Tower Rebuild Pic 1

VR3
VR3 Posts: 28,776
edited June 2005 in Speakers
Yep, here are the stopping point pics of this year...

Next year will be spent on the baffles and finishing them up...

:)

There will be another brace below the port, when it is installed...
- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • michael_w
    michael_w Posts: 2,813
    edited May 2005
    fancy.... whatcha stickin in them?
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,776
    edited May 2005
    ,,,
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited May 2005
    Sweet. You just better hurry up.
    George Grand wrote: »
    Jstas wrote: »
    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
    In Use
    PS3, Yamaha CDR-HD1300, Plex, Amazon Fire TV Gen 2
    Pioneer Elite VSX-52, Parasound HCA-1000A
    Klipsch RF-82ii, RC-62ii, RS-42ii, RW-10d
    Epson 8700UB
    In Storage
    [Home Audio]
    Rotel RCD-02, Yamaha KX-W900U, Sony ST-S500ES, Denon DP-7F
    Pro-Ject Phono Box MKII, Parasound P/HP-850, ASL Wave 20 monoblocks
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    [Car Audio]
    Pioneer Premier DEH-P860MP, Memphis 16-MCA3004, Boston Acoustic RC520
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,776
    edited May 2005
    Here are the 'baffles' - One is still at school, being glued together...3 are done...
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,776
    edited May 2005
    Foam pads in place on one...

    These foam pads arnt as thick " wise, but they are denser, so I don't think it is going to make a difference, and I am putting more in there than there was before...
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,776
    edited May 2005
    My room is starting to look like a work shop of some sort...stuff is everywhere..

    The front and back baffles will have foam pads on them as well
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,776
    edited May 2005
    Ready for baffles next year punks!
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited May 2005
    Hey, no fair!!!! :mad:

    The grain pattern in your boards looks exactly like the grain pattern in my speakers. ;)


    The only thing I don't like about my Klipsch.....:(
    George Grand wrote: »
    Jstas wrote: »
    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
    In Use
    PS3, Yamaha CDR-HD1300, Plex, Amazon Fire TV Gen 2
    Pioneer Elite VSX-52, Parasound HCA-1000A
    Klipsch RF-82ii, RC-62ii, RS-42ii, RW-10d
    Epson 8700UB
    In Storage
    [Home Audio]
    Rotel RCD-02, Yamaha KX-W900U, Sony ST-S500ES, Denon DP-7F
    Pro-Ject Phono Box MKII, Parasound P/HP-850, ASL Wave 20 monoblocks
    Klipsch RF-35, RB-51ii
    [Car Audio]
    Pioneer Premier DEH-P860MP, Memphis 16-MCA3004, Boston Acoustic RC520
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,776
    edited May 2005
    MUAHAHAH...

    Wait till you see the ROSEWOOD front/back baffles punk...

    Gotta get a dark shade of Rosewood though...gonna be staining for a long long time out in the garage.... hehehhe

    Vinyl aint ALL that bad man...
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,776
    edited May 2005
    Rosewood! :cool:

    Going to be around THIS color....but it will have a gloss clear coat. yup yup
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,776
    edited May 2005
    BAH forgot pic
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited May 2005
    Hmm..that's nice, Sid. I especially like the effect all the smeared-on white stuff creates.

    :p
    :cool:
    George Grand wrote: »
    Jstas wrote: »
    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
    In Use
    PS3, Yamaha CDR-HD1300, Plex, Amazon Fire TV Gen 2
    Pioneer Elite VSX-52, Parasound HCA-1000A
    Klipsch RF-82ii, RC-62ii, RS-42ii, RW-10d
    Epson 8700UB
    In Storage
    [Home Audio]
    Rotel RCD-02, Yamaha KX-W900U, Sony ST-S500ES, Denon DP-7F
    Pro-Ject Phono Box MKII, Parasound P/HP-850, ASL Wave 20 monoblocks
    Klipsch RF-35, RB-51ii
    [Car Audio]
    Pioneer Premier DEH-P860MP, Memphis 16-MCA3004, Boston Acoustic RC520
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,776
    edited May 2005
    such a sick lil mind...


