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wangotango68
wangotango68 Posts: 1,056
edited February 2024 in Clubhouse Archives
just mounted them on my home made oak base. sound is surprizingly good!

scott:cool:
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  • MxStYlEpOlKmAn
    MxStYlEpOlKmAn Posts: 2,116
    edited January 2003
    Originally posted by wangotango68
    just mounted them on my home made oak base. sound is surprizingly good!

    scott:cool:

    Looks like something gidrah did...hmmm
    Damn you all, damn you all to hell.......
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    No more speakers. None. Nada. And then you posted this!!!!
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  • LiquidSound
    LiquidSound Posts: 1,261
    edited January 2003
    I'd like to do that with a couple vifa's.
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  • wangotango68
    wangotango68 Posts: 1,056
    edited January 2003
    yep he gave me the idea. make sure they are full range speakers,


    scott:cool:
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  • gidrah
    gidrah Posts: 3,049
    edited January 2003
    I think I've seen something like that.
    Make it Funky! :)
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  • STUFFMD
    STUFFMD Posts: 381
    edited January 2003
    Feel like I'm in a Blue Man Group show.....do you bang the tubes with drumsticks at all?????
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  • wangotango68
    wangotango68 Posts: 1,056
    edited January 2003
    they filled our living room with sound. for a little 4 inch driver they have a nice bass responce.

    scott:cool:
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  • Zen Dragon
    Zen Dragon Posts: 501
    edited January 2003
    Ya know, that just looks so odd. No offense :)
    Must be a great converation piece, how does it sound?
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    This is pretty f***ed up right here.
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  • goingganzo
    goingganzo Posts: 2,793
    edited January 2003
    parts experss has a slae on 4 in drivers 90cents each. were thoes old parts that you took out of a re modle lol. nice use of a flange for the base.
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  • gidrah
    gidrah Posts: 3,049
    edited January 2003
    Audionutt was going to build a pair also.;)

    I hope you like them. Have you used any stuffing? I haven't yet, but probably will when I get a chance. If you like the sound of these but feel it could be better, you could probably replace them with Fostex FE-103 (I think). There are also tweaks like felt on the driver side of the basket and using epoxy or plumbers putty to solidify the magnet to the basket. There's also stuff you can do to the dust cap and cone. I couldn't tell by the pic, but if they have whizzers, you can use a piece of foam insulating strip between the whizzer and cone.

    They have better bass in corners (of course), and 6ft apart. The driver is a tad high. One of these days I'll corkscrew some of that straight tube and offset with stands if need be. I'm quite impressed with the off-axis. The sound travels well into my other rooms without having to crank it up.

    Let me guess, the image like there's no tomorrow.
    Make it Funky! :)
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  • gidrah
    gidrah Posts: 3,049
    edited January 2003
    There's also the front baffle. Mine is ugly compared to yours. I asked around as to the need of the front baffle; as I wanted to trim mine close, I gather that that the need is there. Something about beaming at a freq. that is within the sensitive hearing range. I'll put a teardrop shaped baffle on the front (to disperse the freq. of the reflected wave), when I can get some time and borrow a router.
    Make it Funky! :)
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  • wangotango68
    wangotango68 Posts: 1,056
    edited January 2003
    the driver is mounted to a small piece of 4 inch pipe that is cemented into the 4 inch elbow end. i had some stuffing in them but to me it sounds better without it. the wires stick out of a little hole that is drilled at the bottom of the flange. hopefully ill get some binding post to mount there.

    scott
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  • wangotango68
    wangotango68 Posts: 1,056
    edited January 2003
    opps wrong pic.

    scott:cool:
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