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Just Another Mountain JukeBox Copy ;) COMPLETED but SPEAKER BLOWN 11/12/2008
drawfull:
A few more pics following this morning's update. :cheers:
Basically while it looks like there's quite a bit of space it was a challenge to get everything to fit despite the base's dimensions being governed by what was going inside.
We had to extend the subwoofer pot to the rear of the base, and you can see how we did that in a couple of the pictures. Initially, there was going to be a bezel around the pot knob at the rear but in actual fact it looked perfectly fine recessed 1/8" into the case.
The electronics for the speakers are underneath the port tubes and this also dictated the sub speaer mounting height. Mistake number one - the sub protruded over the top of the base edge. We forgot to take into account that once the base piece is in place, we lose 12mm of available height. I think we ended up routing the lid slightly to accomodate but I will check.
Mistake number two was while staining. The stain we chose turned out to be water based. The oak loved it. Basically it swelled up after the first coat as the water infiltrated the grain of the wood. Complete resanding and a few coats later....
Mistake number three. We powered the unit up and threw some music at it. The sound quality was terrible! we'd forgotted to port the port chamber so if you look closely, opposite where the 5 port chamber holes are you will see dinks out of the case on the top edge and the MDF down the centre. Unfortunately, we had to angle the drill too close to the case so the forstner bit didn't slip. Luckily the dinks will not be visible when the unit is assembled.
Needless to say, propoerly ported and sealed the sound quality is frankly stunning considering the speakers we've chosen, so I'm really pleased with that. We chucked a little rave music on and that got an expletive from my Dad. In a good way :)
Another buried body is the speaker cloth. Female stomach-holding-in lycra type stuff. Cut from a fresh pair. :o
Martijn:
nice job, i love the bass control knob extender :)
javeryh:
Totally SICK.
Can you explain a little bit more what you did in there components-wise? Seeing this makes me nervous that the speaker bar I'm shoehorning in mine is going to be totally inadequate...
Franco B:
Awesome work, your dad sure has some skills! I hope you have been taking notes :)
Its nice to see some more UK'ers on here :cheers:
drawfull:
--- Quote from: Martijn on November 05, 2008, 11:18:29 am ---nice job, i love the bass control knob extender :)
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Yeah, I wasn't sure how that would turn out when my Dad and I talked about it. I'm really pleased with the sound quality too - I had an over-the-phone demonstration of Mahler (heh) and Scott Brown - both performed really well but the classical lost a litle due to the speakers' dynamic range (or lack of).
--- Quote from: javeryh on November 05, 2008, 11:25:15 am ---Totally SICK.
Can you explain a little bit more what you did in there components-wise? Seeing this makes me nervous that the speaker bar I'm shoehorning in mine is going to be totally inadequate...
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I asked Da Old Man about his choice to use the speaker bar as he seemed to have loads of room in the base of his unit. Don't forget that mine will not have an IO panel, so I wanted semi decent speakers from the get go. If all else fails, I can always open the back door and plug something beefier in if need be. That said, my Dad's place is about 4 times the size of mine and he was a good few rooms away and I could still hear everything clearly over the phone. I am sure that the Dell set is perfectly adequate for easy listening in any case - I wouldn't worry.
I'll edit the post with the pics to explain what's inside and so on - I guess letting everyone know where the bodies are buried will help others in the future :P
Also, thanks very much for the kind words, my Dad will be thrilled when I show him this!
--- Quote from: Franco B on November 05, 2008, 11:43:36 am ---Awesome work, your dad sure has some skills! I hope you have been taking notes :)
Its nice to see some more UK'ers on here :cheers:
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Oh yea, plenty of notes. I have noted that I do not have anything like the ability to pull a project like this together. By comparison, my Star Wars bartop is a breeze! There are one or two mistakes, but thankfully they will not be visible once everything is complete.
:cheers:
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