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2pi tower finished ... finally! [message #77310] Mon, 29 July 2013 10:04 Go to next message
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Hello everyone,

finally, after months of occasional work, I finished my 2pi tower!

This is my personal aesthetic interpretation of the beautiful design of Wayne, I hope you like it.
Any advice or curiosity is welcome.

Many thanks Wayne for sending me the construction's plans of your creatures!
I'm thinking about how to make your mark at the base of the front baffle, sticker... engraved and painted... metal plate...

They are burning from 3 days to 3-4 hours per day, I hope that in a couple of weeks are completely burned, so I can do a quick review!

As usual, sorry for any language errors.

Giampiero - Italy

index.php?t=getfile&id=1225&private=0
Re: 2pi tower finished ... finally! [message #77313 is a reply to message #77310] Mon, 29 July 2013 10:18 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Wayne Parham is currently offline  Wayne Parham
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Wow, Giampiero, those speakers look stunning!

Re: 2pi tower finished ... finally! [message #77318 is a reply to message #77310] Mon, 29 July 2013 13:27 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Glad you like them, Wayne!
thanks again... Wink

Giampiero - Italy
Re: 2pi tower finished ... finally! [message #77331 is a reply to message #77318] Tue, 30 July 2013 07:41 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Wow those truly are sweet! You do very good work!
Re: 2pi tower finished ... finally! [message #77336 is a reply to message #77310] Tue, 30 July 2013 12:32 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Hi Justphil,

thanks for the compliments!

I know that there are several mistakes and imperfections, especially watching closely, but overall the work satisfies both me and my wife!

Giampiero - Italy
Re: 2pi tower finished ... finally! [message #77351 is a reply to message #77336] Tue, 30 July 2013 21:39 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Bill Epstein is currently offline  Bill Epstein
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Pinanfarina, Scaglietti, Bertone, Giugiaro and now Gianpiero.

I'm not kidding! The width of the side cheeks is just perfect in scale.
Re: 2pi tower finished ... finally! [message #77357 is a reply to message #77351] Wed, 31 July 2013 05:34 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Hi Bill,

I don't know how to thank you for your nice words... but I assure you that they are undeserved!

I just tried to disguise the excessive width of the front baffle, in proportion to the diameter of the eminence alpha, with an aesthetic artifice.

To get to the final design, I have done several tests starting from the render on the website of Wayne!
Here are some examples:

index.php?t=getfile&id=1229&private=0

index.php?t=getfile&id=1230&private=0

index.php?t=getfile&id=1231&private=0

index.php?t=getfile&id=1232&private=0

My favorite was the last one, with aluminum ring on the outer edge of the woofer and an aluminum plate on the face of the tweeter, in Zu Audio style.
But, due to the high costs of processing for me, and considering the good results achieved even without them, I decided that for the moment it's okay.

This is a live test before gluing and painting ...

index.php?t=getfile&id=1233&private=0

Giampiero - Italy
Re: 2pi tower finished ... finally! [message #77371 is a reply to message #77357] Wed, 31 July 2013 21:40 Go to previous messageGo to next message
petew is currently offline  petew
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You've got a very elegant look there. The wood strips make the width just disappear.

Nice work!
Re: 2pi tower finished ... finally! [message #77381 is a reply to message #77310] Thu, 01 August 2013 22:24 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Really nice work, tastefully done.
Re: 2pi tower finished ... finally! [message #77384 is a reply to message #77381] Fri, 02 August 2013 10:22 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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Hi,

Petew and Shallow pockets thank you very much for your compliments!

Giampiero - Italy
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