Cinema T-6 DIY Tapped Horn

[el_ingeniero]

I'll definitely be into speaker building later in life when I have more money and time.

Maybe you'll have more money, but you'll never have more time.

+1,000

No time like now.

[subharmonic]

I'll definitely be into speaker building later in life when I have more money and time.

You don't need more money, everyone thinks they need more money. Just spend the money you have now more wisely, with a little time you will have the cash to build one of these. They really aren't that expensive.

I'll just have to get it OK'd by the future War Office

[el_ingeniero]

I'll definitely be into speaker building later in life when I have more money and time.

You don't need more money, everyone thinks they need more money. Just spend the money you have now more wisely, with a little time you will have the cash to build one of these. They really aren't that expensive.

No question. Just give up your daily latte, pack a sandwich lunch, whatever, and put the $$$ in a piggy bank.

The thing I can't stand about modern life is all the convenient opportunities it presents to mindlessly dribble your money away a few bucks at a time.

[88h88]

I would have a mancave full of THT's.

You'd be sat in the middle of what was once a home within minutes if you tried that. Anyone ever tried sound-based demolition?

[SirNickity]

Heya bassmonster. I have a similar first-timer project in the works right now:

http://www.volvotreter.de/th.htm

At the very bottom of the page he has a Tang Band 6" folded tapped horn in 3/4" MDF. I've had the driver since neo was cheap, so I'm making a powered sub for either an office system or computer speakers -- haven't decided yet.

This is my first real speaker enclosure, not counting some horrid attempts with a hand saw back in high school. I just bought a table saw and router -- never used either before this. It's amazing how well things turn out with good tools!

The plans for the BFM stuff are dead easy looking. Next stop is a pair or two of SLA Pros, then a pair of T30s. This one's first because I'm not as concerned with whether it turns out well or not, and I had the speaker already.

[bassmonster]

Interesting looking horns SirNickity. The 15" horn is pretty big. And about the pics on the webpage, the poster must be an "oddiophile", look at those orange straight horns haha.


I think he needs a bigger TV.

[SirNickity]

Could be, but it seems to me he's more or less down-to-earth. I think he just likes esoteric projects. And horns. I think the orange really ties the room together. But yeah, the TV is kinda ridiculous.

I'm about three days away from having the enclosure finished. Gluing one, maybe two, panels at a time. I've learned quite a bit about how not to assemble a cabinet. I put the inside pieces together before attaching to the sides, which is exactly opposite the way Bill recommends. I can say with confidence Bill's way is better! (I ran out of wood before I had them all cut, so I assembled the parts I had at the time.) Also, working with MDF kinda sucks.

[viki_v2]

Hope I am not disturbing the thread.
can Aututuba be used in Home.

[Scott Brochu]

Hope I am not disturbing the thread.
can Aututuba be used in Home.

Yes.
I used one for a long time until I made a TT.

[Bill Fitzmaurice]

Interesting looking horns SirNickity. The 15" horn is pretty big. And about the pics on the webpage, the poster must be an "oddiophile", look at those orange straight horns haha.


I think he needs a bigger TV.

That pic makes clear the very basic fly in the ointment: the lower you go the larger the cab must be. When the mains are larger than the subs there's no way things will work out right. Big mains require even bigger subs.
That's not to say that one can't use a 6.5 inch driver in a horn and have it give a good result. But it will have to be a very large horn. IMO smaller than an eight doesn't work well enough to bother with the complexity of a horn build.
And yes, his dinky old CRT TV is rather silly.

[subharmonic]

And yes, his dinky old CRT TV is rather silly.

The orly owl just landed?

[Bill Fitzmaurice]

And yes, his dinky old CRT TV is rather silly.

The orly owl just landed?

8 year old pic. That space is currently occupied by a 60 inch.

[Radian]

...and the picture of Erik's "orange" horn system is going on over 4 years now. His TV also has since grown along with his taste in art.

[subharmonic]

And yes, his dinky old CRT TV is rather silly.

The orly owl just landed?

8 year old pic. That space is currently occupied by a 60 inch.

Looks like it is time to update the pics then. How does golf look in HD? Can't get worse.

[Bill Fitzmaurice]

Looks like it is time to update the pics then. How does golf look in HD? Can't get worse.

The pic is to highlight the speakers, not the TV, and it crowds the right hand main a bit. It's atop the media center, it won't fit inside.