New Speaker design (PICS)

Michael Hartwig · 04-02-2003, 05:16 PM

http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showt...threadid=13015

Scroll down a little

Hopefully the above link will work. Need to copy and paste.
These speakers are based on a Ed Frias design, the ARdiys. I used the same drivers, crossovers and cab volume.
Having seriously listened to them, I find they are as good as the box version of this design or bit better in the imaging; soundstage. I made them so I could use them ported or sealed. This allows me to play with the integration with Tempest diy.

This link will give a view with my Tempest.

http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showt...threadid=13152

Brett DiMichele · 04-02-2003, 08:25 PM

Absolutely gorgeous!

That had to take some serious time routing all of those
seperate pieces but the end result is nothing short of
complete elegance!

Martice · 04-02-2003, 08:48 PM

Let's repost the link directly eh?

Wonderful speaker design

The Tempest is gorgeous as well.

Tempest

Joe Tilley · 04-02-2003, 09:07 PM

Wow, those are gorges, very nice work

Love the sub too. Do you plan to put any type of finish on them?

BrianGC · 04-02-2003, 09:20 PM

Pretty cool, I kept waiting for it to blink.

BrianGC

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Brett DiMichele · 04-03-2003, 12:26 AM

Joe,

From what I can see (Hopefuly Mike will confirm this) they
look like they are finished. My eyes tell me they are done
in some sort of peachish color of textured Latex Paint?

I am just guessing but it doesn't look like raw MDF to me..

Frank Carter · 04-03-2003, 12:38 AM

Phenomenal work!

How long did the woodworking take?

Chris Tsutsui · 04-03-2003, 03:23 AM

Very Nice,

I can see some B&W nautilus inspiration in them. If so, then the baffle is similar to a TL enclosure which may have an impact on sound.

About time ppl start thinking outside the box.

Mike Keith · 04-03-2003, 09:13 AM

Beautiful work and design, I almost did the multi ring thing myself, but instead went for a hybrid of rings for the front baffle and staves for the tapered back end.

Love to see unconventional designs, I'm tired of the old box thing, and I myself haven’t built a conventional box in many years.

Good work.

My weird & similar design

http://www.geocities.com/kingdaddyke...?1016664567380

Michael Hartwig · 04-04-2003, 12:45 AM

Brett and Joe

The finish is from a spray can paint 'Speckle Tone'; it gives a nice textured speckled finish. I topcoat it with a clear low gloss acrylic. I went with the peach, shell colour to go with the style of the enclosure.

I like to thank everyone for the positive feedback. Now that I've had time to give them a listen, I find they are equal to the standards of the regular ARdiys (which I've always thought to be a great sounding speaker; to my ears anyway). Hopefully I'll get around to the center channel and rear channels in this design.