jon_5912
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| Why are there so many wooden speakers? @timlub, have you ever considered using tiles to enforce a box? I'm just a hobbyist who likes tinkering and I wondered if including a ceramic or porcelain tile in the wall would make a big improvement without costing much since they're mass produ... | |
| SEAS Excel Magnesium Midwoofer 51/2 inches ROCK SOLID BASS IMO a driver that size never has enough punch to be satisfying in anything but a pretty nearfield situation. 8" is the minimum woofer size for adequate punch in anything but a nearfield setup. I don't doubt there are people in particular situati... | |
| Why are there so many wooden speakers? @cakyol - I think the cost of changing from MDF to something else is most likely of less benefit than making other changes so companies focus on improving drivers, etc. If you can make a 5% performance improvement by spending $40 more on drivers ... | |
| Why are there so many wooden speakers? If anyone was really curious about vibration control it'd be easy to add rigidity to a box. Go to Home Depot, but a pack of ceramic or porcelain floor tiles, and attach them to the flat spots on the speakers. Some double sided carpet tape might ... | |
| Why are there so many wooden speakers? I'm guessing most manufacturers don't know that other materials exist. They don't know about aluminum, concrete, resins, etc. so they haven't considered using them. If only you'd tell them they could do some tests and decide whether they think t... | |
| Speaker upgrade around 100k retail If you're limiting yourself to around 100k you're looking at products that nobody has heard, nobody has really gotten to know, and that you can't get any meaningful information about. The tiny group of people that really know these products, who ... | |
| Thiel Owners @Rob, I definitely think it would be good to document problems and their solutions that we've had with our Thiels. That'd be a good addition to the Thiel models blog actually. I found out about the air chamber when I took my blown midrange into ... | |
| Thiel Owners I'd guess the overpowering sound was due to distortion when the drivers were pushed outside their normal range. It's an interesting problem to have. I've found it's distortion that hurts the ears. I can crank my ATCs up really high but because ... | |
| Zaph SR71 kit with concrete baffle Yeah, they're flush. The woofer is flush with the ring in the picture and I did the tweeter since then. The baffle is ready, I just have to get back to this project. I ordered some epoxy resin and I'm gonna try to make the other one where the d... | |
| Thiel Owners Don't forget the ViewPoints. My working one sounds fantastic. | |
| Thiel Owners Forgot to mention serial number 259 and dates on backside of tweeter domes 3/06. (both the original tweeter and the one I bought a few months ago, and written by the same person.)backhttps://imgur.com/a/tt0o7XUfronthttps://imgur.com/IUIyi2A | |
| Thiel Owners Here's a picture of the other side. While it is on a PC board, there isn't really any significant tracing. All of the components are connected via solder except one short spot on the left. That appears to be part of a secondary path to the twee... | |
| Thiel Owners Tom - Thanks for the feedback, I think the crossover must be what is described as point to point. All of the components are soldered directly together on the back of the board. I don't see any other possibility than one of the three components h... | |
| Thiel Owners I finally got around to trying to figure out what was going on with the ViewPoints I bought in March. I had bought a replacement tweeter and installed it but it wasn't working right. I took the speaker apart and played around trying to get it to... | |
| Thiel Owners It's funny to see people discussing concrete baffles. I'm back to my Madisound kit for the first time in a year and trying to make concrete baffles for them. I've tried several kinds and thus far they haven't worked. I have no experience with c... |