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by smalltownsound
Fri Jul 10, 2020 5:03 am
Forum: Omni Bass/Key/PA Speakers
Topic: Building Omni 15 Crossovers
Replies: 17
Views: 2503

Re: Building Omni 15 Crossovers

Bruce Weldy wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2020 10:09 am You don't need terminal blocks....just solder the wires together and save all the time "screwing" around.
hehe :D finally muscling up the courage to just solder everything haha
by smalltownsound
Fri Jul 10, 2020 5:02 am
Forum: Omni Bass/Key/PA Speakers
Topic: Building Omni 15 Crossovers
Replies: 17
Views: 2503

Re: Building Omni 15 Crossovers

Another question before placing the order... in the plans it says for the high pass .. "Both of the caps in the tweeter HP filter carry high frequency signal to the tweeter, so those must both be poly caps." is this a poly cap? https://www.hificollective.co.uk/catalog/ccsa240-43uf-clarityc...
by smalltownsound
Thu Jul 09, 2020 7:52 am
Forum: Omni Bass/Key/PA Speakers
Topic: Using 3/4" ply for Omni 15 Tallboy
Replies: 3
Views: 911

Using 3/4" ply for Omni 15 Tallboy

Hi all, Working on some Omni 15 TallBoys in Scotland. We already had a lot of really nice quality 3/4 inch ply leftover from a previous job, so we decided to do the build out of it due to a limited budget. Also the only 1/2 ply available nearby was Chinese hardwood and its pretty terrible quality. E...
by smalltownsound
Thu Jul 09, 2020 3:56 am
Forum: Omni Bass/Key/PA Speakers
Topic: Building Omni 15 Crossovers
Replies: 17
Views: 2503

Re: Building Omni 15 Crossovers

hehe, these sketch-up models set a very high standard for beauty! but yes good point, having had a good look through sketchup models this morning i'm feeling even more confident with it all. I guess the daunting part was really just finding the correct parts online... once i have all in my hand I fe...
by smalltownsound
Wed Jul 08, 2020 4:00 pm
Forum: Omni Bass/Key/PA Speakers
Topic: Building Omni 15 Crossovers
Replies: 17
Views: 2503

Re: Building Omni 15 Crossovers

Chris, thank you so much for these posts. Really appreciate you looking through the doc, will amend the mistakes. It seems like a good website! Fairly reasonable prices as far as i can tell :) Great to see some photos of the finished product. Will order all the parts and post some more questions as ...
by smalltownsound
Wed Jul 08, 2020 7:04 am
Forum: Omni Bass/Key/PA Speakers
Topic: Building Omni 15 Crossovers
Replies: 17
Views: 2503

Re: Building Omni 15 Crossovers

Put together a spreadsheet of all the parts i think I will need for this... https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MqYfR3Yl83eJ2SrTISV4AEg78QG-dWIsD5G2Qgcp-VY/edit?usp=sharing if anyone willing to look and comment. Haven't really factored in parts needed to connect the different components... wires...
by smalltownsound
Wed Jul 08, 2020 5:02 am
Forum: Omni Bass/Key/PA Speakers
Topic: Building Omni 15 Crossovers
Replies: 17
Views: 2503

Re: Looking to buy crossovers

Ok, starting to look online for the parts we need... Doing the low pass first. We are using the dual 12" 4Ω build. Just wondering if these are the correct parts before i go ahead and buy... for the 1.1mH coil: https://www.hificollective.co.uk/catalog/000-5214-1-1mh-jantzen-iron-core-coil-with-d...
by smalltownsound
Tue Jul 07, 2020 6:00 pm
Forum: Omni Bass/Key/PA Speakers
Topic: Building Omni 15 Crossovers
Replies: 17
Views: 2503

Re: Looking to buy crossovers

Hey Chris, Was actually logging back on to delete my post based on the realisation that we absolutely had to build them ourselves. So its great to see your post. Just a little worried initially with buying the correct parts. Gonna have a proper browse of the plans and do some online window shopping ...
by smalltownsound
Tue Jul 07, 2020 12:26 pm
Forum: Omni Bass/Key/PA Speakers
Topic: Building Omni 15 Crossovers
Replies: 17
Views: 2503

Building Omni 15 Crossovers

[*]building some omni 15 speakers and wondering if anyone in EU can build and sell some low pass/band pass and high pass crossover filters for us.
Can send specifications to anyone interested.

EDIT: decided to build them and thought i would re-name this thread so anyone else can use...