Cabinet ideas for the Lorantz C390X-B1-8 woofer
I’ve been running through ideas for some cabinets for the Lorantz woofers. The current fairly rough PA cabinets that came with them OK, but I’m not getting the full bass the speakers are capable of....
View Articlea new waveguide to try: 18Sound XT1464
There aren’t many constant directivity waveguides for 1.4″ compression drivers, but one I had not been aware of until Paul Spencer and SvenR on SNA forums brought it to my attention was the 18sound...
View ArticlePVC bass reflex port extenders.
The current 139 litre volume of the cabinets I’m planning need a two 100mm diameter 24 cm bass reflex ports to tune to my proposed frequency of 33Hz.. Any of the bass reflex tube products cost quite a...
View Articlebass reflex enclosures for the Lorantz woofers now underway
After a very long delay I’ve finally gotten around to working on better cabinets for the Lorantz woofers that will unleash their full potential. Having adequate enclosures so I could be lazy and use...
View Articleenclosures for the Lorantz woofers assembled and now making sound at last..
At long last the enclosures for the Lorantz 15″ woofers are (mostly) done: Big thanks to Col for helping with the build – his expertise gleaned from the multitude of enclosures he has created was a big...
View ArticleSome finish added to the enclosures. OK but could be better.
It took me a while to get to adding some finish to the speakers, but I finally did using some “Cabots Satin Jarrah Water Based Stain and Varnish“. Although it looks OK at a distance I’m not completely...
View Articlesome experimentations with ACD (ActiveCrossoverDesigner) & MiniDSP
Both before and after I went overseas I’ve been experimenting with the most excellent Active Crossover Designer spreadsheets by Charlie Laub, with a lot of input and information from the Stereo.net.Au...
View Articleaddition of wooden compression driver stands that hide the protection circuit.
With the woofer enclosures now looking pretty good it was time to tidy up how the compression driver is supported, and tidy away the LPAD and protection circuitry. I got some small pine boxes of the...
View ArticleMiniDSP chassis done, at last
Not strictly related to the speakers themselves, but as the miniDSP is a core component in driving the speakers I’ve noted this in the “beyond-econowave” posts: For a long time the miniDSP was sitting...
View Articleminor updates to the Beyond Econowave waveguide speakers.
These speakers have been seeing daily use in the ZOG lounge-room, are essentially complete, and continue to sound great. three small upgrades done since the completion have been: addition of...
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