Sadly these must be the most awkward drivers to handle I've ever... mishandled. Massive driver weight vs incredibly light cones and face. While placing in my speakers to ascertain mounting holes etc.. I managed to drop/grab and put my thumbnail right in the surprisingly delicate material... twice 😱
I managed to finesse a lighter dent in the cone out with a qtip, but the dust cap is impossible to get to. Tried the usual tricks to no avail... super tacky tape to pull out etc. Until both speakers are finished, I will leave as is, so I can accurately compare... thankfully it still sounds good.
Drilled 4 holes into my hoops to fit to the existing baffle, then 5 further holes for the screw in hex fittings. First one I did wasn't that well lined up, and I could only get 4 of 5 screws to fit in the hex inserts. Second one I refined my method and a much nicer fit. Lost my countersink bit, so had to use an 8mm drillbit to recess the screwhead, which was hard to accurately drill into an existing 5mm borehole!
Anyway both done, looks tidy enough and seems airtight.
Sounded OK with the existing 5.8 x 10cm bass port... but much improved after stuffing this with my flared bass port.
While experimenting for now have just used blutack to create an air tight seal around the exit hole. Currently have cut my flared port down to 9.5cm long by approx 43mm deep.
Pretty happy with the results so far 🙂
I managed to finesse a lighter dent in the cone out with a qtip, but the dust cap is impossible to get to. Tried the usual tricks to no avail... super tacky tape to pull out etc. Until both speakers are finished, I will leave as is, so I can accurately compare... thankfully it still sounds good.
Drilled 4 holes into my hoops to fit to the existing baffle, then 5 further holes for the screw in hex fittings. First one I did wasn't that well lined up, and I could only get 4 of 5 screws to fit in the hex inserts. Second one I refined my method and a much nicer fit. Lost my countersink bit, so had to use an 8mm drillbit to recess the screwhead, which was hard to accurately drill into an existing 5mm borehole!
Anyway both done, looks tidy enough and seems airtight.
Sounded OK with the existing 5.8 x 10cm bass port... but much improved after stuffing this with my flared bass port.
While experimenting for now have just used blutack to create an air tight seal around the exit hole. Currently have cut my flared port down to 9.5cm long by approx 43mm deep.
Pretty happy with the results so far 🙂
