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#31 m.oreilly

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Posted 19 October 2013 - 03:17 AM

baffles made, damping done: what a chore, rockwool is just so awful to handle, but wanted to get it done so i don't have to mess with it tomorrow. cut out the back panels for better binding posts, then the holes for the 10"ers, but still need to round the edges of the new baffles and glue them to the boxes...

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Posted 24 October 2013 - 05:53 AM

yay, tis done! Kick a$$ sealed subs!!!

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Posted 24 October 2013 - 06:03 AM

http://www.parts-exp...tnumber=269-519
my 'review' ;D

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Posted 06 November 2013 - 04:44 AM

well, the old dahlquist woofers are getting tired, so i ordered some scanspeak replacements! can't wait to hear the scanspeak drivers. i'll have to widen the woofer openings (had to buy a set of chamfer router bits to see if i can do it without destroying anything).

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Posted 07 November 2013 - 02:48 AM

You sure you have a big enough car for those subs? :clapping:

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Posted 07 November 2013 - 03:48 AM

hey tones, it's my little room of fun, though it's a little too little now. this is my computer audio setup, which now needs a room almost if not double the 12'x12' it resides in atm...

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Posted 07 November 2013 - 05:58 PM

Just knock a 500sq. ft. add on to the house. That should do the trick for another year. :giggle:

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Posted 17 November 2013 - 03:16 AM

would be nice ;)

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Posted 05 December 2013 - 06:56 AM

no new info on your audio nirvana? :)

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Posted 14 December 2013 - 05:18 AM

dave, i ended up tossing the old dahlquist woofer boxes and reusing the klipsch boxes with new baffles for the scanspeaks, and now no longer need subs! freakin awesome. went from sealed .65 to 1.85 ft3 w/vents on the woofers: sweet indeed. got an f6 of 32 hz. @85db can play dubstep with the tube amp and the windows shake lol!

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Posted 14 December 2013 - 05:50 AM

Mo, I wish i could say i understood what you said, but im just a noob at this stuff. But what i got out of it is your system sounds great! :)

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Posted 20 December 2013 - 03:28 AM

well, i was tempted...i really wanted to go tube preamp/solid state power amp (loud but with that tubey super soundstage and SS muscle). after a low ball ebay bid i won a 1978 mits A15DC dual mono block solid state power amp and found a real/power rectified via tubes all tube pre, out of canada...this is an expensive hobby...

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Posted 21 December 2013 - 04:53 AM

fired up the a15DC...holy hanna! a circa 1978 power amp that has survived and still kicks arse! this thing is LOUD!
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Posted 16 February 2014 - 05:16 AM

well, i done gone full circle...my yaqin mc-10L had an issue re the front right channel power tube bias pot go south...decided to try a ss amp/tube preamp:
picked up a musical fidelity a3cr power amp and an audio mirror t-61.
wow is all i can say. coupled with my 'tall-quists' (dahlquist DQ-12 speakers with the woofer cabs replaced with ones three times the interior volume, ported, and with scanspeak substitute drivers). chills, total chill out audio chills...

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Posted 09 April 2014 - 05:03 AM

time to try something else...magnepans...pennies are saving atm...




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