Samba in MDF, Oak and Walnut . . .

[Steve Lee]

What did you make them out of? Earbud parts?

[Steve Lee]

These speakers don't seem to have a lobe to them like the NS10-M's do.

[djg]

Dude, your speakers are sideways.

[djg]

Minimum equipment requirements for this?

[djg]

I'm working on DIY earbuds.

[Steve Lee]

Thanks UncleJuneBug!

I hope you are inspired to drag those drums out and play them again!

You can do anything you put your mind/focus upon, man - just do it when the time is right (and it is never right if you listen to your brain - listen to your spirit and just be, man).

[unclejunebug]

I dig that setup, makes me very jealous indeed! My drums have been in bags for about 10 years now :(

[Steve Lee]

Anita Baker -- Fairy Tails -- 2nd drum take mixed upon the Sambas --> https://www.dropbox.com/s/7h2xbmv5mm...Mix2.wav?raw=1

[Steve Lee]

BadCo, SB&G - using a .WAV file as the rendering for those interested in understanding the differences in sound quality between .MP3 and less lossy (crappy) audio files --> https://www.dropbox.com/s/pqze6omqjd...201f.wav?raw=1

It'll take a few seconds to download but the kick drum alone is worth it, IMO.

[Steve Lee]

Thanks, wogg!

The laptop is mounted to a sliding desktop surface that I push-in beyond the tom-toms and pull out over the snare when I need to use the keyboard.
I converted an old EIA 19" equipment rack into this drumming/PC/Audio contraption . . . fortunately I have yet to stick it.

[wogg]

That's a great looking setup Steve! My drumming skills would probably put a stick into that laptop at some point

[Steve Lee]

Test remix using the Sambas --> https://www.dropbox.com/s/r58ishz787...x-10.mp3?raw=1

MP3 compression/renderings sux, BTW (It takes the life out of whatever it is applied upon like damping to speaker) - I would post better stuff but it takes too much bandwidth and nobody has time to wait for it to download to their silly phones that sound like junk . . .

(Little rant - carry-on . . .).

[Steve Lee]

Sambas in their new nest/mounts/home - they sound exquisite as near field monitors . . .

[Steve Lee]

Thanks DeZZar,

I put all of my speakers on vibration isolation pads and it does make a difference.

Concerning the amps and the sound - you are spot-on with your comments. This old stereo in the pics is a Kenwood KR-710 with only 28W/CH from the the early '80s and has a warmish sound to it so I know when I connect the speakers to the Sherwood 100W/CH amp they will sound different - how much different is yet to be seen/heard.
Just need to finish soldering and attaching the Xovers - I'm going to screw them to the exterior/back of the enclosure.

[DeZZar]

Looking good Steve. Glad you're happy with them after break in!

I notice you had them sitting on some egg foam - I was going to say try them on a stand or on some spikes/feet - sometimes sitting on a table the table itself starts to introduce resonance that impacts how clear the bass sounds. Looks like you might have experimented with that already though.

The amp makes a big difference here to. Not sure which one you have but as an example, I had a classic Marantz amp I used a fair bit developing speakers and it had only 15w per channel. Bass wasn't very well controlled with this and sounded flabby/muddy - the amp just doesn't have the current to take control of the woofer. As soon as the same speakers are driven by a modern amp, even with only moderate power capability, everything changes.