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Main => Project Announcements => Topic started by: Greenman on February 13, 2022, 12:24:07 am
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Time for a new project. I am going to turn this CD and DVD case which I picked up for $30 from the Salvos into a slimline jukebox for a special family member who deserves it!
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=164992.0;attach=390145;image)
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=164992.0;attach=390146;image)
Should be interesting as I will have to engineer everything to fit into this small space. I also hope to store 10-20 cd's in it as a display of her favourite albums.
:dunno
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I dig it.
Looks like it was built from quality wood to begin with so a worthy subject.
Will this get the same software treatment/management system as the Bee Gees machine?
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I dig it.
Looks like it was built from quality wood to begin with so a worthy subject.
Will this get the same software treatment/management system as the Bee Gees machine?
No, I will be utilising a touchscreen in this one.
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So this jukebox is well underway now. The difficulty I will have is how slim the original cd/dvd case is. I therefore have to create my own custom enclosures for subwoofer etc. as I have no intention to compromise on sound quality. The depth of the project is approximately 180mm or just over 7 inches.
Deconstruction
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=164992.0;attach=390385;image)
Construct active subwoofer enclosure.
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=164992.0;attach=390386;image)
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=164992.0;attach=390387;image)
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=164992.0;attach=390388;image)
Subwoofer enclosure completed
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=164992.0;attach=390389;image)
Sub will be double enclosed so 12 mm reinforced mdf will be fine for this section.
Great to be back on the tools. My aim is for this to be slimline (unimposing) to fit with the home, yet when the volume is cranked up, it still sounds great!
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You are on the path I would have gone down myself with a space that low volume.
I have friends who long ago (when we were younger and blew $$ on car audio equipment!) also crammed sub boxes full of fiberglass insulation.
Always assumed it was for damping purposes myself, but I recall someone saying once that they believed that it "tricked the sound waves into thinking they are in a larger enclosure."
Never understood that concept really.
A solid showing thus far with this!
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I have friends who long ago (when we were younger and blew $$ on car audio equipment!) also crammed sub boxes full of fiberglass insulation.
Yeah, it absorbs sound inside the sub box to allow for a deeper, cleaner bass. :)
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I have friends who long ago (when we were younger and blew $$ on car audio equipment!) also crammed sub boxes full of fiberglass insulation.
Yeah, it absorbs sound inside the sub box to allow for a deeper, cleaner bass. :)
My Rock-Ola tribute will certainly get that treatment then.
Will you be doing that here?
Curious to see what your complete speaker arrangement will be.
I still can't make up my mind what to do for mine as regards them, i.e. how many, what size and where they should go.
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More work done...
Mount for monitor and more demolition work...
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=164992.0;attach=390437;image)
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=164992.0;attach=390438;image)
Sub fitted...
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=164992.0;attach=390439;image)
Frames for speaker mesh constructed and dry fitted...
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=164992.0;attach=390440;image)
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=164992.0;attach=390441;image)
Bobbie...you will have a lot to fit into your cabinet. You probably need the inside dimensions of the cabinet first if you are building it to scale, and then choosing your components accordingly. Good speakers circa year 2000 should be very cheap for great quality. Very few want them anymore. They don't understand what they are losing. If you are going to lay down a good amount of cash for one item, make it the amp. Cheers, Paul.