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**jhollander** · 04-03-2016, 10:08 PM

#06 The Huricanes Dan Poinsett; GRS 8SW-4, Tymphany DX25TG, Dayton DA175-8
#07 The Baronettes Dan Poinsett; Dynavox LW6004, Morel Cat 308
#08 Misfits Chuck Morris; Misco 6102-8, Peerless/Tymphany D25BG08-06
#09 Konnections Chuck Morris; Eminence 6 ½, Tymphany H26TG45, Dayton SD315A-88
#10 Victor Mike P. and Chuck Morris; SB Acoustics SB29NRX75-6, ScanSpeak 15w/8434G00(?), Peerless/Tymphany D25BG08-06

**jhollander** · 04-03-2016, 10:10 PM

#11 Enterprise Jason P.; Eminence DeltaliteII 2510-4, Tymphany TC7FD00-04, Tymphany OT19NC00
#12 Lucent 2015 Jason P; Perrless GFC 830990, SB26 ADC
#13 Symmetrical Isobarik MKII Bill S. (4thtry) Morel MDT33, RS40-1022A with Titanic MKIII sub
#14 The DYNS Craig Salin; Dynaudio 17W75, D28/2
#15 Gormachos Craig Salin; Usher 8945A, Morel CAM 558, Fountek NeoCD1.0

**jhollander** · 04-03-2016, 10:12 PM

#16 Vultus John Hollander; ND20, AMT3-4, RS180-8
#17 Udique John Hollander; RS150, RS28A
#18 PA Speaker John Hollander; Selenium D220Ti, Eminence Beta 12A II, Eminence Kappa15 LFA
#19 Solstice kit Jeff Bagby, Steve Katz; Morel TiCW 638Nd, Cat 308
#20 Lightning Jeff Bagby, Seth Horton; ScanSpeak Illuminator 18WU, D3004/6620-00

**jhollander** · 04-03-2016, 10:14 PM

#21 Zirconium Scott Sehlin; TB W6-1139SIF, Dayton PS95-8, Dayton AMT Mini-8
#22 Indium7 Scott Sehlin; Beston RT003C, HiVi DMN-A, Dayton SD270A-88
#23 Derek (Dirk) Stark; Hivi F5 BA, Vifa BC25
#24 Kandy Kalasan’s Steve Fishe; Satori TW29, Satori MW16
#25 ??? Paul C/ Mike 220 RS28A, RS225P-8

**jhollander** · 04-03-2016, 10:18 PM

#26 PBR (Monuments) Eric W.; Peavey Ribbon Dynavox LW6004
#27 Präzise Wolf/ Mark; Motus UW130 TB 25-1743S BeCu
#28 Testarosas Jeff B. Raal 70-20XR, SB Satori
#29 ??? Ani; Dayton RS28F, RS150P, Dayton ST385 Series II

**Wolf** · 04-04-2016, 12:31 AM

Beston RT003C
TLabs N26MGR-G (Even though it is actually a 6 ohm tweeter. The G denotes the former material.)
Mike Patterson is Chuck's friend.
Peerless/Tymphany D25BG08-06
Vultus
TB 25-1743S is the BeCu.

Thanks for informing the masses, John!

Now for my thoughts...
I think maybe next year we'll try to nuke that room-boom. I have a Behringer FBQ1000 now that we can use to EQ the room, but I was not familiar enough with the unit to make it useful this year. That said- I noticed a bit of smearing and emphasis in the upper-bass/lower-mid range on the larger stuff in particular that might be attributed to this room issue.

It was not really a hard call on the 'Widebodies' winner. I liked all of the entries. Unfortunately Shawn was sick and was not able to bring his challenge-track discs, so we just subbed in DanN's excellent selections.
Scott's 'Indium 7' impressed me with the bass from that 10" DVC in a sealed box, and I already knew the other 2 drivers quite well.
Jason's 'Enterprise' really has the 'most interesting' vote, and I'm looking forward to hearing them in final form. Steel, poured composites, and hardwood- what's not to like?
Chuck's 'Victor' were definitely the prettiest and dove lower much easier than the rest. Kinda counting the chickens before they hatch with a name like that. I might have to get me some VVivid vinyl....
My right channel 'Cecropia' did hiccup with that bass dive Dan's CD unleashed, but otherwise held their own on the rest of the tracks at the same output level.
John Hollander's 'PA Speaker' was one of the smoothest sounding PA rigs I've come across- and they looked the part too! Easily the most sensitive in the running.

My pick for best sound of the weekend- Dan's 'Scimitars'. I'm a big fan of the flat-aluminum-honeycomb drivers from TB, and I'd not heard the -1983 tweeter until now and was impressed with it as well. The RBM woofers really sounded nice. I'd used the W3-1876S before, which was TB's first entry of the dual-surround/no-spider arrangement, but these RBM woofers are really clean and concise.

