I know there's lots of us who discuss things here, so I figured a meet and greet couldn't hurt. Tell us who you are, and what your audio objectives are....... and about some of your other projects.
My Name is Bill..... (Great Name) I'm from the suburbs of Cleveland Ohio.. USA. I'm a computer specialist by trade... I own a PC biz where we build and customize solutions. It's an "Everything PC sort of biz.
I play guitar, bass, drums, and I'm hacking around with a piano and Ukulele.... I play an awesome Kazoo..... I have a live sound rig that I use when I host an open mic... For the most part I'd say my pro-audio is on a hobbyist level now... I also run the Psychic Hamster Record Label.. Producing records is always fun, so I like recording gear also.
I like to build speakers as a hobby... Hi-Fi has always been interesting, and I'm always fascinated by how box design effects sound.......
So far, I've built my UBER guitar rig... 2 4x12 cabs of my own design.. a 2x12 cab of my own design, and a 2x10 cab of my own design.... They put out more volume and power than anything I've seen in the store....
A few years ago I built the "Death Box" 12 for my car... and another for a friend. And I made the original DeathBox too... Later I made the Wedgehorn and WH10... T24, and now I'm working on a DR250. I'm taking my time on these.... so it will be while before I post results.
Love it or hate it, I prefer to work in MDF and composite matereals... I like the way they glue up, and it's just easier to form them to shape. I know there's the weight issue, but I could stand to get the extra exercise. So far I'm enjoying the challenge of building these, and I hope to continue making good progress over the next year or so on more BF projets. I build these for fun... Plus it challenges the mind. Better than TV when there's "Nothing to Do"
Introduce Yourself.......And Your Projects!
Introduce Yourself.......And Your Projects!
Psychic Hamster Audio Works, Pro-Ject:Radiation, and Premium Computer Systems
http://www.premiumcomputer.cc
http://www.premiumcomputer.cc
What the hell, I'm feeling a bit social today.
I'm John out in Huntington Beach, Phoenix, or who knows where at any given time.
I've been in the basshead business for about 16 years now. It started off inocently enough with a couple down firing relflex boxes for home. Then car instalations. Now, the disease has reach its terminal phase with Bill's help. I simply flip out at getting ripped off at the retail level and cannot see paying the markup on gear that is designed to be profitable first, functional second.
I'm Bringing CNC flat kits to the market for those who want to play but don't want to make all that much sawdust.
Recording and live sound is where I like to have my fun. I can be found lurking in the shadows at X-Division shows in the Southern Ca area peeking and tweaking sound. I also did the demo recording and mixing. You can get a free taste on the band's myspace account. The site is still a bit fussy and cuts off songs halfway through sometimes; work in progress. Check it out, this is the music that tubas helped make. The sound is a bit rough, recording and mixing where done with a $100 copy of CuBase.
I'm John out in Huntington Beach, Phoenix, or who knows where at any given time.
I've been in the basshead business for about 16 years now. It started off inocently enough with a couple down firing relflex boxes for home. Then car instalations. Now, the disease has reach its terminal phase with Bill's help. I simply flip out at getting ripped off at the retail level and cannot see paying the markup on gear that is designed to be profitable first, functional second.
I'm Bringing CNC flat kits to the market for those who want to play but don't want to make all that much sawdust.
Recording and live sound is where I like to have my fun. I can be found lurking in the shadows at X-Division shows in the Southern Ca area peeking and tweaking sound. I also did the demo recording and mixing. You can get a free taste on the band's myspace account. The site is still a bit fussy and cuts off songs halfway through sometimes; work in progress. Check it out, this is the music that tubas helped make. The sound is a bit rough, recording and mixing where done with a $100 copy of CuBase.
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PaulThomas
- Posts: 22
- Joined: Sun Dec 17, 2006 10:33 pm
Well my name Is Paul I am a junior Electrical Engineering at University Of Missouri. For the last few year I have gotten into speaker building more on the HiFi/H.T. end. But I am also into pro audio and work for a campus theater as the House Sound Tech, and also work for some gigs here and there (where ever I can make some cash)
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mloretitsch
- Posts: 409
- Joined: Sat May 13, 2006 9:41 am
- Location: Akron,OH
- Contact:
Strangely like the OP of this topic, I'm a cleveland suburbs guy and a network admin to boot for a company. I'm working on my college degree at Lakeland presently (I'm on the like 20 year plan since I gotta work too)
I was the theater lighting/sound tech at my high school and learned a lot during my high school years about sound and performances. I was also the video editor for the high school 'newscast' once a week and put in a whole lot of time on old JVC svhs equipment and one overworked sony titler. All in the past now.....no one uses that stuff anymore.
