playdough Posted June 19 Author Share Posted June 19 Just thinking about the small 1150 Hz horns, why not build a 3 way, using a line array of 2 x 8 or 10" woofers in small boxes, or basically a mini me version of the current undertaking roughly a quarter of the size,,,,,,,,,,,,for a brand new home currently coming out of the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crtexcnndrm99 Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 I’m thinking about multiple 10-12” woofers with my current horns from Martin, so do continue that line of thinking and building… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playdough Posted June 19 Author Share Posted June 19 (edited) 1 hour ago, crtexcnndrm99 said: I’m thinking about multiple 10-12” woofers with my current horns from Martin, so do continue that line of thinking and building… Hi Ash, nice of you to comment on this mini set up. Cheers Ah, yes the "more attractive speaker line" spoken of at times. At the end of this build + the mini me set, I just may have to concede, that bigger is not necessarily better or more attractive to the fairer gender and if it's her house,,,,,,well what she says,,,,goes. What we do agree on however, there must be music and a beautiful system to play it on and it cannot be "just a pretty box" it has to be Art and beautiful standing alone. Edited June 19 by playdough 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playdough Posted June 19 Author Share Posted June 19 (edited) Just out of interest, off topic a little but we have created something together on this occasion. Me doing the woodwork and other hardware, to frame this nice little polymer clay piece, by her, which she finished in the last evening, baking and burnishing/polishing. The frame was made from a scrap of blackwood coffee table top. We plan to do a set of 3, over time. A lot of work in just that, but rewarding to see on the wall I'll wager, later this morning and a little surprise for the home coming worker,,,now to find the white gloves, boot leg whiskey (my best glass cleaner) and a microfibre to do this assembly. Edited June 19 by playdough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playdough Posted June 20 Author Share Posted June 20 May be upside down ? not set to the mm in the frame,,,Dunno, but it's nice and suits the room of grey, off white, black, green leather lounge and blackwood features/kitchen. Back to speaker building after I install 20m of fence post holes my favourite job. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playdough Posted June 20 Author Share Posted June 20 (edited) Calligraphy On the back of the horn for this effort. Never named a speaker build before "Francesca" Single Point Source Phase Linear Coaxial Azura, Left "Francesca" Single Point Source Phase Linear Coaxial Azura, Right Edited June 20 by playdough 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playdough Posted June 20 Author Share Posted June 20 Shipment ready to pack 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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playdough Posted June 24 Author Share Posted June 24 So the Horns are being loaded into a carton and heading my way very soon. Project tracking well with all the hardware and can start wiring drivers to Speakon 4P sockets, ready to plug in. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La scala Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 On 25/06/2024 at 6:16 AM, playdough said: So the Horns are being loaded into a carton and heading my way very soon. Project tracking well with all the hardware and can start wiring drivers to Speakon 4P sockets, ready to plug in. Martin has done a stellar job , bet you cannot wait to get them over. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La scala Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 On 20/06/2024 at 5:37 AM, crtexcnndrm99 said: I’m thinking about multiple 10-12” woofers with my current horns from Martin, so do continue that line of thinking and building… I am loosing sleep over these Aries - Aurora boxes for smooth room friendly semi open baffle bass , just got to.make some time and be in the mood to eat lots of woodworking dust to replicate these. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playdough Posted June 26 Author Share Posted June 26 10 hours ago, La scala said: Martin has done a stellar job , bet you cannot wait to get them over. Yes, Martin really is an excellent Man to deal with. It's likely another pair of horns will be built in the future (the 350Hz) although this lot of 4 horns represents 2 pairs of speakers to build. Francesca and the Mini Me, each pair of mains with pairs remote subs. I shouldn't be waiting too long for the Horns and should be able to cobble something together for testing in a day, hopefully to get some gauge on how the coax/horn interact, set up initial crossovers and raw measurements. Currently waiting for a Gas Fitter to plumb an outlet for my stove, this morning and a fence that went down during the storms is going back up with posts concreted in yesterday. Kitchen renovation is holding up this project now, one job at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playdough Posted June 26 Author Share Posted June 26 10 hours ago, La scala said: I am loosing sleep over these Aries - Aurora boxes for smooth room friendly semi open baffle bass , just got to.make some time and be in the mood to eat lots of woodworking dust to replicate these. Interesting looking speaker, still wondering where "on axis" would be 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playdough Posted July 2 Author Share Posted July 2 (edited) Well, there was an install go into the 40 food Bedford for the Mrs,, had an amp fail to work when plugged in so it isn't finished,,,,,I'll get better photos as this one is buttoned up, with a fresh amp and a spare . THere is a single sealed 12" sub next to the driver seat. Edited July 2 by playdough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playdough Posted July 4 Author Share Posted July 4 Azura Horn delivery, Martin. is truly a great Craftsman from concept to delivery. I haven't detected anomaly or fault of any type of fitting or finish, just perfect. Even the packing carton was perfect Thanks Mate Time to be busy, setting up and start testing. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playdough Posted July 17 Author Share Posted July 17 (edited) Another photo of the Bedford bus, albeit waiting on the BT power amp. Also is a job I was involved in acoustic treatment of some of the local uni. Well and truly living away from home at my other home ( the bus ) for a little time so the speaker job is on hold. Looks like I’ll be building a house here before Christmas. Mmmmm. Busy Edited July 17 by playdough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playdough Posted July 17 Author Share Posted July 17 The 10mm thick acrylic panels resulted in a similar problem @almikel pointed out in another thread, sucking the life out of the HF range . A better situation than no treatment for conference but certainly didn’t have a use for any in a measured and weighed HiFi sound lounge, clap response is better but not great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La scala Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 7 hours ago, playdough said: The 10mm thick acrylic panels resulted in a similar problem @almikel pointed out in another thread, sucking the life out of the HF range . A better situation than no treatment for conference but certainly didn’t have a use for any in a measured and weighed HiFi sound lounge, clap response is better but not great. Carpet tiles or Felt panels would do the trick...and get a bloody move on, the Azura's are getting lonely. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playdough Posted July 19 Author Share Posted July 19 18 hours ago, La scala said: Carpet tiles or Felt panels would do the trick...and get a bloody move on, the Azura's are getting lonely. Yea, next job is setting up for measurements, not a huge thing but keen to try. Just need to be home to do that and hopefully the weekend or later next week. cheers playdough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playdough Posted July 29 Author Share Posted July 29 Still working on the speaker set however it's gone a little sideways back into work on the lounge room, mainly due to the fact the area is not quite a completed thing and been ongoing for more than a year. Installed some long overdue overhead cabinets and building in a CD/DV storage unit, having no storage means the things are randomly everywhere. It was a bit of a shame to paint blackwood,,,,,,,but there is plenty of wood in the area a rare thing to see installed these days as something brand new. Sort of planning to do some testing next week, have found the Umik1, an amp, a processor and PC, but building it from scratch, remotely from here at the Bedford bus block of land where I'm helping build a house starting next month. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleach Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 On 30/07/2024 at 8:44 AM, playdough said: Still working on the speaker set however it's gone a little sideways back into work on the lounge room, mainly due to the fact the area is not quite a completed thing and been ongoing for more than a year. Installed some long overdue overhead cabinets and building in a CD/DV storage unit, having no storage means the things are randomly everywhere. It was a bit of a shame to paint blackwood,,,,,,,but there is plenty of wood in the area a rare thing to see installed these days as something brand new. Sort of planning to do some testing next week, have found the Umik1, an amp, a processor and PC, but building it from scratch, remotely from here at the Bedford bus block of land where I'm helping build a house starting next month. Checking in for an update.. Any progress? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playdough Posted September 14 Author Share Posted September 14 3 hours ago, sleach said: Checking in for an update.. Any progress? No not really sadly. I've had to let some things go for a little while and the stereo/lounge is one of those things. Not that happy about it actually,,,,,but that's another story. I had an hour here today, but will drive on for another 4 hours to my other home, which can't really cater for my large horn sets or testing the things. In time I'll continue the work and show some results here, not too long, hopefully before Christmas and definately in the new year, just wrapped up in another project. I think about it daily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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