So, I'm being wishy washy about the grill. Have a different grill coming in probably Monday. The driver itself is either used or was stored out of the box and has some scuffs and a visible ring where I'm assuming liquid/water gathered and dried. The cone seems totally fine, but it is stuff that just won't clean off. Hence wanting a grill to make it less noticeable.
So I decided to do a full recess on the driver that can work with various grill options. Screws demand more meat!
One thing I noticed that makes me wonder about it's longevity is the leads. They are rather short and are dang close to taut around xmax on outward cone movement. Limiting it to a 100watt amp might be reasonable anyway to keep it from and early death.
It seems to be a requirement for me to make at least one dumb mistake per project. I drilled driver screw holes and flipped it over to do the amp screw holes... Only to find the opening was too long for the amp. Somehow I added an extra inch to the measurement for the cutout. Fortunately I found a piece of pine in the scrap pile that was exactly 1" wide. I'd rather this than having to make a bunch more sawdust for a whole spacer plate to glue over the existing hole.
I hosed the inside down with spray adhesive and stuck some chunks of acoustic foam in and got it all together.
IDK, it's a sub... sub goes wub wub. I didn't try to "knock the house down" with it yet since I think someone was home in the neighbor's place 6ft away from our living room. So it didn't have much of a chance to "wow" me. Found my Denon dra-800h has a nice adjustable lowpass out for sub, but doesn't seem to have a "small speaker" (high passed) option for L/R. boo
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Could just be the photo but that slot port looks tiny! More like an air leak than a port lol.
Yep only 3/4" tall. I agree it looks so slim kinda makes you think "that can't realy work can it?" lol we'll see
So, I'm being wishy washy about the grill. Have a different grill coming in probably Monday. The driver itself is either used or was stored out of the box and has some scuffs and a visible ring where I'm assuming liquid/water gathered and dried. The cone seems totally fine, but it is stuff that just won't clean off. Hence wanting a grill to make it less noticeable.
So I decided to do a full recess on the driver that can work with various grill options. Screws demand more meat!
One thing I noticed that makes me wonder about it's longevity is the leads. They are rather short and are dang close to taut around xmax on outward cone movement. Limiting it to a 100watt amp might be reasonable anyway to keep it from and early death.
It seems to be a requirement for me to make at least one dumb mistake per project. I drilled driver screw holes and flipped it over to do the amp screw holes... Only to find the opening was too long for the amp. Somehow I added an extra inch to the measurement for the cutout. Fortunately I found a piece of pine in the scrap pile that was exactly 1" wide. I'd rather this than having to make a bunch more sawdust for a whole spacer plate to glue over the existing hole.
just tell folks its expected to reduce resonance
Artistic touch
The 15" has stitched tinsel leads and machined top and bottom plates.
Double spider, too. I get why there is such a price jump from 12" to 15". This thing is a tank and an absolute steal at the $70 I paid for it.
I hosed the inside down with spray adhesive and stuck some chunks of acoustic foam in and got it all together.
IDK, it's a sub... sub goes wub wub. I didn't try to "knock the house down" with it yet since I think someone was home in the neighbor's place 6ft away from our living room. So it didn't have much of a chance to "wow" me. Found my Denon dra-800h has a nice adjustable lowpass out for sub, but doesn't seem to have a "small speaker" (high passed) option for L/R. boo