Post high school I installed car audio on the side while being a computer guy. I built a lot of enclosures includig fiberglass in a variety of cars. We even went and took a few trophies at local car stereo shows.
Now I run my own pro sound co. around town. I'm also a freelance engineer and work as a house engineer via another large sound company. I've mixed a lot of locals, regional, and some nationals. I have my own rig which holds its own in small clubs. Tuba 24's, 36slims, and now titan 48's. Our own front loaded tops. All QSC amplification.
On the side I four wheel, like to fix up old cars, and am an avid photographer..oh and an amatuer radio operator.
LMAO I have too many hobbies good lord
-Matt
I was the theater lighting/sound tech at my high school and learned a lot during my high school years about sound and performances. I was also the video editor for the high school 'newscast' once a week and put in a whole lot of time on old JVC svhs equipment and one overworked sony titler. All in the past now.....no one uses that stuff anymore.
Post high school I installed car audio on the side while being a computer guy. I built a lot of enclosures includig fiberglass in a variety of cars. We even went and took a few trophies at local car stereo shows.
Now I run my own pro sound co. around town. I'm also a freelance engineer and work as a house engineer via another large sound company. I've mixed a lot of locals, regional, and some nationals. I have my own rig which holds its own in small clubs. Tuba 24's, 36slims, and now titan 48's. Our own front loaded tops. All QSC amplification.
On the side I four wheel, like to fix up old cars, and am an avid photographer..oh and an amatuer radio operator.
LMAO I have too many hobbies good lord
-Matt
Well, I am originally from the east coast (NJ), but settled here in the midwest for my corporate job back in the mid 80's. Always DJ'd on the side, maybe 20 events per year. Always liked building equipment...engineering it, then building it. Did most of my DJ systems over the years.
About 4 years ago I lost my corporate job due to reorg. My wife and I decided to stay here because of her job, and I would turn the DJ thing into a full time biz. So it is. Two extensive systems, that are modular in ability to produce different shows for different wedding clients. Each show is about a 30K$ investment. Built a studio, bought some trailers, and hired about 5 people.
Am right now, replacing one of Bill's older designs (modified Snail) with new Tuba 30 slims. (don't tell Bill, but I had to modify the size and geometry a bit for a packing fit in the trailers... a couple inches shorter, and a couple inches less deep... and yes, I was able to fit a 12" JBL in there!). Our larger packages with now run 4 Tuba 30 slims (when completed, and a horizontal array of EV 300's.
Of course, I love music, conversation, food, landscaping and yard stuff. Woodworking in general, and putzing around fixing, building and designing stuff.
Married to a beautiful, intelligent woman. Have one daughter that is now out of the house.
Joe
About 4 years ago I lost my corporate job due to reorg. My wife and I decided to stay here because of her job, and I would turn the DJ thing into a full time biz. So it is. Two extensive systems, that are modular in ability to produce different shows for different wedding clients. Each show is about a 30K$ investment. Built a studio, bought some trailers, and hired about 5 people.
Am right now, replacing one of Bill's older designs (modified Snail) with new Tuba 30 slims. (don't tell Bill, but I had to modify the size and geometry a bit for a packing fit in the trailers... a couple inches shorter, and a couple inches less deep... and yes, I was able to fit a 12" JBL in there!). Our larger packages with now run 4 Tuba 30 slims (when completed, and a horizontal array of EV 300's.
Of course, I love music, conversation, food, landscaping and yard stuff. Woodworking in general, and putzing around fixing, building and designing stuff.
Married to a beautiful, intelligent woman. Have one daughter that is now out of the house.
Joe
I'm a 3rd year electrical engineering and systems engineering double major at the university of virginia. I've always had an appreciation for good sound and have been dabbling with hi-fi and home theater sound for the past few years. I just started building my own speakers over the past summer and just recently finished a pair of the Tuba 30s. One of my main goals is to provide sound for parties (also known as DJing) around campus. I kept feeling frustrated seeing tiny ipod docks providing the "sound" for house parties and even the frats around here are poorly equipped. I lend out my gear to friends for free to let them see what it's like having proper equipment and have definitely converted people.
