Tried the guillotine Turk. It compressed the foam. The real problem though was finding one that could cut something 30" long that wasn't a piggy bank breaker. I'm sure the foam would recover by the next day.
The slide cutters that I imitated are good but it was easier to throw something together than it was to fork out more coin for the tool than the end product. I'm not an economics major but...
Eddie, I am pleased that your RAS worked for you. As mentioned, no luck in Cal's world with spinning blade things.
The slide cutters that I imitated are good but it was easier to throw something together than it was to fork out more coin for the tool than the end product. I'm not an economics major but...
Eddie, I am pleased that your RAS worked for you. As mentioned, no luck in Cal's world with spinning blade things.
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Thanks BP.
I think the funnest one so far was the Penthorn. Not the end all with the sound but most fun to design and build. Yes I made them but without X's inspiration and encouragement to begin with, like all the foam cores, they would still be a dream.
Stunning!
Spot on Cal. I have many X factor stuff in my house and system.It's the X factor.
Thanks for the kind words, guys! Hey, if you want to use my logo on speakers I designed or inspired, please feel free to do so. Interesting tidbit: That cool logo was designed for me by one of our members - He came up with it all on his own and sent it to me one day. Thank you to StellarElephant for the logo!
I thought I'd do a comparison so I built two different enclosures for the pair of Fountek FR89EX drivers I had. I built one 20" x 3.5" Cornu and one 0.4 Karlsonator.
The Karlsonator sounds really good. I was surprised at how much bass was coming out of that small speaker. The cabinet seemed to have a little flexing and it felt really lively.
But Cornu sounded much better to my ear and with my music. The bass was better, the volume louder, and it seemed to have much more sparkle.
It makes me wonder if I overstuffed the Karlsonator?
When my daughter saw the Karlsonator she said I built a butt-crack speaker.
I'll be building another Cornu to make a matched pair.
The Karlsonator sounds really good. I was surprised at how much bass was coming out of that small speaker. The cabinet seemed to have a little flexing and it felt really lively.
But Cornu sounded much better to my ear and with my music. The bass was better, the volume louder, and it seemed to have much more sparkle.
It makes me wonder if I overstuffed the Karlsonator?
When my daughter saw the Karlsonator she said I built a butt-crack speaker.
I'll be building another Cornu to make a matched pair.
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