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Yesterday, 10:28 PM
Yes, correct. Also, you CAN always tie the grounds together....that's never a problem.
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Yesterday, 10:20 PM
I'm thinking along the lines of how the bandpass curve "looks" ....like a frown. So it would be natural to think that you'd want to do high passing...
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Yesterday, 08:07 PM
Blech....Summer Shandy is nasty. Sorry. Nice braces tho. LOL.
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Yesterday, 08:05 PM
I don't ever recall seeing a three-way topology that didn't have either a resistor or cap first in the bandpass circuit.
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Yesterday, 07:49 PM
You said you used to measure?? Do you still have measurement equipment because I'm sure you'd see a huge rolloff starting somewhere between 1-2k. ...
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Yesterday, 07:46 PM
Correct, it is backwards for a bandpass.
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Yesterday, 07:45 PM
Bwaaaahahahahaha.............. Stogies anyone?
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Yesterday, 07:25 PM
You mean the problem's not just balloons for birthday parties and people making funny voices? ;)
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Yesterday, 07:09 PM
Yeah I just ran the values thru a calculator and it looks like a 2nd order LP around 750Hz and then high pass around 1k -- then add the padding at...
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Yesterday, 06:52 PM
Just looking at that schematic made my ears hurt but then I looked at the drivers being used. Is it possible that the curcuit actually works for...
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Yesterday, 06:12 PM
Looks like she is going to end up on the Ellen DeGeneres show too.....wow. Youtube FTW: https://twitter.com/TheEllenShow/status/337685024847564800
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Yesterday, 05:54 PM
Do you know why? We're actually running into short supply of Helium, and it's just going to keep getting worse.
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Yesterday, 05:53 PM
1/2" ply window braces work very well and no helium required.
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Yesterday, 05:16 PM
What happens here is this - Qes is a measurement of electromagnetic damping of the driver's resonance. This is directly related to the amount of...
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Yesterday, 05:06 PM
Very sad news indeed. What a tragedy, he was much too young.
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Yesterday, 04:46 PM
Yeah I think DATS defaults to 10k...not sure why since it's usually measured at 1k. Probably doesn't make a difference here though. It is...
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Yesterday, 04:18 PM
Oops I see my exact point was already mentioned. Never mind.
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Yesterday, 04:16 PM
Correct. But......Then there is a THIRD conductor, usually braided shielding that is connected at the source end and not connected at the distant end.
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Yesterday, 02:17 PM
They look great, Pete! Do you mind sharing what color it is? I've been thinking about something similar for my next project.
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Yesterday, 10:49 AM
VERY COOL! That had to be a sight to see...
Marc- the first I didn't know was called a Tiger moth and we have those around here. The second...
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Yesterday, 10:44 AM
Impedance comp can be out of bandwidth or limited range, and that does make it harder or near impossible
to hear. Thing is- B&W do have a bottom...
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Yesterday, 10:38 AM
Yes, Alan- 2 100uF polarized 50VDC caps back to back yield a 50uF 100VDC cap.
Later,
Wolf
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Yesterday, 10:08 AM
The 15W/8530K00 is repped as having the best bass in 15 ltrs. I think in my 18 ltrs I was able to get 35 Hz outta them. In 15 ltrs, marginally higher...
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Yesterday, 01:50 AM
What's all this about 'burning-in' wires? Here I thought cryogenic freezing was the bees-knees!!
FWIW- most of the patch cables that they sell in...
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Yesterday, 01:24 AM
It says 0.58ft^3 is the 'optimum' vented volume, but truth be told that is just a suggestion. There are MANY alignments of box that you can use to...
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Yesterday, 01:04 AM
There is a very similar thread right now in the DIY section of AVSForum...possibly same OP?
And speak of the devil:...
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Yesterday, 12:45 AM
I spy Mirage buyout speaker terminal cups.....FTW!!
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05-22-2013, 09:28 PM
I think I got em...is this correct?
Re = 5.5737
Fs=41.05
Qts=0.402
Qes=0.44
Qms=4.628
Le=1.323 mH @ 10k
mms=27.12 grams
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05-22-2013, 08:01 PM
LOL...nice. I've never actually seen anyone mention that they heard a difference flipping those kinds of interconnects around. I have some of...
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by Taterworks on 10-13-2008 at 08:55 PM
Good news for lovers of audiophile bass -- good ol' John J's back in the business of building his successful AV-line of woofers.
https://www.aespeakers.com/news.php?start=0&news_id=17
I'm thinking of replacing my own AV12 with a new one and using the outboard 1000W Dayton subwoofer amplifier to drive it. Suddenly, I've got something to really save up for. (Standard disclaimer about forward-looking statements applies.)
Another thing I noticed about
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by Taterworks on 06-26-2008 at 12:09 AM
One thing I've tried to do as an audio hobbyist is look for ways to go beyond the typical vented box. We know how to design good-sounding sealed boxes, and we know how to design good-sounding vented boxes. With help from Martin King and David McBean, we even know how to design good-sounding transmission lines, TQWTs, and horns. However, I still don't think we've exhausted the ways of acoustically loading a driver in ways that are useful for reproducing bass frequencies. I think I share the view
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by Taterworks on 06-24-2008 at 11:01 AM
Well, I'm finally in the garage after a long hiatus. I'm not the most experienced table saw user, so I've been taking things slow, but the fact that a friend of mine recently sliced 1/8-inch into three of his fingers on his table saw has made me a bit more edgy than usual around mine, even though I've got a nice large table to work with, and a motor that's plenty powerful enough to avoid binding.
I'm bringing an 'exhibition-only' project to Dayton DIY that showcases a new thought
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