That sound thingy post,,,, Direct Mode Loudspeaker build
First off, I must admit, I have a very limited amount of recording gear these days. With that in mind, I know you won’t get the full gist of what this system is capable of, and for that, my apologies. As said in an earlier post, your end system is going to be the deciding factor in how that sounds TO YOU,,,,,
Onward. materials and prep
Here, you can see the ‘finish’ I put on the area where the Exciters are to be placed. Its a simple ‘shellac’ of superglue spread thin and allowed to cure (you can use a heat gun to accelerate that process, but if so, do it out of doors as the fumes are highly toxic,,,,)
Placement is the 2/5th, 3/5ths rule of thumb, I was going to try something different but decided otherwise at the last minute.
MOUNTING the units to the wall. I have a mess of store hardware that is used to hang blister packs and what not in resell outlets. I made a bracket to hold the steel arms and mounted four of those in place on the target wall. For the speaker itself, an eyebolt for the bungee to slip through.
I was going to use the Luan as I bought it, but my place just doesn’t want to harbor a pair of 2’x4′ sheets, and I was forced to cut down to 24″X42″. That is close to that golden ratio I mentioned in other posts. Works though, and the sheets hang cleanly on the target wall.
The Exciters.
Hard wired (soldered) speaker wire to them, in series to make 80watts@2ohms per panel.
Mounted this to a 600watt system: 100w/channel with 400watt subwoofer.
Test music was the same as in earlier post, but the REAL MAGIC happened when I put on THESE,,,,,
10 minutes later, cuz from across hollar is coming over to see whats up,,,, When i listen to THOSE songs, everyone in a half mile does too,,,,
As he had no idea I was up to something ‘completely different’, he was rather taken aback that “ALL THAT SOUND IS COMING OUT OF A SHEET OF LUAN?!?!?!” (he had to yell it, since I hadn’t dialed back the gain any,,,,)
TIME FOR THE AUDITION,,,,
Note, due to copyright issues, I was unable to load up ANYTHING longer than 60 seconds,,,, Is what it is; I FEEL, that the point is made in those quick 50 sum-odd seconds,,,,
((yes, for those that noted it: thats a 30# cylinder of propane in front of my heater. The big boys outside ran out last night and I have not gone to refill them YET. The 30#’er is my ‘backup’ for such situations.))
Most definitely a sound sound system. Proper placement is critical of course, but the setup I have in my little place is perfect for this deaf ol’ sound dood. Near feild, this thing will rip your head off and drive that kick drum right up your ass. High hats and cymbal rides CUT through the mix and can be heard CLEARLY while all the rest of the music is blasting a line of travel through anything in front of the panel. The transition between sub and full range panel is seamless and can be ‘felt’ in Rush’s Tom Sawyer
Far feild, I have not a clue, but that wasn’t the intention of my build. I would say, with the 165degree spread of the sound, near field is the best bet for this design; but, the fact that my Cousin came over because he could hear it, and he lives several hundred yards away with trees between us,,,(and that could be due to the fact that my porch door was standing wide open and pointing straight at his place,,,,Shotgunning the sound in his direction.)
Guess I should mention what ‘proper placement’ is, eh? I have the speakers hanging by bungee from the wall with the top being 6″ spaced off the wall, the eyebolts give an extra 1″ and that allows the panel to hang at around 5 degrees off horizontal (downward). That puts the sound right about mid-body at 10′ in my house. Room filling is my intention and this setup did just that. The panel must be free floating or you will get buzzes and other strange noises. Matching the wieght of the panel with the power output, FOR ME, was pure guesswork. but I am not getting any strange pops or distortion for lack of weight, and the panels are light enough that the exciter aren’t muffled off.
There it is,,,, Maybe y’all will be building your own soon. If you do, enjoy the sounds.
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drivers came in today, working on post of build and VIDEO!!!!
So, y’all gotta be patient with me for a day or two while I deal with details and edits (not my forte, SOUND is my forte,,,,)
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Suhnday cleanup/domestics
Great weekend in the woods, clearing some of the sewage that accumulates over time in the backwaters and eddies of the mind.
Both Brudda B and I got an early off and were able to make camp by noonish on Freeday. Nice enough weather up to Satyrday night when the winds came up and the temperatures dropped,
but livable. We just called it an early night and retired to our individual shelters.
