This one . Clean in the danish stile.
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Modulized design for upgrades.panomaniac said:Hey, I think I've seen that one somewhere before.
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soongsc, the speaker in your avatar is extremely elegant; but I flatter myself that I could make something close to that if I really put my mind to it.
Since the grass is always greener on the side of the fence that I don't think I could duplicate, the transparent horns (see picture) posted by panomaniac blow me away. Does anyone know who makes these, what they sound like, and what they cost? I'd love to try a pair (assuming, of course, that I can buy them for Canadian$500 per pair; hell, I'll even go to $650 )
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Aengus
Since the grass is always greener on the side of the fence that I don't think I could duplicate, the transparent horns (see picture) posted by panomaniac blow me away. Does anyone know who makes these, what they sound like, and what they cost? I'd love to try a pair (assuming, of course, that I can buy them for Canadian$500 per pair; hell, I'll even go to $650
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Aengus
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Thanks Aengus. Always trying out some different things. I'm sure anyone can make anything if one puts the mind and $$$ into it. But it's fun to look at different designs and try to dream up something else.Aengus said:soongsc, the speaker in your avatar is extremely elegant; but I flatter myself that I could make something close to that if I really put my mind to it.
Since the grass is always greener on the side of the fence that I don't think I could duplicate, the transparent horns (see picture) posted by panomaniac blow me away. Does anyone know who makes these, what they sound like, and what they cost? I'd love to try a pair (assuming, of course, that I can buy them for Canadian$500 per pair; hell, I'll even go to $650
Regards.
Aengus
These transparent horns seem to be available here.
http://www.fergusonhill.co.uk/
The Perfect 8 "The Force" is kinda cool in a technology exposed way similar to the ferguson hill:
http://www.perfect8.com/
..and the glass looks nicer than the acrylic.
http://www.perfect8.com/
..and the glass looks nicer than the acrylic.
soongsc said:
I`m glad I don`t live next to a house equipped with a Royal Device . That house would likely be the epicenter of a Royal Pain . Was that an earthquake just now or is my neighbor watching Jurrasic Park again?
Was this invented by the same guys that planned the world`s nuclear arms deterent inventory? Overkill being the operative concept here.
soongsc said:
I kinda like the looks of those Fergy horns. I think it would be possible for a DIY`er to bang these out by making a hot air oven that could support and grasp a 4x8 foot sheet (trimmed to appropriate size) of 1/2 inch thick acrylic (Plexyglass), subject it to just the right temperature and then push a piston the size of the desired throat up into the center, then freezing the shape with forced cooling air. You could likely make the machine to do this for a couple of grand. Once cooled the throat terminus and mouth shape is cut with a saw and finish shaped with a belt sander. Voila.
You could make `em out of smoked plexy, or solid colored.
rcavictim said:
I love it! That's a "grate" tweeter!Those Furgy horns are going to be hard to beat for looks. Wonder how they sound?
What if you were to put a weight in the center of a sheet of acrylic and then heat the sheet? Would it pull down like a black hole? Would the throat stretch too thin?
Hmmm..... I have lots of plexi at work, might be worth a try.
soongsc said:
I should clarify this a bit more. When I wrote that "I could make something close to that", I was sleepy: what I mean is that the woodworking technology is something I understand and could probably do more or less well; I wouldn't have the faintest idea how to design the horn or do a number of the other things required to actually have a decent working speaker unless someone did them for me. What I'm trying to say here is that I'm rather more impressed by what soongsc did than the way it came across
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Scottg, I agree: I've admired those glass speakers before; and I hesitate to use acrylic and its cousins except for workshop jigs, because it does attract dust and scratch easily. But those horns sure are impressive - soongsc, thank you for the link.
Regards.
Aengus
I should clarify this a bit more. When I wrote that "I could make something close to that", I was sleepy: what I mean is that the woodworking technology is something I understand and could probably do more or less well; I wouldn't have the faintest idea how to design the horn or do a number of the other things required to actually have a decent working speaker unless someone did them for me. What I'm trying to say here is that I'm rather more impressed by what soongsc did than the way it came across
. Scottg, I agree: I've admired those glass speakers before; and I hesitate to use acrylic and its cousins except for workshop jigs, because it does attract dust and scratch easily. But those horns sure are impressive - soongsc, thank you for the link.
Regards.
Aengus
Aengus said:
I should clarify this a bit more. When I wrote that "I could make something close to that", I was sleepy: what I mean is that the woodworking technology is something I understand and could probably do more or less well; I wouldn't have the faintest idea how to design the horn or do a number of the other things required to actually have a decent working speaker unless someone did them for me. What I'm trying to say here is that I'm rather more impressed by what soongsc did than the way it came across
Scottg, I agree: I've admired those glass speakers before; and I hesitate to use acrylic and its cousins except for workshop jigs, because it does attract dust and scratch easily. But those horns sure are impressive - soongsc, thank you for the link.
Regards.
Aengus
Actually I just did the design and someone else did the woodwork. I don't have the woodworking skills nor machine to hands do hands on work. But it was an interesting process because it was the first time the shop did it.
lousymusician said:Sorry, I didn't see anything on that particular page of the site that would get anyone in trouble.
Now, there is a picture somewhere else in those pages of a woman standing in front of a Sound Labs electrostat...
'taint me! 'Tis my net nanny (or whatever they use) that prevents me.
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