9 driver Curved SLA build
-
- Posts: 122
- Joined: Thu Feb 28, 2013 9:49 pm
9 driver Curved SLA build
Build started, have finished the cutting and routing on the front, still need to hand sand and then glue it together. I'm rear mounting the speakers and tweeters for a little cleaner look. I'll see how the cedar wood takes a dark maple stain, if it's not going well there's always a grill cover.
The front, sides, and back are all repurposed cedar that I had used on another project that was recently dismantled.
The front, sides, and back are all repurposed cedar that I had used on another project that was recently dismantled.
Last edited by Stratispho on Thu May 14, 2015 1:46 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Current HT Setup
TV - Vizio e701i-a3
Denon AVR-X2000
9 driver Curved SLA center channel
Rebuilt Bose 4000 L/R
Single 4" rears
Table Tuba w/ MCM 55-2421
TV - Vizio e701i-a3
Denon AVR-X2000
9 driver Curved SLA center channel
Rebuilt Bose 4000 L/R
Single 4" rears
Table Tuba w/ MCM 55-2421
Re: Curved SLA build
Looking great so far!
I'm looking forward to this build! I bought the plans a year ago with the THT and finished that one. I have not had the time to dive into the SLA yet, hoping this summer.
I'm looking forward to this build! I bought the plans a year ago with the THT and finished that one. I have not had the time to dive into the SLA yet, hoping this summer.
Re: Curved SLA build
Looking great so far. What speakers are you going to use? Are you building 6 or 9 speaker version?
-
- Posts: 122
- Joined: Thu Feb 28, 2013 9:49 pm
Re: Curved SLA build
9 speaker version. Using these as the mains. They're a little high on the Qts at 1.3y2kindyz wrote:Looking great so far. What speakers are you going to use? Are you building 6 or 9 speaker version?
http://www.parts-express.com/grs-4pf-8- ... r--292-404
And these for the tweeters
https://www.parts-express.com/goldwood- ... r--270-170
Current HT Setup
TV - Vizio e701i-a3
Denon AVR-X2000
9 driver Curved SLA center channel
Rebuilt Bose 4000 L/R
Single 4" rears
Table Tuba w/ MCM 55-2421
TV - Vizio e701i-a3
Denon AVR-X2000
9 driver Curved SLA center channel
Rebuilt Bose 4000 L/R
Single 4" rears
Table Tuba w/ MCM 55-2421
-
- Posts: 122
- Joined: Thu Feb 28, 2013 9:49 pm
Re: Curved SLA build
Spent a few hours today sanding and gluing.
Current HT Setup
TV - Vizio e701i-a3
Denon AVR-X2000
9 driver Curved SLA center channel
Rebuilt Bose 4000 L/R
Single 4" rears
Table Tuba w/ MCM 55-2421
TV - Vizio e701i-a3
Denon AVR-X2000
9 driver Curved SLA center channel
Rebuilt Bose 4000 L/R
Single 4" rears
Table Tuba w/ MCM 55-2421
-
- Posts: 122
- Joined: Thu Feb 28, 2013 9:49 pm
Re: Curved SLA build
Helpful hint, make sure your boards aren't cupped at all for something like this. It's making gluing the front together a PITA.
Current HT Setup
TV - Vizio e701i-a3
Denon AVR-X2000
9 driver Curved SLA center channel
Rebuilt Bose 4000 L/R
Single 4" rears
Table Tuba w/ MCM 55-2421
TV - Vizio e701i-a3
Denon AVR-X2000
9 driver Curved SLA center channel
Rebuilt Bose 4000 L/R
Single 4" rears
Table Tuba w/ MCM 55-2421
-
- Posts: 122
- Joined: Thu Feb 28, 2013 9:49 pm
Re: 9 driver Curved SLA build
Spent some time last night and got all of the drivers wired and installed. I ordered the wrong size connectors for the tweeters. Hopefully the local Home Depot or Lowe's has them so I can finish up the wiring tonight.
If I build another one of these, I'm installing the drivers before I glue the sides on. The outer screws were really hard to get to.
If I build another one of these, I'm installing the drivers before I glue the sides on. The outer screws were really hard to get to.
Current HT Setup
TV - Vizio e701i-a3
Denon AVR-X2000
9 driver Curved SLA center channel
Rebuilt Bose 4000 L/R
Single 4" rears
Table Tuba w/ MCM 55-2421
TV - Vizio e701i-a3
Denon AVR-X2000
9 driver Curved SLA center channel
Rebuilt Bose 4000 L/R
Single 4" rears
Table Tuba w/ MCM 55-2421
Re: 9 driver Curved SLA build
Let's get to the important stuff in those pics! What kind of beer is that???
2 THTs, 2 TLAH, SLA curved, 1 8-AT, 1 AT JBL 1002D, 4 Otop12s, Jack 12, TT with Eminence 10", 2 SLAs, 1 T30 slim, 2 T30s (2-10" each), SLA Pros, TrT.
-
- Posts: 122
- Joined: Thu Feb 28, 2013 9:49 pm
Re: 9 driver Curved SLA build
Deschutes Mirror Pond Pale Ale. I ran out of their Fresh Squeezed IPA so I had to switch.67baja wrote:Let's get to the important stuff in those pics! What kind of beer is that???
