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| javeryh:
These are coming out great. You are making me want to build a pair for my daughter as well who at 14 has really gotten into music all of a sudden and thankfully she likes rock music (pop punk for now but I’m sure it will lead to other stuff). |
| BadMouth:
--- Quote from: Ond on September 30, 2018, 10:12:55 pm ---Whenever I build speaker cabinets I have a set of fabrication steps. This includes cutting gaskets for the drivers so that they seal properly against the baffle. --- End quote --- Damn I feel like a hack. In my imagination I plan to take my time, make templates and have your attention to detail. Then I get in the workshop and hack up stuff just to get it done. --- Quote from: Ond on September 30, 2018, 10:12:55 pm ---I've found the drivers I salvaged are not going to be good enough, which is a bit disappointing. I spent some time researching suitable drivers for the cabinet size and cut baffle. I was lucky to find some and re-drafted the plan to allow for a different template. The new drivers have been ordered. The only salvaged items will be the ports. --- End quote --- That sucks. I hate it when the cost runs away on projects that start out as a fun use of found parts. :-\ |
| leapinlew:
--- Quote from: Ond on September 30, 2018, 10:12:55 pm ---I've found the drivers I salvaged are not going to be good enough, which is a bit disappointing. I spent some time researching suitable drivers for the cabinet size and cut baffle. I was lucky to find some and re-drafted the plan to allow for a different template. The new drivers have been ordered. The only salvaged items will be the ports. --- End quote --- lol! Happens to the best of us. Besides, this was turning out too nice for anything less than bad ass. Now, rename this thread to making new stuff from new stuff. |
| Ond:
--- Quote from: javeryh on October 01, 2018, 05:23:48 am ---These are coming out great. You are making me want to build a pair for my daughter as well who at 14 has really gotten into music all of a sudden and thankfully she likes rock music (pop punk for now but I’m sure it will lead to other stuff). --- End quote --- It's a good reason to share the project. I'll make all the mistakes and then you can build from my prototype ;D My daughter is 18 and loves her record player and growing collection of vinyl - some new, some second hand. She just has little satellite speakers and a cheap subwoofer at the moment - these should be a nice improvement. --- Quote from: BadMouth on October 01, 2018, 03:29:32 pm --- --- Quote from: Ond on September 30, 2018, 10:12:55 pm ---Whenever I build speaker cabinets I have a set of fabrication steps. This includes cutting gaskets for the drivers so that they seal properly against the baffle. --- End quote --- Damn I feel like a hack. In my imagination I plan to take my time, make templates and have your attention to detail. Then I get in the workshop and hack up stuff just to get it done. --- Quote from: Ond on September 30, 2018, 10:12:55 pm ---I've found the drivers I salvaged are not going to be good enough, which is a bit disappointing. I spent some time researching suitable drivers for the cabinet size and cut baffle. I was lucky to find some and re-drafted the plan to allow for a different template. The new drivers have been ordered. The only salvaged items will be the ports. --- End quote --- That sucks. I hate it when the cost runs away on projects that start out as a fun use of found parts. :-\ --- End quote --- --- Quote from: leapinlew on October 01, 2018, 08:53:30 pm --- --- Quote from: Ond on September 30, 2018, 10:12:55 pm ---I've found the drivers I salvaged are not going to be good enough, which is a bit disappointing. I spent some time researching suitable drivers for the cabinet size and cut baffle. I was lucky to find some and re-drafted the plan to allow for a different template. The new drivers have been ordered. The only salvaged items will be the ports. --- End quote --- lol! Happens to the best of us. Besides, this was turning out too nice for anything less than bad ass. Now, rename this thread to making new stuff from new stuff. --- End quote --- Yeah ... the premise for this project has gone out the window :lol. Still, these are now going to be very nice sounding and looking (all being well). That's not uncommon for me, starting off as one thing and ending as another. The new drivers which match the ported box volume are: • Dayton Audio Reference Series RS150-8 6" woofers • Dayton DC28FT-8 1-1/8" Silk Dome Truncated Tweeter 8 Ohm These will be run with matched Dayton crossovers with the cross being at 2.5 kHz I'll post pics of these when I have them in my hands. |
| BadMouth:
--- Quote from: Ond on October 01, 2018, 09:49:16 pm ---• Dayton Audio Reference Series RS150-8 6" woofers --- End quote --- I'm using the 4" RS-100P paper cone version in the desk speakers I'm building. They are crazy clear. (Although in the case of desk speakers, I should have just used the full range version to keep it simple.) |
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