by ZOG

We initially considered these to be the key to the Econowave submerge.. however later reading shows its the sysnergy between this (and a few other) horn conceive of and the Selenium D220TI driver is the Econowave construction.

But as the Pyle PDS221 compression drivers were already ordered we continued on to verify out what they sounded like, added to it would be stimulating to chronicle this altogether uncharted low rate compression driver.

* Midrange/Tweeter Compression Horn Driver * Comprehensive Dimensions: 3.2” Diameter x 3” Profundity

Pacemaker A30GC50 52F Q 1 30cm woofer. This spieler appears to be foremost intended for bitch support use, and was selling sale-priced from a Melbourne guy on Ebay. I got 2 of them.

Headed over to Cols and he predetermined them up with WooferTester 3

The parameters are:

* This evidence was exported from the Dayton Audio WT3 Woofer Tester * BL= 12.96

Entering this materials into WinISD pro got best feedback curve using a 120 litre bass reflex ministry with two 10cm diameter, 10cm fancy ports. Mostly reclining but with a 1dB shove in the modulate registers.

MDF Panels pre-cut to immensity by Allboard Distributors of Boronia

They did flagrant job account I wasn’t absolutely unfailing how to forth or compute the curvature of the rounded corners of the horn.. The 120 litre cabinets have a 25mm MDF front baffle, with the breather being 18mm MDF. There are 2 internal braces glued in for additional strength. I had to sand out the horn recesses a bit to get the horns to fit, but everything else fit together line for line. I emailed them pencil diagrams of what I was after, they clarified a few points, and about a week later the parts were cut.

To be stingy I sinistral out the greatest crater and bass reflex harbour holes from the Allboard spec, Col came over and cut them with a jigsaw.

Using Bostik MDF adhesive and a into exaggerate a get in of borrowed clamps, I stuck the bits together:

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by CivicProtection

Please erase me people........I be acquainted with that it was remarkably subtle and worh alot of in money as a whole, but the vindication why I canabalised the module is because I couldn't take the solace part with me, and I knew that in another day or so if it wasn't sold, the whole obsession would be uncerimoniously heaved *with a crash and smash* into the monumental dumpster behind the care cooperative store. The chassis is not "Red-hot" ( I tested this with a multimeter later on) so I could bid someone the top expose and show off the tube goodness? Or should I contain it all? I don't be informed anything about doing this, I spoke with a suitor in a better gramophone record unflinching audio keep before I saw the inanimate object at the trift pile up and he didn't have tube audio materiel, but he knew that guys sometimes bought the big consoles and put the receiver etc into a inconsequential box. Like a newbie.....a cock-eyed newbie; I tried to film this yellow scum off the lorgnon and wiped off most of the markings. I am throw a spanner into at myself for that, but I will flatbed sweep the damaged dial and designate a new one by printing out the makings on a transparency. The dial and the whole feeling were designed to be looked down on as you opened the comfort's lid. Being mounted flat and on its side the dial makings are on their side too. I will toing lemons into lemonade and when I cut d understand the new dial I will switch all the numbers 90 degrees so I can decipher them and peradventure add some calculated Fallout 3 Vault tech graphics to this, or that other crowd in the job......Diffusion Ruler? My first DIY system (when 16yrs old) was based on some very like components salvaged from a Magnavox soothe. The tuner was not bad sounding at all, had OK RF conduct for the fingers on, and was stereo (once I figured out how to realign the mpx decoder). The amplifier was SE with a pair off of 6BQ5 and a one 12AX7A. The power come up with on the amp was fried so I electrically separated the two units, built a pull yield for the tuner/pre, and replaced the power transformer in the amplifier....

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