FS: Fonkens

[crappyjones123]

Up for sale are my recently built pair of the much acclaimed fonkens. read about them here.

Meet the Fonkens

they were built with the newer 3/4" wood plans. the design is identical to the 1/2" plan. the drivers were enabled by dave at planet10 and have roughly 100 hours on them at most. all construction was done with 3/4" baltic birch plywood and the spacers are solid cherry. the veneer is stained with a dark cherry stain. the back panel is screwed in using 6 screws to give access to the inside of the cabinet in case any changes are to be made to the wiring or padding. the padding used is dacron padding. i used 1/2" padding lightly on all vertical parallel sides. i wanted to start with a certain amount of padding and then add more as needed after listening. however, after using them for a while i have felt no need to change anything at all. i can include the remaining dacron i have lying around in case the buyer wants to adjust anything further. the wire used was the following.

http://www.madisound.com/catalog/pro...oducts_id=1248

the binding posts used are the following.

Posts: BG-POSTB Binding Post Black from Madisound

i can take more pictures if needed on monday. also i wont be able to ship them out until dec 9th (final exams end then)

the fonkens cost me $487 to build them in parts and labor. Creations Unlimited in Boca Raton, FL put everything together for me. i would like to get $400 + shipping for them. i will accept money orders and paypal however the buy is responsible for the fees. for now i would like to restrict it to conus buyers only.

i have plenty of feedback on head fi (headphone enthusiast forum) that can be seen here.

crappyjones123 - Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio

please pm me if you have any questions.

thanks,

cj.

[planet10]

That is a bargin! Drivers alone are now $250.

For whoever gets them, I would suggest replacing those binding posts with something that can be removed after the back is securely glued on. The holey brace needs to be firmly afixed to the back, and the back to the rest of the box. No amount of screws will do the job.

These posts would be a step up (some think they look cheesy, but they sound better)



Parts-Express.com: Gold Plated Banana 5-Way Speaker Terminal | SPEAKER TERMINALS speaker terminal speaker plate speaker gasket plates plate gauge gasket binding banana

The small cup that we use has similar posts, and is available only from McBride AFAIK (i get them there, you can get them from me too)

May i ask why you are selling them?

dave

[crappyjones123]

hey dave,

thanks for the remarks.

i have the speakers in my office right now. i am a math grad student and share the office with a few other grad students and have to spend roughly 13 hours every day in that room. while i have never heard a better set of speakers yet...(im a midrange junkie and female vocals just make me want to curl up and take a nap) i cant turn them up to even reasonable volumes as i feel guilty about it bothering the office mates. i can only turn them up after 10pm roughly and even then i have to leave at 11pm so i cant enjoy them as i would have hoped to when i was starting out.

the build process was a great learning experience and when i finally am in a position to have another speaker rig (have an apartment closer to school) i shall certainly be going to another set of fonkens and the fonken woofs again. for now, its back to headphones again i shall certainly miss my little beauties.

[planet10]

Originally Posted by crappyjones123

i am a math grad student and share the office with a few other grad students

I never made it as far as grad school, but all those in honours math had our own room. We also got to do some of the stuff grad students get to do (grading tests for instance). We would have liked a hifi... we spent an inordinant amount of time playing bridge -- sometimes as many as 3 hands simultaneously

What is your specialty?

dave

[crappyjones123]

currently, game theory and its applications to decision making algorithms. once i reach a dead end then who knows.

ps. who vunts a shiny pair of nice sounding speakers?

[planet10]

My favorites were linear algebra, metric spaces, topology even thou my degree was in statistical math (came down to an 8:30 am course vrs one at noon )

dave

[crappyjones123]

if the asking price is agreed upon, i will throw in the stands for just the cost of shipping.

[crappyjones123]

up

[crappyjones123]

a reasonable offer perhaps?

[crappyjones123]

up