Looks good Peter!
I can't wait to see it in person.
I can't wait to see it in person.
Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em?
Hi,
I'd love to hear the impressions of people who've actually spent some time with these speakers to share their sense of their plusses and minuses. Mapman here on Audiogon is a big fan, and has shared lots on them, but I'm wondering who else might be familiar with them.
I'd love to hear the impressions of people who've actually spent some time with these speakers to share their sense of their plusses and minuses. Mapman here on Audiogon is a big fan, and has shared lots on them, but I'm wondering who else might be familiar with them.
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Heavy speakers.... So the weight is adding adding up fast, and then I decide to make them heavier...!! So after a few days of pondering design, shapes and other life altering decisions MDF krept in to my conscience again. MDF is great stuff, easy to cut usually flat and easy to finish....but dusty lol. So I decided to change the shape a little, I want to add a taper at each corner (as you can see in the image) the outline is the blue tape as a visual. I will add two layers of 3/4" MDF so the bevel/taper will be a little bit more aggressive than in the image. I think by giving the cabinet a few more angles, the design will perhaps be more modern and hip looking. As I said, it's getting heavy........🇸🇪 |
Shapes, shapes...?? Another day and another thought..... So as you can se I did some "Thinking" and the shape has changed as fast and as many times as I've taken showers. So today I decided that the faceted design is the bees knees. I got MDF in my shop, plenty of glue and drywall screws. The shape will be very "Jewely" chiseled and more shapely. I do like the truncated pyramid look, but it's getting a little old, so changing the shape could be exciting. As you can see I roughed out the top with some square wood pegs just so I can have a visual, not necessary a final look but close enough. I will go with a new ribbon tweeter I found, check it out... http://viawave.ru/ The woofer port is another "many shower" issue. I have played around with the idea of keeping the tube I would just compensate for the interior volume. Rectangular port, and finally a passive radiator (PR) on each side of the cabinet..... I might take the leap going with a dual PR set up (2x12") well see and I need to decide which direction I'm going before I start to cut my MDF tomorrow. The cool thing with the PR is that you can tune the port by changing the weight of the cone and spider. The other positive is that I will have less height of the cabinet as I don't have to worry about the bottom port... That's it for now......🇸🇪 https://www.flickr.com/gp/147883144@N08/N98Hn0 |
The right tool..... so having a table saw that decides to never, ever let loose of the old blade sucks but its my main cutting tool, not up to the level I use to have in my cabinet shop but the one I have. Finally I said screw it, I'm going tho spend some cash $$$$ and get a great saw and ladies and gentlemen, I got more done today then I had in my last three. MDF is a bitch to work with if you hate dust. First layer of MDF is on the speaker, tomorrow the second layer will be all ready to go by early afternoon. The thing is like a neutron star, some serious weight, and thats without a Walsh driver, 2 passive 12" woofers and the tweeter assembly. I think we'll be closer to 200lbs. So I'm building a platform with wheels so I can rotate the assembly To cut the faceted 'areas on the cabinet. For a good start of the day have an espresso or two....🇸🇪 |
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