Brac Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 My spud is still raw birch, as once I got it done I put it in the HT to do some listening, and the thought of moving keeps from from doing any thing more to it. Have you had a chance to play with the new one yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted July 17, 2012 Author Share Posted July 17, 2012 Have you had a chance to play with the new one yet? Play with.....yes. Listen to with mains......hopefully this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted July 17, 2012 Author Share Posted July 17, 2012 My spud is still raw birch, as once I got it done I put it in the HT to do some listening, and the thought of moving keeps from from doing any thing more to it. Harbor Freight has platform moving dollies. One that would hold the SPUD would run around $15.00. Really makes things easy. I bought one when I did the F-20 build and it really impressed me with how effortless it was to move that big chunk of MDF around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest " " Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Perhaps what they are saying is that the woofer would not be able to keep up with the midrange and tweeter horns, let alone the main's woofers. That makes sense as the mid horn for a LaScala is bigger than the mouth of the sub you just built. Not rain on anyones parade...the box is a nice design for what the designer intended which was a deep sounding sub in a small foot print and admittedly....the compromise is max SPL. The plots over on the AVS forum show 25hz to 100hz +- 3db at a max SPL of 87db's. So making a center channel out of the box would be problematic using a k-55 and k-77. You would still need a woofer since the sub is +- 10db after 100hz and the SPL tanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted July 18, 2012 Author Share Posted July 18, 2012 The posted max dB is 105dB @ 1 meter. I think the 87dB you referenced was with 1 watt applied. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang guy Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 The sub looks great! You should share your pics with DIY Sound Group where you bought the kit. Their gallery section is blank. The flat pack rates are very reasonable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted November 20, 2013 Author Share Posted November 20, 2013 Bumped for Scrappydue. Please move to the subwoofer section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted November 20, 2013 Author Share Posted November 20, 2013 Odd, there's 3 pics in each response with a pic. Must have happened during the change over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappydue Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Thanks cecca! I am gonna do some more reading before I commit. I really wanna see how a horn goes together this would be perfect for that. But I worry about no driver access if the cone ever blew up by getting excessive with the volume. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted November 20, 2013 Author Share Posted November 20, 2013 You could cut an access hole if the need ever arose but it's a really stout driver. The box is made for a small room and if used in one will provide ample volume without getting crazy with the volume knob. The only time I'd imagine you'd blow it is if you put it in a larger room. It would be the wrong choice in that application to start with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappydue Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Well I could build two for about the same of a single 18. I had planned on building a single 18 and adding a second later. Already bought an inuke 3000 for the living room. So we will see. I might just build a single to play with then keep it for the bedroom later or something. Might be a perfect box to learn how to veneer on as well. Or maybe I should do a smaller one lol. Who knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted November 20, 2013 Author Share Posted November 20, 2013 It would be a great box to learn how to veneer on as the right angles are perfect. Much better than I can cut as they're cnc'd. A single 18 will most likely go lower and louder though (a guess). These boxes only need 100 watts or so to max them out and are very efficient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappydue Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 I'm thinking four of them would be cheaper than two 18's and I have that amp that will be here today. So your saying if there was an issue with the driver down the road I can cut a panel later? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted November 20, 2013 Author Share Posted November 20, 2013 Let's back up. are you using them for music or HT? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NBPK402 Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Good question. It takes a little over five 6.5" drivers to equal the cone area of one 15" if that's any indicator. You could fix some room issues with multiples though. You could put one for each channel... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappydue Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Both movies and music. My downstairs setup is mostly home theater that's why I have four sealed 18's. Upstairs was gonna do half that since they are so cheap to build. And I've wanted to do a horn for a very long time. But zero woodworking skills. Thought this flat pack would be a fun introduction to them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted November 20, 2013 Author Share Posted November 20, 2013 It's a great first project as everything is cut so perfectly. How big is the room that you're thinking of putting them in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappydue Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Well it's not a permanent room by an means but it's 12x16 with 8 foot ceilings. So not too big. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted November 20, 2013 Author Share Posted November 20, 2013 One on each wall would give great coverage. I might high pass them at 20 or 25 Hz with a minidsp or something along those lines to protect the drivers. I don't know if it would do reference levels but it should be plenty for most listening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappydue Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 you don't think 4 would reach reference levels? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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