Hi I built the small thor speakers, the mag drivers corroded replaced them with nextel drivers and finally built new cabinets. Just wanted to share the experience in case anyone is in the same boat. Had a ton of help over the years from this site and learned a lot. Overall I am very happy with the results. The speaker sound great the imaging and tone are very very good. The original small thors were maybe slightly better but by not much if at all. I have usable bass to 30hz. Thought about getting a sub but I am happy with the bass.
We are downsizing and sold my wood shop so these will be my last speaker build and well worth the effort.
Using Hornresp ( incredible) came up with a high WAF cabinet the cabinet is 44 x 8.5 x 12" . 3/4" birch ply with extra 3/4" mdf front Used scottmoose and Daves holey braces cut out from the small thors, they have the madisound thor upgraded crossovers with R2 R3 and C4 removed.
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I want the thank everyone who helped me over the years I know without a doubt that I was a frustrating PITA to a few of you but thank you for being patient. This hobby was fantastic and complex and interesting. I think it took me 12 years to build the final cabinets because I enjoyed the time I spent learning on this site so thank you all.
Ben
We are downsizing and sold my wood shop so these will be my last speaker build and well worth the effort.
Using Hornresp ( incredible) came up with a high WAF cabinet the cabinet is 44 x 8.5 x 12" . 3/4" birch ply with extra 3/4" mdf front Used scottmoose and Daves holey braces cut out from the small thors, they have the madisound thor upgraded crossovers with R2 R3 and C4 removed.
in room listening postion fr
holey brace
finished in room
I want the thank everyone who helped me over the years I know without a doubt that I was a frustrating PITA to a few of you but thank you for being patient. This hobby was fantastic and complex and interesting. I think it took me 12 years to build the final cabinets because I enjoyed the time I spent learning on this site so thank you all.
Ben
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Yeah, that was my memory, but wasn't sure though seems like I revised one of the Thor designs to match up with MJK's, my understanding of TL/horn design/theory.
I built the small thor over 10 years ago with help from both of you(and many others) and it was pretty darn good with the original cross over. these are just bass reflex altho I used the tl in hornresp. to make sure I could fix the resonance that the tl shape made. I just wanted to say thank you for all the help.
