For those of you chomping at the bit....
I have narrowed down 2019 selections to the listed, and have enlisted a panel of selected attendees from InDIYana 2018 as to their influence and opinions on the matter. It gave me some clarity on the selections before posting them here. Thanks, guys, for the input! It was much appreciated.
First off, let me say I am not trying to have entries sound terrible or worse than average, but I am allowing the monkey to throw a wrench into the game with this certainly being a possibility- however this shakes out. Taking a side-step from this year's approach resembling that of some commercial products, and using a bit of ingenuity from the former Black-Box contest, I came up with a set of ideas I like to call "The Acceptable Flaw" approach.
You likely know what I'm referring to. Commercial companies make products that don't always conform to that of what we call 'acceptable' or even 'optimal'. With this in mind, I've come up with these ideas that exploit a commercial product's problem. Then we have the community of entrants (if they're willing) approach these issues, do them justice to make them sound as they should.
As usual, PR's and purchased waveguides should be included in pricing, and no buyout pricing should be used. Entering the theme/challenge is not a requirement, you can still bring what you want to. I intend to close the poll a week before MWAF 2018, for those that would like to use the Tent Sale discounts in their endeavors. Driver modifications are allowed, but if made, Approximate cost of mod should be added. Please keep cabinet volume under 1.25ft^3 for all that follow, costs vary per category, but no single driver over $125, and utilize a 2-way strategy for all categories. One entry per person, please.
Without further ado, the pending categories to choose from, drum-roll please...
Wolf
I have narrowed down 2019 selections to the listed, and have enlisted a panel of selected attendees from InDIYana 2018 as to their influence and opinions on the matter. It gave me some clarity on the selections before posting them here. Thanks, guys, for the input! It was much appreciated.
First off, let me say I am not trying to have entries sound terrible or worse than average, but I am allowing the monkey to throw a wrench into the game with this certainly being a possibility- however this shakes out. Taking a side-step from this year's approach resembling that of some commercial products, and using a bit of ingenuity from the former Black-Box contest, I came up with a set of ideas I like to call "The Acceptable Flaw" approach.
You likely know what I'm referring to. Commercial companies make products that don't always conform to that of what we call 'acceptable' or even 'optimal'. With this in mind, I've come up with these ideas that exploit a commercial product's problem. Then we have the community of entrants (if they're willing) approach these issues, do them justice to make them sound as they should.
As usual, PR's and purchased waveguides should be included in pricing, and no buyout pricing should be used. Entering the theme/challenge is not a requirement, you can still bring what you want to. I intend to close the poll a week before MWAF 2018, for those that would like to use the Tent Sale discounts in their endeavors. Driver modifications are allowed, but if made, Approximate cost of mod should be added. Please keep cabinet volume under 1.25ft^3 for all that follow, costs vary per category, but no single driver over $125, and utilize a 2-way strategy for all categories. One entry per person, please.
Without further ado, the pending categories to choose from, drum-roll please...
- "Tweeter Yoga" 8" woofer + dome tweeter. $350/pair for drivers. They're not easy! Many options at this price point. Largest "dome tweeter" I'm aware of is 38mm, so less than that is allowed.
- "Hole in the lobe" 6.5-7” metal non-ceramic cone midbass with 22mm tweeter. $250/pair. Breakup can be tough! Can the tweeter meet low enough?
- "Hounding Calisthenics" High Qts woofer (0.7 Qts+, no open back boxes) application; $250/pair. Can you smooth out the bass?
- "Bare Minimum" Overly minimalist xover. For example; cap on tweeter only. 5 parts or fewer per cab. $300/pair including xover parts. Decent drivers = fewer parts? We’ll see…
- "Dubious Respectability" Cone tweeter, piezo tweeter, or the ever-commercially-popular Polyamide 13mm tweeter application. Wide-banders as tweeters are not accepted. $250/pair. Xover 2kHz+.
- "Shortcomings" Overly restricting cost limit, drivers and xover included. $100/pair. It can be done! Use retail price for parts, or web-price if surplus, etc. Drivers from C-Note PE kit are exempt.
- "Shelved Limits" Use a textbook off the shelf xover + 2 additional L, C, or R component parts. Xover must remain intact; $300/pair xover included.
- "Stringency" Use a set list of xover components: 1.5mH/0.1mH/0.25mH/15uF/10uF/6.8uF/open on resistors; $200/pair for drivers.
Wolf
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