A soulful solution?

soulray · 9th January 2010, 09:40 PM

Greetings all. Been advised to post my introductions post here to glean the opinions of some of you vastly more experienced folk. Here goes:

On the audio front, I had the crazy notion of putting together a compact, i.e. portable sound system, for using at "Soul Nights", (smallish, specialist soul music evenings), where despite the shared love of rare music from a bygone era, this precious (and expensive!) vinyl, gets played through truly God-awful sound systems. So it sounds comprehensively worse than when played at home!

Will need to be able to create decent, danceable sound levels for between 50-100 people, but huge amounts of bass not really required. Looking for good, clear vocal/midrange and accuracy rather than quantity in the bass department! In other words, I'm after the sound of a decent Hi-fi, but louder and more rugged/portable.

Already have some Pro equipment, but would like to have a go at making some good mid-tops myself, and looking for ideas as to what I should build/ power them with/ partner them with etc. Can spend up to a £1500, and already have some pro-drivers, power amps etc, but will buy new if needed.
Have the notion that 2 x 10inch + 1inch comp' driver might be the way to go, mainly because I can't stand the sound of most 15s + cds I have ever heard when used as tops/full-range speakers

But open to all ideas and experience tendered...

Thanks for reading my drivel.

chris661 · 10th January 2010, 07:27 AM

Someone on here made something called the boominator, designed to be the ultimate portable system - let's hope someone has a link.

I remember it using 4 woofers (maybe 10", not sure) in a single box.

planet10 · 10th January 2010, 07:57 AM

When you said portable, i started thinking suitcase sized. But i see you mean luggage trolley.

Sure its doable. There are lots of possibilities.

dave

el`Ol · 10th January 2010, 08:57 AM

Just for making clear the dimensions: Could you accept the format of this kit? Bass drivers are eightinchers. Over 2000 Euro for two is a bit high, I know.
LSV Dieter Achenbach

domtw · 10th January 2010, 10:11 AM

I haven't seen that "Boominator" project before, but after a quick search,here it is.
Very interesting and cool profect !

9th January 2010, 09:40 PM	#1
soulray diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2009	A soulful solution? Greetings all. Been advised to post my introductions post here to glean the opinions of some of you vastly more experienced folk. Here goes: On the audio front, I had the crazy notion of putting together a compact, i.e. portable sound system, for using at "Soul Nights", (smallish, specialist soul music evenings), where despite the shared love of rare music from a bygone era, this precious (and expensive!) vinyl, gets played through truly God-awful sound systems. So it sounds comprehensively worse than when played at home! Will need to be able to create decent, danceable sound levels for between 50-100 people, but huge amounts of bass not really required. Looking for good, clear vocal/midrange and accuracy rather than quantity in the bass department! In other words, I'm after the sound of a decent Hi-fi, but louder and more rugged/portable. Already have some Pro equipment, but would like to have a go at making some good mid-tops myself, and looking for ideas as to what I should build/ power them with/ partner them with etc. Can spend up to a £1500, and already have some pro-drivers, power amps etc, but will buy new if needed. Have the notion that 2 x 10inch + 1inch comp' driver might be the way to go, mainly because I can't stand the sound of most 15s + cds I have ever heard when used as tops/full-range speakers But open to all ideas and experience tendered... Thanks for reading my drivel.

10th January 2010, 07:27 AM	#2
chris661 diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lancashire Blog Entries: 7	Someone on here made something called the boominator, designed to be the ultimate portable system - let's hope someone has a link. I remember it using 4 woofers (maybe 10", not sure) in a single box. __________________ "Throwing parts at a failure is like throwing sponges at a rainstorm." - Enzo My setup: http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/multi...tang-band.html

10th January 2010, 07:57 AM	#3
planet10 frugal-phile(tm) diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Victoria, BC, NA, Sol III Blog Entries: 4	When you said portable, i started thinking suitcase sized. But i see you mean luggage trolley. Sure its doable. There are lots of possibilities. dave __________________ community sites t-linespeakers.org, frugal-horn.com ........ commercial site planet10-HiFi p10-hifi forum here at diyA

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el`Ol diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Bavarian Forest	Just for making clear the dimensions: Could you accept the format of this kit? Bass drivers are eightinchers. Over 2000 Euro for two is a bit high, I know. LSV Dieter Achenbach

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domtw diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Taiwan	I haven't seen that "Boominator" project before, but after a quick search,here it is. Very interesting and cool profect !

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