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Completed My Voigt Pipes Today [message #20146]

Wed, 14 July 2004 12:15

FredT300B
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Registered: May 2009

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I completed them this afternoon and they are playing now, driven by my Bottlehead Paramours. Not bad sounding at all! The midrange is a bit ragged but the bass is much stronger than I anticipated. Photos documenting the construction process are at http://fredt300b.smugmug.com/gallery/147575

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awesome directions, Fred [message #20147 is a reply to message #20146]

Wed, 14 July 2004 17:18

akhilesh
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Registered: May 2009

Illuminati (3rd Degree)

Very nicely done website AND driver enclosures.
Are those pipes only for the drivers in there, or can you try some other driver in there as well?
Also, i wonder why the midrange is ragged. Maybe dope the whizzer or something? Should be smoother than a bass reflex, right?
thanx
-akhilesh

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Re: awesome directions, Fred [message #20148 is a reply to message #20147]

Wed, 14 July 2004 19:26

FredT300B
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Registered: May 2009

Chancellor

Thanks for the compliment. You can try any drivers that are suitable for that type of enclosure. Ideally you would want a high efficiency driver with a very light cone, like a Fostex or Lowther. I did the bolt-on driver baffle so I can try different ones later by substituting a different baffle with the right size cutout. They have been playing for about six hours now and the midrange is sounding much better. Just a breakin thing.

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Re: awesome directions, Fred [message #20149 is a reply to message #20148]

Wed, 14 July 2004 20:19

akhilesh
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Registered: May 2009

Illuminati (3rd Degree)

Yes that is true. The drivers do require a fewten hours if not a coule hundred hours breakin.
I wonder if you could post a frequency response for this driver, using a sound meter or something else.that would be very interesting.
thanx
-ahilesh

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Stunning! [message #20150 is a reply to message #20146]

Thu, 15 July 2004 00:00

Wayne Parham
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Registered: January 2001

Illuminati (33rd Degree)

Those are gorgeous loudspeakers, Fred. Just stunning!

I have Paramours too, so I know what you mean about the bass. I'll bet your system sounds great.

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Frequency Response [message #20151 is a reply to message #20149]

Thu, 15 July 2004 04:29

FredT300B
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Registered: May 2009

Chancellor

Don't have any serious measuring equipment but I can check the in room frequency response with my RS meter and Stereophile test CD today and post the results.

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Measured In Room Response [message #20152 is a reply to message #20149]

Thu, 15 July 2004 06:38

FredT300B
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Registered: May 2009

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I measured the in room response with my Radio Shack meter at the listening position. Using 200hz as the reference, the increments below 200 are:

160: +1.5dB
120: -1.0
100: +0.5
80: +1.5
60: +2.0
50: -6.0

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Re: Measured In Room Response [message #20153 is a reply to message #20152]

Thu, 15 July 2004 09:08

akhilesh
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Registered: May 2009

Illuminati (3rd Degree)

Sounds like you have good bass down to about 55-60 HZ. That's awesome for a single driver. GIven the size of the driver, I bet the highs are fine too....
Sounds like a great project.
-akhilesh

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Bass Response [message #20155 is a reply to message #20153]

Thu, 15 July 2004 13:49

FredT300B
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Registered: May 2009

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I agree that it's unusual, especially the slight boost at 60-80hz. I'm obviously getting some friendly room reinforcement here. They would sound very different if there were a 2dB null instead of a peak in this frequency range.

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Please don't take this the wrong way.... [message #20164 is a reply to message #20146]

Sun, 18 July 2004 05:48

wunhuanglo
Messages: 912
Registered: May 2009

Illuminati (2nd Degree)

Very nice job on the Pipes. And a great tip on making the routed MDF paintable. Matinelli, Epstien and I had a discussion about that over in "Craftsmen".

But I'm really sitting here with my mouth hanging open over everything else but the speakers. The beautiful cabinetwork in the house, the amazing collection of antiques, and the shop. Damn! What a shop!

Fred, it looks like it's very, very good to be you!