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RE: cause and efcukt, posted on August 7, 2011 at 05:21:39
Steyr	Lowthers are very tasty. My dogs prefer Nordost cables the more costly the better and my older Mastiff enjoyed a 18in woofer as a snack.

Act of Dog., posted on August 7, 2011 at 08:13:49

TubeBuilder

Mr Slagle he was doing you and his super sensitive ears a favor. Think of it as a Act of Dog! lol

Mr Steyr yummy mid bass! Plans one day please. More more more!! I have Nealy got a semi lob on. I am still collecting my mid bass woofers. Including a pair of Cherri 1953 15inch wharedales with straight profile cones! and soon to have(or oneday chamois leather surrounds instead of felt)63$ nobody likes wharfys... all 17kg of them!

RE: cause and efcukt, posted on August 7, 2011 at 08:20:11
bean	my rat terrier chewed up my SE45 amp; output transformers didn't have end bells. came home and he was carrying around a 45 tube in his mouth.

RE: cause and efcukt, posted on August 7, 2011 at 08:55:51
Steyr	So far no amplifiers have been consumed. But I knock on wood. I do hope the 45 SET wasn't plugged in?

Possible to get a more complete pic of the speakers in behind ?, posted on August 7, 2011 at 10:01:47
Frank Mena Audiophile Posts: 279 Location: S Western Ontario Joined: May 28, 2006	Great looking pup by the way. You can tell Mongo has character. Cheers FM

RE: cause and efcukt, posted on August 7, 2011 at 10:22:11
bean	nope, no hot dog in the listening room my wife joked that had it been on, he would have been a "blown woofer"

RE: cause and efcukt, posted on August 7, 2011 at 14:18:07
tomservo Manufacturer Posts: 8192 Joined: July 4, 2002	Ouch! I feel the pain. I had a cat which liked to "spray" the electrostatic speakers i had built. The only fix (as he already was) was to keep him out of the room and build new ones.

Hahaha! That's funny! nt, posted on August 7, 2011 at 14:23:27
Inmate51

pic of the speakers , posted on August 7, 2011 at 16:09:45
Steyr	Loudspeaker is in my office system think of them as my computer speakers. The front loaded bass horns 76in h,850lbs, front loaded mid bass uses dual 12in, midrange JBL 2440, tweeter EV t3500. All USA parts except supra cable on bass horn and Mundorf caps. Mains direct wired with Nordost.

For Mongo, posted on August 7, 2011 at 17:09:33

Duke
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Lucky dog.

I hear he's even got a Rush song dedicated to him.

Duke
Asylum member number 2112

Me being a dealer makes you leery?? It gets worse... I'm a manufacturer too.

Anagram (For Mongo)

Whoa! , posted on August 7, 2011 at 18:06:30
Frank Mena Audiophile Posts: 279 Location: S Western Ontario Joined: May 28, 2006	I'll bet that whole set up sounds amazing. Thanks for sharing. Cheers Frank M

Mongo only pawn in game of Hi-Fi..., posted on August 8, 2011 at 05:11:53
PakProtector Audiophile Posts: 12363 Joined: May 14, 2002	NT...:) Friend, I would not hurt thee for the world...but thou art standing where I am about to shoot.

Good one nt, posted on August 8, 2011 at 05:21:25
Steyr	nt

Rush, posted on August 8, 2011 at 05:22:02

Steyr

has great dog songs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79Z6qav4GXE

Looks Like A Great Dane Pup! (nt), posted on August 8, 2011 at 06:35:45
thetubeguy1954 Audiophile Posts: 6112 Location: Orlando, Fla Joined: January 7, 2001	z Thetubeguy1954 (Tom) Central Florida Audio Society -- SETriodes Group -- Space Coast Audio Society Full-range/Wide-range Drivers --- Front & Back-Loaded Horns --- High Sensitivity Speakers

Mongo is a 6 month old English Mastiff, posted on August 8, 2011 at 06:59:21
Steyr	And growing fast. Pic shows Mongo a Peaches.

RE: Mongo is a 6 month old English Mastiff, posted on August 9, 2011 at 04:16:29
blgtrio Audiophile Posts: 115 Location: Maryland Joined: May 17, 2007	John, Could you tell us a little more about the front basshorn? Drivers, efficiency and so on. I assume this is the one that took 6 people to deliver to your home.

Bass horn, posted on August 9, 2011 at 06:18:37

Steyr

Took 6 hired men and my neighbor,my wife,my brother and I to get the beast in my home. I did design it to fit through standard doorway. 10hz-100hz 94db 1 watt 8 ohm about W about 850lbs. I used a custom built 15in driver designed just for horn loading. I can use up to 4 per horn. Horns can be stacked together, bass horn couples to mirror image on floor. Can produce infra sound. Will pressurize most any space. I designed it to generate great pressure at low or extreme volumes. Its so powerful that even at levels one can easily talk over if low bass is present it can cause your eyes to loss focus. Has low coloration for such massive size its all fully braced 1in birch ply with 2x6 and 4x4 bracing. Doubled on baffle. Has a 20ft horn path, 100% American made except for supra wire other wise all screws glues plys transducer finish etc all USA sourced. I sell versions of these for material testing and research use. I do have a smaller bottom firing version I sell to audiophiles. This ones designed for music Gaming and HT use. Its on much of the day even my child uses it.

