| Project by mccreamark | posted 427 days ago | 708 views | 0 times favorited | 7 comments |  |
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Hi this is another project of mine.
I love listening to music I have 3000 records and a Micri Seiki .
These are back loaded horn speakers they are a special design using a folded horn (tunnel) inside the speaker box to amplify the sound. This type of speaker only uses one driver and it covers the full sound range much like a car stereo speaker. Some people add sub-woofer to these (I do ) for extra oomph!
This is a Fostex F206e 8” Japanese speaker and i used the speaker plans from Fostex. They have loads and loads of speakers so you can build any size you like.
I made these from 18mm ply and then cased it in 12mm ply and veneered the front with Birds eye maple and used the mahogany veneer from the ply I bought 2 door saddle at the diy store and used them for the front and top corners as they were the same cheap mahogany/luan as the ply.
I gave it 2 coats of shellac and 5 coats of System3 WLPU boat varnish waited a month and buffed it and waxed it.
I tested them before finishing them and they sounded terrific,spooky good. My friend is a guitar player and came over to hear them and he went home and said he could get off his mind so he bought them off me. I am now building another set.
7 comments so far
raz0rr0b
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posted 427 days ago
Awesome!
Great work, really a unique design. So there isn’t a horn speaker it is just similar to a port?
-- Rob
lew
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posted 427 days ago
Couldn’t ask for a nicer compliment on your work!
Tony Z
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posted 426 days ago
A coworker just recently asked me about making these. We’ve been online checking out hundreds of designs. I hear these sound awesome. Here is a cool link to some designs: http://www.quarter-wave.com/Gallery/Gallery.html
-- Tony, Ohio
rpmurphy509
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posted 426 days ago
Talk about timing, was just this past week considering making a speaker ‘box’ for my sons truck not for boom, but rather something to put the speakers in that will protect them since there is very little mounting space for them. If it can increase the sound quality and protect them at the same time (not to mention look half as good as your’s) it’s a win-win situation.
Great looking speakers, and can only imagine how good they sound. Nothing really beats wood (even ply) for resonating.
-- Still learning everything
mccreamark
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posted 426 days ago
Hi thanks for the comments thse type of speakers sound great on any type of music but when they play acoustic type music like jazz or classical and vocals I think they can,t be beat.
After I sold them I was sorry and couldn’t get the memory of them out of my mind.So the only solution was to make another set.
Most people that get to hear horn speakers leave with a new opinion of HiFi and some can,t get away from it and have to get them for themselves.
I’m in bed resting my legs listening to Myles Davis,I wonder if I’ll ever finish them at this rate.
Mark
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posted 115 days ago
If they sound anywhere as well as they look, I would be in audio Heaven!
-- When I die I want to go like my grandfather did...peaceful, in his sleep...not screaming like the passengers in his car.
a1Jim
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posted 114 days ago
wow way cool
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon