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Today, 03:14 AM
Paul-
Meniscus has a color code of sorts when wiring xovers. Look here for their preference:...
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Yesterday, 09:20 PM
+1
People often don't realize how brutal clipping is on a tweeter.
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Yesterday, 08:54 PM
Or, you could use the high level inputs that are on most plate amps. Run the speaker outs to the plate amp high level ins, and the plate amp outs to...
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Yesterday, 08:42 PM
No further advice from my corner, but your handle FTW!
:cool:
Mark
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Yesterday, 06:02 PM
You need to use a photo hosting site like photobucket.com.
On photobucket you copy the direct link to the pic. Then when you click to "insert...
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Yesterday, 04:11 PM
Ultracap, Eton-Cap, Mad 0.60 buyout cap, a Dayton and NPE.
I really liked the Ultracaps when I used them, and you can't beat $2.
I think they are...
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Yesterday, 07:18 AM
Dave,
Passive radiators have quite a bit more losses than a port has, so in most vented systems I would recommend using a port, especially if the...
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Yesterday, 06:58 AM
But you have also not done what I asked - take a program that you respect that uses the full electroacoustical model for a passive radiator system...
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Yesterday, 02:13 AM
Marty has no sense of style, John....
Shoot- even Dan Neubecker has a formica set this year...
Later,
Wolf
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05-18-2013, 09:19 PM
I don't use this software, but if you were able to select a 4th order L-R transfer function then you should not need to enter the Q - that has...
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05-18-2013, 09:15 PM
This is probably the wrong thread for this discussion, and I don't really have the time, or these days, the interest to get into a long discussion,...
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05-18-2013, 06:33 PM
Also digging the Lake Street Dive vid. Also, pretty sure I hooked up cable for the white house visible behind the bassist. Most of the work I did for...
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05-18-2013, 10:22 AM
Dave-
Not as badly as she glared at you when you asked her if you could have an amp stack like Matt's...
Later,
Wolf
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05-18-2013, 10:20 AM
FWIW- I stared and thought about the layout for a month before committing to it and starting the assembly. It came out okay. ;)
Later,
Wolf
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05-18-2013, 02:46 AM
...and your mother smells of elderberries!!
Had to,:D
Wolf
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05-18-2013, 02:35 AM
I've never wrapped in countertop, as the Formica has always been pre-applied.
Sounds kinda funny from a Cheesehead in the grater (sic) WI area that...
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05-18-2013, 02:27 AM
8/14 600V wire in an 8-pole Neutrik Speakon...
As soon as the revamp gets finished, I'll be posting a newer/more recent pic of them to oggle....
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05-17-2013, 09:53 PM
Then Dave, I would challenge you to actually research this and you will find that mathematcially a passive radiator system does indeed roll-off...
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05-17-2013, 09:38 PM
Jason, I'm so glad you're on board! Anything you care to bring is welcome! Including Cami, BTW.
I'm getting SO stoked for this! :cool:
Gaelen,...
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05-17-2013, 07:17 PM
I recognized your post was a joke, I didn't get taken in by that.... I was just responding to Dave's Post.
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05-17-2013, 05:54 PM
With a port it is as you decribe, "as the frequency approaches zero, the phase delta approaches 180", but not with passive radiators. In this case,...
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05-17-2013, 05:18 PM
Huh? You lost me. How would passive radiators equate to dipole? A passive radiator subwoofer is purely monopole, especially since the radiators can't...
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05-17-2013, 02:54 PM
You should also include Salk "Archos", Rick/Paul's "Cantilena", and my "Attitudes".
Later,
Wolf
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05-17-2013, 02:50 PM
Those look SLICK! Jantzen Silvers and foils, nice job! I like the outboard changeable resistor for level, but what is that blue thing on one end of...
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05-17-2013, 02:43 PM
You're missing the 15 ohm resistor and the 0.025mH coil, FWIW. I know the pair of 1 ohms you have will make the 0.5 easily enough.
Later,
Wolf
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05-17-2013, 02:37 PM
I would personally lift that top octave 3dB, but that's me.
The woofer is not having its breakup suppressed enough. Minimum is generally -25dB from...
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05-17-2013, 02:25 PM
It states $150 pair shipped.
Wolf
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05-17-2013, 03:37 AM
Highly agreed!
Wolf
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05-17-2013, 02:50 AM
Nice! Did you hand shape the curves on the legs?
Wolf
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05-17-2013, 02:41 AM
Very nice! You did the tweeter cutout the harder way, IMO, as you have it right against the body. Even with the hole I used, I had to kiss the edge...
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by Dirk on 11-22-2009 at 01:12 AM
Three shots of my cabs in process, one shot of the Oh R'lyeh during XO tweaking.
by Dirk on 11-12-2008 at 02:07 PM
*note: I started writing this up in response to a general question on the TT forum. Then I started writing. And I wrote more. And then I realized I was way off base with the guys original question. Since it would have sucked to trash an otherwise useful write-up, I'll dump it here.
Everything boils down to good 'ol Ohms law. Ohms law defines the relationship between resistance (ohms), voltage (volts), current (amperes), and power (watts):
P=E*I
(power = volts *
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by Dirk on 05-14-2008 at 10:42 AM
Actually, I seem to have a gazillion of them, which is why I end up posting to none of them.
I think the Blog section here @ TT will be most excellent. The project showcase will be democratized. Let the builders flourish!
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