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jeffbabcock
I'm part technical consultant and part musician.
My main job is doing I.T. consulting/analysis for hospitals and other healthcare organizations. On the side I'm a musician, (drums, guitar, a few other things) and I do sessions/recording. One group I play drums with had a gold record last year, which was pretty cool.
I have my own recording studio, and I also do live sound for some regional festivals and other larger events in my area. Unfortunately the music industry is challenging here in Canada and thus it is sometimes difficult even for well known acts to be financially successful. Therefore the day job continues!
I'm intrigued by Bill's designs and I am definitely the type of person who looks for better ways of doing things. Bill's stuff certainly fits with this mindset. I have a Titan48 built, 2nd underway, to be followed by OmniTop dual 12's.
Jeff
My main job is doing I.T. consulting/analysis for hospitals and other healthcare organizations. On the side I'm a musician, (drums, guitar, a few other things) and I do sessions/recording. One group I play drums with had a gold record last year, which was pretty cool.
I have my own recording studio, and I also do live sound for some regional festivals and other larger events in my area. Unfortunately the music industry is challenging here in Canada and thus it is sometimes difficult even for well known acts to be financially successful. Therefore the day job continues!
I'm intrigued by Bill's designs and I am definitely the type of person who looks for better ways of doing things. Bill's stuff certainly fits with this mindset. I have a Titan48 built, 2nd underway, to be followed by OmniTop dual 12's.
Jeff
Hi all.
My name is Magnus (that's Latin for big
- I live in Finland (the land where Santa Claus lives),
- I'm 49 years old,
- work as manager of an industrial automation-company,
- has been playing bass in the same band since 1974,
- have a Studio/rehearsal room with 24 track recording capabilities,
- do a lot of gear-trading because I like to try all kinds of stuff (Ebay is my second home),
- build cabinets and electronics now and then,
- drive a BMW http://62.236.100.8/personal/magnus/Nordkapp.jpg
- restore and sail old sailing-boats http://www.magnusjohansson.net/yrsa/index.html
- sail an DN iceboat when it's frozen http://www.sisf.se/isjakt/bilder/images/dn_c16.jpg
My name is Magnus (that's Latin for big
- I live in Finland (the land where Santa Claus lives),
- I'm 49 years old,
- work as manager of an industrial automation-company,
- has been playing bass in the same band since 1974,
- have a Studio/rehearsal room with 24 track recording capabilities,
- do a lot of gear-trading because I like to try all kinds of stuff (Ebay is my second home),
- build cabinets and electronics now and then,
- drive a BMW http://62.236.100.8/personal/magnus/Nordkapp.jpg
- restore and sail old sailing-boats http://www.magnusjohansson.net/yrsa/index.html
- sail an DN iceboat when it's frozen http://www.sisf.se/isjakt/bilder/images/dn_c16.jpg
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Hello to every one,
My name is Ryan, I live in Fishers, IN (a suburb NE of Indianapolis) where I work as a full-time firefighter. I also build custom homes on a small scale, as one cannot live on what a firefighter makes(homes are full scale, build 3 or less/year).
I have been building speakers as a hobby for a little over 16 years. Paid for alot of beer while in college doing custom car audio installs. Have done countless speakers of my own design. I've always loved taking inexpensive speakers and building something that sounds better than anything of consumer grade, so that explains my attraction to Bill's designs.
As for current projects, I am working on finishing our basement which will house a home theater. I will be building a long SLA (oxymoron?) for R,L,C, using 9NSB's and 18 Onkyo tweeters each. Bass from 2 TT's using the TB 8's, powered with an old Adcom 535-II. Not yet sure about surround, thinking 4 NSB's, 2 forward facing, 2 back per side.
I would like to thank those who posted info about HT recievers, as I was going to spend WAY to much $$ on one before reading. Looks like $200 will will get me all the reciever I will need.
As far as pro audio, I have no musical talent whatsoever, however, I have been trying to convince a close friend who is a drummer/soundman to have me build a few BFD cabs for him. He already has more speakers than he needs, but he is now divorced, so .....? I will end up building a few regrdless to saitify my own curiosity.
