No but I've read the datasheet. And I've repaired a lot of amps. Quadrupling (or more) the drawn current isn't something amps are excited looking forward to. 😉 And the protection does not always work as good as expected.
Indeed. When I was wiring up the right side array, 1 wire did break during the stuffing phase on 1 speaker. I guess I got lucky. None of the PVC was glued so I could disassemble, rewire and reassemble. No plans to glue either
Dr1v3n and all the contributing members, I'd like to think you all for this fascinating discussion. Although I joined this forum several years ago, I've not visited until recently. I read the whole thread. It was quite a journey!
Sir, I live in Cary. Maybe I can visit you sometimes ;-)
Sir, I live in Cary. Maybe I can visit you sometimes ;-)
If you use solid core something thicker would be better. Mains twin and earth has been used successfully as speaker wire
I've used 12AWG solid copper originally. The gauge was typical of 120c AC household wiring. But I think Dave might be on to something with the skin effect frequency transmission with thinner solid copper wire.
Glad you enjoy the thread and welcome back. You live in the containment area for relocated yankees? I used to work there. PM if interested
Wire ain't rocket science or voodoo - but yes the thinner solid core is easy to nick if you don't have an appropriate stripper.
That is contrary to our experience here… 40+ years of playing with cable and we ended up with skinny & solid.
dave
That'd be opening a huge can of worms....
I feel that would be a section that would need intense work from the moderators. 😉
Rewind back to Post #165 about 4 months ago and I've made a few changes and progress listed below.
1) I tried and abandoned the larger .15cuft PVC enclosures. So all are ~.096cuft stuffed lightly with fiberglass. Not more than 1/4lb per.
2) No AMT tweeter. Not necessary.
3) No EQ (yet) except for 200Hz high pass for the full range, and low pass for the subs.
4) Internal wiring with a single strand cat5E solid wire abandoned due to wires cracking too easy. 8 strands are now crimped with spade connectors each for positive and negative.
5) 2 custom Amps driving 8 drivers are complete. Parts in for the 3rd amp are in, so I can listen to 1 channel very soon. More on these amps soon.
6) The mini ITX 1U rackmount computer is complete and running in the living room! It runs REW and has great capability so I can post FR easily. I hope you guys can help me out here with Impulse response and Phase plots...
1) I tried and abandoned the larger .15cuft PVC enclosures. So all are ~.096cuft stuffed lightly with fiberglass. Not more than 1/4lb per.
2) No AMT tweeter. Not necessary.
3) No EQ (yet) except for 200Hz high pass for the full range, and low pass for the subs.
4) Internal wiring with a single strand cat5E solid wire abandoned due to wires cracking too easy. 8 strands are now crimped with spade connectors each for positive and negative.
5) 2 custom Amps driving 8 drivers are complete. Parts in for the 3rd amp are in, so I can listen to 1 channel very soon. More on these amps soon.
6) The mini ITX 1U rackmount computer is complete and running in the living room! It runs REW and has great capability so I can post FR easily. I hope you guys can help me out here with Impulse response and Phase plots...
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