Hi Dave, this question is for you. I currently have my TAD 1601a woofers in sealed Parts Express 77.87 liter knock-down trapezoid cabinets that were given to me, and are way smaller than the 113lt to 307lt cabinets recommended by TAD. With notification yesterday of being furloughed this Friday, there's no way I'll now be building suitable cabinets for these anytime soon as I had hoped.
In thinking out of the box, no pun intended, I was wondering if I could improve their sound by a simple modification. Even though it wouldn't increase volume, it would be easy to cut a slot along the sides in the back and then add side panels by adding furring strips and beveling the resulting openings as seen with miniOnkens.
I know, it sounds crazy and probably a waste of time. Your thoughts?
In thinking out of the box, no pun intended, I was wondering if I could improve their sound by a simple modification. Even though it wouldn't increase volume, it would be easy to cut a slot along the sides in the back and then add side panels by adding furring strips and beveling the resulting openings as seen with miniOnkens.
I know, it sounds crazy and probably a waste of time. Your thoughts?
Send me an email.
The miniOnken alignment tends to small boxes, it might well be doable.
The NLA PE trapezoid boxes (the ones with the curved side made of MDF plywood) are the only PE boxes worth using. You do have to be careful, look at them sidewise and you can easily take a big chip of the finish off.
We did do an experiemntal Fonken with these cabinets, but did not take it further (it was a lot of work, and the cabs became NLA).
If the alignmen tworks you could probably use those drawings as inspiration.
dave
The miniOnken alignment tends to small boxes, it might well be doable.
The NLA PE trapezoid boxes (the ones with the curved side made of MDF plywood) are the only PE boxes worth using. You do have to be careful, look at them sidewise and you can easily take a big chip of the finish off.
We did do an experiemntal Fonken with these cabinets, but did not take it further (it was a lot of work, and the cabs became NLA).
If the alignmen tworks you could probably use those drawings as inspiration.
dave
Thanks, I sent you an email.
I noticed that on the Fonken page when I click on the miniOnken Enclosure Plans link on the left of the page, I get a 404 error.
I noticed that on the Fonken page when I click on the miniOnken Enclosure Plans link on the left of the page, I get a 404 error.
Hmm when i go there, i get this link:
404 Error - Page Not Found
Which works. Your link is the right file but in the wrong folder.
dave
404 Error - Page Not Found
Which works. Your link is the right file but in the wrong folder.
dave