker. First, the designer, Paul Carmody, is very well regarded in high end diy speaker circles; this speaker has an excellent sound reputation with good bass extension (F3 = 34hz), and has been constructed / vetted by many people. Also, the designer named it "the Amiga" after a video game, and I thought shateredsoul might appreciate that.

We spiced up the cabinets that we built, so I'll brag for a bit. They measure about 34 inches tall, 8 inches wide, and 14 inches deep. They are covered in flame maple, with solid wood baffles (where the speaker drivers are on the front) of figured eucalyptus blue gum, and a hand rubbed oil finish. They sit on heavy black plithes with nickel spikes that are adjustable to level the speaker and couple the speaker directly to the floor, improving the sound imaging and bass quality. They do not have grill fabric over the raw drivers; grills adversely affect sound reproduction. Plus, we think they are quite beautiful naked, but grills could be constructed or added later if needed.






Grimoz:
Very Awesome, I think is worth bragging about!!!!! Oh and congrats on the wedding.......I think!!!!! 

lilshawn:
wow... those look great.  :o are they ported on the back/bottom or a sealed enclosure???

congrats on the wedding!

BTW your "F3" is what the speaker and the box is "tuned" to. IE: when playing a particular frequency it has a natural resonance... the combination of the speaker and the box together. the speaker will have a natural resonant frequency (FS) but when paired with the enclosure, it will change. (back pressure waves, bass ports etc.) often audio enthusiasts will build a box to complement the natural frequency to attain boost in that frequency. in your case 34 cycles per second. or 34hz. if you where to play a 34hz tone through your speakers and measured it with a decibel meter you would find it would likely be loudest at 34hz.

now here is the interesting bit:

you have (what looks to be) a 6 1/2 inch driver with a 34hz F3. often this is only attainable with larger speakers (8/10/12 inch woofers). someone really knows their math.  :cheers:

shateredsoul1979:
Not sure if it's ported or sealed on the back/bottom. He sent me an e-mail with the pics and info since they're still not fully finished yet. Now I just need to start saving for a receiver. It's funny because we had a hunch that he'd make something for us, he's been doing woodwork since he was a kid. The wifey thought it was going to be a table or something so she was really excited. Then I find this out! I'm super excited, her not as much. Just need to save for a receiver now... and a bigger tv (it's his tv in the pic).


--- Quote from: lilshawn on September 21, 2011, 12:20:51 am ---wow... those look great.  :o are they ported on the back/bottom or a sealed enclosure???

congrats on the wedding!

BTW your "F3" is what the speaker and the box is "tuned" to. IE: when playing a particular frequency it has a natural resonance... the combination of the speaker and the box together. the speaker will have a natural resonant frequency (FS) but when paired with the enclosure, it will change. (back pressure waves, bass ports etc.) often audio enthusiasts will build a box to complement the natural frequency to attain boost in that frequency. in your case 34 cycles per second. or 34hz. if you where to play a 34hz tone through your speakers and measured it with a decibel meter you would find it would likely be loudest at 34hz.

now here is the interesting bit:

you have (what looks to be) a 6 1/2 inch driver with a 34hz F3. often this is only attainable with larger speakers (8/10/12 inch woofers). someone really knows their math.  :cheers:

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boardjunkie:
Nice. I would power them with something older that is made to good quality standards. Silver Pioneer, Marantz, something like that. Have it gone over and recapped. Once they're brought back up to proper operation, that old stuff really performs. Anything new is junk for the most part.

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