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Industry Circles => GR Research => Topic started by: E-Zee on 11 Apr 2021, 10:20 pm
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Hello all. I'm here to offer a crossover assembly service for any that may be interested. I realize there is lots of expertise and experience here in the forum and the market may be relatively small. However, for any that may be interested, I've created a website that is still undergoing some revision, but should provide sufficient explanation of the service offered.
Website is ezeescrossovers.com (http://ezeescrossovers.com)
I have discussed this matter with Danny Richie and with his permission I am making the initial post here.
Edit from original post: im doing everything I can to keep prices affordable. Please reach out for pricing details for your project. Complex designs, large or multiple board assemblies, will be slightly more than a basic 2way design.
Assembly for power cables, speaker cables, or other related projects would depend upon complexity. Please contact me if you have a project you want to discuss.
Please feel free to wander through the website and I'd appreciate any feedback. Any interested customers can contact me here through forum but my preferred contact is by email.
Thank you for your time.
-Elon
Elon@ezeescrossovers.com
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That is good news. My one trepidation to building out speakers was the xover.
Good luck with your endeavour.
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Thank you to those that have reached out by email.
My sample size is small but the first two customers committed for assembly from this forum are both for the NX-Studio. Two additional customers for other small jobs (speaker cable build, and a repair) are also finishing NX-Studio builds.
I'm a long time fan of Danny's designs so I'm happy to see the NX-Studio selling well.
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Great idea. You could buy and hold some stock of the components to build and send direct to the GR customer and Danny sends to rest of the kit once pre-built X over is ticked on Danny's site?
Collaboration could benefit all?
I am sure that a lot more people could benefit from that. The build becomes less scary to newbies and they are up and running so much more quickly.
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Speaker challenged,
I discussed those options with Danny. Bottom line is if I were to stock components for multiple builds of each of his designs, it equates to a few $1000's of outlay that I then recoup $50 to $100 at a time. Currently, ill put together anything that gets sent to me, and Danny is willing to drop ship straight to me by that makes a lot more sense for the upgrade kits than the full speaker kits with drivers.
As example, I have 2 commitments to assemble NX-Studio boards but those kits ship with Drivers and a front baffle so the extra cost of me shipping those large items a second time is counter productive for the customer. In that case its cheaper and easier for customer to first recieve full kit from Danny and then just ship me the crossover components which is the way those builds will go when they come in stock. However in the case of any of the upgrade kits such as RP-600M or similar, where no drivers are shipped, those would be a good candidate for drop shipping. Plus that market of customer who is upgrading retail speakers is possibly more inclined to need an assembly service.
I know there is a need, but am also aware word of mouth support takes time to build so I'm taking my time. I'm not marketing or reaching out in other places at this time. I chose to reach out first to Danny because I greatly appreciate and enjoy his methodologies and design principles and watching him interact with customers and even some critics in forums for many years, I think he's a person of integrity which I value more than any opportunity to make a few $$.
In the meantime I've got a couple small projects coming in. An Overnight Sensations kit showed up a couple days ago with all Jantzen Z-Standard caps which is easy but it's waiting for a 16ga foil inductor to drop ship from a vendor, The 2 "upgraded" inductors are both large enough diameter that standing either of them up will require an irregular shaped board ito fit through the 3.66" woofer opening. Ill do a quick photo write up on that one when the inductor arrives in hopes that someone else might benefit from seeing how an irregular shaped board can be used to fit through an opening that the crossover otherwise shouldn't fit through.
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Speaker challenged,
I discussed those options with Danny. Bottom line is if I were to stock components for multiple builds of each of his designs, it equates to a few $1000's of outlay that I then recoup $50 to $100 at a time. Currently, ill put together anything that gets sent to me, and Danny is willing to drop ship straight to me by that makes a lot more sense for the upgrade kits than the full speaker kits with woofers.
