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Bad DIY or bad art...?

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I like making speakers.
I like construction work.
I like making art.
"Why not combine them?" I thought.
So far this...
Now need to get the electronics sorted next so I can get some sound of it.
(Gold star for any identifications of the drivers I raided from various previous projects in the attic.)

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Definitely art. Is that the Linn logo in the base??
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Upstairs:
VinylPro-Ject 1.2 + Grado Sig Jr + Cambridge Alva Duo
DigiVolumio PC + Kiss DP-500 + Sabaj A20d
NVA: Cube2 - SSP - LS6+ Sabaj A10a {x2)
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NVA: P50 & PSU - BMUAiyima A07 MAX + Arcam One
HP: Allo DigiOne + Sabaj A10d + AQ NightOwl
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I keep wanting to make a joke about this sort of modern art stuff leaving me (open) baffled, but I won't. :lol:
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savvypaul wrote: ↑Mon Aug 22, 2022 2:58 pm Definitely art. Is that the Linn logo in the base??
He-he.
I hadn't spotted that. :-D
I need to sort out a different hanger really. That one's just pinched from the wife's garden egg chair.
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Fretless wrote: ↑Mon Aug 22, 2022 3:59 pm
Definitely that.
It's definitely non-commercial. :shock:
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slinger wrote: ↑Mon Aug 22, 2022 6:21 pm I keep wanting to make a joke about this sort of modern art stuff leaving me (open) baffled, but I won't. :lol:
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LC Audio Technology mains DC filter > Sovereign MTBPS balanced power supply
TQ (Wonfor) Ultra Black cables.

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At least one of the drivers is a Leak Sandwich mid range.
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Geoff.R.G wrote: ↑Mon Aug 22, 2022 7:42 pm At least one of the drivers is a Leak Sandwich mid range.
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Good man! :-)
It's one my least favourite drivers. Very screechy and low power handling capacity. But, I like the way it looks.
Hopefully it will suffice in this unusual application.
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LC Audio Technology mains DC filter > Sovereign MTBPS balanced power supply
TQ (Wonfor) Ultra Black cables.

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Managed to get round to sorting the electronics.
7 speakers in all (4 running off one channel, 3 off the other). Hopefully reasonably acceptable to users here as the crossover systems are all as simple as possible and all but the 18 inch cab is sealed.
Using the old IncaTech Claymore, and regardless of its artistic quality it is actually a very engaging listen. I'd forgotten just how awesome 18 inch speakers are. Not so much the bass, just that they sound enormous...

Anyway, it's called 'Aggregate Sounds', mixed media audio sculpture with original soundtrack...

System 1: JRiver MC24 > Dell Latitude 7270 > Asus Xonar Essence One Muses Edition DAC & pre- > One4 Class A power amp (with Dynamic PSU boards) > DIY Monacor SP-310CX speakers & DIY Dayton Audio SD315A-88 bass cab.
LC Audio Technology mains DC filter > Sovereign MTBPS balanced power supply
TQ (Wonfor) Ultra Black cables.

System 2: Anything with a headphone socket > Inca Tech Claymore > DIY Monacor SP-308CX speakers
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