Greetings...
Greetings...
My name is Don Turnock, currently from Eureka Springs, Arkansas, but spent most of my life up north is South Bend, IN...
I own Eureka Aircraft, and manufacture Radio Control airplane kits.. http://www.eurekaaircraft.com
A guitar player, owned a music store till the mid 80's, sold a lot of PA gear, ran a lot of sound, and taught more bands to run sound than I can remember, along with repairing most of the gear in the area during that time. It came naturally to me since I built my first guitar amp back in 7th grade, and got my degree in electronics...
Got back into playing more lately, since we are in a very musically active tourist town. Helped on a small festival in June down the road from us (http://www.summerheritagefestival.com & fallheritagefestival.com) by doing sound, with borrowed Mackie 450's, and whatever I could come up with.. Everybody liked what they heard, I had great fun, even from borrowed equipment, and the couple days reminded me that running sound is what I am supposed to do
The next step was do start a small sound company, and started looking for cabinaets, etc.. Everything was easy except for the cabinets. I was very unimpressed by what I found out there, so started looking for cabinet plans.. That is when I found the BFM page
In the sound era I come from, horn loaded cabs were common, since big amps didn't exist like they do now. I was used to cabinets like the Sunn 115SR, and later Model 10's, 12's and 15's, and the incredible 412LH bass guitar cabs (Entwistle, Squire, etc), and its 212 brother. I already knew about the high efficiency, and superior sound produced, with common speakers, and wondered why I couldn't find any on the market. Bill said it best, manufacturers don't care about what they sell, just how much it costs, and a square box is a lot cheaper than a real cabinet to manufacture, and with big amps everywhere, who needs efficiency ;(
Going to have fun doing this, and hope to use the airplane kit cutting equipment to my advantage...
Don (EAC)
I own Eureka Aircraft, and manufacture Radio Control airplane kits.. http://www.eurekaaircraft.com
A guitar player, owned a music store till the mid 80's, sold a lot of PA gear, ran a lot of sound, and taught more bands to run sound than I can remember, along with repairing most of the gear in the area during that time. It came naturally to me since I built my first guitar amp back in 7th grade, and got my degree in electronics...
Got back into playing more lately, since we are in a very musically active tourist town. Helped on a small festival in June down the road from us (http://www.summerheritagefestival.com & fallheritagefestival.com) by doing sound, with borrowed Mackie 450's, and whatever I could come up with.. Everybody liked what they heard, I had great fun, even from borrowed equipment, and the couple days reminded me that running sound is what I am supposed to do
The next step was do start a small sound company, and started looking for cabinaets, etc.. Everything was easy except for the cabinets. I was very unimpressed by what I found out there, so started looking for cabinet plans.. That is when I found the BFM page
In the sound era I come from, horn loaded cabs were common, since big amps didn't exist like they do now. I was used to cabinets like the Sunn 115SR, and later Model 10's, 12's and 15's, and the incredible 412LH bass guitar cabs (Entwistle, Squire, etc), and its 212 brother. I already knew about the high efficiency, and superior sound produced, with common speakers, and wondered why I couldn't find any on the market. Bill said it best, manufacturers don't care about what they sell, just how much it costs, and a square box is a lot cheaper than a real cabinet to manufacture, and with big amps everywhere, who needs efficiency ;(
Going to have fun doing this, and hope to use the airplane kit cutting equipment to my advantage...
Don (EAC)
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Welcome to the Forum Don,
I bet your RC tools will come in handy when building DR tops and the likes...
I bet your RC tools will come in handy when building DR tops and the likes...
Life is just a game, don't take it to seriously!
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Thanks,Bas Gooiker wrote:Welcome to the Forum Don,
I bet your RC tools will come in handy when building DR tops and the likes...
You bet.. Already using them on the 2xJack10lite build thread...
Don
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ive been following that thread, didd'nt actually pay atention to the name... welcome anyways
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If you incorporate the RC technology into the speakers, you could have a PA that drives itself to the gig.
6 - T39 3012LF
4 - OT12 2512
1 - T24
1 - SLA Pro
2 - XF210
"A system with a few knobs set up by someone who knows what they are doing is always better than one with a lot of knobs set up by someone who doesn't."
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You mean flies itself, both to the gig, and during the gig!Bruce Weldy wrote:If you incorporate the RC technology into the speakers, you could have a PA that drives itself to the gig.
I know money often seals the deal, but seriously, quality is an investment, not an expense... Grant Bunter
Accept the fact that airtight and well-braced are more important than pretty on the inside. Bill Fitzmaurice
Accept the fact that airtight and well-braced are more important than pretty on the inside. Bill Fitzmaurice
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DJPhatman wrote:You mean flies itself, both to the gig, and during the gig!Bruce Weldy wrote:If you incorporate the RC technology into the speakers, you could have a PA that drives itself to the gig.
LOL I like the flying itself thing, especially AT the gig... Not into RC cars at all....
Don
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Hmmmmm, a self-hovering DR2X0. Very interesting!
I know money often seals the deal, but seriously, quality is an investment, not an expense... Grant Bunter
Accept the fact that airtight and well-braced are more important than pretty on the inside. Bill Fitzmaurice
Accept the fact that airtight and well-braced are more important than pretty on the inside. Bill Fitzmaurice
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DJPhatman wrote:Hmmmmm, a self-hovering DR2X0. Very interesting!
OK, now for a show of hands: who know what Phatman is talking about??????
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eac wrote: OK, now for a show of hands: who know what Phatman is talking about??????
Hand
Very interesting.....but stupid!
6 - T39 3012LF
4 - OT12 2512
1 - T24
1 - SLA Pro
2 - XF210
"A system with a few knobs set up by someone who knows what they are doing is always better than one with a lot of knobs set up by someone who doesn't."
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A self hovering DR cabinet? 2X0 could be 200, 250 or 280.
Or, the Arte Johnson character from "Laugh-In"?
Or, the Arte Johnson character from "Laugh-In"?
I know money often seals the deal, but seriously, quality is an investment, not an expense... Grant Bunter
Accept the fact that airtight and well-braced are more important than pretty on the inside. Bill Fitzmaurice
Accept the fact that airtight and well-braced are more important than pretty on the inside. Bill Fitzmaurice
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You could hover 2 OT12Js from a set of hexacopters on each side of the stage.
T39 24" 3012lf (1 built 1 in progress)
SLA Pro x 2
Yamaha S112V x 1
QSC RMX 2450
dbx Driverack PA
SLA Pro x 2
Yamaha S112V x 1
QSC RMX 2450
dbx Driverack PA
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Wow, the stuff one can learn on this site!Dan30 wrote:You could hover 2 OT12Js from a set of hexacopters .
With the included GPS, all one would need yet is noise-cancelling for this to work.Dan30 wrote:You could hover 2 OT12Js from a set of hexacopters on each side of the stage.
TomS