Was up way before the dawn both days. Was able to see satallites on Satyrday morning. Was staring up and suddenly felt vertigo as is seemed like the sky was moving, in a linear direction. Then realized the ‘stars’ I was seeing were satallites and moving way higher and faster than any commercial airliner could. no markings and were invisible to the naked eye until they hit the higher edge of terminus. Dunno if what I was seeing was Gen1 Starlinks (before they started putting the anti-reflective coating on them) or some other group of units, but they were in fast orbit.
Yeah, we were that far out in the boondocks that light pollution was zero. its a few miles to camp once you hit the gravel road, and worth the trip every time. PEACE, QUIET, very few drivethroughs, and the ones that do like to camp there prefer the same things we do.
T’weren’t many out there this weekend and the pair that were, folded early when the temps dropped off.
Not Brudda B and I,,,, build up the fire till even it ain’t cuttin’ it, then sleeping bag time.
My only fail (besides the fact that I forgot my camp chair) was an air mattress that had developed a slow leak since last outing. I would wake up every hour or so to re-inflate it enough to get to the next time. Boney shoulders and hips contacting ground, were the wake up call to do so, then roll over and back to sleep. Gonna have to inflate the thing underwater to see any leaks it may have as soapy water and pressure haven’t revealed it yet. OR, wait till it gets worse and won’t hold pressure over time. Frugal me has no desire to replace it at this time (not like its in regular use,,,,) and I have other options. That particular matress is only for my single man tent that I can’t get my cot into, and I have an thinner one that I use when Hammock campling (more for the added insulation than support like I need on the ground) BUT, if kayak-kamping, its sorta critical because that tent is the schizznizzle for fitting in a kayak: and it can be set up anywhere thats flat and coffin sized. Very low profile and has withstood a texas turd floater pretty danged well.(would have done better if i had chosen a higher site to pitch it.)
But, tis back to the grind tomorrow. Weather is getting more springlike than winter like and we should start seeing blooms aplenty here soon. Spring is springin’ forward. (with the occasional pissed off winter coming back into the room sayin’ “OH! and one more thing,,,,”or “I forgot to add that your momma wears combat boots,,,,” or somesuch.)
As for the real world,,,, dunno. totally off the horn of such over the last couple days, and other than the Koked up Krainian getting kicked out of the White House, haven’t been paying too much attention (and really, not even sure about that event at this point.)
A much needed respite and Ground and Center is now behind me and my mind is much clearer for it.
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working on that build post.
Currently have one panel built and pics taken, but I ain’t gonna let the cat out of the bag just yet. Except to say “my house is rockin’, don’t bother knockin’.”
Long story short, I popped my little three hundred watt amp I bought with my original purchase. I was wiring things up to test the new panels and the case bumped the hot lead from the battery; Small shower of sparks and dead amp,,,,
sigh,,,,
Time to pull out the old system and rig it up so it works a bit longer. Poor old girl has a bad connector on the input panel and needs looked into, but if you hold it ‘just right’, she still rocks the house. Thats what I used to test things tonight,,,,
SO, as I build the second panel speaker (DML) and get wired for power on the old system, I will post up the goodness of QUALITY sound and how far we have come in the Hi-Fi game,,,,
AND IN THE REAL WORLD
Epsteins list has been released and AG Bondi is supposed to get the 1000+ pages of FBI investigation reports tomorrow and they are intending to release those as soon as they redact all the VICTIMS information.
THIS!!!! Yes, don’t care if the hooligans involved are the dirt bags or the popular ones. IF they are a part of that mess, they are ALL scumbags and need reckoned with.
Keep your eyeballs open to what comes over the next couple weeks as this information becomes common knowledge. Watch to see which ones flee over the next 72 hours, and I would bet there are more than a few that are seeking asylum in strange places.
Saw something about 400tons of gold missing from Ft Knox,,, haven’t confirmed that yet,,, mad mojo if true. If you have a story of that, please link it in comments. Rule of links in comments is one per, otherwise you get bounced to spam,,,,
I’m gonna fire the house back up and jam out to some Stevie Ray for a bit. Has my glass of Knob on Ice ready and the katz are leaving me be (they can’t stand when I fire out the systems,,, sensitive ears n all.)