    Happens to be glue (wood glue)...sicko

    Big port
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • jcaut
    jcaut Posts: 1,849
    edited May 2005
    I have had an incredibly difficult time trying to get the seams in my enclosures NOT to show through that vinyl. I think I'm just going to start using veneer.

    Your enclosures look good.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,776
    edited May 2005
    Yeah, mine arnt perfect, and you can tell - definetely since i had to sandwhich 3 pieces of wood together on the bottom...

    But its only noticeable in direct light right up on it, just walking right above it, etc... looks absolutely fine...

    I got off, and I had to do the top like companies do - I had to cut the side piece from the top, then do a top, then run it down the other side...very time consuming...jeez

    Thanks!
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited May 2005
    Originally posted by Vr3MxStyler2k3
    such a sick lil mind...


    Happens to be glue (wood glue)...sicko


    ...umm....that's what I meant.....what else would I be talking about......:confused::confused:
    George Grand wrote: »
    Jstas wrote: »
    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
    In Use
    PS3, Yamaha CDR-HD1300, Plex, Amazon Fire TV Gen 2
    Pioneer Elite VSX-52, Parasound HCA-1000A
    Klipsch RF-82ii, RC-62ii, RS-42ii, RW-10d
    Epson 8700UB
    In Storage
    [Home Audio]
    Rotel RCD-02, Yamaha KX-W900U, Sony ST-S500ES, Denon DP-7F
    Pro-Ject Phono Box MKII, Parasound P/HP-850, ASL Wave 20 monoblocks
    Klipsch RF-35, RB-51ii
    [Car Audio]
    Pioneer Premier DEH-P860MP, Memphis 16-MCA3004, Boston Acoustic RC520
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  • Airplay355
    Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
    edited May 2005
    why didnt you just foam pad the old def tech enclosure and then make the caps rosewood?
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,776
    edited May 2005
    I dont understand what you are asking....

    My enclosure is a bit different than DTs...

    I am using denser wood, added bracing, denser foam pads...

    The original DT enclosure uses foam pads, just something all DTs use - but they arnt as dense as the ones I am using, but they are thicker 1" vs. my 3/4" desner foam pads.

    I'm also kind of ready for a different look outside of sock and cap...

    And why didnt I just put the foam inside the original DTs, where do you think I can stick foam in there? In the crossover hole...or the 6.5" hole? ;)
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,776
    edited June 2005
    Hmm...only been done with one for about a month now...just now getting to posting a pic here...hmm

    BP10BConstructionPic13.jpg
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • Mazeroth
    Mazeroth Posts: 1,585
    edited June 2005
    You are WELL on your way to becoming an avid DiY speaker builder! KEEP IT UP!
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  • Spawndn72
    Spawndn72 Posts: 453
    edited June 2005
    Nice work, how do they sound?
    Setup:
    Adcom GFA-545 amp
    Nad 1600 pre
    Dual 704 TT
    Pioneer 707 R2R
    Pioneer DV-578A Multi-format
    Polk SDA-2 Mains
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,776
    edited June 2005
    Thanks!

    I plan to build more, so hopefully I will get better. I learned alot through this project, being this is the first time I've EVER used real wood that required finishing other than wrapping it in cloth....I hate real wood now! :p

    Anyways, as for how it sounds...

    It sounds the same, if not better. The enclosure is alot more inert, especially in the lower section.... big time!

    The sound, it sounds the same, the mids seem a lil more pronounced (which I like) - possibly due to the midbass being closer than the other ones (just barely)... the high end was alot clearer when I was done to, probally due to removing the grill cloth from the equation... since grill cloth introduce a padding around 12-13khz...it is definetely more detailed on the left side where the rebuild is...

    I hope to have the other one done by September. Unfortunately I have to cut the real wood in the shop (cross cutting) - i dont have the equipment here.

    I am starting a work shop, I finished that speaker at home. I bought a Jigsaw, hand sander, and a router (THANKS MADMAX!!) and finished it up. I also hate hand nailing, nail guns are much better, I hand nailed the baffles to the speaker... applying the baffles were actually complicated and I'm surprised it turned out like it did...

    I had to put a frame around the edges of the speaker, then slide a piece of MDF in this frame, then I had to put the top piece over that - so I am definetely surprised at how well it all turned out to tell you the truth....

    Thanks for the comments!
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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