The Solstice kit that Steve brought did not sound good on the low end of the tweeter on Friday. They were just fuzzy. Saturday- they did not have this issue, and sounded pretty darn nice. I don't know what happened, but I'm glad it did. It seemed most mirrored my thoughts on this.

Yes- Chuck's 'Misfits' are a stellar svelte little tower. Not that Rory's 'Iguanas' aren't either, but I prefer the sound from the Misfits for about the same amount of money. Both are solid for chump change.

That DanP from MI has definitely improved on his design skills. The Baronettes were very nice, and likely Dan's best work. I also liked his DIY-AMT-woofered Hurricanes.

I was very happy with how Mark and my co-designed Präzise turned out. It was a really big room for those, so some things were a bit much for them, but man are they a clean sound. Mark voiced them rather well, especially for his first effort!

This is the 3rd time I've heard the Testarossas, and it was the first time the 70-20 sounded like I expected it should. Lively and engaging they were Saturday. I'm pretty sure the last time I heard them at Jeff's that these had the same xover. Maybe the parts finally broke in....

Scott's Zirconium were everything Scott said they were- and a lot of fun!!

I don't know that Dirk's F5ba/BC25 really needed a sub like he thought they did. I thought they did admirably.

I also really liked the Vultus, Garmachos, and Monuments. Wibbons git down to bidnit!

Except for the weather, and the ballroom breaker trippage, I believe a good time was had by all.
Thank you for coming,
Wolf

**tyger23** · 04-04-2016, 12:51 AM

Very sad I couldn't be there this year. Glad to see so much good work coming out from you guys! Amazing stuff! Now, wolf - what's the build challenge for next year. I must plot my return (evil laugh).

**ani_101** · 04-04-2016, 07:37 AM

Linking Craig's review here: http://techtalk.parts-express.com/fo...=1459769566047

**ani_101** · 04-04-2016, 07:40 AM

Indy 2016 Video Links!!!

I came in a bit late and so missed quite a few entries and maybe missed a few through the day too. Since the videos are very large and cumbersome to upload to youtube, please let me know if there are any particular speakers that you would like to be uploaded, and i will go hunt for it and upload it if i have a footage of it!

First up the widebody head to head: https://youtu.be/TadBelUUFXw
DanN's Scimitars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52Wq7ZODZes
Lightning Jeff Bagby, Seth Horton: https://youtu.be/1Epyk0mvQ9s
Präzise Wolf/ Mark; Motus UW130 TB 25-1743S BeCu: https://youtu.be/y4rYpCpNAu4
Derek (Dirk) Stark; Hivi F5 BA, Vifa BC25: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmZlqvyw8Js

All the videos available with me are uploaded to this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...FBlUWXA1O6kF_L

**nicholas_23** · 04-04-2016, 09:10 AM

Thanks for the uploads Ani

**philthien** · 04-04-2016, 09:21 AM

Lots of terrific looking projects, I wish I could hear them.

I recognize a few of them but...

Is there some reason why more people don't add their designs to the "Completed Projects" area here at Parts Express? It would be nice to easily find these and read more details on them.

**scottsehlin** · 04-04-2016, 09:50 AM

Originally posted by philthien View Post

Lots of terrific looking projects, I wish I could hear them.

I recognize a few of them but...

Is there some reason why more people don't add their designs to the "Completed Projects" area here at Parts Express? It would be nice to easily find these and read more details on them.

I know in the case of the Design Team, our designs are considered complete when we post them to the Project Gallery that is linked from the PE Web Page, not the forum page. In my case, I have migrated the Zirconium writeup back to the forum, but haven't done the Indium 7 yet as I was still completing assembly on Thursday night. In any event, I know you will find a few of the projects in the "other" Project Gallery that you don't see in the forum.

**dlneubec** · 04-04-2016, 09:56 AM

Originally posted by ani_101 View Post

Indy 2016 Video Links!!!

I came in a bit late and so missed quite a few entries and maybe missed a few through the day too. Since the videos are very large and cumbersome to upload to youtube, please let me know if there are any particular speakers that you would like to be uploaded, and i will go hunt for it and upload it if i have a footage of it!

First up the widebody head to head: https://youtu.be/TadBelUUFXw
DanN's Scimitars: head to head: https://youtu.be/TadBelUUFXw
Lightning Jeff Bagby, Seth Horton: https://youtu.be/1Epyk0mvQ9s
Präzise Wolf/ Mark; Motus UW130 TB 25-1743S BeCu: https://youtu.be/y4rYpCpNAu4

Ani, thanks for the effort and uploads. FYI, on my system links 1 and 2 are coming up with the same video.

**ani_101** · 04-04-2016, 10:19 AM

Originally posted by dlneubec View Post

Ani, thanks for the effort and uploads. FYI, on my system links 1 and 2 are coming up with the same video.

Sorry Dan. The same link had got copied and posted. Corrected now....! Just had a look at the construction details on the Project showcase - that's a lot of angles and facets. I still find it daunting to go angular - something might just not line up - i have trouble with straight lines as is!!

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