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Ok ... I've been thinking about building some new speakers for a while now and with fathers day comming up my wife gave me a early gift ... I can build new speakers I then set out to find something new that would wow me. After speaking with Al for a good hour on the phone and countless...

Hey quick question for you all. I'm about to redo my basement and part of it will be to run speaker wire throughout the entire basement. I want to run two complete pairs to each speaker for the possibility of futureproofing (plus who knows when I may get the urge to bi-amp ). What wire should I...

Hi I have a tempest based subwoofer. It is a monster about 4' high and 24" round. It is in a cherry veneered sonotube tuned to around 17 HZ. It is also in Alberta Canada. I really can not ship it, but I would be happy to meet a buyer in Edmonton. It is presently located in Lac La Biche...

I read on www.creativesound.ca that all av8 based adire kits have been discontinued ... anyone know more? I just built at LCC and wanted to build 281's this summer ... anyone know is there are any surplus kits? What will replace them? Ted

Ok this is my first review so please bear with me. I have now built a few of my speakers. My center is a Adire LCC, my mains are some home designed and will probably be replaced if Adire comes out with a 3-way design. My sub was my first DIY project. a 315L sonotube based tempest. Needless to...

Hi I am looking at building a small sub mainly due to space limitations. I would like something with a foot print of less than 20" if I can. I can go a little higher but not too much so. Was thinking of a PR box with a DPL12 in it but am not sure what else to consider. I will build it in a box...

Well I finally have my speaker stands done. I still have to fill them but the finish is on. They are cherry hardwood bottoms and tops. 6" PVC veneered for the center. Here are a few pics. Let me know what you think. And here are the speakers that will sit on them. They are...

Hi does anyone know if Contact Cement will stick to PVC pipe? I want to veneer some 6" for my speaker stands and am asking before I make a mess of things. If Contact Cement will not stick any idea what might work? Thanks Ted

Hi, the local AB Sound has a close out sale on the Marantz 6200 for $497 Canadian $ (around $320 USD) I was wondering the forums general thoughts of this unit. I have my front sound stage on seperate amps already so that is not a major concern. I presently have a HK 65 which is wearing out. Will...

Good morning. I have a few questions about some speakers I want to build. I have been using Unibox and have modeled the size of the speaker I want to build. I seems to like 45.7l the best. My first question is how much internal bracing should I use? Would 3 horizontal braces be enough? Should...

Would these drivers work well?? All are Audax drivers Center 1 1" SHIELDED PURE TITANIUM DOME TWEETER 1 5-1/4" FIBERGLASS CONE WOOFER 2 6-1/2" FIBERGLASS CONE WOOFER Configured similar to this http://www.madisound.com/audaxhometheater.html The 2 mains basically like this 1 1"...

Hello all. I am in the process of building my own Amps and active crossovers. I have a question about some drivers for a center speaker though. I have some cheap fluance speakers. I bought them to tide me over until I can make some decent speakers next year. That will not happen until around...

Hello all. I have a question about the above. I have my active crossover and amps on the way, Actually I am building them but same thing and have a couple of questions. 1) Via the miracle of Active biamping you get twice the effective power (http://sound.westhost.com/bi-amp.htm#act_vs_eff)...

Good morning all. I have just finished my Tempest sub. Pictures and impressions will follow. I am waiting until tonight to let the caulk dry to listen to it. Now that I firmly have a DIY bug in me I want recommendations for some DIY self mains. More specifically I want to do the front three...

I think I have the same painting problem you had on Sonosub III. I used Black enamel, I spent a lot of time wet sanding etc and on my last coat it gave the same bad finish :angry: Anyways here is what I did Sand and fill the MDF. Prime. Sand and fill more Prime. Wet sand Primer...

Here is the Sonotube I want to build. Please critique Diameter 24" Length 48" Driver Tempest 1 Port 6" x 23.5" Down firing. It will be driven my a old Kenwood amp. With a different amp into each voice coil until I can afford a decent amp ;) It will be in a very large room. 10 foot...

I am thinking about going into seperates. Which way would be better. I have a Harman Kardon 65 (kinda old I know) should I: Purchase a amp and run this as a pre-pro until I can afford a dedicated one. Or buy a good quality Pre-Pro line a Outlaw or Rotel and run it as a amp. I can...