Like plumbing, it always takes one or five more trips to the HW store than planned... At least at the end of the day you didn't have to hire someone to come fix it!
I have the same problem with my old plumbing. Having to make many trips to the loo.Like plumbing, it always takes one or five more trips to the HW store than planned... At least at the end of the day you didn't have to hire someone to come fix it!
I have been able to complete the subwoofers.
Where are the pictures?
Perhaps a trip to the hardware store ...I have the same problem with my old plumbing. Having to make many trips to the loo.
I need to wear a nappie like Thomas does.Perhaps a trip to the hardware store ...
...cutting smooth, clean circular endcaps is not trivial for a novice woodworker.
They aren't cut. They are routed using a jig. In fact, all speaker cut-out circles are routed (unless you have CNC mill). Look at Troels builds on his website for some excellent detailed pics.
I wasn't wasn't writing about driver cutouts. My comments concerned the outer rim of the endcaps for a "sonosub."
Regardless, you're making a strong argument against DIY for anyone who does not already have a well-equipped wood shop and the skills required to use all those tools! Fortunately, a router+jig or CNC is not needed for a DIY sub. Even speaker cutouts for DIY subwoofers are often cut freehand with a jigsaw.
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Trying to figure out the miniDSP I am using. It is clear that something is not right. Level is waaay too low. The subs work, no doubt. They're are not providing enough SPL... Not an amp issue, rather a setting in the minDSP 2x4, I am using.
Seems that the bucket subs work: I tried to send a sinewave at 30 Hz directly to them and things were rattling in the room ... I need to be more clear and understand how the miniDSP 2x4 works within my system's particulars. I will then get back to you people.
The old Hsus were really good subs. But cutting smooth, clean circular endcaps is not trivial for a novice woodworker.
The other thing that's not trivial to get right is a smooth, level cut on the Sonotube itself.
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A bit of tangential thinking here: Sorry ...
Trying that very simple DIY and learning to measure correctly, I can see how much the High End Audio Industry has pushed ( lead ?) us audiophiles, to the wrong path. They have made us concentrate on the subtle to non-existent contributions of electronics while neglecting the loudspeakers. Even here, in the ASR, you will find many discussing the noise and distortion levels of potentiometers, real in the absolute but whose contributions to the overall sound are so low as to be negligible , especially as compared to the gross non-linearities of speakers and especially speakers in a living space.
That doesn't mean to just use anything and expect great results.. but Boy oh Boy! the results one can obtain with good speakers properly set-up with truy inexpensive electronics... !!! I have some quite expensive DACs .. now to my ears and with the best transducers I presently have (Stax ESL Headphone, HifiMan planar headphones), these sound no better (or worse) than my ifi microDSD or the Topping D30 I recently acquired on a whim ...
It almost feels wrong to re-sell those expensive DACs to the unsuspecting ...
I like that.Actually once you know the trick its quite easy. You need to make one of these for your router out of a bit of ply.
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Some woodworking will be inevitable. But I've heard these and they're quite excellent.
I thought mine were beautious, and the women passing thru weren't allowed an opinion.Wow....I'm sure they sound impressive, but they're also seriously fugly....