Sachiko Builld Thread

[Pit Hinder]

Scott, I have run a few "other" drivers through simulations of what I hope comes close to the Sachicos and some of the results were not nice. No way I can email or post them - I deleted them from my harddrive. They were too .

[Scottmoose]

Right; it's forgiving compared to a lot (benefits of sheer size), but there are limits.

[planet10]

I'd take a stab that neither TB or Sigma will do as well as your treated FE206SeR

dave

[Scottmoose]

The TB certainly won't (in that box -I'm reserving final judgement on its merits or otherwise in a general sense, but thus far, I'm not convinced). The 208 OTOH might; it doesn't have the fancy cobalt-lathanum motor of the 206ES-R, but it counters with a more advanced cone & suspension, so partnered with, say a T90a, or, better yet, a T900a, I suspect it'll pull ahead, albeit offering a different presentation.

[Pit Hinder]

Old mariner, why become a martyr just because hair shirts are available? I have gone that way with the Schmacks horn - instead of drivers that drive you bonkers in an otherways fine horn, spending your money in the nearest boozer gives you much less hadache.

[Bob, W7ETA]

Well.

What a long strange trip it has been!

I started looking at the Shack around Oct.
December I rented a truck, bought sheets of 3/4 plywood at Lowe's, cut them into manageable lengths and got home late at night.

Next day I measured the side panels we had cut and discovered I miss read the schematic, they were only 17 and 3/4.

I ordered the drivers from Dave and in the mean time I pondered renting another truck, buying more 4X8 plywood, having it cut to the right width. I ruled out renting a truck and driving 1.5-2 hours up to Phoenix to buy it up there--I wasn't sure that if I got to Phoenix that I would actually get "Apple" plywood.

Here in Tucson, none of the plywood wholesalers carry "Apple" plywood.

I played around on the internet trying to source what I wanted, and gave up.

Next I tried calling cabinet makers, most of them weren't interested or couldn't get "Apple" plywood.

I ran across a local site for a place called Furniture Creations--custom furniture. Deciding it was better to go there, I made a trip downtown, got lost, but got there a half hour before the closing time on their internet site. It seems as if their winter hours were shorter than their internet hours.

Next trip downtown was earlier, I didn't get lost, and brought a corrected schematic with me. The owner wasn't there, but would be back in two weeks. I finally made it there while it was open and the owner was there. When I mentioned "Apple" plywood he knew what it was! He had to special order it and he would cut it up into manageable pieces for $100 more. The plywood was $450. I went back in two weeks and asked him to give me a price to cut all of the pieces. Ruben the owner agreed to call me when the plywood arrived and give me a price to cut it all up.

Two months later, I stop by the store, Ruben wonders why I never returned his phone calls--he misread his handwriting and was calling xxx-6180; my number is xxx-6130.

I picked up the manageable size pieces today!

My speakers arrived from Dave a few months ago.

Along the way, I've picked up clamps on sale at Harbour Freight, veneer for the front and side panels, and a chop saw.

Still on my list is a used router.

Since its over 100F during the summer here, I'm all set for an indoor summer project.

I guess the last part I need is wire to run from the speaker terminal to the speaker.

Best from Tucson
Bob

[Granat]

Bob,

Glad to see you are finally going on the Sachiko Project.

The burl face plate is going to be stunning- really a wooden jewel. I will be anxious to hear how you think this all sounds- I have not been dissappointed- it is a really fabulous sound.

Karl

Karl

[Granat]

Hi everyone-

I was wondering if anyone has compared the Sachiko with open baffle speakers.

I am particularly interested in low DB level sound- that is, how would the Sachiko compare with the open baffle speakers?

Thanks-

Karl