Finally finished 3-Way Dayton/HiVi/Visaton setup

Psychobiker · 02:57 AM

Hi Chaps,

Couldn't've finished it a day too soon. I picked up this project to keep me amused while searching for work - I screwed in the final screw on Tuesday and was called to work on Wednesday morning...to be in by 1pm! eek!

Anyhow - I have documented the progress on the link below. Preliminary runs went very well, the HiVi B3N really coming out of its shell with some hard playing. I don't notice it being 'shouty' or forward, and with current speaker placement, BSC is for the moment a non-issue. The tweeters though (Visaton DTW-72) needed a little attenuation to bring them in line with the rest of the system.

Being TLs, there is quite some bass, right where I wanted - 30Hz and up, very strong in the 40-60Hz range. The room is very live though, and will need to be compensated for with some bass traps behind my listening position/in the corners.
Given that we've just found woodworm in the floor, I think we'll be off within the month to find a newer/nicer place. I didn't build the cabs wonky...the house is literally falling down about our ears.

Here be dragons
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Psychobiker · 20th May 2010, 02:25 AM

After two weeks of playing in, all is going very well - if I was to go again, I might pick something a wee bit more efficient than the B3N, but it's hard to beat its transparency for the sheer price and padding down the over-shouty tweeter really helped to level things out.
My fiancée is cooking up plans to paint them rather ornately - watch this space!

PeteMcK · 20th May 2010, 06:19 AM

nice work, just don't let her paint the cones...

Psychobiker · 25th July 2010, 03:54 PM

That's a given. Will be moving next week, so a chance to finally finish the cosmetics.

Psychobiker · 20th October 2010, 03:29 AM

OK - bought some Panasonic WM-61As...stand by for measurements in the next few weeks

7th May 2010, 02:54 AM	#1
Psychobiker diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Montréal QC	Finally finished 3-Way Dayton/HiVi/Visaton setup Hi Chaps, Couldn't've finished it a day too soon. I picked up this project to keep me amused while searching for work - I screwed in the final screw on Tuesday and was called to work on Wednesday morning...to be in by 1pm! eek! Anyhow - I have documented the progress on the link below. Preliminary runs went very well, the HiVi B3N really coming out of its shell with some hard playing. I don't notice it being 'shouty' or forward, and with current speaker placement, BSC is for the moment a non-issue. The tweeters though (Visaton DTW-72) needed a little attenuation to bring them in line with the rest of the system. Being TLs, there is quite some bass, right where I wanted - 30Hz and up, very strong in the 40-60Hz range. The room is very live though, and will need to be compensated for with some bass traps behind my listening position/in the corners. Given that we've just found woodworm in the floor, I think we'll be off within the month to find a newer/nicer place. I didn't build the cabs wonky...the house is literally falling down about our ears. Here be dragons http://blog.liammartin.com __________________ http://blog.liammartin.com Last edited by Psychobiker; 7th May 2010 at 02:57 AM.

20th May 2010, 02:25 AM	#2
Psychobiker diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Montréal QC	After two weeks of playing in, all is going very well - if I was to go again, I might pick something a wee bit more efficient than the B3N, but it's hard to beat its transparency for the sheer price and padding down the over-shouty tweeter really helped to level things out. My fiancée is cooking up plans to paint them rather ornately - watch this space! __________________ http://blog.liammartin.com

20th May 2010, 06:19 AM	#3
PeteMcK diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Sydney	nice work, just don't let her paint the cones... __________________ ‘today… there lives alongside the twentieth century the tenth or thirteenth. A hundred million people use electricity and still believe in the magic power of signs and exorcisms” Trotsky

25th July 2010, 03:54 PM	#4
Psychobiker diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Montréal QC	That's a given. Will be moving next week, so a chance to finally finish the cosmetics. __________________ http://blog.liammartin.com

20th October 2010, 03:29 AM	#5
Psychobiker diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Montréal QC	OK - bought some Panasonic WM-61As...stand by for measurements in the next few weeks __________________ http://blog.liammartin.com


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