Sorry George. More dust

ben62670

Thanks Bro. They look much better than the pics. I am glad to finally be done with them, and finally glad to have something that isn't a plain MDF box in the living room:) Jerry's tweeters came in today. I can't wait till those are hooked up. They look sweet. I hope they sound sweet:eek:

Face

ben62670 wrote: »

Thanks Bro. They look much better than the pics. I am glad to finally be done with them, and finally glad to have something that isn't a plain MDF box in the living room:)

Yes, instead you have monkey coffins with circles on them.

hearingimpared

Hot damn they look nice. One question though; how come the radiators are so low to the floor?

engtaz

Ben's usually down there. I'm sorry I could not resist.

ben62670

The cabinets happen to work out at 5.3 cubic feet. The optimal cabinet for the 5.5 drivers sealed is 2 cubic feet. I built a z shaped bracket so I could separate the 6 5.5's from the lower chamber. I found a woofer PR combo that is designed to work optimal in a 3.3 cubic foot box:) 2 plus 3.3 is 5.3;) This just happened to work out perfectly for the 5.5 inch drivers in a ported/PR box. The tuning is a hair off on the PR, but that is no big deal. So to answer the question why is the PR so low? It leaves enough room to run an active 12 woofer/PR combo in the lower chamber. The bass is better than I anticipated so I may not run the active 12" woofer. Another option is I have a Dayton Titanic III 15" woofer that does well in a 3 foot box sealed. I could just buy one more for a dual 15" sealed sub setup. I want to be able to run HT without having a separate sub. This is all not in the near future stuff. I want to figure out what I can sell to get the tweeters Jerry ordered. They sound SWEEEEEEEET!

davidfmartin

Sweet dweet dweet. totally freekin' cool. Can you post picks of the backs?

ben62670

davidfmartin wrote: »

Sweet dweet dweet. totally freekin' cool. Can you post picks of the backs?

Yes sir!
The top two post are for the tweeters that are installed. I have some temp wires running to a set of tweeters sitting in some foam "brackets" burning in before the boys get here. I raped a set of AQ type 4 speakers wires to wire the woofers internally, and I am using silver plated copper on the highs.


Edit: I need to vacuum the saw dust, and particles off the floor:o I also need a real work shop. Dust masks will be provided to visitors:eek:

PolkClyde

That's pretty easy to do IF you have the time

Hobbyguy

Wow...those are beautiful! Nicely done.

zingo

The back of those is just flat black laminate then?

ben62670

zingo wrote: »

The back of those is just flat black laminate then?

Hey Jake the backs are a laminate counter top satin finish. Jerry and I discussed using it for faces in the future for fronts. It is much better looking than the pic suggest. You can find it at HD for $45 a 4x8 sheet. It is nice and heavy duty, and much easier and cheaper than trying to do a painted finish;)

ben62670

PolkClyde wrote: »

That's pretty easy to do IF you have the time

If you have had experience building with veneer I am am all ears. It wasn't too bad for me. Some guys have it, and some don't. Like drywall, and plumbing I just can't get it right??? Do you have some links to what you have done? We are having our get together this weekend, and would love to have ya.

On a side note I have tried many tweeters, and they all have had some sort of harmonic distortion at some frequency. Usually in the upper female vocal range. I am seriously loving these tweeters. I will get a pair some how. I don't care how:eek: These to me have only been surpassed SQ wise by the Focals, but these are very close, can handle power, and are efficient enough to use with SDA's:)
Ben

SCompRacer

That's pretty easy to do IF you have the time

I'm thinkin he meant the cleaning.;)

Ben, terrific job! High marks!

ben62670

SCompRacer wrote: »

I'm thinkin he meant the cleaning.;)

I could use some tips on that too:D I just looked at the pic, and there are tons of bits and pieces from the wires all over the place. I am going to get some cleaning done. We trashed the place:( We had a lot to do, and a short time to get there. Now our get together has been delayed. This is kinda good. I can clean up a bit, and give the new drivers a chance to break in;)
Edit: Those 6.5's of Jerry's are more like 7's. They are real beefy. They make my 5.5's look teeny tiny:eek:

Systems

Very Nice,what did you use to trim the veneer around the driver recesses?

schwarcw

WOW! They look awesome! Great job!

ben62670

GV#27 wrote: »

Very Nice,what did you use to trim the veneer around the driver recesses?

1/2" rabbit bit. The drivers have 3/8" lips so with about 3/32" between the drivers the routed out areas overlap. A little cutting with a razor, and some black paint the recesses blend pretty sweet.

Systems

ben62670 wrote: »

1/2" rabbit bit.

Ok thanks.
Again I must compliment you on your work ,they look awesome.;)

jerryj12

Looks great. Nice picture. Like...... well you know the rest.

Face

GV#27 wrote: »

Very Nice,what did you use to trim the veneer around the driver recesses?

How would these work for that application?

http://www.holbren.com/home.php?cat=725

ben62670

You would want a flush cut bit with a bearing;) Sarah M is singing to me now. Gotta go:)

jerryj12

B.B King now lives in the middle of my living room. I hope he don't want to drink all my beer. Thanks Ben, the speakers sound great. What a difference.

ben62670

I dry humped your speakers before they left:eek: Yes the sound stage in those is fantabulous! They are by far the best ones yet. I will try to beat them though. Enjoy my brother.
Ben

Fongolio

Sweet mother of all things holy...that is some beautiful work Ben! Outstanding.

ben62670

Fongolio wrote: »

Sweet mother of all things holy...that is some beautiful work Ben! Outstanding.

I do have to say I am proud:) Jerry was definitely a great help with these:)
Ben

Ender

I hope to one day make speaker that might compare to yours, Ben. Hahaha. Then again, I have never heard your speakers, so I wouldn't know if I could beat yours. Let's just assume I can't.

I need to take some classes on woodworking and electronics soon, I think. I don't really know where to start. Some people are recommending starting with making cables and speaker stands, but where do I look to buy good tools or components? I don't even know what kind of wood to buy... Lol. Or solder or cable ends (Neutriks?).

Anyhow, I was really posting to say... Awesome work!

ben62670

Dude fly in. You have a place to stay. Enjoy the visit, and see what I have done on a limited budget. I am sure you will be impressed.
Ben

Ender

ben62670 wrote: »

Dude fly in. You have a place to stay. Enjoy the visit, and see what I have done on a limited budget. I am sure you will be impressed.
Ben

I should... and I might after tax season. But right now I'm on a tight budget (only because I am trying to save up for some insanity called retirement... but thats a ways off for me) so a flight to Georgia might be too much for me. If you were in Arizona or something, I would probably just drive and pay for the gas. Lol.

MillerLiteScott

Very nice looking Ben. Keep it up.

Pauly

Very nice Ben. Hats off


Pauly