InDIYana 2014 Prelim Thread....

[Wolf]

Re: InDIYana 2014 Prelim Thread....

Blind sound judging?
Points for craftsmanship or just unusual shapes?
Maybe a preliminary score sheet would help.

I don't know if it'll be blind this year, we'll see.

Wolf

[jhollander]

Re: InDIYana 2014 Prelim Thread....

and ben, friends don't let friends build series crossovers.

Jeff

lol!

[isaeagle4031]

Re: InDIYana 2014 Prelim Thread....

Chuck remember that PVC ... ;)

oh I havent. There are a few ideas rolling around for those. lol

[Paul K.]

Re: InDIYana 2014 Prelim Thread....

Just so I stay informed on this thread, not to think about making an entry with a series crossover, pretty much any dates are fine with me. Wolf, I'm still planning on debuting a new speaker built to, hopefully, please your eyes! ;)
Paul

[Jeff B.]

Re: InDIYana 2014 Prelim Thread....

There are good reasons why most of the crossover types you mentioned aren't used, and probably never should be, expect for helping to understand crossover theory.

And Ben, friends don't let friends build series crossovers.

Jeff

[jhollander]

Re: InDIYana 2014 Prelim Thread....

Chuck remember that PVC ... ;)

[cjd]

Re: InDIYana 2014 Prelim Thread....

I think the Ansonica is priced out. Oh well. Y'all heard the series XO anyway. It even has an unconventional twist borrowed from CE filters.

I'm just not sure I need another project or I'd take this on for sure, assuming I can finally make the trek this year. Sounds like a fun project. Ahh, maybe I'll go for it anyway.

[isaeagle4031]

Re: InDIYana 2014 Prelim Thread....

So are we looking at the 12-13 of April?

[jhollander]

Re: InDIYana 2014 Prelim Thread....

Blind sound judging?
Points for craftsmanship or just unusual shapes?
Maybe a preliminary score sheet would help.

[Wolf]

I'm awaiting response from Angie at the Hyatt to find out what is open in April and May this year. I know Easter is the 3rd weekend of April, AXPONA is the 25-27 in Chi-Town, and I'd really like to avoid the Vera Bradley sale again this year.

This will again be a Fri/Sat event as normal, and I have a planned theme to tag along with this.

Along those lines, if you recall last fall some were brainstorming what they would like me to do or to allow, and I've come down to 2 things:

*Series Xovers- Most of the builders here use parallel varieties, but I would like to extrapolate upon this line of thinking. There are OTHER ways to xover drivers to each other. Most of the builders prefer an LR4 alignment for a standard TM 2-way, and BW3 is liked for filling in the dips and nulls in an MTM. LR2 is also difficult unless you have the right drivers and I've seen quite a few in the last few years of those as well. I've even seen a linear-phase result in Jeff's Kairos.

So- extrapolated....

Use something unconventional/less-prevalent in terms of xover alignment. SXO, Gaussian, Cauer-elliptic, BW1, Linear-phase, or Transient Perfect for example. Bessel, LR-anything, BW2+ need not parallelally (=-)) apply. If this develops into a sonic competition, more points will be awarded if the SXO is used- more on this later. Of course, you can build an SXO of the "Bessel, LR-anything, BW2+" and still be allowed in.

*Rectangular prism boxes- Let's not use them at all. I want to see odd shapes, non-right-angled panels, and driver positions that aren't necessarily normal if you can make it work.

I dub this:
**Ludicrosity**

Use your artistic expressions, your miter-saw, and your good sense to come up with something entirely different and that still sounds great.

As to the limit on drivers (xover not included this year, as this could be widely variant) 300/pair total sounds reasonable. As usual- no buyout drivers, unless you can find a regular price somewhere that is not the buyout price. Please do not use drivers that are no longer available.

See what you can come up with!!
Any Questions?
Wolf