FR125S playing in temp BR box, MacGyver style!

Alcaid · 1st September 2005, 06:23 PM

MacGyver's two best DIY tools:
-Swiss army knife
-duct tape

That and a cardbord box and a soda bottle, and you can make a temporary bass-reflex box in just about 3 minutes.

Here's my temporary BR cabinet for breaking in the CCS FR125Ss I got in the mail today:

PS: I'm not sponsored by Sprite

Alcaid · 1st September 2005, 06:28 PM

Drivers in parallell
18,5 liter box (just found a suitable cardboard box i had lying around)
tuned to 60Hz

Like what I'm hearing already, but I'll give them some days to break in.

Nuuk · 1st September 2005, 09:14 PM

Good for playing 'pop' music I presume!

Alcaid · 1st September 2005, 09:19 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Nuuk
Good for playing 'pop' music I presume!

Well, let's just say that the real boxes will be made of a stiffer material than cardboard. Might also avvoid using soda bassports

But considering the boxes, Katie Melua sounds already wonderful!!!

ultrachrome · 1st September 2005, 10:17 PM

What? No chewing gum?

Alcaid · 1st September 2005, 10:22 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ultrachrome
What? No chewing gum?

Sh*t! Knew i forgot something!

footstony · 2nd September 2005, 03:01 AM

Alcaid,

nice job. I think there should be more photos of crazy stuff like this.

keep up the good work!

some more cardboard speakers here:
http://au.geocities.com/footstony/

Regards Philip

mcgsxr · 2nd September 2005, 03:44 PM

Nicely done - when I first received my WR's months ago, I ran them in cardboard boxes, sealed with duct tape, and using toilet paper rolls cut to size for ports...

It amazed me how good they sounded in those enclosures, from 200Hz and up - below that, they just flexed the box, and droned along with the music.

I subsequently built out a 2 way with them, in a Baltic Birch and MDF enclosure tuned to 55Hz.

I also later ordered up a set of the FR's, and am looking to box those up properly now, for use in my HT!

robertG · 3rd September 2005, 01:08 AM

Just finished a TL for those drivers, and they are quite something. Could you imagine a pair of these in a tiny TL going lower than a 12 in. sub?
I just heard it....

maxro · 3rd September 2005, 03:54 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by robertG
Just finished a TL for those drivers, and they are quite something. Could you imagine a pair of these in a tiny TL going lower than a 12 in. sub?
I just heard it....

What TL design did you use? Are they really going lower than a sub, or just tighter bass?

Oh, and mine are currently doing time in "aperiodic" (read unsealed) cardboard boxes until I figure out just what to do with them.

Max

1st September 2005, 09:14 PM	#3
Nuuk diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Somerset, SW England	Good for playing 'pop' music I presume! __________________ The truth need not be veiled, for it veils itself from the eyes of the ignorant.

2nd September 2005, 03:01 AM	#7
footstony diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2004	I love it! Alcaid, nice job. I think there should be more photos of crazy stuff like this. keep up the good work! some more cardboard speakers here: http://au.geocities.com/footstony/ Regards Philip

3rd September 2005, 01:08 AM	#9
robertG diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Montreal	MLTL Just finished a TL for those drivers, and they are quite something. Could you imagine a pair of these in a tiny TL going lower than a 12 in. sub? I just heard it....

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1st September 2005, 06:28 PM	#2
Alcaid diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Klepp	Drivers in parallell 18,5 liter box (just found a suitable cardboard box i had lying around) tuned to 60Hz Like what I'm hearing already, but I'll give them some days to break in.

1st September 2005, 10:17 PM	#5
ultrachrome diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Puget Sound	What? No chewing gum?

2nd September 2005, 03:44 PM	#8
mcgsxr diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Burlington	Nicely done - when I first received my WR's months ago, I ran them in cardboard boxes, sealed with duct tape, and using toilet paper rolls cut to size for ports... It amazed me how good they sounded in those enclosures, from 200Hz and up - below that, they just flexed the box, and droned along with the music. I subsequently built out a 2 way with them, in a Baltic Birch and MDF enclosure tuned to 55Hz. I also later ordered up a set of the FR's, and am looking to box those up properly now, for use in my HT!

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