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In Reply to: RE: How will efficient speakers/amp on batteries compare? posted by ggking7 on March 17, 2012 at 15:39:09
Howdy,
You said: "I'll be in Australia and due to shipping costs I should probably buy new there instead of shipping used from the US"
Indeed, shipping from the USA will cost a lot, and there will probably be some surprise customs charges on top. When shopping online, double the item cost for stuff <20 kg and forget about anything heavier.
I didn't notice if you said whether you are happy to DIY. If yes, some local companies worth looking at are:
Cannonsound - currently have 15" coaxials, 15" neos and other items on special. Good service. They recently sent me big 2" throat Selenium horns, by courier, for just $20.
Azura - horn builder (WA). He has answered my queries in the past, seems to make good gear and to be a business worth supporting. My 60cm round horn was influenced by his AH-340.
Etone - have a pair of reconed 18" Celestions for $500, other goodies
Finally: if you are in or near Melbourne for a while, I'm currently keen to sell on some surplus components (horns and such).
Follow Ups:
Hollow boy is there any particular reason why you ignored my question below regarding your old British drivers? And yet found the time to answer this question? Is there just a missunderstanding or did you make a special effort to insult me? If so how have I managed to offend you?
I didn't see the post you mention. You were replying to something from 2007.
Anyway: nope, I scrapped all those phenolic drivers.
-I didn't have many parts to match to their small throat size, making experimentation tricky
-I had enough projects on the go already
-I scored some B&C DE950 (2" exit) drivers pretty cheaply
If you found yours for free, great! Toys are good.
Thank you for your reply hollow boy I assumed you where emailed my reply thus the reason you came to the forum. Not to worry I am feeling a little unappreciated latterly. I try so hard to help as many peoples as I can here and yet I cant get a simple answer from a question I ask. Its a shame you scrapped them. They are standard small 1-3/8" size if they are like mine.Same as the WE555 I think. Standard for the time. phenolics with simple phrasings seem like a recipe for nice mellow sound. I have a small collection of these horns and drivers as most people don't bid against me when they come up on ebay. Some with phase plugs some with out. I even have a pair of dual throat 1-3/8 horns now and a very large set of very old WE like welded steel radials. Not supa large more like 250 to 300hz cut off welded in a boiler shop from a plan from 1/4 inch steel. Perhaps I am trying to hard I think I am going to fade awa
I'm trying to keep off the DIY path as much as I can just so I don't get sucked into another hobby I don't have time for. :) What would you suggest for turn-key gear in Oz?
Just the usual - PA / DJ sources, or selected stuff from Hi Fi shops. The PA market has many quite affordible passives. Usually if the bass drivers are are 30cm or more, efficiency is high 90s. Or search for JBL and other well regarded brands on ebay, and wait till something comes up locally.
The most turnkey solution would be to buy a one-box system: a speaker with internal amplifiers + rechargeable batteries.
Alternatively, you could go pretty DIY without actually building it yourself: a lot of the systems discussed here are essentially a big horn plonked on top of a big bass bin. You could clone one of these. Given a good set of plans, a carpenter could build a decent bass bin for you, and all you'd have to do would be to wire it up and bolt the horn driver together.
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