RE: Bass horn, posted on August 9, 2011 at 10:22:29
tedk. Audiophile Posts: 401 Location: chicagoland Joined: July 7, 2004	"If low bass is present it can cause your eyes to loss focus" " Its on much of the day even my child uses it." John, Trying to get your son into extra thick glasses prematurely? ;-)

RE: Bass horn, posted on August 9, 2011 at 10:55:39
Steyr	Most of what he watches or plays doesn't have allot of low bass. The amp many times turns itself off since not much signal present. But at times he likes to watch water tower demolitions on youtube and I have to run and turn off the bass horn. He always looks a bit mad when I turn it off.

RE: Bass horn, posted on August 9, 2011 at 11:16:43
tomservo Manufacturer Posts: 8192 Joined: July 4, 2002	Excellent! Or as C.M. Burns would say EXCELLENT!! Cool project. Best, Tom Would that be about 60in tall?

RE: Bass horn, posted on August 9, 2011 at 11:25:46
Steyr	76in h was going to install 3 but wife said no no no! Still 1 is over kill in a home so optimized this one for less peak output but with lower response at lower listening levels.

RE: Bass horn, posted on August 9, 2011 at 14:01:13

tomservo
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Cool, what did your horn path length end up being?

It is hard to describe what headroom or extension sounds like to someone unless they have heard it too, I bet that is excellent with movies too.

Reminds me of that song that could have gone “I like big horns and I cannot lie, those little horns make me cry” and so on.

Do you have wheels on it?
I have large horns from work here occasionally but I keep them on wheels so I can move them around, take them outside to measure etc.
Here is a full range horn I have now, it’s 60 tall + wheels.
Best,
Tom Danley

RE: Bass horn, posted on August 9, 2011 at 14:55:13

Steyr

About 20ft path. I use dolly's on these if wheels are installed a bit to large to fit doorways. I had to move the front bass horn upstairs since my homes on a hill thus the Egyptian moving style, lots of guys, things to slide horn on. And its installed in my loft where it over hangs a bit. More fun. But to me worth it. I had to move the old one out that wasn't as bad thanks to gravity but still it was a 8ft h horn with 4 18in. I would like to say nice horn but not in a rude way. I do try keep up on what you offer Tom I have respect for you as a designer. Most of my bass systems are to large to even move easy on wheels need 2 people. So once installed its near glued. Sure a pain to build move house but the reason I do it is because nothing else is close. I have to have bass horns in my personal systems.

RE: Bass horn, posted on August 9, 2011 at 16:54:51
freddyi Audiophile Posts: 3852 Joined: December 6, 2001	hey Tom - -luv yer horn above - got a phonograph horn here which I might extend the mouth with cardboard for fun - no 'sistors nor tubes (does have an electric motor and attendant mechanical hum - can't win- lol) - BEST, Freddy Karlson Evangelist

RE: Bass horn, posted on August 9, 2011 at 16:58:29
Paul Scearce Audiophile Posts: 471 Joined: March 1, 2002	I'm sure there is a big difference between what you can build to sell, and what you can build for your own use. Very nice setup, both of you. Most of the time I am satisfied with what I have made, but every once in a while, I think it would be fun to try a big horn.

My Mistake! Beautiful Mastiff John! (nt), posted on August 9, 2011 at 18:01:26
thetubeguy1954 Audiophile Posts: 6112 Location: Orlando, Fla Joined: January 7, 2001	z Thetubeguy1954 (Tom) Central Florida Audio Society -- SETriodes Group -- Space Coast Audio Society Full-range/Wide-range Drivers --- Front & Back-Loaded Horns --- High Sensitivity Speakers

RE: Bass horn, posted on August 10, 2011 at 11:55:47

tomservo
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Hi Freddyi
Pretty cool, and extending the path length will lower your lf corner as the load will be felt by the diaphragm.

When I was little, one of my favorite things was the windup motor from my Grampa’s old Victrola.
It had been at their cabin in northern Minnesota where my Mom and her family spent their summers (3 portages from the car and a telephone).

It was really oily so I couldn’t bring it in the house and living outside wasn’t kind to the brass gears etc but I loved watching the flyball governor.
When city water came through our neighborhood, my Dad filled up our well with junk and one of the things he tossed into it was my motor, I was really bummed.
Hey is that a Tesla coil I see?
Best,
Tom

RE: Bass horn, posted on August 10, 2011 at 12:19:11

tomservo
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Boy your cabinet is gorgeous and would look that way even without the beautiful woman!

I always end up nicking or otherwise screw up the finish on nice stuff like that.

Except for the number of drivers, it reminds me of a bigger version of an old Jensen cabinet (an imperial maybe?) I made in the way old days.

I still lived at home and wanted to make a cabinet in the maroon “how to build loudspeakers book” by Don Davis and Alex Badimif (sp?).

It was big so I cut it into two halves.
It was made of plywood we got from a pile mysteriously sitting next to the side of the road so it was not “nice” (like CD or worse).

I was really happy when it was done but that was short-lived when we reached my parents narrow back door, neither half would fit through the doorway even with the door removed.
The second cabinet set was not built and these stayed outside (mouth on top) and over the next year becoming a pellet gun backstop and then wasp nest, an eyesore according to Dad and then finally a bonfire.

Anyway, very nice work!
Best,
Tom

RE: Bass horn, posted on August 11, 2011 at 05:07:21
Steyr	Thanks for the kind words. It is a big modified Imp. So far I have been able to fit the giants through doorways. I measure much before designing. I do have designs for ultra lite bass horns I built a few for locals, giant but 2 man can lift.

RE: Bass horn, posted on August 16, 2011 at 07:28:32
TubeBuilder	Great horn!

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