As example, I have 2 commitments to assemble NX-Studio boards but those kits ship with Drivers and a front baffle so the extra cost of me shipping those large items a second time is counter productive for the customer. In that case its cheaper and easier for customer to first recieve full kit from Danny and then just ship me the crossover components which is the way those builds will go when they come in stock. However in the case of any of the upgrade kits such as RP-600M or similar, where no drivers are shipped, those would be a good candidate for drop shipping. Plus that market of customer who is upgrading retail speakers is possibly more inclined to need an assembly service.
I know there is a need, but am also aware word of mouth support takes time to build so I'm taking my time. I'm not marketing or reaching out in other places at this time. I chose to reach out first to Danny because I greatly appreciate and enjoy his methodologies and design principles and watching him interact with customers and even some critics in forums for many years, I think he's a person of integrity which I value more than any opportunity to make a few $$.
In the meantime I've got a couple small projects coming in. An Overnight Sensations kit showed up a couple days ago with all Jantzen Z-Standard caps which is easy but it's waiting for a 16ga foil inductor to drop ship from a vendor, The 2 "upgraded" inductors are both large enough diameter that standing either of them up will require an irregular shaped board ito fit through the 3.66" woofer opening. Ill do a quick photo write up on that one when the inductor arrives in hopes that someone else might benefit from seeing how an irregular shaped board can be used to fit through an opening that the crossover otherwise shouldn't fit through.
Hey E-Zee,
I'm just offering ideas for a fledgling business to think about. If it helps GR also then it sounds like a win win for both and Danny has been in the game long enough to say Ya or Na.
Looks like you have it sorted for now and are happy with room to grow into things later on. There is no question about Danny's integrity, he is first rate and honest etc. But as you have recognized and I have seen a lot of potential customers for GR put off by the X over so at the very least you are giving more newbies a chance to get into this great hobby with the great people GR research has attracted here on this forum.
Keep up the great work.
SC
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I get asked daily about crossover assembly services.
Guys, here is someone offering so I am giving this one a bump.
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Just as a confirmation for any newcomers, I'm still offering crossover assembly services at a discounted price. For any new commitments as of today, May 10th, Current pricing starts at $50 for any of Danny's customers.
I've had a few items come in for assembly recently and I will post some build pics of those items by the end of the week. I have a few commitments for NX-studio builds which are waiting for inventory to come in stock. I will likely end the introductory pricing after those NX-Studio builds are completed and I have created a website location for recent customer feedbacks.
Thank you to all those that have reached out by email with your project requests.
-Elon
https://www.ezeescrossovers.com (https://www.ezeescrossovers.com)
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For those of you who are wondering and looking for some feedback.
Elon is a very kind, and knowledgeable guy! Easy to talk with, and here to help! If anyone is considering this route because you are not able to wire the network, Elon is a great choice!
His prices are insane! Lol! If anyone has done networks, it’s a good 2-4 hours. So, adding it up, he’s really here to help!
If I was unable, I would send him mine in a heartbeat! Heck, I would be happy to pay him double!
Thanks for helping!
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Thank you, could be really helpful, a great service.
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Here's a couple photos of the last two projects. The batch of projects before didn't get any good photos so I'll have to do better about taking photos of the next few for anyone that may be interested.
This set is Danny's upgrade to Klipsch RP-8000. It's a very well designed upgrade. I chose to separate the large inductor for the lower woofer to its own board to allow for greater flexibility of installation options so the layout you see below is just for the midwoofer and tweeter.
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=224613)
This drawing shows you my basic process. Using the wiring schematic provided I draw all the components onto paper just to determine board size and to visualize connections for the internal wiring. Very basic designs sometimes get sorted properly on first revision but I usually try to give everything a second revision to improve the layout even if it is just minor orientation improvements. In this case, first version was very much to determine size and spacing and give me better visualization for final adjustments. I didn't like how close the inductors were so in version 2 I spaced them out even further, then cleaned up the orientation and layout of the other components.
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=224614)
In each of these photos the top board is not yet soldered to show the actual physical connections. Bottom board has been soldered. The outer boards are the large inductors which are the only components for the lower woofers.
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=224612)
Edit: the forum reduces photo resolution so I added photos of the crossover boards to an outside page if anyone wanted to zoom in and look at higher resolution. https://ezeescrossovers.com/photos (https://ezeescrossovers.com/photos)
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=224615)
A customer sent me these for assembly/ termination.
