Hey kids go large or go home!

ben62670

Been messing around with these again. Loving it again. Hendrix is spinning on the TT. I want friggen tubes at least in the pre so bad I can taste it! I had a sweet pre here that just figgen did it, but loving what I got for now. I don't know if I am going to eat the cat or not.

comfortablycurt

Damn, I would love to get my ears on those beasts!

I've been getting the tube itch myself. I keep remembering how sweet that Dodd ELP sounded when I had it...

wutadumsn23

Holy Crap Ben!! Those things are beasts!! Wouldn't mind getting an earful of those, I wonder if the Mrs. would notice if a pair of those just happened to show up in our living room, lol. By the way Ben, that cat does look tasty, lol.

-Jeff

ben62670

I have kinda had the itch to taste some greens, but I haven't in so long they are dried. Willie Nelson can't sing, but he sure can sing. Keep in mind bigguns can't work in small areas. I have all the doors opened here. The cat musta heard me. It tried to hump my leg. I let it. Hey a little action is better than none. Tubes added so much depth that SS just can't pull off. I have a little over 1000wpc per channel working these at 2ohms, and clean. 16 mids per side just energize the room nicely. I have a vid of the cat doing the do, but after I came I licked it across the room.

ben62670

wutadumsn23 wrote: »

Holy Crap Ben!! Those things are beasts!! Wouldn't mind getting an earful of those, I wonder if the Mrs. would notice if a pair of those just happened to show up in our living room, lol. By the way Ben, that cat does look tasty, lol.

-Jeff

She would notice if you stuffed her in one. They are over 7 feet tall, and 325Lbs;)

wutadumsn23

ben62670 wrote: »

She would notice if you stuffed her in one. They are over 7 feet tall, and 325Lbs;)

LOL, but if I did that I could keep em right? If she did say anything I wouldn't be able to hear her.

-jeff

ben62670

Well speaking of my X you could hear her for sure. Listening to REO speed wagon. Nothing like dancing in your underwear with nobody but yourself acting like you can play the guitar. I gave two of the three neighbors my number in case I bothered them. The other is fattening my squirrels for me;) I doubt very seriously she will knock at my door. The door is always open to Polkies who visit the area. Free place to stay. I may get a Joe Dirt hair cut IDK that may be over the top for me. EF them if they can't take a joke. EF them if they can. House is rocking tonight.

danz1906

Sweet Speakers!

wutadumsn23

ben62670 wrote: »

Well speaking of my X you could hear her for sure. Listening to REO speed wagon. Nothing like dancing in your underwear with nobody but yourself acting like you can play the guitar. I gave two of the three neighbors my number in case I bothered them. The other is fattening my squirrels for me;) I doubt very seriously she will knock at my door. The door is always open to Polkies who visit the area. Free place to stay. I may get a Joe Dirt hair cut IDK that may be over the top for me. EF them if they can't take a joke. EF them if they can. House is rocking tonight.

Sweet Ben, give em hell!!

-Jeff

Toolfan66

My wife would be my ex if I brought speakers like that home.:)

Nice to see you putting them to good use Ben. so how far from the house can you still hear them?;)

everpress

Those are beast. What are they and where can I get some?

NJPOLKER

Ben have you been imbibing?
The final sentence in post four concerns me greatly. Hopefully thats a typo but since you are now from the south ya never know.

concealer404

everpress wrote: »

Those are beast. What are they and where can I get some?

Ben's own custom SDAs.

everpress

Ben, what are the chances you have the specs and drawn plans for those? I swear, you could even sell the plans... But if they were free, that would be even better!

concealer404

everpress wrote: »

Ben, what are the chances you have the specs and drawn plans for those? I swear, you could even sell the plans... But if they were free, that would be even better!

He's got a thread documenting the build somewhere... i don't know if ALL the specs are there, but it should be a start.

You looking for a divorce or something?

madmax

With mini-monitors like those you at least need a sub.
madmax

everpress

concealer404 wrote: »

He's got a thread documenting the build somewhere... i don't know if ALL the specs are there, but it should be a start.

You looking for a divorce or something?

Price is the only way my wife would take off, and I'd back down first.

Size? Well, she has the rest of the house, but the one room where the audio is, that's mine... AS large as I wanna be... Well, as large as the wallet allows... Which isn't anything... But I can start gathering components a little at a time. If it takes years, I'll try to get this build.
Found the thread; bookmarked it...

Ben, I'd love to hear these things, but I can tell you now, these are beautiful.

concealer404

^I feel you.... i've been wanting to try my hand at something like this (although probably not quite as big) for awhile now. My girlfriend luckily doesn't care, as long as they're "pretty."

nooshinjohn

ben62670 wrote: »

I have a vid of the cat doing the do, but after I came I licked it across the room.

this is a visual I did not need...:eek:

inspiredsports

ben62670 wrote: »

. . . cat musta heard me. It tried to hump my leg. I let it. Hey a little action is better than none . . . I have a vid of the cat doing the do, but after I came I licked it across the room . . .

I have known you for about a year now through the forum and it never ceases to amaze me what we write about, but this totally freaks me out :eek:

skrol

And here I'm fighting to keep my little RTA11TL's....sigh!

everpress

skrol wrote: »

And here I'm fighting to keep my little RTA11TL's....sigh!

Show your wife these as the replacement.

skrol

She just gives me the:rolleyes:

ben62670

32 mids at $48 $1536
6 tweeters at $76 $456
8 10" PR's at $23 $184
6 sheets of MDF $30 $180
That's 540lbs of MDF
Stuffing, and dampening $70
wire, connectors, screws, and other stuff $200

About $2600

You can do better with the silver flutes at around $30 each $960 total, but you would be inflicting property damage, and body damage with the Silver Flutes if you had the amplification to drive them.

zarrdoss

Thats ridiculous! but so f**king cool!

dorokusai

ben62670 wrote: »

32 mids at $48 $1536
6 tweeters at $76 $456
8 10" PR's at $23 $184
6 sheets of MDF $30 $180
That's 540lbs of MDF
Stuffing, and dampening $70
wire, connectors, screws, and other stuff $200

Realizing how awful a loudspeaker can truly sound...priceless.

F1nut

dorokusai wrote: »

Realizing how awful a loudspeaker can truly sound...priceless.

I don't care who are, that's some funny ****!

OldmanSRS

ben62670 wrote: »

32 mids at $48 $1536
6 tweeters at $76 $456
8 10" PR's at $23 $184
6 sheets of MDF $30 $180
That's 540lbs of MDF
Stuffing, and dampening $70
wire, connectors, screws, and other stuff $200

About $2600

You can do better with the silver flutes at around $30 each $960 total, but you would be inflicting property damage, and body damage with the Silver Flutes if you had the amplification to drive them.

How much did you spend on the XO's?

ben62670

F1nut wrote: »

I don't care who are, that's some funny ****!

I laughed too. It was funny. I love when you get people that have never heard gear commenting on it;)

OldmanSRS wrote: »

How much did you spend on the XO's?

They are actively crossed over except the upper 8 MW's have a passive XO to kill the major beaming issue I had after I moved here. Also one of the tweeters is rolled off to assist with the mid to high transition.
BTW there is a thread on these being built. I was just having a little fun with them.
Ben

leroyjr1

Any tube gear on the giants yet?

ben62670

Not yet. I may just go with a buffer for now if I can pull a rabbit out of my hat.