better sound going in my planars
I am using flac now which is better than MP3. You don't get the trebbly response, and it sounds better.My full range planars sound even better with the flac, which I got from Bowers and Wilkins site. Quite a large improvement on MP3.
I am using flac now which is better than MP3. You don't get the trebbly response, and it sounds better.My full range planars sound even better with the flac, which I got from Bowers and Wilkins site. Quite a large improvement on MP3.
LATEST REBUILD.
Have finished the membrane and will be putting it in place tomorrow. So I can compare it to the other I built with a different membrane material. I have taken pictures, and will be putting them on site. I still have many more rebuilds to do. Including both neos and ferrites. I had to cut more foil in half with my scissors. I will have to cut more foil in half.😱
Have finished the membrane and will be putting it in place tomorrow. So I can compare it to the other I built with a different membrane material. I have taken pictures, and will be putting them on site. I still have many more rebuilds to do. Including both neos and ferrites. I had to cut more foil in half with my scissors. I will have to cut more foil in half.😱
ribbon tweeters
No need, they are full range so they do not need extra tweeters, which would be a waste of time and more work.🙄
No need, they are full range so they do not need extra tweeters, which would be a waste of time and more work.🙄
new home theatre set up.
Have finished rebuilds apart from choosing what to cover them with. I will have 11 speakers, 7 at the front and 4 at the back, all are full range planars using neos and ferrites, although I may use all neos in the future. I haven't made my mind up yet.!! 2 of the front speakers are sub woofers using ferrites. I am in the process now of making my cables from 1 mm cable. I have made the first 38', only 5 more to go. Will have used 600 meters of 1 mm cable by the time I have finished. Have to take my time as it makes your fingers sore plaiting that much cable!! Then I have to position on the walls. I will be using the ONKYO TX-N3007 AV RECEIVER.😡 Having looked at the manual, I have found I need another 2 speakers near the front so that is 13 speakers all together, plus the 8 speakers I already have for my SONY receiver. Wish me luck.
Have finished rebuilds apart from choosing what to cover them with. I will have 11 speakers, 7 at the front and 4 at the back, all are full range planars using neos and ferrites, although I may use all neos in the future. I haven't made my mind up yet.!! 2 of the front speakers are sub woofers using ferrites. I am in the process now of making my cables from 1 mm cable. I have made the first 38', only 5 more to go. Will have used 600 meters of 1 mm cable by the time I have finished. Have to take my time as it makes your fingers sore plaiting that much cable!! Then I have to position on the walls. I will be using the ONKYO TX-N3007 AV RECEIVER.😡 Having looked at the manual, I have found I need another 2 speakers near the front so that is 13 speakers all together, plus the 8 speakers I already have for my SONY receiver. Wish me luck.
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Man, Great job Henry!
You should be able to get some very low and very clean bass with that much surface area.
I can just imagine how a drumkit is going to sound on your array.
Can't wait to read your next report. jer
You should be able to get some very low and very clean bass with that much surface area.
I can just imagine how a drumkit is going to sound on your array.
Can't wait to read your next report. jer
Thanks jer,
Will take sometime yet have a lot of cables to make, will send pictures when all is finished hopefully!
Will take sometime yet have a lot of cables to make, will send pictures when all is finished hopefully!
MY 9-2 SET UP FOR MY NEW AMP
Have finished the placement and wiring of my 13 full range planar set-up took me longer than I thought must be getting old! Harder than building the speakers. I used over 520 meters for the cables platted the lot myself. Not too bad on the fingers. I used 6 lengths for each speaker cable. There are a couple more pictures of the main speakers and the 2 sub woofers these are both ferrite driven. I still have to make some cable to join the output of the av amp to a separate valve amp to drive the sub woofers. The AV amp does not have speaker output for the sub woofers. When I have finished this I then can use the microphone that came with the amp to set up all the 13 speakers. Wish me luck. I will be glad when it's all set up correctly. I hope!!😀
Have finished the placement and wiring of my 13 full range planar set-up took me longer than I thought must be getting old! Harder than building the speakers. I used over 520 meters for the cables platted the lot myself. Not too bad on the fingers. I used 6 lengths for each speaker cable. There are a couple more pictures of the main speakers and the 2 sub woofers these are both ferrite driven. I still have to make some cable to join the output of the av amp to a separate valve amp to drive the sub woofers. The AV amp does not have speaker output for the sub woofers. When I have finished this I then can use the microphone that came with the amp to set up all the 13 speakers. Wish me luck. I will be glad when it's all set up correctly. I hope!!😀
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9.2 SYSTEM UPDATE.
