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Building my own roomlens

I'm attempting this project, which should be pretty easy. I need particulars from people in the know, possibly owners of Argent's roomlens product itself. What size tube is used? Are the tubes sealed at the top and bottom? About how far apart are they? Are they "stuffed" with anything? How Tall? This wierd "Heimholz Resonator" apparently befuddles and impresses all who have experienced it properly set up. $1200 for 3 is a little much (kinda like cables), I bet a set would cost less than $50 to make. Let the information flow.... THANKS
gthirteen
mouse516d
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Go to www.audioasylum.com and perform a search in the tweaks asylum using the word "roomlens".
hankhunt56f9
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Hi, go to this address for details, I plan to build my own within a week or so. www.nd.edu/~gweaver/RoomLens.html
tom_nice
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I've built five of them for myself and two for a friend, and they work! I use nominal 2" PVC pipe (Home Depot, Yardbirds) which is 2 3/8" outside diameter. I cut three 6" x 12" pieces, one of 1/2" or 3/4" MDF, two of 1'8" masonite, clamp together and cut three 2 3/8" holes--special dill or hole saw. The MDF is the bottom of a 12" x 6" x 4" box, which I fill with concrete for stability--not "dark matter", but you could mix in something to approximate that. Lots of details missing, but if you can do elementary carpentry, it's easy. One masonite piece is the base lid, the other goes at the top to keep the pipes parallel, and gets trimmed to a much smaller size, to look nice. I painted mine white.
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