cardboard can be cool

Deagle50ae · 5th March 2005, 01:07 AM

I was waiting for my router bits to come in so I can begin construct my Triune (MTM design from PE) and they haven't arrived yet so I will have to wait until next weekend to build the boxes... in the meantime I was psyched to build em and had to do something!
I dug around in my closet and found some heavy-duty cardboard and figured "what the hell"

so now I have a cardboard MTM center channel that sounds, to my suprise, much better than my Boston Acoustics center ch.

can't wait to build the real deal!

Hybrid fourdoor · 5th March 2005, 01:43 AM

I did a mockup of a small bookshelf in the box my router came in. Even mounted binding posts on the back and an L-pad.

I (as usual) moved on to a different project, and the "speaker" is still sitting on a shelf.

jleaman · 5th March 2005, 04:38 AM

When i got my first Tb Speaker's i used some carboard Cans i got from ice-tea and they were my computer speakers for the longest time.

mAJORD · 5th March 2005, 08:57 AM

haha gold , thats the diy spirit right there.

Vikash · 5th March 2005, 11:02 AM

Ropie's done some cool stuff with carboard baffles

Some more pics here

jacco vermeulen · 5th March 2005, 12:29 PM

Dont show those pics to Japanese people, they live in cardboard.

I used pieces of cardboard at the back of amplifiers i was building so i could do some testing before the front and back plates were machined.

i suppose that material is LDF ?

demogorgon · 5th March 2005, 01:27 PM

hehe, cardboard is great, i made a pair of full-range speakers with a couple of cardboard boxes and a couple of old 2.5 inch car drivers the other day, sound much better than they have a right to.

gotta have some tunes at school too.

jacco vermeulen · 5th March 2005, 06:02 PM

Wait till it rains !
Cardboard probably moves as much as the driver membrane, so it should sound like something bigger.

Have you still not found what you are looking for ?

edjosh23 · 5th March 2005, 11:00 PM

I used the boxes the drivers came in to see how my TB's sounded, I think I'm not hearing anything until about 500hz, but that will change soon. Oh yea, can't forget aligator clips

Josh

jacco vermeulen · 5th March 2005, 11:37 PM

some people have no patience.
Dont say the cardboard sounded better !

5th March 2005, 01:07 AM	#1
Deagle50ae diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Minnesota	cardboard can be cool I was waiting for my router bits to come in so I can begin construct my Triune (MTM design from PE) and they haven't arrived yet so I will have to wait until next weekend to build the boxes... in the meantime I was psyched to build em and had to do something! I dug around in my closet and found some heavy-duty cardboard and figured "what the hell" so now I have a cardboard MTM center channel that sounds, to my suprise, much better than my Boston Acoustics center ch. can't wait to build the real deal!

5th March 2005, 01:43 AM	#2
Hybrid fourdoor diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ft. Worth, TX	I did a mockup of a small bookshelf in the box my router came in. Even mounted binding posts on the back and an L-pad. I (as usual) moved on to a different project, and the "speaker" is still sitting on a shelf. __________________ I enjoy my organic shapes.....

5th March 2005, 04:38 AM	#3
jleaman diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Nanaimo	When i got my first Tb Speaker's i used some carboard Cans i got from ice-tea and they were my computer speakers for the longest time. __________________ Baby Danika, Born January 20th 1:54am.. http://itsparks.dyndns.orgMix a LittleUntangle&Opendns.org Perfect..

5th March 2005, 11:02 AM	#5
Vikash diyAudio Moderator Emeritus Join Date: May 2003 Location: UK	Ropie's done some cool stuff with carboard baffles Some more pics here __________________ "The human mind is so constituted that it colours with its own previous conceptions any new notion that presents itself for acceptance." - J. Wilhelm. (But I still think mine sounds better than yours.)

5th March 2005, 12:29 PM	#6
jacco vermeulen diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: At the sea front, just under Rotterdam	Dont show those pics to Japanese people, they live in cardboard. I used pieces of cardboard at the back of amplifiers i was building so i could do some testing before the front and back plates were machined. i suppose that material is LDF ? __________________ Looks like Sponge Bob has killed another thread.


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5th March 2005, 08:57 AM	#4
mAJORD diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Brisbane Australia	haha gold , thats the diy spirit right there.

5th March 2005, 01:27 PM	#7
demogorgon diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Behind you.	hehe, cardboard is great, i made a pair of full-range speakers with a couple of cardboard boxes and a couple of old 2.5 inch car drivers the other day, sound much better than they have a right to. gotta have some tunes at school too.

5th March 2005, 06:02 PM	#8
jacco vermeulen diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: At the sea front, just under Rotterdam	Wait till it rains ! Cardboard probably moves as much as the driver membrane, so it should sound like something bigger. Have you still not found what you are looking for ? __________________ Looks like Sponge Bob has killed another thread.

5th March 2005, 11:00 PM	#9
edjosh23 Minimalist diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Raleigh/Atlanta	I used the boxes the drivers came in to see how my TB's sounded, I think I'm not hearing anything until about 500hz, but that will change soon. Oh yea, can't forget aligator clips Josh

5th March 2005, 11:37 PM	#10
jacco vermeulen diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: At the sea front, just under Rotterdam	some people have no patience. Dont say the cardboard sounded better ! __________________ Looks like Sponge Bob has killed another thread.

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