The Ohm's really surprised me. I wasn't expecting them to be so big and have that much low end. They were fun to listen to, even though the one tweeter wasn't working. I stood to the right of the right side speaker (the dead tweeter) and could clearly hear the left one. The center image was mostly still in between them. The immersive quality is interesting and quite pleasurable, at least for me. We took a few very rough measurements with ARTA during lunch. Not very scientific, especially in that environment, but you get an idea of all the wall reflections. I'll post those tonight.
Thanks, Tom, for bringing your equipment to test the Ohm's. These 35 year old high end speakers are built strong, but rather crude compared to today's standards. These are about as "child proof" as possible, though. LOL
Congrats to Bryan, Jason, and JR for their award, and thanks for their continued efforts to make these events happen.
I'm going to repeat congratulations to Bryan, Jason, and JR for their award. I appreciate their efforts to make Iowa happen.
JP thanks for the bourbon, I enjoyed some last night. Craig we missed you Saturday night. It was fun to repeat the crazy YouTube videos we use to do. Well at least I enjoyed it.
Congratulations to Bryan, Jason, and JR for their well deserved award. I'm guessing I didn't get back from lunch in time to see the presentation.
During my demo several people said it sounded like the left speaker had a bad air leak. When I pushed in on the woofer the PR didn't move. I hooked the speaker up and played a 50hz sine wave and the tweeter grill felt like it had a fan behind it and there was plenty "hole in the box" noise. I'd stuck the caps I'd made to seal up the backs of the tweeters with on with Plasti-Tak. It worked fine at the levels I was playing at home but came loose when we cranked them up. The cap was half way off which probably left the equivalent of a 1/2" hole in the box. I cleaned off the Plasti-Tak and glued the backs on with super glue gel. I sealed up the wire hole with caulk. Tomorrow I'm going to the shop to grab some clamps and glue the boxes together.
As usual, I'm late to the response and thank-you group of folks. However, I do want to say thank you and congratulations to JR, Bryan and Jason for their hard work putting these events on and for the recognition Mark awarded them. It was a great job by all!
I also want to say that the level of professionalism continues to grow each year. I always walk away at the end of the day with knowledge I didn't have when I arrived. I always find projects and driver choices that impress me. So to all that were there, it was great seeing you again and hope to see you next year!
Thanks to Bryan, Jason, and JR for putting on another successful event. Again, I heard some really nice entries (as usual) & had a good time last weekend. Also, it was nice to see you guys receive well deserved recognition for all your contributions to the DIY community. Keep up the good work..........
@LifeOfBrian said:
Thanks to Bryan, Jason, and JR for putting on another successful event. Again, I heard some really nice entries (as usual) & had a good time last weekend. Also, it was nice to see you guys receive well deserved recognition for all your contributions to the DIY community. Keep up the good work..........
Thanks for the deal on the Ushers! Was good to see you again.
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Sweet! I hope I can make it out there some day.
I will echo the sentiment of others. It was great seeing everyone, and thanks to JR, BK, and JP for putting this on.
Hey Andy. In the front row we averaged 85~88db. Well, that was until some crazy man decided to play Barbie Girl.
And a few more pics:
Great looking projects / speakers. Thoughts on hearing the OHMs ?
And thumbs up for that t-shirt !
The Ohm's really surprised me. I wasn't expecting them to be so big and have that much low end. They were fun to listen to, even though the one tweeter wasn't working. I stood to the right of the right side speaker (the dead tweeter) and could clearly hear the left one. The center image was mostly still in between them. The immersive quality is interesting and quite pleasurable, at least for me. We took a few very rough measurements with ARTA during lunch. Not very scientific, especially in that environment, but you get an idea of all the wall reflections. I'll post those tonight.
Thanks, Tom, for bringing your equipment to test the Ohm's. These 35 year old high end speakers are built strong, but rather crude compared to today's standards. These are about as "child proof" as possible, though. LOL
Congrats to Bryan, Jason, and JR for their award, and thanks for their continued efforts to make these events happen.
Thanks, also, to all who attended!
I'm going to repeat congratulations to Bryan, Jason, and JR for their award. I appreciate their efforts to make Iowa happen.
JP thanks for the bourbon, I enjoyed some last night. Craig we missed you Saturday night. It was fun to repeat the crazy YouTube videos we use to do. Well at least I enjoyed it.
Congratulations to Bryan, Jason, and JR for their well deserved award. I'm guessing I didn't get back from lunch in time to see the presentation.
During my demo several people said it sounded like the left speaker had a bad air leak. When I pushed in on the woofer the PR didn't move. I hooked the speaker up and played a 50hz sine wave and the tweeter grill felt like it had a fan behind it and there was plenty "hole in the box" noise. I'd stuck the caps I'd made to seal up the backs of the tweeters with on with Plasti-Tak. It worked fine at the levels I was playing at home but came loose when we cranked them up. The cap was half way off which probably left the equivalent of a 1/2" hole in the box. I cleaned off the Plasti-Tak and glued the backs on with super glue gel. I sealed up the wire hole with caulk. Tomorrow I'm going to the shop to grab some clamps and glue the boxes together.
Congrats to the 3 DIY Iowa organizers and MAC facilitators. That is well deserved!
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Here are the measurements of the Ohm's. I'll admit I wasn't quite sure how to measure these because so much of their sound is off-axis by design.
On the tweeter axis - out from the walls. I wish I would have gotten an off axis measurement, but you'll see the trend on the near wall sweeps -
Near the wall - Red is 45 degrees off the tweeter axis -
Someone asked where I got the nanners we were using:
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805959374786.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.20.67ce1802jb5Sdo&gatewayAdapt=glo2usa
This was a nice event, guys - thanks to all who stopped by and let us listen to their builds. Always fun.
Next year.
https://www.jfcomponents.com/
As usual, I'm late to the response and thank-you group of folks. However, I do want to say thank you and congratulations to JR, Bryan and Jason for their hard work putting these events on and for the recognition Mark awarded them. It was a great job by all!
I also want to say that the level of professionalism continues to grow each year. I always walk away at the end of the day with knowledge I didn't have when I arrived. I always find projects and driver choices that impress me. So to all that were there, it was great seeing you again and hope to see you next year!
Jim
Thanks to Bryan, Jason, and JR for putting on another successful event. Again, I heard some really nice entries (as usual) & had a good time last weekend. Also, it was nice to see you guys receive well deserved recognition for all your contributions to the DIY community. Keep up the good work..........
Thanks for the deal on the Ushers! Was good to see you again.
Who's shit is this?
The expensive booze in the back is mine. Just ship it.
I just finished JPs old forester mmm good
That would be mine. I left before you were up on Sunday. I can just grab it the next time we meet again.
Sounds good!