Have finished covering my 9.2 full range planar speakers! Using the sewing machine was harder than building them, and more frustrating. Breaking threads all over the place, glad I have finished them😡 Have still got more rebuilds to do mostly ferrites. Will be putting some more videos on utube. When I have found all the different music off my cards!Will be playing some piano music, as this is one of the hardest to reproduce correctly!!??😎
Have finished covering my 9.2 full range planar speakers! Using the sewing machine was harder than building them, and more frustrating. Breaking threads all over the place, glad I have finished them😡 Have still got more rebuilds to do mostly ferrites. Will be putting some more videos on utube. When I have found all the different music off my cards!Will be playing some piano music, as this is one of the hardest to reproduce correctly!!??😎
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9-2 Amp parameters
Could spend the rest of my life trying all the different parameters available with my new 9-2 Amp. But I don't have enough patience to do this or time left!? I wish there was an automatic program you could run on your computer which would do it for you!!😕
Could spend the rest of my life trying all the different parameters available with my new 9-2 Amp. But I don't have enough patience to do this or time left!? I wish there was an automatic program you could run on your computer which would do it for you!!😕
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Nice man cave you got there Henry!Always nice to follow your thread.Maybe someday in the far future I will be able to build some kind of planars...
Nice man cave you got there Henry!Always nice to follow your thread.Maybe someday in the far future I will be able to build some kind of planars...
"man cave", Hell I like that name! i will have one, but still not dare... and Im still married...
I don't like to die before building my own planars
nice work
Sure Henry is the "planar man"
Thank you both for your kind words, I am lucky that I live on my own so I can do what I like, lucky me!!! I know its a big problem when you are married. They are very hard to please, at the best of times. Still you could always turn them into pictures with a very nice subject to please the better half! Or get a big garage in the garden and put them in there! The 60 x 40 mm is a very good size, you get good bass as well. As I said there just the right size for most hiding and disguising situations. Better than the large APPOGEE and MAGNAPAN sized speakers and a lot cheaper as well.
LATEST REBUILDS
latest rebuilds will follow when I can get the uploading to work or is something changed
latest rebuilds will follow when I can get the uploading to work or is something changed
Pole pieces
Hi, just a thought, instead of using so many magnets why not use neo 50s
but instead of 1k use only 100 with pole pieces attached. There would be some reduction in the field but it would still be much better than ferrite strips.
Cheers
Boiss
Hi, just a thought, instead of using so many magnets why not use neo 50s
but instead of 1k use only 100 with pole pieces attached. There would be some reduction in the field but it would still be much better than ferrite strips.
Cheers
Boiss
LATEST REBUILDS FERRITES
The holographic ones are the latest rebuild and the blue ones are the next. They were both doubled up ferrites and very heavy. Have used the 23 micron membrane with the thinner width alu tape. This makes them more sensitive and very much lighter and frees up more magnets for other designs. The MDF is the new frame for the blue speaker. The white one is the old one made out of an old wardrobe door so was free. The magnets have been re arranged in a single layer. Doubling up the magnets was a complete waste of time and magnets, for no benefit whatsoever.🙁
The holographic ones are the latest rebuild and the blue ones are the next. They were both doubled up ferrites and very heavy. Have used the 23 micron membrane with the thinner width alu tape. This makes them more sensitive and very much lighter and frees up more magnets for other designs. The MDF is the new frame for the blue speaker. The white one is the old one made out of an old wardrobe door so was free. The magnets have been re arranged in a single layer. Doubling up the magnets was a complete waste of time and magnets, for no benefit whatsoever.🙁
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Could one use copper tape 5mm wide like this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Self-adhe...ot_Cars_ET&hash=item4841606617#ht_1795wt_1197