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[Chris Roemer]

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Looking good! Can't wait to hear your impressions.

Very cool. 2 different systems for your dad, or what?

[XtremeRevolution]

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Looking good! Can't wait to hear your impressions.

[JustinL42]

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Ericj,
Yeah I have to keep one day of the weekend open just to relax! Plus his house is a 60 mile roundtrip for me and gas prices haven't been going in the right direction lately! Jacksonville covers a lot of area. The dog has a a greyhound and another dog my folks rescued to play with. He was worn out!

JustinL42

[ericJ]

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Progress looks good Justin. That poor dog in the background has it rough, doesn't he? haha.

It's nice that you can work these on the weekends, leave them, then come back ready to roll the following week.

[JustinL42]

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More progress on the ntn's and nano neo's my Dad and I are building for his house. Doing the ports only halfway through and then flush trimming it followed by the roundover is great. Makes for a perfect port. I did the woofer roundovers with a 1/2'' roundover as the 3/8'' just doesn't seem like enough breathing room. Still have more to do next weekend, but am enjoying immensely all the improvements I have picked up in technique from reading everyones posts here as well as what I learned from the neo build I did for myself.



1/2'' Roundover plus relief for terminals.


Flush trimming the ports.


More trimming.


Flush.


Roundover.


Mock up before gluing.


Mock up before gluing.


Mock up before gluing.


Finally gluing up.


Everything glued up except front baffles. Ready for next weekends round of work.

JustinL42

[ericJ]

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EDIT 4/16 : Superglue around the rim of the terminal worked.

Well, the latex caulk didn't work. I'm guessing that it's due to the danish oil finish? Maybe it won't adhere?
I'm going to try a thin bead of super glue next.

I can't (or maybe don't want to try) adding bondo to the interior of the cutout. It's just big enough that the press fit terminal doesn't "press in". The lip sits flush with the surface but it's just not tight enough to stay.

If superglue doesn't work, then I'll try the epoxy route...

[Herman Trivilino]

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OK, last thing I need to do is permanently install my terminals. I bought the cheap round pressfit terms and I cut one hole a bit too big. It's not tight. So, I need to adhere them somehow.

What adhesive should I use? Would epoxy be OK? I don't plan on taking them back out once they're in. I need to be careful of excess squeezing out onto my finished veneer.

How much too big? You could build up the perimeter of the hole with some bondo, making the diameter smaller.

Anyway, to answer your question, you could use a water-based adhesive such as latex caulk. That way you could clean up any squeeze-out with a wet rag. Maybe have an old toothbrush handy, just in case.

[ericJ]

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OK, last thing I need to do is permanently install my terminals. I bought the cheap round pressfit terms and I cut one hole a bit too big. It's not tight. So, I need to adhere them somehow.

What adhesive should I use? Would epoxy be OK? I don't plan on taking them back out once they're in. I need to be careful of excess squeezing out onto my finished veneer.

[fastbike1]

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You have PM.

I had them hooked up to a Yammy RX-V530..thinking 75W/channel.. seems to be more than plenty. Currently looking on Ebay for another receiver to put in a spare room upstairs to pair with them.... Anyone wanting to sell a receiver that's a couple years old?

[rogoll]

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Wow! I think this thread may hold the record for longest/most posts! And that for an Econo build.

[MLS]

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I tried one of those Accurian Amps that sold for $15 a couple of years ago and it just did not have enough for the Nano's. I think it is 25 wpc and does not like 4 ohm loads.

MLS

[cwad8505]

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What amps are you guys using with your Nano Neo's and NTN's?

Mine sound best with a 1980's Nikko integrated amp I picked up for $20. Synergy.

I have found they do not sound as good on my Musical Fidelity A308. No synergy.

To me they need quite a bit of power to sound good which leads me to believe they would not sound good with some of the inexpensive Lepai amps or say an S-5 Tube amp.

I would think that one of those 2X100 Shure amps or ClassD Audio amps would have enough power but I wounder how they would sound?

MLS

I had them hooked up to a Yammy RX-V530..thinking 75W/channel.. seems to be more than plenty. Currently looking on Ebay for another receiver to put in a spare room upstairs to pair with them.... Anyone wanting to sell a receiver that's a couple years old?

[MLS]

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I think I am going to move mine out to the detached shop/garage also. I use to keep a play car in it but I sold the car so I now have a shop. I was going to do it today but it is a miserable rainy day. So I may wait for a nicer day to do it.

I have had them out there and they sound really nice in the garage. I currently have a pair of Polk Audio RTA 8TL's a 6.5" MTM design and the Nano Neo's have about the same amount of bass.

Scott

[ericJ]

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Mine are run on a older Kenwood stereo receiver 100x2. My main receiver, which will be running them eventually is an older Sony 100x5 receiver. I don't listen at high volumes either. Right now mine are in the garage and I'm impressed with the bass, too. It's crazy for a 4" speaker.

[Herman Trivilino]

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I would think that one of those 2X100 Shure amps or ClassD Audio amps would have enough power but I wounder how they would sound?

That should be plenty of power to drive the ntn's. I use Sony receivers with about 80 W to 90 W per channel. I'm not the type to crank the volume, though.

I would think that speaker placement and room acoustics would make a much bigger difference than the brand or type of amplifier, provided you've got enough power.