The first Wall Fonken??

JeremyB · 1st February 2008, 11:21 PM

Hey everyone.. after reading a few posts.. and "having" (wanting) a need fo some wall mount speakers.. and really liking the designs of the fonken family... i looked into building a set of wall fonkens off a sketch from Dave. After a few trial and errors, i came up with this. Its not quite done, still some felt lining and the wiring of the 4.5 inch pioneer drivers.. but i thought you all would like a look.

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/DSC_3945.jpg

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/DSC_3947.jpg

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/DSC00748.jpg

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/DSC00754.jpg

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/DSC00753.jpg

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/DSC00750.jpg

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/DSC00756.jpg

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/DSC00757.jpg

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/DSC00758.jpg

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/DSC00759.jpg

i will post more tomorow. Drivers installed, wired (hopefully) and backs in place.

bob_v5 · 1st February 2008, 11:47 PM

looks interesting. Any chance of more details? Nice wood work, my stuff always looks ok in when its done, but messy as **** before its had hours of sanding..

JeremyB · 2nd February 2008, 02:29 AM

Thanks.. what kind of details are you looking for? its .5 inch maple ply, and the port strips are sapepe. the driver is the little 4.5 inch pioneer from partsexpress. I have no idea what to expect, and it was made from all scrap material.. so if it sounds like junk.. then oh well.. no biggie.

planet10 · 2nd February 2008, 05:30 AM

Over on the Full Range Forum we were talking about wall mounted Fonkens, so i quicjly threw togther a couple concepts... i have a 3rd version gestating.

the 1st one....

planet10 · 2nd February 2008, 05:32 AM

and the second thinner version... keep in mind that the longish shallow spaces could cause some expected "anomalies"

dave

RAW · 2nd February 2008, 06:24 AM

Nice looking Dave.
Would be interested in measuring them for you.
Love the look.

planet10 · 2nd February 2008, 06:49 AM

Before we build any i'll go thru are least 1 more design iteration. I have learned some tricks from speakers that have been built since then.

Jeremy decided to try out the older concept (we discussed V3 but he knew i wasn't going to be quick enuff for him). His build -- even with a different driver -- will give some valuable feedback & info i think. And so far it does show that the aesthetics are top notch

dave

RAW · 2nd February 2008, 03:50 PM

Good Dave.
LMK if we can do the measurments when ready

JeremyB · 2nd February 2008, 05:30 PM

So here are a few more shots of the speakers.

Testing set up -
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/DSC_3962.jpg

close up -
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/DSC_3958.jpg

another test shot -
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/DSC_3957.jpg

the first impressions of these speakers are actually very, very good. I am actually quite suprised. They seem to be a little bright, but i kind of thought they would be. i have not put anything in the back of the boxes, no damping or felt. As you can see i am just running it with my little CSW sub, but the combination of the 2, seems to be great. i can turn the sub off and get a wonderful sound presence. i suppose with the speakers a bit farther apart, the stage would be widened, but even at this stage, i am very suprised. When i turn the bass up, it really comes to life. I had originally thought of putting these on either side of a flat panel tv on the wall, and i think with a bass module hidden on the floor, it would really be nice. I need to track down some felt and see how much that helps.

Thanks Dave for the info, I hope i have helped in some way to further the progress. I will post more comments when i finalize the boxes.

poynton · 2nd February 2008, 05:37 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by planet10
and the second thinner version... keep in mind that the longish shallow spaces could cause some expected "anomalies"

dave

The appearance reminds me of some of the early Wharfedales ?

Could this be redesigned to be tall (er) and slim (mer) like floorstanders up against the wall ?

1st February 2008, 11:21 PM	#1
JeremyB diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2007	The first Wall Fonken?? Hey everyone.. after reading a few posts.. and "having" (wanting) a need fo some wall mount speakers.. and really liking the designs of the fonken family... i looked into building a set of wall fonkens off a sketch from Dave. After a few trial and errors, i came up with this. Its not quite done, still some felt lining and the wiring of the 4.5 inch pioneer drivers.. but i thought you all would like a look. http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/DSC_3945.jpg http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/DSC_3947.jpg http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/DSC00748.jpg http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/DSC00754.jpg http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/DSC00753.jpg http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/DSC00750.jpg http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/DSC00756.jpg http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/DSC00757.jpg http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/DSC00758.jpg http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/DSC00759.jpg i will post more tomorow. Drivers installed, wired (hopefully) and backs in place.

2nd February 2008, 06:49 AM	#7
planet10 frugal-phile(tm) diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Victoria, BC, NA, Sol III Blog Entries: 4	Before we build any i'll go thru are least 1 more design iteration. I have learned some tricks from speakers that have been built since then. Jeremy decided to try out the older concept (we discussed V3 but he knew i wasn't going to be quick enuff for him). His build -- even with a different driver -- will give some valuable feedback & info i think. And so far it does show that the aesthetics are top notch dave __________________ community sites t-linespeakers.org, frugal-horn.com ........ commercial site planet10-HiFi p10-hifi forum here at diyA

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1st February 2008, 11:47 PM	#2
bob_v5 diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2005	looks interesting. Any chance of more details? Nice wood work, my stuff always looks ok in when its done, but messy as **** before its had hours of sanding..

2nd February 2008, 02:29 AM	#3
JeremyB diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2007	Thanks.. what kind of details are you looking for? its .5 inch maple ply, and the port strips are sapepe. the driver is the little 4.5 inch pioneer from partsexpress. I have no idea what to expect, and it was made from all scrap material.. so if it sounds like junk.. then oh well.. no biggie.

2nd February 2008, 06:24 AM	#6
RAW diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: British Columbia ,Canada	Nice looking Dave. Would be interested in measuring them for you. Love the look.

2nd February 2008, 03:50 PM	#8
RAW diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: British Columbia ,Canada	Good Dave. LMK if we can do the measurments when ready

2nd February 2008, 05:30 PM	#9
JeremyB diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2007	So here are a few more shots of the speakers. Testing set up - http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/DSC_3962.jpg close up - http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/DSC_3958.jpg another test shot - http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/DSC_3957.jpg the first impressions of these speakers are actually very, very good. I am actually quite suprised. They seem to be a little bright, but i kind of thought they would be. i have not put anything in the back of the boxes, no damping or felt. As you can see i am just running it with my little CSW sub, but the combination of the 2, seems to be great. i can turn the sub off and get a wonderful sound presence. i suppose with the speakers a bit farther apart, the stage would be widened, but even at this stage, i am very suprised. When i turn the bass up, it really comes to life. I had originally thought of putting these on either side of a flat panel tv on the wall, and i think with a bass module hidden on the floor, it would really be nice. I need to track down some felt and see how much that helps. Thanks Dave for the info, I hope i have helped in some way to further the progress. I will post more comments when i finalize the boxes.

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