Wow!
I temporarily live in my brother's room and use the Mar-Kel70 on my desk and they aren't that bad actually! The bass is quite good, but it's a little boomy but i guess that dampening them correctly will sort that out.
The order from canada is put on ice for the moment. I have learned that there's order things i might have to pay. There are guides on the internet but it makes no sense. I will go to the post office tomorrow and ask them, they should know.
I temporarily live in my brother's room and use the Mar-Kel70 on my desk and they aren't that bad actually! The bass is quite good, but it's a little boomy but i guess that dampening them correctly will sort that out.
The order from canada is put on ice for the moment. I have learned that there's order things i might have to pay. There are guides on the internet but it makes no sense. I will go to the post office tomorrow and ask them, they should know.
The order from Canada probably wont happen. The total cost is around 260 CAD, a little more than i had hoped for. The dampening material isn't worth the around 500-600 swedish crones i will have to pay for it when ordering from Canada.
Hopefully i will go to Sundsvall in not too long so i can visit some stores and search for something. I will also ask my parents if they know any place around here that might have anything interesting.
Hopefully i will go to Sundsvall in not too long so i can visit some stores and search for something. I will also ask my parents if they know any place around here that might have anything interesting.
Well, that´s OK. Not wanting the taxmen to get more of your money than your Canadian friends...there are taxmen in Canada too, and I guess Dave & co hope they´ll catch the plague some day soon.
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This has been an interesting story - I've been following it from time to time.
A question: Were there any pictures in the thread? I'd love to see these speakers. I have a soft spot for the looks of most of the Mark Audio-based drivers.
A question: Were there any pictures in the thread? I'd love to see these speakers. I have a soft spot for the looks of most of the Mark Audio-based drivers.
Hi!
Cool that you have been following the thread from time to time. I guess you know i didn't build any Lotus speaker, right? I built the Mar-Kel70 with EL70 instead of Lotus with CHR-70.
I can get some speakers for you if you want to, but they are far from finished yet.
Here are some pictures i took some days ago: Minhembio.com - Hemma hos Ala_95 - Flytten
Kristleifur - finding men strong enough to row a boat to Iceland might be a problem, but you may be sure this gang will try. Welcome on the boat.
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Varsågod, Kristleifur. I really love a band from Iceland called Mezzoforte 😉
By the way, i've spoken some more with Bob and he got it to around $200 which isn't that bloody painful. A "hundring" (100 swedish crones) or two more expensive than buying "locally" here in Sweden but i also get the dampening material. I will do some more research tomorrow, all i got in my head right now is naturescience. Got an exam tomorrow :S
By the way, i've spoken some more with Bob and he got it to around $200 which isn't that bloody painful. A "hundring" (100 swedish crones) or two more expensive than buying "locally" here in Sweden but i also get the dampening material. I will do some more research tomorrow, all i got in my head right now is naturescience. Got an exam tomorrow :S
Now i understand the "midrange-magic" of fullrangers. I listen to a song earlier today and as it is right now i'm quite much off-axis. I lowered my chair and decided to listen some on-axis nearfield. I was chocked of how good it sounded, with a 192kbps mp3 file... And the speakers aren't even finished yet!
Just need to get the dampening fixed... Need to get the thumb out of my a**... Hopefully i'll order the coming week, if i don't find anything suitable tomorrow/on sunday. Going to town, u see 😉
😀😀😀so you found out about midrange magic?
If the Swedish folk music scene is better than what we get here (all plastic crap in Germany) get yourself some off-mainstream small label recordings and have female voices knock you out of your socks.
If the Swedish folk music scene is better than what we get here (all plastic crap in Germany) get yourself some off-mainstream small label recordings and have female voices knock you out of your socks.
Haha 😀
Listening on-axis really did the trick. The soundstage became much larger aswell when listening on-axis. Just gotta find something to place my speakers on so the get more on-axis 😀
Listening on-axis really did the trick. The soundstage became much larger aswell when listening on-axis. Just gotta find something to place my speakers on so the get more on-axis 😀
Revelation, isn´t it? Like focussing the image in a SLR camera...BANG! and it´s there.
As to speaker stands - there´s a very unknown furniture shop somewhere in the deepest woods of Sweden...their flowerpot stands cost less than building your own, and will do a good job until you can afford something really heavy.
As to speaker stands - there´s a very unknown furniture shop somewhere in the deepest woods of Sweden...their flowerpot stands cost less than building your own, and will do a good job until you can afford something really heavy.
Well, i found a whole stack of audio and computermagazines which volunteered 🙂 Not the best-looking solution but it works. Raised the speaker about 12-13cm from the desktop.
What unknown furniture shop are you talking about? Ikea? 😀
What unknown furniture shop are you talking about? Ikea? 😀
😀😀😀yes, I was thinking ikea. But good thinking - a stack of magazines may look untidy, but you get the weight and the inner damping of a good stand. Nothing wrong there, except your mother going berserker about how it looks.🙂
Sade just knocked me out of my socks!
Sade - Morning Bird
The piano is so realistic, and the soundstage is HUGE! Bigger than i ever expected these tiny little driver to produce! I might even keep them on the desk when i move back to my own room 😀
And the bass... I'm pushing them quite far now by listening louder than i usually do on these speakers but the bass is... Deeper than i expected too. The "punch" is still there, even though they're bloody 4" drivers!
Amazing, for the cost of... Barely nothing. I think it's impossible to find a speaker on Hi-Fi Klubben (selling B&W and all such in Sweden) under $1000 that performs better than these.
I will have a friend over at my house who is about to buy my subwoofer (i hope) so i'll let him listen aswel and experience DIYmagic! 😀
Sade - Morning Bird
The piano is so realistic, and the soundstage is HUGE! Bigger than i ever expected these tiny little driver to produce! I might even keep them on the desk when i move back to my own room 😀
And the bass... I'm pushing them quite far now by listening louder than i usually do on these speakers but the bass is... Deeper than i expected too. The "punch" is still there, even though they're bloody 4" drivers!
Amazing, for the cost of... Barely nothing. I think it's impossible to find a speaker on Hi-Fi Klubben (selling B&W and all such in Sweden) under $1000 that performs better than these.
I will have a friend over at my house who is about to buy my subwoofer (i hope) so i'll let him listen aswel and experience DIYmagic! 😀