Anudder sno-day,,,, :-(

really hatin’ winter this year.   I unnerstand, KOLD, but that no helpa my finances dangit!

Nuff bitchin’ about things out of my control though.  I have control over my finances, as in, DON’T BE SPENDIN’ SHIT YA AIN’T GOT,,,,  

but boredom kicks in pretty frequently at times like these,,,,

SoundPhuns,,,, ya, ya, I know,,, GROANS,,, more of this shit?!?!?  Yah, Get over it.

Seeing how I had to order new drivers ((spending shit ya ain’t got!,,,,   Hypocrit!!  LOL  Foam board is cheap, and the drivers really aren’t pricey.  )) and not being happy with the original mounting tapes.   I decided to prepare new panels for a more permanent installation here at the stead.    What I am going to do is use new foam boards.   I was very happy with the tonal quality I was getting from them.   Where I wasn’t happy was how easily the tape tore them apart.   The tape was more than sufficient, the foam was what gave up.    SO,,,, Prepare a place where the load is spread out over a greater portion of foam.   I have a two part heavy coat varnish that I use when skinning kayaks.  The stuff is tough as nails and lays on in a 1/64″ thick coating in one pass.   I figure, rough the surface where I intend to mount the drivers (more surface area to mechanically bond to) in an area roughly 4 times the size of the driver.   Not enough to change the character of the entire board, but to give the mount something much more substantial to grab onto.  

I know the varnish is tough enough to not tear apart under load (and I may even add some 1oz fiberglass cloth to the mix) and I am hoping that covering more area will prevent the foam from separating from itself.  (the original holes were exact shape and size of the driver tape mount.)   (and while I was writing this out, found out Dayton Audio has come up with a solution for a permanent mounting system that allows you to swap out the drivers and not in a destructive way.     Not going down that road this time, but if I ever do an installation for others, yeah,,, totally going that way.) (no affiliation with those links,,, Just a source.)

Another option I considered was using a peice of lexan to permanently mount the driver to, that could be mechanically attached to the boards.    Now that I know what I know, I may even do that just for experimental purposes.  At least with the one remaining original driver I have left.

This weekend is Brudda-B’s birthday celebration weekend.   I was hoping to have this set up completed to show him.  He likes sound/music as much as me.    Seeing/hearing the results in a Utoob vid doesn’t do these things justice; its must hear in person sort of experiance.  (and what sold me on them was this video: his reaction at 7:40ish was what told me “you need to play with this”. That and his selection of test music.   Only audiophiles would choose something that complicated.)

AS FOR MY INSTALL: I’m gonna run with two main boards using the Golden Ratio as dimensions.   That ratio is 1.683;1   I set up the GoBoard using that and while not happy with the sound, it wasn’t the ratio; it was the material.   Driver placement is a little different as well.   running 2/7thsx3/7ths placement.   Why sevenths?   8 notes per ovtave (12 actual if you count semi-tones) I figure the circle of fifths would make tonal differences and using the sevenths places me right in those fifths (I know, I know, the math doesn’t add up, but trust me, in music, things add up funny,,,,)  Will it work?  I dunno; this is a learning path I am on.   But I can’t see it being a bad thing either way.

Subsonics: Bass Thumper  Mounted to floor.

Not making a home theater system, just sound and quality sound at that.     I miss having music on demand in my house (my little system has started doing some   funky electronic suicide things,,,  It’s old, over 20 years, and no support from the original manufacturer.)   Time to upgrade anyway,,,,,   Advantage to building my own.   I can choose amps that run on 12vdc and wire straight to my power system without need of a power inverter.    (unlike my current system that is dying.)

I’ll post up about the real world later,,, right now, not much interest and not liking some of what I have been seeing.   Too many grifters still in power (looking at you Screw-em-more and Peelouzy and McTurtle,,,,)

but thats niether here nor there,,,, things to do, people to whomp on, and materials needed played with.

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