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Now that the paint, lighting and convenience electrical is done and the Altecs are flying, I can move in the equipment and actually start using my shop.I thought a few of you other seriously affected hornies could appreciate this.
BTW, notice the conduit running up the wall behind the left speaker. With the wiring I had boxes installed behind each cabinet so the electronic crossovers and super-T amps can be plugged into thier own circuit: a dedicated one that can be powered up from the main breaker panel.
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them up there. My sand filled 828's with 1005's weigh something like 250 to 300 pounds.
With the Tar-filled multi-cells they weigh about 100 lbs more.With a friend helping and a rented Genie lift it was very easy and quite safe.
not being a dick ,but those horns need some breathing space, the tube lights looks awsome
btw why is there a fly on your windsheild ?
Sure looks like that space is gonna sound like the world's largest shower stall though.
Well Magnetar, it is surely live, but it is a work shop first and foremost.Once the artwork gets hung it will quiet down a bit too.
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I see your Vot box reflex port have been tuned and the bracing in the midlle . can you give me some informtion how it can be done and how it sound after you did this mods.?
The cabinets are extensively braced and damped. The horn flares are sand-filled and the ports reduced slightly to 100 sq. in.These are basic mods from the Jim Dickinson essays on the old Sound Practices website. Between the bracing, sand and new ports they have much improved low mid clarity and tighter bottom. They are pretty smooth and solid to about 45 Hz where they hit the wall. The original Vott cabinet construction was marginal at best.
I still have to adjust the angle of the mid horns. The installation is already toed-in and a little adjustment should have it all well focused at the center of the room, right where my new 7.5 hp Altendorf F-92 sliding table saw will be.
The shop is for custom cabinetry, millwork and custom veneering services, as well as warehousing for my wood flooring equipment.
eso
Those fine sounding A5s should get more playing time in your shop than they would have in your back yard. That's an awesome table saw!
These speakers were in my old shop and were what got me into horns in the first place. The first time I hooked up these 50 year old speakers (288B/1005A tar-filled, 515B, early 1950s vintage) my first impression was that audio had not made much progress in the last half century. And then I met Dr. Edgar and began my descent into audio dementia...So you're familiar with Altendorf saws? For anyone that likes fine carpentry machinery this saw is a guaranteed chubbie. Add to that the US made Delta 8" joiner, Dewalt 16" 5 HP Radial arm saw, 3hp General tilt-arbor table saw, Delta 14" band saw (currently looking for a bigger and better one), more small power tools than would be considered sane, a collection of antique hand tool and selection of Lie-Neilsen hand planes and a Torrit dust collection system, someone with some projects might forget to go home...
It will be really nice when I get it all put together.
That's a great collection of tools. I've never seen an Altendorf saw, only drooled over photos in times past. Completely out of my league, yet it must be a true joy to use.
Hi eso .
Thanks . how do you sand-fill The horn flares ?
I like to do some things on mine but haven't work it out how to do as i sure you won't just thrown in some sand and call that done ,
made sure you keep the dust out of those Vott .
Cheers
LT
I have the 828 cabs which have the horn flares walled off from the rest of the cabinet. I cut 2 inch holes thru the top of the cabinet into the flare, put in some heavy duty plastic bags and then pour in the sand. Worked great. On the 825 the horn flares can be damped with foam in a can. Just be careful not to put in too much as it can expand and break up the cabinet.
Greets!I did 825 cabs, though I had to add the baffle extensions, so cut holes in them and did the bag thing, filling them with kitty litter while they were still lying face down.
I added the baffle extensions, sealing the horn cavity before putting in the final piece.I cut 2" hole in each side and directly filled the spaces, sealing the holes with 2" plumber's test plugs.
As an aside, on my later 75Hz Tractrix midbass horns, I used bending poplar plywood to create a 2" space behind the flares which I filled with sand. the 2" sand fill ended up being plenty solid and dead with about 10-15% of the weight of the full fill.
eso
Eso,I may have missed it, but, what will you be using the space for. Other than great music listening. Congrats on a well thought out setup.
VERY COOL!!! Those A7 will rock your shop. What is the super T amp? Cheers.
Low power SS. Inexpensive and very good sounding for the $$$.
Hi Eso, OK, I get it now. I have two of them. One in the origanal condition and one modded. It is so suprizing how good those little things sound. I drove my Beyma tweeters with them when I tri-amped my system. Best highs I've heard. Cheers.
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