another overnight sensation

[arlis_1957@yahoo.com]

i bought these inclosures from nick last summer and with the hivi 4" being on sale figured what the heck.
the boxes are 1/2" mdf with bubinga veneer.
used some 1.2mh coils that i had. they measured 1.5 and i wound them down to 1.1mh. the .35mh coils that i got measured .42mh, so i wound them down too. i already had one of the nd20fa-6 tweeters that i picked up in the showroom for $2.50.
they sound very nice. i hope the mids will be more clear after a breakin period.

[Pete00t]

Even if you just veneer or paint the cabs. I like seeing your work. These are classy.

[greywarden]

OMFG that Bubinga is so beautiful!

[lucasa.miller]

Whats the setting you use on the meter to figure that out?

[arlis_1957@yahoo.com]

it is a lcr meter. thanks for the kudos but the boxes were made by Nick Brewer on his
CNC machine. i had to open up the through-hole a little for the tweeters but otherwise everything was fine.
i bet nick will be happy to see i have finally put them to use.
its a fine design by paul. ill bet the mtm is well worth the effort now with the drivers on sale.

[johnnyrichards]

Geez Arlis, who ya gonna give those to?

I have always wanted to hear an OS - maybe you will still have them next spring or summer?

[arlis_1957@yahoo.com]

i might try them on the desktop and see if they sound better then my polks. now i just need somthing better then onboard audio. a bit hollow.

[arlis_1957@yahoo.com]

Whats the setting you use on the meter to figure that out?

this one http://www.mcmelectronics.com/product/72-8155

[johnnyrichards]

i might try them on the desktop and see if they sound better then my polks. now i just need somthing better then onboard audio. a bit hollow.

From what I know of the OS, you will like them as near field monitors. Give them a few more days to break in before spending money on a new soundcard. I have used up to a $99 sound card (some Asus thing) and still go back to the DAC built into my cheapa$$ Sony HTiB receiver. Hook up an optical cable and bam! I have an amplifier that will also do bass management for me

[arlis_1957@yahoo.com]

my motherboard does not have digital out. i will probably just put up with it for awhile longer until i decide to build a new one. xp pro is running out of support too, soooo.........

[greywarden]

yes unfortunately. I had a computer with xp on it, it was a frankenstein design that i pieced together from a couple of comps I found/received. After I bought my wife a $1000 cello, I desided it was time for a good laptop.

[johnnyrichards]

my motherboard does not have digital out. i will probably just put up with it for awhile longer until i decide to build a new one. xp pro is running out of support too, soooo.........

Win7 is probably a much better choice, I hear there is little to no post-processing on the audio signal.

[captainobvious99]

OMFG that Bubinga is so beautiful!

I concur. WoW

Absolutely beautiful looking veneer. Tons of character.