Hi guys, I just had to try the flat panel speakers that are supposedly the greatest sounding things in the entire universe and....wow do mine sound bad. I'm thinking....I must have messed something up or something, there is no way anybody could listen to this thin, tinny sound and think it's good, right?
I used this exciter
https://www.parts-express.com/Dayton...ableshopping=F
and this foam
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Kingspan-In...ion/1000236635
I sanded the foam both sides and used contact spray to attach super light fabric to the panel, glued the exciter in the 3/5 2/5 location, hot glued some cotter pins, hung it on the wall with 6# fishing line (the only connection between the panel and wall), and fired it up. Wow, what a disappointment.
My comparison speakers are the Overnight Sensations and the SLA line arrays from bill fitzmaurice
https://billfitzmaurice.info/SLA.html
Did I screw up the build somehow? Buy the wrong exciter? Or are these just not all they are cracked up to be? Thanks for any comments you may have
Joe
I used this exciter
https://www.parts-express.com/Dayton...ableshopping=F
and this foam
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Kingspan-In...ion/1000236635
I sanded the foam both sides and used contact spray to attach super light fabric to the panel, glued the exciter in the 3/5 2/5 location, hot glued some cotter pins, hung it on the wall with 6# fishing line (the only connection between the panel and wall), and fired it up. Wow, what a disappointment.
My comparison speakers are the Overnight Sensations and the SLA line arrays from bill fitzmaurice
https://billfitzmaurice.info/SLA.html
Did I screw up the build somehow? Buy the wrong exciter? Or are these just not all they are cracked up to be? Thanks for any comments you may have

Joe
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