I first built one Titan 48. I remember being so excited to get the first one completed so I could test it. The performance that I got from the one T 48" was not great, just ok bass. But I knew the driver was not broke in and was very stiff. I had enough info from that test to go ahead and build number 2. After completing Titan #2 and breaking them in running recorded music and also live music ( kick drum and bass guitar) from my daughter's band practices. They keep getting better and better and now all I can say is WOW! The kick drum sounds like a cannon and the bass guitar can shake the house. Everytime I think about how good they sound I get this silly grin on my face. You Titan 48 owners out there know what I'm talking about... The last outside gig we had I laid them down in the back of the pickup truck with the tailgate down. They were pointed towards the dance floor and did a very good job. I didn't know if it would work, so I tried it and they sounded great. Sure was easy to load, just picked them up and ratchet them back down,lol!
Next up was the 4 - wedgehorn 8's. After building the boxes I got 1-Alpha 8 and 1-Beta 8 to do a side by side test. After hearing both drivers and A/B tests I decided there wasn't enough difference in them to warrant the extra expense of the Beta. So 2 more Alpha's were ordered to fill the other 2 wedgehorns. All I can say is man these little monsters can get loud. They cut thru the mix and stage chop great. I can make our guitar player who has a 4 - 12 Mesa cab with Mesa head beg me to turn down the monitor. Oh ya did I mention they can get really loud, lol! They get the job done and also I don't notice having any feedback problems with these like we had with our other monitors at times. Bill should rename them Loud and Proud, because they are!
LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL!
A few weeks ago I completed 4 - OT 12's. I built 2 with the meld array and 2 with the straight array. All 4 are loaded with Beta 12's (money was a little tight). We have not had them on a gig yet but in the basement practice room they sound good so far. I have not been able to run them thru an EQ yet so I think they may even be better after EQing. They are much clearer and louder then our 2 - 215's with CD horn we used for FOH tops before. I decided I didn't want to grill them and hide the array's. So I enbraced the piezo's and painted them with silver hand hammered paint. I am really pleased with how they turned out. Can't wait to try them on a gig away from the practice room.
I painted all the boxes above with 3 coats truck bed liner paint mixed with regular black latex paint. So far it seems to be pretty tuff, but I am careful with them. I have plenty leftover for touch ups if they need it. I also made 2 - 4 space amp racks and used the same paint on those. Next up on the build list is 2 rolling cases for my daughter's custom drum kit. I plan to use big wheels so it rolls easy and want to make them so it's easy and quick to load and unload. This DIY stuff is a lot of fun.
I can't speak for all the designs but the 3 different ones I built work great. If I had to do over I would build them all again! So any fence setters get out there and make saw dust already. Build just one, I dare ya!
Thanks for reading,
Mike
Thanks for posting this. Glad you finally got the image thing straightened out.
