Not a whole lot to say in this update,
This is all the easy stuff done, now to measure all three drivers and come up with a Crossover!
- applied two coats of Osmo oil to the boxes
- put some 2" wool batting on the inside of the boxes
- installed the drivers so I could start measuring for a crossover (upper back is a dummy back with two terminal cups just for measuring)
This is all the easy stuff done, now to measure all three drivers and come up with a Crossover!
Nice detail how the veneer sits over the top of the translam baffle . lots of nice details actually like the way you've devided the back panel up
Very nicely done. The horizontal grain orientation on the side panel is different. I didn't feel comfortable looking at it in the beginning, but it has grown on me to where I am liking it. I hope you don't read any criticism and also that you don't mind if I run that effect on a build
Measurement time,
Any suggestions or hints about the XO would be appreciated.
I have yet to listen to the XO, so I have no idea if this will be okay or sound like crap yet, parts are supposed to arrive tomorrow and then I can start to play around in the real world. About 1 week left, no rush, no pressure...
Yes, I am using high DCR air coils, I have other options in the tool box if this turns out to be a bad idea.
I was trying to keep the parts count down for the mid and tweeter as space is limited for where I wanted to put the board with those components. I did have more complex versions of the XO, but this was the least amount of parts I could use and still be happy. Might not have needed fourth order electrical on the woofer, but I have lots of space in the bottom compartment and wasn't as thrifty with the Iso woofer low pass circuit.
Comments good or bad welcomed!
Any suggestions or hints about the XO would be appreciated.
I have yet to listen to the XO, so I have no idea if this will be okay or sound like crap yet, parts are supposed to arrive tomorrow and then I can start to play around in the real world. About 1 week left, no rush, no pressure...
Yes, I am using high DCR air coils, I have other options in the tool box if this turns out to be a bad idea.
I was trying to keep the parts count down for the mid and tweeter as space is limited for where I wanted to put the board with those components. I did have more complex versions of the XO, but this was the least amount of parts I could use and still be happy. Might not have needed fourth order electrical on the woofer, but I have lots of space in the bottom compartment and wasn't as thrifty with the Iso woofer low pass circuit.
Comments good or bad welcomed!
I am cutting it close too. My parts won't be here until Friday. Wish I had more time to tweak the crossover more but running out of time.
Will see you there!
Will see you there!
With the measurements done and some tweaks done to the crossover, it was time to listen to it, tweak a little more and then build them.
Never having really thought about it before, a three way has double the filters of a two way, and with the drivers I am using, it added up to a lot of parts.
Pic of mess on the floor as I try out parts for the XO.
Pics of building a crossover, pretty normal stuff.
Couple shots of speakers all ready to take to InDIYana tomorrow.
Finished with hours to spare.... 🙂
See you there!
David.
Never having really thought about it before, a three way has double the filters of a two way, and with the drivers I am using, it added up to a lot of parts.
Pic of mess on the floor as I try out parts for the XO.
Pics of building a crossover, pretty normal stuff.
Couple shots of speakers all ready to take to InDIYana tomorrow.
Finished with hours to spare.... 🙂
See you there!
David.
Nice work. I also noted your comment: 'I have a great disfondness for epoxy encased live edge anything so saving boards from such a fate ...' Thank the gods I'm not alone in my distaste of wasting good wood for the live edge craze. 😁
