Thiel Owners

One interesting aspect of external crossovers, is that so many aspects in the cabinet are devoted to vibration management. Gluing the parts to the board impinges on thermal stability, but if left unglued, they rattle and buzz and introduce microphonics. Out of the box, that aspect is not a problem. Also, a major limit to directionality of coils is their position in the driver magnetic fields. That goes away too. And the heat thing is big; the enclosure keeps getting hotter, whereas the EXO self-cools. And two-sided boards become practical for isolation of resistors from caps. You get the picture.

SDL - I love the basement idea. But also, these EXOs will be in presentable cabinets of their own. I can’t help it, I was born that way.
Tomic - I have reverted to point to point on masonite - no printed circuits. When rebuilding Beetle’s 2.4s (late / Chinese, on PCBs) we noted coils with up to (perhaps) 20% variation from spec. Those changes were required to re-balance considering the capacitive coupling to the PCB traces. I prefer to keep the coupled capacitance separate from the inductance. I am also at greater liberty to manage the layout to avoid parallel leads and/or bring them to contact and twist to virtually eliminate self-capacitance.
I am loving the audition material selection. By randomizing it via the next album alphabetically, I have reduced the tendency to design for only the best audiophile material. I learn as much from ordinary or substandard cuts as I do from great cuts. However, anyone is welcome to send the Chesky catalog or other great stuff.
Eric - you are most welcome to share your turbulent / laminar flow ideas if you wish, either here or via PM. I have a setup that works, but might be significantly improved. I cover the baffle with F11 pure wool felt at 1/8 or 1/4", covered with the finest Ultrasuede Fine fabric. The drivers and bezels are covered with a stretchy version of USF. The US surface fibers are so fine as to be moved by the pressure - shear waves. The effect is lovely. I am now working with an aerospace engineer with a technology patent for surface flow dynamics management for spacecraft re-entry.
No end to the fun.

tomthiel

Long Island,  will be open for business very soon. Health conditions are improving on  weekly basis. Not certain about the other 4 boroughs?

Happy Listening!

Eric - you are most welcome to share your turbulent / laminar flow ideas if you wish, either here or via PM.

@tomthiel 
Um, was this for me, or is there another Eric in this thread?  I don't remember saying anything remotely related to fluid dynamics. :)

Best,
E

We achieved natural laminar flow on some tricky bits of the 787.... I could tell ya how but if I told ya how, well.... you know the rest...,

two layer boards :-) but for a mod upgrade the point to point is an excellent choice.

You can also read up and use the Bud Purvine EnABL method for which he was granted U.S. patent # 5,304,746..filed 1991. The Purvine patent originally described a method to reduce or eliminate standing waves now better described as transverse, or shear waves or a type called a Raleigh wave. The EnABL used for years by many online can be applied to both sides of a surface including those of a speaker box and a speaker cone . Shear waves have 2 polarities and can only travel thru solids or on solids. Their polarity will change direction when it meets another different conductive material or geometric boundary .This process repeats itself until there is no signal contained or there is no longer a conductive material. The shear waves generate an odd affect on boundary edges that join up and meet, almost seems to be a fluttering of energy that will wrap around the front of a baffle and carry over to a portion of the joining side. A corner in a glass house would be an extreme example of how a surface conducts sound vibrations. You can apply the EnABL method to drivers, cabinets, turntable platters ,walls and probably a race car..endless surfaces and materials. There are other methods available to reduce interfering energy on many different products. By doing so there sounds to be an increase of effiencey. Exactly as in the Debbie Miles patent she describes a method to reduce shear wave interference in the floor surface boundary of a string instrument. This method is easily heard as an increase in volume and power while at the same time reducing the amount of energy needed to make any given sound. Debbie likes to call this a reduction of interfering energy.

The shear waves travel in and on the materials, the air that lays against these solid materials vibrates and relates a character of sound to our ears, some could be described as dry or woody or glassey and tinny each depending on the material, its shape and boundary . All materials have a different shear velocity among other descriptions this is why lead sounds different than brass or glass, wood or beryllium. A reduction of a polarity of shear on and in a large surface in motion such as a room wall will improve laminar flow like we use in The Energy Room. We originally applied these same methods to our complete speaker system. As Debbie says that reduces interfering energy. Tom D.