Oval cabinets

jmikes · 9th November 2004, 05:42 PM

I posted on this topic a few minutes ago, but danged if I know where it went. Are oval cabinets a reasonable idea?

johninCR · 9th November 2004, 06:37 PM

The answer before was yes, that non-parallel surfaces prevent standing waves. You want to avoid dimensions and shapes that result in focusing reflections at the back of the cone which can be even more detrimental to SQ than standing waves in a rectangular box.

Timn8ter · 9th November 2004, 07:05 PM

As a side note; I heard a pair of speakers made from old bowling balls (no finger holes

). The builder bored a ~4" hole straight through the bowling ball and mounted Adire AV3s on them. They sounded extremely good. So, while the exterior was a sphere, the interior was not.

Timn8ter · 9th November 2004, 07:08 PM

Here's your original post.
Speaker ignoramous thinks about ovals

agrobler · 10th November 2004, 08:24 AM

Take a look at these oval ones...

http://www.vividspeakers.com

Was at a launch, WOW...

Might as well stop building now

Can't afford them until I'm a

Timn8ter · 10th November 2004, 11:50 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by agrobler
Take a look at these oval ones...

http://www.vividspeakers.com

Was at a launch, WOW... Might as well stop building now Can't afford them until I'm a

That reminds me of these. I heard them in Las Vegas and was stunned. I kept looking around for the subwoofer. Excellent imaging. It uses a coax driver with EQ in a molded composite enclosure. My second favorite speaker at THE Show.

U-Vola

agrobler · 11th November 2004, 01:23 PM

Cool... even my designer sister will like those... Iwonder about the size, though... Anthony Gallo also does tiny round ones...

9th November 2004, 05:42 PM	#1
jmikes diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Boot Hill	Oval cabinets I posted on this topic a few minutes ago, but danged if I know where it went. Are oval cabinets a reasonable idea?

9th November 2004, 06:37 PM	#2
johninCR diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Costa Rica	The answer before was yes, that non-parallel surfaces prevent standing waves. You want to avoid dimensions and shapes that result in focusing reflections at the back of the cone which can be even more detrimental to SQ than standing waves in a rectangular box. __________________ Everyone has a photographic memory. It's just that most are out of film.

10th November 2004, 08:24 AM	#5
agrobler diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Pretoria	Examples Take a look at these oval ones... http://www.vividspeakers.com Was at a launch, WOW... Might as well stop building now Can't afford them until I'm a

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9th November 2004, 07:05 PM	#3
Timn8ter diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Seattle, WA	As a side note; I heard a pair of speakers made from old bowling balls (no finger holes ). The builder bored a ~4" hole straight through the bowling ball and mounted Adire AV3s on them. They sounded extremely good. So, while the exterior was a sphere, the interior was not.

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Timn8ter diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Seattle, WA	Here's your original post. Speaker ignoramous thinks about ovals

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agrobler diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Pretoria	Cool... even my designer sister will like those... Iwonder about the size, though... Anthony Gallo also does tiny round ones...

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