I am going to do it...

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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,740
    edited February 2011
    Nope - everything is still open for change.

    I have two more layers of wood to do and a larger plate
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,593
    edited June 2011
    I might have missed it, but anything happening here....

    Thinking long term about building one or two of these bad boys maybe to get some good bass....
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,740
    edited June 2011
    It is on the back burner....

    Just to much other stuff came up and I really want to finish my house before I drop the $$$ on the amps - so yeah.. May be another 5 months or so before this gets completed!

    Stay tuned!

    4hz in room - with authority though even in the rough stages!
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • Conradicles
    Conradicles Posts: 6,092
    edited June 2011
    Vr3MxStyler2k3 wrote: »
    4hz in room - with authority though even in the rough stages!

    That is insane! :cool:
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,593
    edited June 2011
    Good to know. Specially since I have carpenters as uncles so I can "borrow" their skills to make a really really nice cabinet....provided I get spec's and drawings of some sort for them to work off :smile:
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,740
    edited June 2011
    I provided all the dimensions to make this on page one (FWIW)

    The only thing I can not stress!

    You will need the cabinet to be 3" thick - no bones about it. Mine is currently 1.5" thick and about 200 pounds and at half power the cabinet was getting thrown around like a rag doll. I had Russ sit on it to keep it in place.

    Everytime it would dip below 20 hz the entire top half of the enclosure would start swaying
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,593
    edited June 2011
    Vr3MxStyler2k3 wrote: »
    You will need the cabinet to be 3" thick - no bones about it. Mine is currently 1.5" thick and about 200 pounds and at half power the cabinet was getting thrown around like a rag doll. I had Russ sit on it to keep it in place.

    Everytime it would dip below 20 hz the entire top half of the enclosure would start swaying

    That makes me happy :biggrin:...but I will need a truck and an industrial dolly for sure to transport it lol....
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,740
    edited June 2011
    I plan to install wheels on the back of the unit so I can lean it back and just roll it. My concern is it would indent the floor as it rolled.

    I think the best bet would be to get a hand truck that can move a fridge and strap it in...

    Tell ya what though - we ran 800 per driver (not even close to what it could handle) and I had to excuse myself from the room.
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,593
    edited June 2011
    Vr3MxStyler2k3 wrote: »
    I think the best bet would be to get a hand truck that can move a fridge and strap it in...

    Thats prob what I would do...
    Vr3MxStyler2k3 wrote: »
    Tell ya what though - we ran 800 per driver (not even close to what it could handle) and I had to excuse myself from the room.

    So you would need an amp per driver then I take it and split the LFE signal with a y adaptor?
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,740
    edited June 2011
    I was planning to use a Crown XLS2000 per driver (bridged)

    It has a through output to go to another amp. Perfect.

    You could get an amp stable to 2 ohms and bridge it. But a pair of XLS2000 will bring more power and they only weigh 18 pounds combined...
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • bsoko2
    bsoko2 Posts: 1,449
    edited July 2011
    Any update?
    My 2012 HT Room - http://www.avsforum.com/t/1416077/bsoko2-new-ht-june-2012
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,740
    edited July 2011
    I probably wont finish this till the end of the year...

    I have heard this sub at 1/4 power and it hits 4hz solid in my room running sweeps
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • sfosselman
    sfosselman Posts: 184
    I was reading about your insane/amazing DIY sub project and its now 2015? Is it complete? Any pics! kind of a cliffhanger here :s
    Polk SDA 1C Upgraded, Eastern Electric Minimax Supreme DAC, Parasound HCA 1200ii, Belles 21a Preamp, Rotel RSX-1056, Matricom G Box Q, Blue Jean & Signal Cable interconnects, Sonographe SG-3 TT, Panamax M4300-PM
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,740
    I had to scrap this bad boy due to the extreme size, weight and just how uncomfortable it made the listening area during low bass passages.

    I sold the 15" active, 18" passive and made a single 12" ported variation that I ran for a year or so.

    Amazing drivers, without question!!
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,133
    Hello all, Tom here just chiming in to tell you that this sub........well, I will put it to you this way. There is a point to where a sub becomes too much to handle, to listen too and enjoy. This sub surpassed that point at about 7Hz @ 80Db.

    Trey would have had to have placed his car on the sub to keep it from moving around the room. That statement is not a joke.

    It would properly power a large movie theater all by itself with zero additional help. Zero.

    Tom
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,133
    Haha! Just thinking about this, Trey.....what a blast from the past, eh? Laughing just thinking about it!

    Tom
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,740
    Totally, I'll never forget Russ sitting on it to hold it down while playing test tones
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,133
    edited November 2015
    VR3 wrote: »
    Totally, I'll never forget Russ sitting on it, trying to hold it down while playing test tones
    There, I corrected it for you Trey.

    Tom

    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • sfosselman
    sfosselman Posts: 184
    Sounds like a good time and a good story to tell :D
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