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Hivi 3.1A DIY Speaker With Sehlin Mod Review

I've used several HiVi drivers for DIY and also replacing old ultra rare drivers. They are all top quality products!
They also have a Infinity Polydome drop in replacement for the Kappa series that's pretty damn good.
 
Making traces implies you're using manufacturer data, but then you stated you measured so I'm a little confused there.

If you're using manufacturer data (which it looks like you are, at least for the woofer) you need to apply diffraction sim which you can do in Virtuixcad. Honestly time to ditch xsim and just use vcad.
thx for an anser.

Yes, of course I used manufacturer data as mesurments are off because room reflections. I used them to identify Z offset.
Can someone share FRD and ZMA files for those thre drivers as my seems to be off. everytime I make new, they are a bit different. Grrrr

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Hivi speaker kits dead? 3.1a goes out of stock and is out now. 2.2a has been dc'd for a while. I wonder what the next level for value DIY is.
 
A quick note and a question. First, the kit is available on Amazon again. It was out of stock for a few weeks and seems like it has had short term out of stock notices periodically but for now seems like they are still providing inventory.

Second, forgive me I'm new to this and am learning as much as I can in the hope I only need to do this once. I'm planning on Option 6 and have some in spec but larger inductors. Trying to figure out the best way to align them on the board. So my question is whether it is acceptable/advisable/not a good idea to consider drilling a couple extra holes for zip ties? This would be in the event hot glue or another method doesn't look like an option. The image below for example where I have marked, if I stay away from the obvious traces and borders, would this work? Those marks are just for reference and not a specific plan yet. I know it's probably not ideal but if I'm careful and slow with drilling is this reasonable or is there some clear (or not so clear) reason why this should be avoided?

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A quick note and a question. First, the kit is available on Amazon again. It was out of stock for a few weeks and seems like it has had short term out of stock notices periodically but for now seems like they are still providing inventory.

Second, forgive me I'm new to this and am learning as much as I can in the hope I only need to do this once. I'm planning on Option 6 and have some in spec but larger inductors. Trying to figure out the best way to align them on the board. So my question is whether it is acceptable/advisable/not a good idea to consider drilling a couple extra holes for zip ties? This would be in the event hot glue or another method doesn't look like an option. The image below for example where I have marked, if I stay away from the obvious traces and borders, would this work? Those marks are just for reference and not a specific plan yet. I know it's probably not ideal but if I'm careful and slow with drilling is this reasonable or is there some clear (or not so clear) reason why this should be avoided?

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The board is mounted at the bottom of the cabinet. As long as its not flopping around I wouldn't go modifying things. Easy to add hot glue later.
 
Populate the board and see if the components need to be 'strapped' to the board. Often other than really big heavy inductors or capacitors no extra help is needed other than a bit of glue. Forget hot glue as it will be PITA to remove the component if needed - I would just use a bit of silicone, like the one used for bathroom sinks, plus it sort of acts as vibration damper.
 
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