I have recently purchased a larger QSC system that came with a set of QSC's MD-S218 cabinets for subs. Nice sub...but no handles, and sized entirely wrong for packing in the truck, and I bet I need more cabinets to run the system outdoors anyway. My initial though was to swap the MD-S218 cabinets for GP218 cabinets, but I haven't found any used GP218's for sale anywhere, at least not enough of them that I can get shipped here. I'm beginning to wonder about the possibility of making a clone/substitute of the GP218 with my CNC machine & how to get the box design & driver choice correct to play well with the rest of the system.
Anyone tackled a project like that before? Tips? Thoughts? Suggestions? Anyone know if the MD cabinet is the same driver as the GP218?
Thanks,
Todd
Anyone tackled a project like that before? Tips? Thoughts? Suggestions? Anyone know if the MD cabinet is the same driver as the GP218?
Thanks,
Todd
Yeah, that's where I'm moving toward I think. Also found out that the replacement QSC driver has the same part number for both the MD and GP boxes, so it looks like I probably already have 12 drivers to work with.
I'll keep digging I guess.
I'll keep digging I guess.
You have 6 cabs then? If so why not just mount handles in those? I'd suggest you not install wheels directly on the boxes as they tend to rattle when the boxes are in use, but you can build caster boards and stack 2 cabinets on those.
Todd,
You also have six MD-S218 cabinets that could be cut down to a size that fits your truck, saving most material and labor cost.
The 28" x 48" by 24" MD-S218 is 18.86 cubic feet (gross), the 20 x 47.2" x 30" GP218 is 16.38 cubic feet, both have central ports and a similar Fb, (box tuning) just a bit different shape.
What are your truck interior dimensions?
Art
The MD cabinets are pretty hammered, smell like stale beer, weed & who knows what else. Also, the grills need a ride to the powder coaters because they've rusted up quite a bit. Not exactly the image I'm interested in showing the public in their current state 🙂
I didn't think about cutting them up to make them a little more truck friendly, but if I'm going to have the saws out, I'm much more interested in fresh wood than disinfecting the old stuff. The business can afford it just fine.
Truck is 16' box with a 91" wide interior. You can technically get the current 6 MD boxes in there ok, but they leave a tight 19"ish space on the side to move around & would be 56" tall double stacked. 6 boxes means 3 stacks, which is simply wrong grouping when deployed, unless they're clustered in the center like they were before.
Getting a design put together for a set of GP218's would get rid of the 19" gap, be 40" tall double stacked, possibly allow for another row across the top in the truck, or packing array boxes on top of them. It would also allow me to just push go on the CNC to get more GP boxes later...which I'm 100% sure is going to happen sooner rather than later.
I didn't think about cutting them up to make them a little more truck friendly, but if I'm going to have the saws out, I'm much more interested in fresh wood than disinfecting the old stuff. The business can afford it just fine.
Truck is 16' box with a 91" wide interior. You can technically get the current 6 MD boxes in there ok, but they leave a tight 19"ish space on the side to move around & would be 56" tall double stacked. 6 boxes means 3 stacks, which is simply wrong grouping when deployed, unless they're clustered in the center like they were before.
Getting a design put together for a set of GP218's would get rid of the 19" gap, be 40" tall double stacked, possibly allow for another row across the top in the truck, or packing array boxes on top of them. It would also allow me to just push go on the CNC to get more GP boxes later...which I'm 100% sure is going to happen sooner rather than later.