My name is Ryan, I live in Fishers, IN (a suburb NE of Indianapolis) where I work as a full-time firefighter. I also build custom homes on a small scale, as one cannot live on what a firefighter makes(homes are full scale, build 3 or less/year).
I have been building speakers as a hobby for a little over 16 years. Paid for alot of beer while in college doing custom car audio installs. Have done countless speakers of my own design. I've always loved taking inexpensive speakers and building something that sounds better than anything of consumer grade, so that explains my attraction to Bill's designs.
As for current projects, I am working on finishing our basement which will house a home theater. I will be building a long SLA (oxymoron?) for R,L,C, using 9NSB's and 18 Onkyo tweeters each. Bass from 2 TT's using the TB 8's, powered with an old Adcom 535-II. Not yet sure about surround, thinking 4 NSB's, 2 forward facing, 2 back per side.
I would like to thank those who posted info about HT recievers, as I was going to spend WAY to much $$ on one before reading. Looks like $200 will will get me all the reciever I will need.
As far as pro audio, I have no musical talent whatsoever, however, I have been trying to convince a close friend who is a drummer/soundman to have me build a few BFD cabs for him. He already has more speakers than he needs, but he is now divorced, so .....? I will end up building a few regrdless to saitify my own curiosity.
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djstefanos
- Posts: 127
- Joined: Tue Oct 03, 2006 8:40 am
- Location: New York
Hey. I'm Steve. I'm probably the youngest here. I'm 18 and been Djing since I was 10. I play Deep House music, Chillout music, not too much banging stuff. I started building speakers since I was 8. (out of cardboard..lol) I come from Malta (google it), lived in Belgium for 8 years then came here 2 years ago. We're currently building 4 T36's and hopefully will take em up to SUB Shootout NYC. Our next project will "hopefully" be 8 DR250's running off Behringer and Crown XTI amps and the rest of the DJ goodies, Technics, Denon etc....
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Marko Ursin
- Posts: 135
- Joined: Fri May 19, 2006 2:13 am
I'm a 36 years old elementary school teacher from Finland. I play bass in our band. I use DR250 for bass, a pair of DR200's for vocals/keyboards and a pair of Titan 39 as subs. All the cabinets are built by myself.
At home we have a Tuba 18 as a flower table:) (that's how I sold the idea of a sub for SWMBO)
I'm into guitar/bass building also. My latest project is a copy of 1970 Guild JS 1 bass.
Marko
At home we have a Tuba 18 as a flower table:) (that's how I sold the idea of a sub for SWMBO)
I'm into guitar/bass building also. My latest project is a copy of 1970 Guild JS 1 bass.
Marko
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Strapping Young Stu
- Posts: 1016
- Joined: Sat Dec 30, 2006 7:01 pm
- Location: Dorset, UK
Hi im Stu, formerly Disco Stu before the site and forum made the move.
Im a 21 year old piano tutor, keyboard player, drummer, saxophonist, producer and engineer from Dorset on the south coast of England.
I have followed this forum for quite a while now (I still remember when the DR horns and Tubas were in their infancy!) and own most of the designs but havnt built anything yet.
However I am determined to get my hands dirty in 2007 so I have a whole list of projects in the pipeline, as a starter 4 Wedgehorn 10s utilising 4 Beta 10 drivers which are already in another cabinet up in my loft.
Then (depending on the result of the question I just posted in the Omni forum) I will be building a pair of Omni Top 2x12s and then if I have any money or energy left 4 Omni Top 15s for my spare drivers currently in some reflex cabs.
Im pretty much a DIY and carpentary newbie and apart from building 2x15" reflex bins with my dad 2 summers ago (which went very well) there will be a steep learning curve involved!
Im on myspace www.myspace.com/thewizardatwork and my bands and side projects are:
Kazumo - www.kazumo.net or www.myspace.com/kazumoband,
The Bowie Experience - www.myspace.com/thebowiexperience
Scheisse Elektronisches - www.myspace.com/scheisseelektronisches
Stu
Im a 21 year old piano tutor, keyboard player, drummer, saxophonist, producer and engineer from Dorset on the south coast of England.
I have followed this forum for quite a while now (I still remember when the DR horns and Tubas were in their infancy!) and own most of the designs but havnt built anything yet.
