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- Tue Mar 26, 2013 3:49 pm
- Forum: Tips, Techniques and Supplier Links
- Topic: Attention: All S.E. Michigan Builders! Baltic Birch Source
- Replies: 12
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Re: Attention: All S.E. Michigan Builders! Baltic Birch Sour
Their store locator does not even show Chesterfield yet, I live in Howell, zip 48843, and no store on the map... Arauco: cheaper and lighter; admittedly not as good as BB but I'm going for cheap and light. I don't need touring quality cabinets. My Arauco definitely has a bit of warp to it, though i...
- Tue Mar 19, 2013 6:00 pm
- Forum: Tips, Techniques and Supplier Links
- Topic: Attention: All S.E. Michigan Builders! Baltic Birch Source
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4918
Re: Attention: All S.E. Michigan Builders! Baltic Birch Sour
Menards shows Arauco in stock in 1/4, 1/2, 3/4 at the new Chesterfield location. It's getting easier and cheaper to build those cabs now! w00t!
- Fri Dec 02, 2011 12:18 am
- Forum: Build Threads
- Topic: Home theater build - THTLP, TLAH, SLA-Curved
- Replies: 23
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Re: Home theater build - THTLP, TLAH, SLA-Curved
Right, if you worked at a tool supplier it'd be the left handed crescent wrench, the pipe straightener... oh, and you forgot about the blinker fluid.
- Thu Dec 01, 2011 11:27 pm
- Forum: Tips, Techniques and Supplier Links
- Topic: Impedance testing
- Replies: 38
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Re: Impedance testing
From most of these drivers, impedance plots can be found online. My measurements pretty much match the online plots. Good :cowboy: Note from the plots above that the peak in the impedance plots happens more or less at fs (resonance frequency) from the driver specs. The little HiVi driver is a bit o...
- Wed Nov 23, 2011 2:29 pm
- Forum: Tips, Techniques and Supplier Links
- Topic: Impedance testing
- Replies: 38
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Re: Impedance testing
You can do this with REW (free) also using the same sound card jig mentioned. I just built a similar jig, though I used a 50 ohm sense resistor as it sounded to me like it's more sensitive that way per the article (linked later). The basic schematic is in REW help, but there's a bit more extensive w...
- Fri Nov 04, 2011 5:51 pm
- Forum: Tips, Techniques and Supplier Links
- Topic: Attention: All S.E. Michigan Builders! Baltic Birch Source
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4918
Re: Attention: All S.E. Michigan Builders! Baltic Birch Sour
Yes, thank you much DJPhatman. This is a significant amount of help, very timely as I have just begun getting serious about some builds. 

- Thu Nov 03, 2011 2:20 pm
- Forum: Tips, Techniques and Supplier Links
- Topic: Attention: All S.E. Michigan Builders! Baltic Birch Source
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4918
Re: Attention: All S.E. Michigan Builders! Baltic Birch Sour
I was looking into this recently too, the guy at Plywood Detroit (in Warren) told me they carry Baltic Birch 4x8, quoted grade "4B", 1/2 inch is $42.35 per sheet. I haven't gone to see whether the stuff is equal-ply / veneered / full of unfilled knots both sides etc. If you believe the web...