"The Puget Sound!" DIY Speaker Contest for 2014

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pic's downloaded -- finally!

Finally got a chance to download some pic's from the contest! 🙂

Nice looking floor standing "Criton.2T" MTM 2-way kit from CSS.
 

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My 3-ways

Larger pair was transformed from a 1970's SpeakerLab Two (2-way) into a 3-way. Original SpeakerLab 10" woofer, 4.5" Vifa/JBL mid, 1" CSS ERT26 tweeter. Aperiodic vent added to rear of cabinet. L-pads incorporated separately for tweeter and midrange. Fb ~ 33 Hz or so.

Smaller compact pair uses 6.5" Silverflute woofer, 3" SEAS 10-FM midrange, and 1" Peerless NDT53 tweeter. Cabinet is Madisound 20 liter. Net internal volume (after displacements) is 17.5 liters. Fb ~ 38 Hz.
 

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Gary's 3-ways with an unusual, (but nice-sounding!) arrangement. Maybe he can chime in and give a description of it.

One of Howards handsome 3-ways on table. The Winners -- Nice job!

Terry's "million-dollar speakers", a small 2-way kit.
 

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A few shots of audiophiles in action.
Can you hear what they hear? 😀

Damon and Sean enjoying Howard's 3-ways
Jerry fine tuning the setup
Jay checking out the SpeakerLab 3-way Mod's
 

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Realized that I somehow missed Doc Zinger's speakers. 😱
Here's a shot borrowed from previous post, placed to keep together with the group here.

Nice job on the cabinets. Where did you get the gnome? . . . Oh wait, that's Terry standing there! 😉
 

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Kits:

Under $175 Terry Olson ("million dollar speakers" not shown)
$175-$325 Bruce Jensen
(Terry and Bruce pictured together)

Over $325 Jim from CSS
 

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Congratulations to everyone who entered the contest. Not a bad sounding pair in the whole bunch.

A special thanks to everyone who attended and helped out. So many things that need to be done, and everyone's efforts are appreciated. It's always a good time.

(It should be noted that all of the 3-way entries were in the "under $300" category.)

Here are a few more shots
 

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Thanks for the pics, Dave. Some great looking speakers there.
Nice looking venue too !

A lot of work put into the speaker projects, collectively.

Our club has been very fortunate to have access to this space. A big central area for regular meetings, with 3 or 4 separate rooms to the sides for independent setups, and a storage room for equipment and chairs, etc.

The local library branch is going to use the space temporarily (a year?) while it undergoes remodeling. In the meantime, we'll be moving our meetings to a different place. It will take some adjustment, but hopefully it will be good also.
 
The bass driver(s), tweeters, and XO parts in Howard's cost less than $130?

Because the midranges (won at diyFEST 2013) retail for $170/pr -- i bet only the retail for a stock pair was accounted for.

dave


I guess I can't give you an exact breakdown for Howard's speaker components.

But I can say that his speakers sound very good, and they scored highest for the day. Even if he had been in the next highest category, nothing would change the fact that his were judged as the best sound of the show. :up:
 
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