However I am determined to get my hands dirty in 2007 so I have a whole list of projects in the pipeline, as a starter 4 Wedgehorn 10s utilising 4 Beta 10 drivers which are already in another cabinet up in my loft.
Then (depending on the result of the question I just posted in the Omni forum) I will be building a pair of Omni Top 2x12s and then if I have any money or energy left 4 Omni Top 15s for my spare drivers currently in some reflex cabs.
Im pretty much a DIY and carpentary newbie and apart from building 2x15" reflex bins with my dad 2 summers ago (which went very well) there will be a steep learning curve involved!
Im on myspace www.myspace.com/thewizardatwork and my bands and side projects are:
Kazumo - www.kazumo.net or www.myspace.com/kazumoband,
The Bowie Experience - www.myspace.com/thebowiexperience
Scheisse Elektronisches - www.myspace.com/scheisseelektronisches
Stu
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alexclaber
- Posts: 143
- Joined: Fri Jul 07, 2006 9:10 am
- Location: Brighton, UK
Hi, I'm Alex, a bass player, singer, songwriter from the UK. I've been curious about speaker design for a long time and have a thing for bass rigs with near flat response so I can hear everything my bass is putting out. To those ends I've been using Acme cabs since '99 which are great but a little short on maximum midrange/treble output when I just take the one cab.
I've bought the plans for the Omni 15 as that comes closest to ideal response in a compact package that I'm capable of building. However, I've realised that unfortunately it's too big to fit in the boot of my car or manhandle easily from house to rehearsal space on my own. Consequently I've been spending some time designing my own cab, borrowing ideas from here there and everywhere, but particularly here.
One thing that makes my life easier is that I'm not in a terribly loud band (as when it gets too loud my singing goes downhill) and I have an excess of power (550W/ch @ 8 ohms, 2000W bridged @ 8 ohms), so I don't need to make a particularly sensitive design.
Here's the design as it stands:
Eminence Kappalite 3015LF in a 100 litre enclosure tuned to about 37Hz. I'm having the 3015LF firing into a side chamber from a slanted baffle - partly to keep the cabinet width/height down, partly to acoustically filter out the highs, maybe it'll lower the resonance slightly too. 96dB sensitivity; -3dB @ 53Hz; -6dB @ 40Hz; -10dB @ 31Hz; max excursion @ 60Hz and 31Hz; 450W RMS, 900W peak to hit Xmax; 2nd order low pass filter at 400Hz.
Then on the front, a pair of 8" midrange speakers, one above the other, to give enough sensitivity and power handling. Precision Devices make a nice neo model with pretty smooth response between 200Hz and 3500Hz, 150W power handling and 4mm Xmax. These each be in individual 5 litre sealed enclosures made from 220mm diameter pipe backed with 1/4" ply. 97dB sensitivity, 300W RMS thermal limit. 2nd order high pass filter at 400Hz.
Then mounted between the midranges, in a D'Appolito confuguration, four 5"x2" horn piezo tweeters in a vertical array 8"Hx5"W. That should give 200W power handling total and 97dB sensivity average (series/parallel wiring).
Overall cab dimensions are 900Hx400Wx450D (mm) - the narrow width gets it in the boot and through doorways comfortably and stacks neatly with the Acmes if they're ever needed for big gigs without SR - will be using edgemount 4" casters for an easy load-in.
What I'm looking forward to with this is the way the 8" mids will actually carry the majority of the tone, with the 15" just filling out the bottom and keeping the 8"s running as clean as possible by minimising excursion and power compression, and then the piezo array filling in the treble snap from 3kHz upwards. These 8"s are much flatter than most I've found - they're within a 2dB range (not plus/minus) from 200-900Hz, then the centre of that range ramps up 2dB through 1kHz (presumably as the polar pattern narrows) and then they stay within a 2dB range until 3.5kHz (at which point the tweeters take over). Or to put it another way, a very smooth example of plus/minus 3dB 200-3500Hz. The D'Appolito spacing of the midranges causes mutual coupling below 850Hz, further flattening the response and raising sensitivity, and the tall narrow front baffle should help control vertical dispersion and improve horizontal polar pattern.
