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Re: 4 Pi and 3 Pi Subwoofer [message #69202 is a reply to message #69012] Sat, 27 August 2011 00:57 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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My kits arrived. I need to get my act together with building the cabinets. I'm building them out of 3/4" mdf with cherry veneer to match the cherry surround on my Rega P5.

I'll be veneering some shelves (for a flexy-rack) first, but I'll still be very new to veneering when I tackle these cabinets. This is shaping up to be a fun challenge.

When I opening the boxes today, I was disappointed to see that the inductors on the crossovers shifted around some. I think I have them back in position, but I feel like I should add some more adhesive. Wayne, what do you typically use for this? I'm assuming the inductors should not touch the PCB traces. Some of the inductors are now in contact with the traces, but I can space them appropriately when re-adhering them.

I'm planning on documenting my progress. If anyone is interested in how things turn out, I can post my build report here.

My planned setup is:

Rega P5 > Dynavector 10x5 > Dynavector P75 MkII > Bottlehead Extended Foreplay 3 > Bottlehead Paramount 2A3s > Pi 4s

plus an active sub crossover coming off the Extended Foreplay (thinking about using Wayne's recommendation: http://audioroundtable.com/Semiconductor/messages/359.html) > FET amps (maybe the Selectronic ProFets) > Pi 3 subs

I'll also have a Squeezebox Touch and cheap Yamaha CD player feeding into the preamp.

Oh and there's a custom power conditioner using Felixes (http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=2qjtmqcrd9b1ij5gj3aad2j41b8aqk5g&topic=25757.0). I could write a whole report just on this guy.

Needless to say, I have my hands pretty full for the next couple months. I'm still buying and building a lot of this. I'm very excited to see how much this setup blows my Logitech Z-5500s out of the water.
 
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