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Today, 12:04 AM
Mmm, tough crowd. Latter to elevate the speaker.
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Today, 12:01 AM
Iowa is mid,Midwest.
In southern Ohio, they talk like their in the south.
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Yesterday, 07:09 PM
Why not?
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Yesterday, 07:05 PM
To me the Midwest starts after Ohio. your right, lot of us in the Midwest.
Where about a in the Chicago area are you?
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Yesterday, 10:50 AM
Yep. I think internal will suffice if using at least 5 layers. Otherwise, a few more partial brace will help.
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Yesterday, 02:45 AM
I would think "DIYAZ" (D-I-Y-uhz)would be more appropriate. Stretched out, as spelled would be "Do It Yourself -Ers".
DIYA is a singler person who...
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Yesterday, 12:50 AM
Maybe Craig can have one of his drivers take them to Davenport and I can take them to Indy.
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06-18-2013, 09:32 PM
Need more ribs
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06-18-2013, 05:32 PM
There are build pics in my photo album. The crossover is in the album called "3way". Third pic. The build pics are in surrounds.
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06-18-2013, 03:09 PM
I really like the ASC oil-caps, PulseX, Jantzen Standard-Z-Caps and CrossCaps, and MultiCap PPMFX or standard poly.
Later,
Wolf
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06-18-2013, 03:06 PM
This will still not factor in the freq response of the drivers.
Wolf
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06-18-2013, 08:08 AM
this is my method as well. i use pegboard sized to fit through the woofer hole.
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06-18-2013, 07:53 AM
i use tritrix mt +t for surround duty.
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06-18-2013, 07:40 AM
was that for a round trip Ron? that is rather steep. was it just a simple 2-way?
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06-18-2013, 02:54 AM
Correct. Those are pretty much the DTAC or "Doorknob" capacitors. FWIW, I looked up Wima caps at one point, and they also make a
doorknob-style...
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06-17-2013, 09:11 PM
craig, I nail and glued my first layer. try to line up the rear as the front will be much easier to flush cut.
if you need more straps, just say...
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06-17-2013, 02:48 PM
Nope- the box response will be different with the DCR change. It affects Qes and therefore Qts. It will affect tuning of the box, and maybe even box...
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06-17-2013, 02:46 PM
I was told they are having issues with the website this year, and the list is not able to be posted.
Wolf
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06-17-2013, 02:43 PM
The sb13 is 4ohm or 8ohm. If you go with it, I just may mail an entry.
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06-17-2013, 02:30 AM
Now you need to resim your box response to factor in that change of DCR.
Later,
Wolf
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06-17-2013, 01:40 AM
Your impedance is sitting about 2.5 ohms at 90 Hz. For 4 ohm nominal, my own best fit dips to no lower than 3.3 ohms. I think yours will tax some...
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06-16-2013, 10:54 PM
I will be present.
Wolf
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06-16-2013, 10:47 PM
yeah, not so smart phone. formica.
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06-16-2013, 08:19 PM
I built some for my son. My first build.. two vented three sealed. I used fornication for the baffles.
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06-16-2013, 09:08 AM
seems logical to me.
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06-16-2013, 12:36 AM
Most of this would be easily transferred to pegboard, as the hole-spacing is 1" square.
Just a thought,
Wolf
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06-15-2013, 06:17 PM
ouch! not free. any freeware like that?
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06-15-2013, 04:56 PM
I think the illustrations in pcd work pretty good. I have to make mine like that and big or I screw things up.
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06-15-2013, 11:33 AM
how is this going? do you need some straps? I can get you some like in the pic below. no ends to connect. let me know.
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06-15-2013, 10:03 AM
Got my amp back from Ty and the difference is obvious. There was a real muddiness, or congestion in the midrange/vocal area, now very clean and...
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by mattp on 05-27-2011 at 04:37 PM
*Under Construction*
1/30/2012
After a few months of listening, tweaking and evaluating the original Apaches design I began to notice many things I didn't care for. The bass was very bloated which I'm sure had to do with the room they were in. Something about the lower mid bass was prevalent and they had a sweet spot about the size of a dime. The mid bass issue was likely due to bandpass gain around 200-300 Hz and as the drivers broke in more and more it became much
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by mattp on 05-07-2011 at 11:28 AM
Design Goals
For this project, I needed a speaker with a certain size footprint and height. I wanted to get the most out of a small package that would perform more respectably than the larger bookshelf speakers were replacing. Ideally, my ultimate goal was to build a small driver bookshelf system that would play to 45 Hz without sacrificing dynamic capability.
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I’ve always been a fan of getting a lot from a little, and the Tang Band under-hung drivers
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