I'm looking into minimising the weight by going to a spaceframe with stressed panel construction, using 1"x1" balsa for the frame and 1/4" plywood for the panels. That should drop the weight to 50lbs. Doing this wouldn't be feasible for production cabs because it gets incredibly complicated and adds hours to the build time - but it's a fun challenge to design the strongest most efficient structure whilst still making it possible to build, possible to tune the port when completing the build and possible to maintain (no good being unable to swap drivers in the event of a mishap).
Parts costs will be around £400 - not cheap by any means but I imagine a cab like this would retail at an unpalatable price... The 15" woofer is as good as anything in any bass cab, the 8" mids are far more expensive than any equivalent bass cab speakers, the piezos are a bargain, the balsa block and 1/4" ply are pretty cheap, the crossover has some expensive components like the 16 gauge series inductor on the woofer's low pass filter, and the hardware will be solid and quite pricey - like the 4" heavy duty casters.
I do have a small stockpile of speakers and parts that I've been collecting over the past year so I think I'll build a prototype cab with these parts, and basic high pass filtering on the midranges, see how it sounds and see how the unusual construction works.
Would appreciate any feedback on my ideas!
Alex
I've bought the plans for the Omni 15 as that comes closest to ideal response in a compact package that I'm capable of building. However, I've realised that unfortunately it's too big to fit in the boot of my car or manhandle easily from house to rehearsal space on my own. Consequently I've been spending some time designing my own cab, borrowing ideas from here there and everywhere, but particularly here.
One thing that makes my life easier is that I'm not in a terribly loud band (as when it gets too loud my singing goes downhill) and I have an excess of power (550W/ch @ 8 ohms, 2000W bridged @ 8 ohms), so I don't need to make a particularly sensitive design.
Here's the design as it stands:
Eminence Kappalite 3015LF in a 100 litre enclosure tuned to about 37Hz. I'm having the 3015LF firing into a side chamber from a slanted baffle - partly to keep the cabinet width/height down, partly to acoustically filter out the highs, maybe it'll lower the resonance slightly too. 96dB sensitivity; -3dB @ 53Hz; -6dB @ 40Hz; -10dB @ 31Hz; max excursion @ 60Hz and 31Hz; 450W RMS, 900W peak to hit Xmax; 2nd order low pass filter at 400Hz.
Then on the front, a pair of 8" midrange speakers, one above the other, to give enough sensitivity and power handling. Precision Devices make a nice neo model with pretty smooth response between 200Hz and 3500Hz, 150W power handling and 4mm Xmax. These each be in individual 5 litre sealed enclosures made from 220mm diameter pipe backed with 1/4" ply. 97dB sensitivity, 300W RMS thermal limit. 2nd order high pass filter at 400Hz.
Then mounted between the midranges, in a D'Appolito confuguration, four 5"x2" horn piezo tweeters in a vertical array 8"Hx5"W. That should give 200W power handling total and 97dB sensivity average (series/parallel wiring).
Overall cab dimensions are 900Hx400Wx450D (mm) - the narrow width gets it in the boot and through doorways comfortably and stacks neatly with the Acmes if they're ever needed for big gigs without SR - will be using edgemount 4" casters for an easy load-in.
What I'm looking forward to with this is the way the 8" mids will actually carry the majority of the tone, with the 15" just filling out the bottom and keeping the 8"s running as clean as possible by minimising excursion and power compression, and then the piezo array filling in the treble snap from 3kHz upwards. These 8"s are much flatter than most I've found - they're within a 2dB range (not plus/minus) from 200-900Hz, then the centre of that range ramps up 2dB through 1kHz (presumably as the polar pattern narrows) and then they stay within a 2dB range until 3.5kHz (at which point the tweeters take over). Or to put it another way, a very smooth example of plus/minus 3dB 200-3500Hz. The D'Appolito spacing of the midranges causes mutual coupling below 850Hz, further flattening the response and raising sensitivity, and the tall narrow front baffle should help control vertical dispersion and improve horizontal polar pattern.
I'm looking into minimising the weight by going to a spaceframe with stressed panel construction, using 1"x1" balsa for the frame and 1/4" plywood for the panels. That should drop the weight to 50lbs. Doing this wouldn't be feasible for production cabs because it gets incredibly complicated and adds hours to the build time - but it's a fun challenge to design the strongest most efficient structure whilst still making it possible to build, possible to tune the port when completing the build and possible to maintain (no good being unable to swap drivers in the event of a mishap).
