Brines FB-20 done!!!! Finally

steviedon · 8th June 2009, 01:58 AM

After many labor hours my first DIY speakers are done. I've got about 30 hours on them, and I must say they sound fantastic. They are very easy to listen to for hours. As with any fostex design they excel with vocals and acoustic instrumentation, but treble and bass are also very believable and natural sounding. Thanks for all the R&D Bob. Pics coming soon.

steviedon · 8th June 2009, 02:30 AM

pics here

http://steviedon.shutterpixie.com/show?a=1&sd=s

Bob Brines · 8th June 2009, 02:53 AM

Very nice! Sprayed with truck bed liner?

May I post one of these in my gallery?

Bob

steviedon · 8th June 2009, 03:37 AM

Yeah, I'm sure I'll be chastised for the finish, however I beleive the bedliner makes the cab even more acoustically inert, thus improving the sound. If you'd like, I can e-mail you some higher resolution pics to use Bob. Thanks for the props.

planet10 · 8th June 2009, 03:51 AM

Nice looking piece of kit you've built...

dave

HIPCHECK · 8th June 2009, 04:05 AM

Bob I live in Little Rock AR, are there any DIY audio groups in our area? Anybody meet up to listen to new gear?

Maybe I could come by and listen to a real full range system.

BHTX · 8th June 2009, 09:47 AM

steviedon, nice looking speakers! I actually like the truck bed finish myself. I'm right next to you in Dallas county.

Bob Brines · 8th June 2009, 10:40 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by steviedon
Yeah, I'm sure I'll be chastised for the finish, however I beleive the bedliner makes the cab even more acoustically inert, thus improving the sound. If you'd like, I can e-mail you some higher resolution pics to use Bob. Thanks for the props.

I use bedliner on the supra baffle and plinth of my commercial products. I like the finish and it is way easier than doing matte or gloss finish. The sheen of sprayed on bedliner is often a bit uneven, so I overspray with matte polyurethane.

Please send me hi-res pics. rbrines@onebox.com

Thanks,
Bob

Bob Brines · 8th June 2009, 10:49 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by HIPCHECK
Bob I live in Little Rock AR, are there any DIY audio groups in our area? Anybody meet up to listen to new gear?

Maybe I could come by and listen to a real full range system.

Sigh! To my knowledge, there are no DIY groups in or near LR. Up here in the Village, most of the old farts are too deaf to appreciate what I am doing. Indeed, I have yet to sell a set of speakers, or a set of plans for that matter, in Arkansas. I never bothered to get a tax number.

Sure, we can arrange an audition, but not until after LSAF in two weeks. BTW, if you can manage to 5 hour drive to Dallas, I highly recommend that you take in this show.

Bob

BHTX · 8th June 2009, 11:08 AM

LSAF, eh? Cool! I'll check it out for sure. It's just too convenient for me not to.
I'll be the young guy no one's ever seen before, dragging his girlfriend around.

8th June 2009, 01:58 AM	#1
steviedon diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2009	Brines FB-20 done!!!! Finally After many labor hours my first DIY speakers are done. I've got about 30 hours on them, and I must say they sound fantastic. They are very easy to listen to for hours. As with any fostex design they excel with vocals and acoustic instrumentation, but treble and bass are also very believable and natural sounding. Thanks for all the R&D Bob. Pics coming soon. __________________ It is only rarely that one can see in a little boy the promise of a man, but one can almost always see in a little girl the threat of a woman. ~Alexandre Dumas

8th June 2009, 02:30 AM	#2
steviedon diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2009	pics here http://steviedon.shutterpixie.com/show?a=1&sd=s __________________ It is only rarely that one can see in a little boy the promise of a man, but one can almost always see in a little girl the threat of a woman. ~Alexandre Dumas

8th June 2009, 03:37 AM	#4
steviedon diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2009	Yeah, I'm sure I'll be chastised for the finish, however I beleive the bedliner makes the cab even more acoustically inert, thus improving the sound. If you'd like, I can e-mail you some higher resolution pics to use Bob. Thanks for the props. __________________ It is only rarely that one can see in a little boy the promise of a man, but one can almost always see in a little girl the threat of a woman. ~Alexandre Dumas

8th June 2009, 03:51 AM	#5
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8th June 2009, 04:05 AM	#6
HIPCHECK diyAudio Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: ARKANSAS	Bob I live in Little Rock AR, are there any DIY audio groups in our area? Anybody meet up to listen to new gear? Maybe I could come by and listen to a real full range system. __________________ If a inch of duct tape will fix it, 3 feet should fix it for life!!!!


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8th June 2009, 02:53 AM	#3
Bob Brines diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Hot Spring Village AR	Very nice! Sprayed with truck bed liner? May I post one of these in my gallery? Bob

8th June 2009, 09:47 AM	#7
BHTX diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2006	steviedon, nice looking speakers! I actually like the truck bed finish myself. I'm right next to you in Dallas county.

8th June 2009, 11:08 AM	#10
BHTX diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2006	LSAF, eh? Cool! I'll check it out for sure. It's just too convenient for me not to. I'll be the young guy no one's ever seen before, dragging his girlfriend around.

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