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So it begins, the construction of a big boy. Ever since I saw the speaker first shared something told me it was a good fit. Ever since adding a sub to my cnotes and hearing the impressive improvements to the mid range, I've wanted to try a three way speaker. Kind of the same idea but without the sub. Not sure why but my ears have always liked everything coming from the same place and sub integration can be tricky to get right. I had a pair of Amiga's win a recent contest at PE, the winnings covered everything but the woofers as far as parts went. The speakers appeared neutral enough for me, DSP will cover the rest of the ground when in my room.
The Aesthetics plan - I like the driver combo in the Pit Viper, but not the original looks, I think it can be upgraded. Visually it's too tall and shallow but then again if it weren't you wouldn't have your classic monkey coffin. I went with a shorter and deeper cabinet. I flipped between designs. Something similar to Troels Graveson's 3 way classic/ATC SCM100, or his 3WC designs with flipped woofer and inlayed birch baffles. After some trial (wow baltic birch is expensive) and error (no table saw, couldn't make the cuts with accuracy needed) I decided to go for the ATC look alike. It's probably my favorite looking speaker and as a regular person with a regular job I'll never afford them. However I can have the next best thing (to me). I'm going to be offsetting the midrange and tweeter and making appropriate xover changes if needed. I figure there is some merit to this offset, but I guess it is just a change in diffraction profile.
Sizing up the cuts with fancy new box strap clamps, they make life so much easier and were only $5.
Getting a general Idea of the driver placement with sacrificial woofer
Oak Inlays/whatevers to hold tnuts for the baffle, coming together but we can do more.
Let's give that baffle something nice and flat to sit on. I'm not good at word working, I just have nice router bits, at least that's what I tell people.
They stand together on top of a lesson, some failed classix II made from pine. that's how figured out wood moves. I plan to some braces here and there. I wanted to keep these bare ply and avoid screws, but my joinery wasn't great and this ply isn't the best. Outer veneer is basically non-existent so not really suitable. I'll been veneering them instead which is great, because my Amiga's were veneered and look like a million bucks. Such a simple process for an incredible look IMO. The nightmare that is cutting the baffles begins soon. Wish me luck.
The Aesthetics plan - I like the driver combo in the Pit Viper, but not the original looks, I think it can be upgraded. Visually it's too tall and shallow but then again if it weren't you wouldn't have your classic monkey coffin. I went with a shorter and deeper cabinet. I flipped between designs. Something similar to Troels Graveson's 3 way classic/ATC SCM100, or his 3WC designs with flipped woofer and inlayed birch baffles. After some trial (wow baltic birch is expensive) and error (no table saw, couldn't make the cuts with accuracy needed) I decided to go for the ATC look alike. It's probably my favorite looking speaker and as a regular person with a regular job I'll never afford them. However I can have the next best thing (to me). I'm going to be offsetting the midrange and tweeter and making appropriate xover changes if needed. I figure there is some merit to this offset, but I guess it is just a change in diffraction profile.
Sizing up the cuts with fancy new box strap clamps, they make life so much easier and were only $5.
Getting a general Idea of the driver placement with sacrificial woofer
Oak Inlays/whatevers to hold tnuts for the baffle, coming together but we can do more.
Let's give that baffle something nice and flat to sit on. I'm not good at word working, I just have nice router bits, at least that's what I tell people.
They stand together on top of a lesson, some failed classix II made from pine. that's how figured out wood moves. I plan to some braces here and there. I wanted to keep these bare ply and avoid screws, but my joinery wasn't great and this ply isn't the best. Outer veneer is basically non-existent so not really suitable. I'll been veneering them instead which is great, because my Amiga's were veneered and look like a million bucks. Such a simple process for an incredible look IMO. The nightmare that is cutting the baffles begins soon. Wish me luck.
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