Parts costs will be around £400 - not cheap by any means but I imagine a cab like this would retail at an unpalatable price... The 15" woofer is as good as anything in any bass cab, the 8" mids are far more expensive than any equivalent bass cab speakers, the piezos are a bargain, the balsa block and 1/4" ply are pretty cheap, the crossover has some expensive components like the 16 gauge series inductor on the woofer's low pass filter, and the hardware will be solid and quite pricey - like the 4" heavy duty casters.
I do have a small stockpile of speakers and parts that I've been collecting over the past year so I think I'll build a prototype cab with these parts, and basic high pass filtering on the midranges, see how it sounds and see how the unusual construction works.
Would appreciate any feedback on my ideas!
Alex
Hey all!
First post, just ordered the plans from Bill and waiting patiently for delivery.
I'm an amateur audiophile, bass player (upright and electric) of 14 years, and love DIY. I built my first speakers w/passive sub way back in 8th grade out of 3/4" mdf, and they're still in use today. Been thinking about replacing/upgrading both my bass cabs and my home audio/theater setup.
Planning to build an Omni-10 to run my bass through, and perhaps adding on a Titan39 later. The Omni-10 should do my current gigs just fine though.
Also want to do an HT/audio rig of mains with a center channel, probably 3 SLAs. Have to figure out a small-footprint powered sub to match it with, that's going to take some research that I haven't gotten to yet.
In the rest of my life, I'm building my own basses and furniture now that I have a basement to work in. I work in IT during the day, so I'm always online. I'll probably have a flurry of posts in the next few weeks while I sort out plans.
Amateur photographer as well, if I can work up the energy to setup lighting I'll take some nice shots of my work.
Psyched to be here and get going!
First post, just ordered the plans from Bill and waiting patiently for delivery.
I'm an amateur audiophile, bass player (upright and electric) of 14 years, and love DIY. I built my first speakers w/passive sub way back in 8th grade out of 3/4" mdf, and they're still in use today. Been thinking about replacing/upgrading both my bass cabs and my home audio/theater setup.
Planning to build an Omni-10 to run my bass through, and perhaps adding on a Titan39 later. The Omni-10 should do my current gigs just fine though.
Also want to do an HT/audio rig of mains with a center channel, probably 3 SLAs. Have to figure out a small-footprint powered sub to match it with, that's going to take some research that I haven't gotten to yet.
In the rest of my life, I'm building my own basses and furniture now that I have a basement to work in. I work in IT during the day, so I'm always online. I'll probably have a flurry of posts in the next few weeks while I sort out plans.
Amateur photographer as well, if I can work up the energy to setup lighting I'll take some nice shots of my work.
Psyched to be here and get going!
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chopperguy99
- Posts: 228
- Joined: Sat Aug 12, 2006 11:38 am
- Location: Bloomington, Illinois
Hey, everyone.
My name is Dave. I live in Bloomington, Illinois. I work in a small print shop as job planner. Comes in handy when the band needs flyers, demo covers, cd stickers, etc. I am also a bassist in a hard rock cover band. I am 34 and have been pounding out the low end for over 20 years now. I also enjoy building custom motorcycles, riding trials, and as of late, building speaker cabs. I have completed 2 titan 48's (full size) and a pair of tlah's I modded to accept 9 foster 5.25's, and getting ready to start a tuba 18 for HT. I would like to build some DR's eventually. A long way from my first P.A. A Kustom bass head with a homemade 1x15+paging horn nailed to the top, and a 12" wedge (cheap autosound sub) with 3 radio shack piezos. I was 13. Gotta start somewhere.
My name is Dave. I live in Bloomington, Illinois. I work in a small print shop as job planner. Comes in handy when the band needs flyers, demo covers, cd stickers, etc. I am also a bassist in a hard rock cover band. I am 34 and have been pounding out the low end for over 20 years now. I also enjoy building custom motorcycles, riding trials, and as of late, building speaker cabs. I have completed 2 titan 48's (full size) and a pair of tlah's I modded to accept 9 foster 5.25's, and getting ready to start a tuba 18 for HT. I would like to build some DR's eventually. A long way from my first P.A. A Kustom bass head with a homemade 1x15+paging horn nailed to the top, and a 12" wedge (cheap autosound sub) with 3 radio shack piezos. I was 13. Gotta start somewhere.