Pensil Pics, lets show 'em!

[zman01]

Congrats Lorien! As Chris has said "very cool".

I guess kudos are due to Mr. Fenlon and Dr. Moose also...

 

[lorienblack]

Absolutely yes!

I have been a vocal supporter at every opportunity and beyond that I was able to glue some wood together after making some holes in it

 

[Bigun]

Very nice indeed. How much difference do those nice spiky feet make to the performance of the speaker ? (I'm not talking about your stiletto heels by the way)

 

[lorienblack]

The spikes were added for stability primarily, my lounge has an old wooden floor and not one single plank is straight or level.

I would say that the improvement was slight, if at all. In another setting the improvement in the LF might be more apparent, but the wooden floor sucks up a whole load of the bass before cabinet stability becomes a major player. The chap who lives underneath me has very little appreciation as he gains the bass I lose. Each to their own I suppose

 

[doorman]

Nice job on the pencils !
I like the feet/ outriggers you've incorporated into them.

 

[JoeyGS]

My contribution to the Pencil box design implementation......

Some description of my build: http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/markaudio/249666-chr-70a-gen3-dual-driver-pensil-3.html#post3837116


image by jgseverino, on Flickr


image by jgseverino, on Flickr

 

[toobhed]

Nice work, Joey! They look great and I like the contrasting cones. I built twin CHRs into the "double-till" bookshelf cabinet a few years ago and like them a great deal. I've got to imagine that twin CHRs sound even better in the pensil cabinets you've built.
Mario

 

[JoeyGS]

Thanks toobhed

 

[skeeter99]

From my experience, the Super Ps will not disappoint Dr. Black. However, beware the cabs are pretty deep.

Btw, handsome Alp 10.3 build!

I agree with Zia, pretty hard to go wrong with the a Supers. I'm listening to Mindi Abair on a set of the original SuperPensil12's. Fantastic speakers. I'm sure the new ones are better but for me the cabinet dimensions of the originals suit my taste aesthetically better. YMMV.



Scott

 

[skeeter99]

My contribution to the Pencil box design implementation......

Some description of my build: http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/markaudio/249666-chr-70a-gen3-dual-driver-pensil-3.html#post3837116


image by jgseverino, on Flickr


image by jgseverino, on Flickr

Ahh man those look awesome! I gotta look at that thread, I was wanting to build those exact speakers!!

Scott

 

[lorienblack]

Very classy build Joey, a handsome set of speakers indeed.

 

[JoeyGS]

Thanks skeeter99 and lorienbkack

 

[neoinc]

image by jgseverino, on Flickr

It is just a week and you have finished building it. The different colour cones turn out to be nicely.

 

[JoeyGS]

Thanks Neo.

The actual build took 4 weeks including the 100++ break-in period. The champagne drivers were ordered late and the box was already in being made 2 weeks prior.

 

[hajj]

Finally got my 10.2 pensils glued up and connected in the system.
Here's a pic of one 10.2 next to the chr70 pensil (and an h-frame OB i was using as bass support for the chr70)
Currently playing Pink Floyd's Shine on you crazy diamond...

 

[JoeyGS]

Here it is ....... done with the box paint finish and added top wooden cap and bottom wooden plinth







Assembled the drivers and the stuffings (added 2 more layers of compressed polyfill behind the drivers only to improve articulation of the bass).....and here it is in action.....

https://flic.kr/p/nfb6GS

https://flic.kr/p/nfaBDs

https://flic.kr/p/nhe25P

https://flic.kr/p/nfbrYU

https://flic.kr/p/nfbteD

 

[Studio Au]

My curved version, with internal volume, ports and driver height/spacing as close as possible to the Pensil design. With Alpair 10.3. More info in the dedicated thread link below.

Build thread

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[Stresss42]

Hi all, 1st post on here - finally finished my pencil build.
Still in the carefull burn in stage but already more than impressed - if things improve on what I'm hearing all the hard work ( and time it took to build them...don't ask ! ) - will be well worth it.
Thanks to members for replying to all my questions , and to Scott Moose for this fantastic design.

Also, with the greatest respect - Mark Fenlon for this stunning piece of engineering. All the best, Steve.

 

[Stresss42]

Stuffing !!!....Not densely packed, nothing behind the driver and half way down the front section only - all held in place with the internal brace. Look ok / too much ? Cheers, Steve

 

[planet10]

Steve,

It doesn't look you have teased it at all. It is intended that you have a homogeneousfluff, not a bunch ofbats.

dave