Current HT Setup
TV - Vizio e701i-a3
Denon AVR-X2000
9 driver Curved SLA center channel
Rebuilt Bose 4000 L/R
Single 4" rears
Table Tuba w/ MCM 55-2421
TV - Vizio e701i-a3
Denon AVR-X2000
9 driver Curved SLA center channel
Rebuilt Bose 4000 L/R
Single 4" rears
Table Tuba w/ MCM 55-2421
-
- Posts: 136
- Joined: Tue Apr 15, 2014 8:24 am
Re: 9 driver Curved SLA build
What? They don't have Deschutes Black Butte Porter there?
If you are going to go with dark stain you should go dark beer...
Unless, for safety reasons, you purposely go the opposite so you don't accidentally drink a swig of stain while working.
If you are going to go with dark stain you should go dark beer...
Unless, for safety reasons, you purposely go the opposite so you don't accidentally drink a swig of stain while working.
16.5" AT w/ Infinity 860w
TLAHs w/ 9 mids & 16 tweets
17" THTLP w/ Dayton RSS315HF-4
16" TAT w/ Infinity 1060w
18" TT w/ Dayton DCS-205-4
5.5" TrT w/ DCS-205-4
T-18 w/ DCS-205-4
33" THT w/ Dayton Titantic 1200
DR200s
TLAHs w/ 9 mids & 16 tweets
17" THTLP w/ Dayton RSS315HF-4
16" TAT w/ Infinity 1060w
18" TT w/ Dayton DCS-205-4
5.5" TrT w/ DCS-205-4
T-18 w/ DCS-205-4
33" THT w/ Dayton Titantic 1200
DR200s
-
- Posts: 122
- Joined: Thu Feb 28, 2013 9:49 pm
Re: 9 driver Curved SLA build
I can get that at most grocery stores. I have a keg of homebrew clone on tap right now. I like to switch it up. Last night was a bottle of Crazy @#$% Double IPA while doing some reading trying to figure out the logic behind ports and the different diameters, shapes, lengths, and how they effect sound.caddylackn wrote:What? They don't have Deschutes Black Butte Porter there?
If you are going to go with dark stain you should go dark beer...
Unless, for safety reasons, you purposely go the opposite so you don't accidentally drink a swig of stain while working.
USPS says my SLA crossover is scheduled to be delivered today (thanks Leland!) so hopefully I can make some time to finish this up.
Current HT Setup
TV - Vizio e701i-a3
Denon AVR-X2000
9 driver Curved SLA center channel
Rebuilt Bose 4000 L/R
Single 4" rears
Table Tuba w/ MCM 55-2421
TV - Vizio e701i-a3
Denon AVR-X2000
9 driver Curved SLA center channel
Rebuilt Bose 4000 L/R
Single 4" rears
Table Tuba w/ MCM 55-2421
-
- Posts: 122
- Joined: Thu Feb 28, 2013 9:49 pm
Re: 9 driver Curved SLA build
On to the home stretch, just need to wait for a coat of poly to dry and I'm calling it done. I'll try to get a picture tomorrow with it all done and without all the background clutter.
Question, the fill I'm using is one part cheap pillow and 1 part loose weave cotton insulation. Are those acceptable or do I need to go out and buy something better?
Hit quite a few layers of pretty hard, sappy, stuff when I was drilling the holes. Lead to some interesting absorption with the stain. You can also see a few spots where I used too much glue and got some squeeze out between the joints of front baffle. There aren't gaps on the front above and below the curved baffle portion, just odd shadowing and the jacoba bean stain seemed to like the edges and soaked up a ton of black.
Question, the fill I'm using is one part cheap pillow and 1 part loose weave cotton insulation. Are those acceptable or do I need to go out and buy something better?
Hit quite a few layers of pretty hard, sappy, stuff when I was drilling the holes. Lead to some interesting absorption with the stain. You can also see a few spots where I used too much glue and got some squeeze out between the joints of front baffle. There aren't gaps on the front above and below the curved baffle portion, just odd shadowing and the jacoba bean stain seemed to like the edges and soaked up a ton of black.
Current HT Setup
TV - Vizio e701i-a3
Denon AVR-X2000
9 driver Curved SLA center channel
Rebuilt Bose 4000 L/R
Single 4" rears
Table Tuba w/ MCM 55-2421
TV - Vizio e701i-a3
Denon AVR-X2000
9 driver Curved SLA center channel
Rebuilt Bose 4000 L/R
Single 4" rears
Table Tuba w/ MCM 55-2421
- Bill Fitzmaurice
- Site Admin
- Posts: 28645
- Joined: Tue May 02, 2006 5:59 pm
Re: 9 driver Curved SLA build
Stuffing from old pillows is fine, just be sure to de-lice it first.
-
- Posts: 122
- Joined: Thu Feb 28, 2013 9:49 pm
Re: 9 driver Curved SLA build
Perfect. Thanks Bill.Bill Fitzmaurice wrote:Stuffing from old pillows is fine, just be sure to de-lice it first.
Current HT Setup
TV - Vizio e701i-a3
Denon AVR-X2000
9 driver Curved SLA center channel
Rebuilt Bose 4000 L/R
Single 4" rears
Table Tuba w/ MCM 55-2421
TV - Vizio e701i-a3
Denon AVR-X2000
9 driver Curved SLA center channel
Rebuilt Bose 4000 L/R
Single 4" rears
Table Tuba w/ MCM 55-2421
-
- Posts: 8317
- Joined: Fri Nov 27, 2009 11:37 am
- Location: New Braunfels, TX
Re: 9 driver Curved SLA build
Yeah, you wouldn't want people nit-picking your speakers.Bill Fitzmaurice wrote:Stuffing from old pillows is fine, just be sure to de-lice it first.
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."