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  • VR3VR3 Posts: 23,221
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  • pitdogg2pitdogg2 Posts: 13,491
    Should of used lock nuts you'll rattle those lose.... lol
    Just mucking with ya Trey
  • txcoastal1txcoastal1 Posts: 10,408
    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    Should of used lock nuts you'll rattle those lose.... lol
    Just mucking with ya Trey

    Or double nut them

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  • VR3VR3 Posts: 23,221
    Haha, yeah I might put some of the thread lock on there... I had a small window with the wife gone and I figured I'd ask for forgiveness on this one... Hahahha

    Thing installed in a little over a hour, used a floor jack and my removable panels for the driver mounts worked great
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  • VR3VR3 Posts: 23,221
    I actually like the sound better with a smaller cut out, little more upper frequency range but doesn't seem to sacrifice the lower end
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  • monepolkmonepolk Posts: 971
    Is this under your floor?
  • VR3VR3 Posts: 23,221
    Yes
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  • monepolkmonepolk Posts: 971
    Gotcha, interested in how you finish it off.
  • VR3VR3 Posts: 23,221
    edited March 2018
    I am having a stainless grate made. Will be 1/2 thick plate, 1/2" holes in a waffle pattern. Outer frame will be 1" wide with a1/4 flange for flooring to butt underneath

    I am definitely going to make the opening smaller, half the size of the picture

    Will mount the second pair of woofers in a few weeks
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  • VR3VR3 Posts: 23,221
    Had an extra set of hands yesterday. I was going to mount the other two on the other side if the room but decided there just wasn't enough clearance in the drawl space...

    So we moved the previous two over and mounted the next two beside them. Used the same cut out as before and I see no disadvantage to this. For the money invested, the bass is incredible. Effortless, clean, zero distortion, tight, simply amazing. rbgzuatlct5w.jpg
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  • mhardy6647mhardy6647 Posts: 21,784
    VR3 wrote: »
    Had an extra set of hands yesterday. I was going to mount the other two on the other side if the room but decided there just wasn't enough clearance in the drawl space...

    So we moved the previous two over and mounted the next two beside them. Used the same cut out as before and I see no disadvantage to this. For the money invested, the bass is incredible. Effortless, clean, zero distortion, tight, simply amazing. rbgzuatlct5w.jpg

    Wow -- that looks just like one of my attempts at crafting my own speaker cabinets :)
  • VR3VR3 Posts: 23,221
    edited April 2018
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    Lol, I know right. I literally used scraps of wood and plywood I had laying around. I'm having a 1/2 thick plate of stainless steel to cover it will be nice and discrete
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  • EndersShadowEndersShadow Posts: 16,677
    Looks like a proper infinite baffle installation to me!

    Now just keep those cones dry and moisture free for years of infinite fun :wink:
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
  • mhardy6647mhardy6647 Posts: 21,784
    EndersShadow wrote: »
    Looks like a proper infinite baffle installation to me!

    Now just keep those cones dry and moisture free for infinite years of infinite fun :wink:

    Fixed that for you.

    :#


  • VR3VR3 Posts: 23,221
    Do I need to do anything in the winter? Just curious...

    These subs literally fill my entire house with bass. I can feel low notes in my office area some 30-40 feet away. I love the face it takes up zero floor space... ZERO
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  • EndersShadowEndersShadow Posts: 16,677
    VR3 wrote: »
    Do I need to do anything in the winter? Just curious...

    These subs literally fill my entire house with bass. I can feel low notes in my office area some 30-40 feet away. I love the face it takes up zero floor space... ZERO

    Not sure TBH. I think there are some threads on that somewhere. search "cult of infinite baffle", that comes to mind for some reason...

    Glad your happy with it.

    Sidenote, on another site a bunch of guys are working with FI Audio to build some new versions of his existing subs meant more for HT than Car Audio.

    If I ever had the the option of building a IB setup, I'd be all over it, so consider me jealous :smile:
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
  • Dennis GardnerDennis Gardner Posts: 4,796
    I just got back on the forum and looked up your progress Trey, glad to see that you went with 4 drivers and are getting the bass that you hoped for.
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  • VR3VR3 Posts: 23,221
    Thanks Dennis, they are more than I expected. I am thinking I will use the other two in my office rig in the ceiling lol
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  • EndersShadowEndersShadow Posts: 16,677
    VR3 wrote: »
    Thanks Dennis, they are more than I expected. I am thinking I will use the other two in my office rig in the ceiling lol

    Nah, just buy 4 more.....
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
  • VR3VR3 Posts: 23,221
    I honestly feel anything more than 4 would equate to structural damage
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  • EndersShadowEndersShadow Posts: 16,677
    VR3 wrote: »
    I honestly feel anything more than 4 would equate to structural damage

    Unrelated, but AVSForum has a thread on some new HT based FI drivers meant for normal sealed use.
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
  • VR3VR3 Posts: 23,221
    edited July 2018
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    3/8" stainless steel grate... Not going anywhere

    Will put a sheet of reticulated foam down and a foam surround to prevent hair and dirty going down in the cubby and make it easy to clean
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  • pitdogg2pitdogg2 Posts: 13,491
    That oughta do it
  • EndersShadowEndersShadow Posts: 16,677
    What about grill cloth under it too?
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
  • VR3VR3 Posts: 23,221
    edited July 2018
    The reticulated foam looks like grill cloth

    Same material Wilson uses on some of their older speakersip1p4b5rc5mh.jpg
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  • pitdogg2pitdogg2 Posts: 13,491
    Or older JBL
  • VR3VR3 Posts: 23,221
    I hated the look of the grills when I first set the Wilsons up but they grew on me really really quick. I really like how easy it is to stretch/remove/replace the foam in the event of age or wear.... it attaches like velcro
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  • EndersShadowEndersShadow Posts: 16,677
    Gotcha, never seen that stuff before. Wheres the installed pic Trey? Cmon.... being lazy I take it?
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
  • VR3VR3 Posts: 23,221
    Not quite ready to install it. Been slammed at work the past month so haven't had much time on my hands
    - Not Tom

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  • Airplay355Airplay355 Posts: 4,292
    Next order of business will be to find and eliminate everything in the house that rattles :D
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