Meniscus Audio Get together, Sept 15 & 16

[mattsk8]

I had fun, was great seeing everyone. I thought Craig's Scan speakers were amazing, couldn't believe the bass from a sealed cabinet. I'd like to hear the 18w in a ported cabinet just to hear it, not saying it would be better though. I really enjoyed Mike220 's little TM as well, very well balanced and great bass from such a small speaker IMO. I also still love the CSS LD22 tweeter, really glad that isn't going away. Lots of other great builds as well!! No floor standers this year though...?

[Wolf]

Matt- Interesting! No- there weren't any floor-standers. That's kind of odd...

Craig- I only recall seeing my Hybrid Vigor as a widebander + woofer design. Was there another I missed? Glad you liked it!

Seth- me too! That little 0.25ft^3 design was dynamite! I didn't like the other one as much.

Some opinions...
I questioned Craig's voicing on his 9800/W18 design, but then he said he normally biamps them. Since I thought they were a bit treble-hot, that likely would easily resolve the issue altogether.

Mike's little 2-ways sounded quite good!

I felt as Chuck did on the Swan-kit. Just a maybe a bit hot on the mid and tweeter, but a minor blemish compared to most mass-market big-box crap.

I still like the 'Midnight Magic' from Chuck, but the little 'Jessie-Girls' I don't know that I cared much for, and I couldn't put my finger on what sounded off to me.

Seth's project was good, but he and I agreed that there was a strange quality in the midrange. Neither one of us knew whether that was cabinet or driver induced. Elsewise those sounded great!

JasonP- I still love your different finish mantra. And they were SMOOTH and easy. I liked their sound a lot.

Nick's 'Peanuts' sound and look the part for sure, and are very well implemented.

Matt's Reclamations are still pretty to look at.

Thanks to our hosts, and others that made this event a success!
Wolf

[Wolf]

And one more in the next post,
Wolf

[Wolf]

I did not get a photo of Seth's project.
Later,
Wolf

[mattsk8]

Thanks for the input and the pics Ben!! Was good to see you, been a while. Hopefully things settle down and I can make it to Indie this year . And thanks for reminding me about Jason's T/M, that was a great sounding speaker too.

[Mike220]

Any 3ways i bring to a diy always receive some sort of damage so i wont be bringing any unless they are monitor sized!

Thanks for the input fellas ill mount the crossovers properly and veneer/finish them up. I'm calling it "10-4" which happened to be the day i came up with this crossover. Sb26stac-4 and w4-1720. Its not designed flat but i wanted some bass and good dynamics out of a small build (the goal of the build).

I like Wolfs voicing. His speakers always sound clean.

I liked the ld22 tweeters from css and the 5" satori duo particularly tickled my fancy.

Jasons builds low end was good especially for a woofer he said wasnt cooperative. I gotta do some metal or stone type finish one of these days.

Craigks highend 2 way. The revelators always impress me. I dont recall the tweeter brand or model but i did like it.

Matt sobies mtm ive heard quite a few times now and its a high quality high value design.

The rs28a in the waveguide still intrigues me i have to try a waveguide build. I picked up an xt25 so ill see if i can measure it with the denovo dome waveguide from diysg and see what happens.

Sorry if i leave anyone out my listening was limited because i was running around trying to sell amps.

Wanted to catch up with more people but ran out of time.

[Wolf]

I like Wolfs voicing. His speakers always sound clean.

Thank you!
Wolf

[isaeagle4031]

Ben, one thing I forgot to mention about the "Jessie Girls", I intentionally did not use full bsc as they will be on a dresser and very close to the rear wall. When i took measurements, I actually replicated the best i could their intended location. A small section of "wall", about 5ft wide was placed behind them and the speaker sat on a shelf about 6 in from the wall.

[Mike220]

My build is the opposite of Chucks, needs to be stand mounted away from the wall. Otherwise id have to call them the headache makers lol.

[bkeane1259]

A few pics here: https://www.facebook.com/pg/Meniscus...75209845823482

I'm still working on the archive which will have more pics, some videos and the demo.

Good to see everyone again.....fun times as usual in Grand Rapids.

[bkeane1259]

Still rendering some video, but there's plenty to see at the archive: http://www.midwestaudioclub.com/even...meniscus-2017/

[bkeane1259]

The presenter intro video - not yet part of the archive on MAC - https://youtu.be/_-500vZy_LE

[marvin]

The presenter intro video - not yet part of the archive on MAC - https://youtu.be/_-500vZy_LE

Thanks for that video, Bryan! Excellent job on adding presenter and project names. Next best thing to being there.