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| Re: Pi speaker arrangement. [message #90218 is a reply to message #90044] |
Thu, 02 May 2019 18:02   |
johnnycamp5
Messages: 354
Registered: June 2015
Location: NJ
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Thanks.
How long did it take? About 18 months  .
Here's the short (long) version-
I like to enjoy my home projects and/or hobbies in dribs and drabs, moving from one to the next on a whim, or when I get bored.
I rarely start something, and stay on it till complete, I enjoy bouncing around.
This tends to leave several unfinished projects, but it can also bring the satisfaction of many of them finishing (nearly) all at once.
I also tend to do things out of order.
My basement project started with my requesting plans from Wayne for his 7pi corner horns, and buying a pair of Bruce's mono blocks from at Oddwatt Audio.
These parts would be the foundation of my new man-cave system.
I actually completed the amps and put them to use in the upstairs living room. I then got around to assembling the mid horn flat packs and mounting the woofers and spacers.
Then on a whim, I decided to start clearing/organizing the cellar for the new man cave.
It had always been used for storage.
When I removed all the boxes and junk (lol) I discovered some bad news, the foundation walls were badly cracked, even being pushed in (from the earth) slightly in places.
Years ago I had noticed what appeared to be hairline cracks, but they had gotten much worse. The house was built in 1904.
I realized I had to fix this, regardless of whether we wanted to stay in the home, or sell.
Lucky for me I'm a mason by trade, and my good friend Dave is an excavator (Lounsbury excavating INC.)
We removed approx. 60 yards of dirt, and replaced the foundation walls one section at a time, with reinforced concrete.
This was a bit stressful, after all, there is a house overhead lol.
The new cellar is almost 9' to bottom of joist, quite a bit taller than the old one, hence the 60 yards of dirt removal.
I finally worked on the mid horn box (the enclosure around the horn flare) this week (after a year or so), they're almost done.
Then just the bottom bass bin.
Ive also got to swap in some Jantzen Superior Z caps onto the 7pi crossovers that Ive had kicking around for a long while.
the problem is their size... they are HUGE compared to the standard Z caps, but I think I can make it work....
All that just to say I have them!
Perhaps ill put the crossovers in a plexiglass box for bragging rights LOL.
I'll try to update with some pics once the corner horns are in place.
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