Who is the person with round speakers/enclosures on avatar?

sqlkev · 25th January 2005, 05:20 AM

I'm thinking of trying out that sonic impact amp everyone have been talking about and mate that with a pair of small, efficient 3" -4" for my small 10'x11' room.
The idea of the rounded enclosure looks really interesting and I want to mount them near the walls. (I'll figure out my mounting options, but suggestions are welcome)

So, if you're that person, would you please tell me how you did the round enclosures? What was the final volume for ur enclosure?

TIA

peranders · 25th January 2005, 05:27 AM

Do you mean this?
http://www.susan-parker.co.uk/susan-speaker-sphere.htm

sqlkev · 25th January 2005, 05:31 AM

Yes, something like that. But of course, I'm not looking to make the enclosure out of marble.

Would something from the gardening department have anything rounded like that? I do work with fiberglass. Therefore, reinforcing the rounded enclosure won't be a problem.

spots25 · 25th January 2005, 06:41 AM

have you considered fiberglassing a small beach ball or something?

peranders · 25th January 2005, 06:47 AM

Concrete maybe?

sqlkev · 25th January 2005, 07:10 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by spots25
have you considered fiberglassing a small beach ball or something?

well, the first few layers would be hard if i work on soft materials, something with stronger backing would be better.

I hope i dont have to go and steal those round street lights or something.

joensd · 25th January 2005, 07:24 AM

Quote:

So, if you're that person, would you please tell me how you did the round enclosures?

If you wanna stay with wood for the enclosure here´s one nice way to do it : http://users.tpg.com.au/users/gradds...udspeakers.htm
Shouldn´t be too much work for a small enclosure.

Joules · 25th January 2005, 11:29 AM

Wooden salid bowl.

planet10 · 25th January 2005, 08:51 PM

You could fiberglass a polystyrene ball (with baffle pre-attached) and then just use solvent (or a mechanical device) to remove the foam.

dave

MITMechE · 25th January 2005, 10:35 PM

I've been planning on some round speakers for a while, haven't gotten around to it yet though.

I'm going to use stainless steel gazing globes. You can buy these in a pretty wide range of sizes. You'd need to backfill inside the sphere through your speaker cutout with something, maybe fiberglass or some kind of wood composite.

25th January 2005, 05:20 AM	#1
sqlkev diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: 714	Who is the person with round speakers/enclosures on avatar? I'm thinking of trying out that sonic impact amp everyone have been talking about and mate that with a pair of small, efficient 3" -4" for my small 10'x11' room. The idea of the rounded enclosure looks really interesting and I want to mount them near the walls. (I'll figure out my mounting options, but suggestions are welcome) So, if you're that person, would you please tell me how you did the round enclosures? What was the final volume for ur enclosure? TIA

25th January 2005, 05:27 AM	#2
peranders Electrons are yellow and more is better! diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Göteborg, Sweden Blog Entries: 4	Do you mean this? http://www.susan-parker.co.uk/susan-speaker-sphere.htm __________________ /Per-Anders (my first name) or P-A as my friends call me Tube Buffered Gainclone in work \|Thread

25th January 2005, 06:47 AM	#5
peranders Electrons are yellow and more is better! diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Göteborg, Sweden Blog Entries: 4	Concrete maybe? __________________ /Per-Anders (my first name) or P-A as my friends call me Tube Buffered Gainclone in work \|Thread

25th January 2005, 08:51 PM	#9
planet10 frugal-phile(tm) diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Victoria, BC, NA, Sol III Blog Entries: 5	You could fiberglass a polystyrene ball (with baffle pre-attached) and then just use solvent (or a mechanical device) to remove the foam. dave __________________ community sites t-linespeakers.org, frugal-horn.com, frugal-phile.com ........ commercial site planet10-HiFi p10-hifi forum here at diyA

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25th January 2005, 05:31 AM	#3
sqlkev diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: 714	Yes, something like that. But of course, I'm not looking to make the enclosure out of marble. Would something from the gardening department have anything rounded like that? I do work with fiberglass. Therefore, reinforcing the rounded enclosure won't be a problem.

25th January 2005, 06:41 AM	#4
spots25 diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Minnesota (go Vikings!)	have you considered fiberglassing a small beach ball or something?

25th January 2005, 11:29 AM	#8
Joules diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Manassas virginia usa	Wooden salid bowl.

25th January 2005, 10:35 PM	#10
MITMechE diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Cambridge, MA	I've been planning on some round speakers for a while, haven't gotten around to it yet though. I'm going to use stainless steel gazing globes. You can buy these in a pretty wide range of sizes. You'd need to backfill inside the sphere through your speaker cutout with something, maybe fiberglass or some kind of wood composite.

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