tofu Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Hey, Just wanted to share my painted 511b's with you guys. Just got them back from the body shop today. They came out pink in the photo, but they're a fire truck red in person Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Sargent Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Red is the toughest color for cameras to figure out. Fine example of that being the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Nice, any particular reason you went with red. Maybe its your favorite color maybe you just really like firetrucks. How do these sound on you Lascalas, what crossovers are you using. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tofu Posted December 27, 2012 Author Share Posted December 27, 2012 Nice, any particular reason you went with red. Maybe its your favorite color maybe you just really like firetrucks. How do these sound on you Lascalas, what crossovers are you using. Thanks Well, my friend who owns a bodyshop painted them for me. The only cars that really come in are white, black, red, and silver, so I figured red would look interesting against the brown and gray tones of the room. I guess it's a nice focal piece. They sound much nicer than the stock squawker combo to my ears. I'm using them with the ALK universal network, but in retrospect I should have put the $ toward a steep slope active crossover. I put it together according to Al's schematics before he offered a DIY kit, which is why my networks are on an ugly piece of MDF -Christopher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolhandjjl Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Altec horns sure have a cool look. Those would look even cooler with my green 811b horns I have for sale here in the Garage Sale forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tofu Posted December 27, 2012 Author Share Posted December 27, 2012 Before I had them painted, I was considering experimenting and coating the horns in plastidip. It's basically a spray on rubber coating for those not familliar with it. It's peelable and removable, and comes in every color imagineable. The finish is smooth and matte. It seems it would dampen the horns quite a bit. May sound great or may sound horrible... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pzannucci Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Before I had them painted, I was considering experimenting and coating the horns in plastidip. It's basically a spray on rubber coating for those not familliar with it. It's peelable and removable, and comes in every color imagineable. The finish is smooth and matte. It seems it would dampen the horns quite a bit. May sound great or may sound horrible... If you are not mounting them tightly in a box, or maybe even if you do, you should consider using something similar such as undercoat or dampening spray on the outsides of the horn (of course where you can't see. The bell (mouth) especially. If they don't go "ting" when you rap them sharply with a hard object, you are done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrench722 Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 I powder coated black then under coated the back side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tofu Posted December 29, 2012 Author Share Posted December 29, 2012 http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R-100152937/h_d2/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10053&langId=-1&keyword=caulk+tape&storeId=10051#.UN-ZcWfaJGg this stuff seems to work well. not as nice, but no one will see it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 I powder coated black then under coated the back side. This is one of my next upgrades, How many coats of under coat did you use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebse2a3 Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 tofu I like the look of the horns and your LaScalas are beautifull...don't scratch those tops though![] miketn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrench722 Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 I powder coated black then under coated the back side. This is one of my next upgrades, How many coats of under coat did you use. Two Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 I powder coated black then under coated the back side. This is one of my next upgrades, How many coats of under coat did you use. Two Did seem to take of the ringing issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 Man I guess I shouldn't drink while typing. Tofu, are those bass traps in the corner how did you go about making them (if you did), and how did they help with the sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tofu Posted December 30, 2012 Author Share Posted December 30, 2012 Man I guess I shouldn't drink while typing. Tofu, are those bass traps in the corner how did you go about making them (if you did), and how did they help with the sound. Yes, they're bass traps. Well, in a technical sense they're broadband absorbers since i did not put any reflective material on them. I build them out of metal drywall corner beads (as frames) and roxul rockboard 40. They're 4" thick and straddle the corners of the walls (wall-wall, ceiling-wall). I made tem based on this tutorial: http://www.radford.edu/~shelm/acoustics/bass-traps.html but took the time to make them much neater and presentable. Same general idea, though. corner beads and rivets. In short, let me just say they helped the sound more than any amp, dac, subwoofer, or speaker component upgrade i have ever done. The room could use more treatment for early reflection points, but I will wait until spring/summer for that. -Christopher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrench722 Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 Yes it did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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