SDA-SRS Binding Post Plate Project

stogie
stogie Posts: 230
edited August 2014 in Vintage Speakers
I had the aluminum discs laser cut, then I drilled the appropriate mounting holes. Then they were powder coated. Finished off with Speakon interconnects and Cardas binding posts. Douglas Connection supplied the DIY parts to build the speaker cables, interconnect cable and jumpers (cable, cable sleeving, cable splitters, spades, bananas, heat shrink tubing). More importantly Doug was only a phone call away to offer assembly advice and tips. Great guy and great company. http://www.douglasconnection.com/ I hope the pictures are attached- I'm having a hard time figuring how to manage attachments.
Speakers: Polk SDA-SRS xovers rebuilt by David, RDO194's, Dynamat, BH5, glued magnets, new cloth, custom aluminum terminal plates with Cardas posts and Speakon interconnect
Speaker Cables, Jumpers & Interconnect: DIY Douglas Connection
Power Amp: Sunfire Architect's Choice Series II
Preamp: Adcom GFP-750
SACD/CD: Oppo BDP-95
Tuner: Sansui TU-717
TT: Technics SL-MA1
Phono Pre: Emotiva XPS-1
Music Server: Mac Mini w/JRiver - iPad w/JRemote
DAC: Eastern Electric MiniMax Plus
Other Polks: SDA: 1A, 1C, 2B, CRS+ / Monitor: 10A, 5jr, 4 / RT5
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  • Mystery
    Mystery Posts: 2,546
    edited August 2014
    Nice!

    Klipsch RB81, KG3.5, B&W DM602.5, Polk.
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,241
    edited August 2014
    Awesome!!

    Looks Great!!!
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,554
    edited August 2014
    Nice job!

    FYI, Trey (VR3) sells brushed aluminum binding post plates pre-drilled for the SpeakOn and binding posts.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • Mike Reeter
    Mike Reeter Posts: 4,315
    edited August 2014
    Very, very nice work! With new binding posts and new jumpers, I'm sure the improvement is not subtle. N'joy!
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  • nspindel
    nspindel Posts: 5,343
    edited August 2014
    As F1 says, Trey has a very similar item. I recommend an Armacell seal around the perimeter.
    Good music, a good source, and good power can make SDA's sing. Tubes make them dance.
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  • Mikey081057
    Mikey081057 Posts: 7,127
    edited August 2014
    very nice work... You didn't happen to make 2 sets did ya?
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,603
    edited August 2014
    Wow those are sweet!
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  • dhlogic
    dhlogic Posts: 26
    edited August 2014
    nspindel wrote: »
    As F1 says, Trey has a very similar item. I recommend an Armacell seal around the perimeter.

    Armacell has a number of product lines, what did you find that works the best?
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  • nspindel
    nspindel Posts: 5,343
    edited August 2014
    Believe it's called Armaflex? Same stuff as the driver and pr seals.
    Good music, a good source, and good power can make SDA's sing. Tubes make them dance.
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  • motorstereo
    motorstereo Posts: 2,133
    edited August 2014
    F1nut wrote: »
    Nice job!

    FYI, Trey (VR3) sells brushed aluminum binding post plates pre-drilled for the SpeakOn and binding posts.
    Do you have a link? Seeing how nice those plates came out is making me want a pair now.
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  • dhlogic
    dhlogic Posts: 26
    edited August 2014
    nspindel wrote: »
    Believe it's called Armaflex? Same stuff as the driver and pr seals.

    http://www.homedepot.com/p/Armacell-2-in-x-30-ft-R-1-Foam-Insulation-Tape-TAP18230/100539553

    Looks like 1/8" thick is only option and what everyone is using, just wanted to make sure I purchased the right thing. Thank you.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,554
    edited August 2014
    motorstereo wrote: »
    Do you have a link? Seeing how nice those plates came out is making me want a pair now.

    www.vr3mods.com
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • stogie
    stogie Posts: 230
    edited August 2014
    The nice comments are appreciated. To address a couple of posts above (I don't know how to use the quote thingy)
    Armacell/flex as linked above from Home Depot was used to seal the plates. (torqued down over several days to compress the foam)
    I made 3 sets of plates- but the extra 2 are earmarked for other SDA projects. (pictures as they are finished)
    Thanks again
    Speakers: Polk SDA-SRS xovers rebuilt by David, RDO194's, Dynamat, BH5, glued magnets, new cloth, custom aluminum terminal plates with Cardas posts and Speakon interconnect
    Speaker Cables, Jumpers & Interconnect: DIY Douglas Connection
    Power Amp: Sunfire Architect's Choice Series II
    Preamp: Adcom GFP-750
    SACD/CD: Oppo BDP-95
    Tuner: Sansui TU-717
    TT: Technics SL-MA1
    Phono Pre: Emotiva XPS-1
    Music Server: Mac Mini w/JRiver - iPad w/JRemote
    DAC: Eastern Electric MiniMax Plus
    Other Polks: SDA: 1A, 1C, 2B, CRS+ / Monitor: 10A, 5jr, 4 / RT5
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  • audio_alan
    audio_alan Posts: 770
    edited August 2014
    Nice job, Stogie! It sounds like there would be multiple interested parties (myself included) if you made a big run of these...
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  • Mr. Bubbles
    Mr. Bubbles Posts: 736
    edited August 2014
    Very nice work.

    Maybe some etching or screen print for labeling, just in case anyone else ever needs to fool with the connections, would be a nice addition.
    If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of Progress?!


    Monitor 5Jr, Monitor 5, RTA12, RTA 15TL, SDA 2A, 1c, SRS 2, 1.2TL, CRS, Atrium.
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