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Yeah,,,time to be less “Squishy”,,,
More than a few articles running around, NOT ENEMEDIA TYPE$,,,, but free-lancers such as me,,,,
First quote: From Sarah Hoyt,,,
Yup,,, thats why I built my house and have made moves for sustainable living arrangements, and while I don’t have a garden CURRENTLY, I can have several up and running in short order, to include hidden ones using the three sisters and such. Livestock would be nice but where I am, bush-meats are available, chickens are cheap and quick growing, and rabbits, if you can get around the cute cuddly thing,,,, I know when my time arrives to be eligible, that fountain will have dried to its lowest points and only those ‘on it” will have it; maybe,,,,
Then we have
JD Vance accidently created the MEME of the year with that saying. Its going to gain a lot of milage over this year. Several people are using that as title or subject matter in posts this week. This is one. And TL Davis has another
and thats brings me back to my early post of the day. I need to stop being squishy (thanks Sarah for the appropo wording to kick my butt into gear.) and if FAMs doesn’t like it, Too Frillin’ Bad,,, No one said truth need be pleasant, and it usually isn’t. BUT, TRUTH has value that propaganda does not.
Yes, I probably needed to clarify that my wishy-washy stance was due to family; though, in my defense, I DID mention that this was a cousin,,,, Still, I added ‘risking FB jail’ so there is that. She needs to hear it and maybe if I had spoken up (wrote it out, more like) OTHERS WOULD SEE IT AS WELL, and if they didn’t agree outright, they might be teetering and need the information to fall on the right side of the fence. The more that we wake up, the more the voice of reason grows in volume, the less purchase the left has on the levers of power,,,,
Cruel to be kind,,, When they see the lies they have lived with, they may fold like wet cards, but they will have a chance to make corrections. Many may terminate over the realization, and that can’t be helped, but if we leave them in the red zone, they will become a force in need of reckoning, and as Sarah says,,,”Once you start feeding madame Guillotine, you can’t stop for a long time, and you’ll be fed to it yourself.” We may end up on that path: lets pray the polite request of Trumped and Krew is heard and heeded.
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Feelin’ a wee flummoxed this Aye-emm
I don’t get on Fakebuk very often anymore. Actually, I’ve been avoiding ALL social media that isn’t ‘interest specific’ (IE Speaker building and kayaking stuff) because the flood of liberal tears is overflowing into everything. No need to seek out the pools, when the rivers are awash,,,,
BUT
I have this liberal cousin up “el norte” who does post on Fakebuk and when I went there in follow up to a notification, HER post was on the home page. She was criticizing Trump and his efforts to dissolve the Dept of Ed. (I shortened that word because ‘educate’ is the least point of that departments efforts.)
I read her post, and EVERY SINGLE POINT she posted was some talking point of the left; has been or can easily be debunked/refuted with about 5 minutes of internet searching.
My conundrum,,,, Tempt fate and Fakebuk jail and rip her argument to shreds (while also driving a wedge into a limb of the family tree) and SHOW HER WHERE SHE’S AN IDIOT.
OR
Ignore it and block the poster because you can’t “Fix people”.
The problem being, THE REAL PROBLEM is that she is only a sample of what is out there. People still buy that the MSM’s are credible and truthful and honest and
gag reflex in 3, 2,,,,,
We live in interesting times, no doubt of that…. at least this form of interesting has a chance to RETURN US TO OUR BASE. Only a chance mind you: its going to take serious effort from the people on the grass to keep things on course. We need to keep hot tongs to the feet of our representatives and other elected and non-elected power holders. Let them know we are on to the game and that we aren’t playing this time. The threat of firearms and hemp rope are VERY REAL and not to be shrugged off.
But what about those out here in the grass that continue to spread the disease? Logic and facts mean nothing if they don’t align with the narrative these people REQUIRE to keep functioning. How do you re-educate someone that has been living that lie for 50+years and refuses to even open the window of the mind to alternative thinking? Refuses to consider that MAYBE there is truth in the words of the common man that have more weight than those of the goliaths in the MSM?
Anywhooos,,,, thats the way my world started today,,,, more laters
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