I did make an assembly log for these cables to hopefully help anyone else attempting the same as it can be labor intensive and any tips can be helpful. This link will take you there if you are interested.
https://ezeescrossovers.com/braided-speaker-cable-assembly (https://ezeescrossovers.com/braided-speaker-cable-assembly)
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=224616)
Please feel free to reach out if you'd like to have an assembly done for you. Even if you plan to assemble yourself but perhaps just want a little assistance with laying out your board or need confirmation that it is wired correctly before you start soldering, I don't mind donating a little bit of time to be of service.
-Elon
https://ezeescrossovers.com/ (https://ezeescrossovers.com/)
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I’m the customer that had Elon assemble the speaker cable for. As you can see I always have to do something different. He went out of his way to really make sure exactly how to make the bare ends, We spent awhile on the phone going over it until he was sure of what I wanted. I highly recommend his service. :thumb: :thumb:
The only thing thats not right is how little he charges, so if you need his service jump on it before he regains his senses and start to charge what it’s worth.
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Good to know! Price seems very reasonable
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That's nice looking work.
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(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=225327)
A little bit of a shameless self-bump here to refresh the thread for those that are newcomers or just casual visitors.
I'm still offering discounted assembly services for Danny's customers here on the forum. A couple of requests for assistance with non-GR-Research kits came in this past week which is perfectly fine.
A couple people have asked for assistance with creating a crossover board layout for a kit they purchased, with I have done happily without charge, since it really is a quick assist. I've offered the same to a few others here in forum just trying to contribute where possible.
If anyone is looking for assistance with crossover assembly or other related projects please let me know.
Preferred contact is email direct to elon@ezeescrossovers.com, but messaging through forum is also fine.
https://ezeescrossovers.com/ (https://ezeescrossovers.com/)
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(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=226382)
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=226383)
Customer sent some GR-Research 16 strand braided cable and their own top end Furutech stainless/carbon connectors for assembly. Here's the final product and one mid-progress picture.
If anyone else is interested in having some cables assembled please reach out by email or forum message. Im quite confident that component cost plus my assembly fee, puts you far ahead in cost than any other premium retail cable available. There are lots of options for cable and connectors, whether you choose a braided cable like this one or a more traditionally stranded, 3 conductor cable. By building to order, to your specification, your cost is lower because you are avoiding the traditional retail costs associated with purchasing, warehousing, and marketing thousand or tens of thousands of dollars of product sitting in inventory.
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Those are beautiful!
Excellent work! :thumb:
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(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=226782)
Time to add another photo to the thread.
This pair will be headed to a customer in Australia. These are upgraded components for Spatial Audio M4 S Turbo. Im excited for the customer who has a lot of time and effort into his audio setup.
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Before and after of the Klipsch Forte III upgrade kit. It is a substantial kit weighing about 10lbs on its boards.
Here are the before pictures.
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=227029)
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=227030)
The customer sent their existing crossovers which they had assembled with some "assistance". As you can see there are terminals, anchor screws, jumper wires, and other things inserted unnecessarily into the signal. I did not sort through the mess of wires underneath to determine if the circuits were correct, just carefully desoldered, cleaned leads, and started over. Customer chose to upgrade by adding miflex bypass caps and swapping the resistors to Mills.
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=227025)
Woofer, mid, tweeter circuits are separated to their own boards to allow more space between inductors and to ease installation.
A couple people have asked recently about using terminals or binding posts internally to connect internal wiring between drivers and crossover. Final photo below shows my preferred method. Internal solid strand wiring is soldered directly to the crossover, heatshrinked, and then secured to the board after the solder joint, to eliminate most of the stress from the crossover while manipulating the wire. If it was a possibly fragile capacitor lead, securing the wire twice, nearly eliminates all movement or stress to that connection.
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=227033)
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Your work is looking really good E-Zee.
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(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=227746)
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=227747)
A couple more photos for the log. NX-Otica are quite a bit of work. It makes for a busy layout putting 5 inductors on one board. Thank you Steve for your patience. This one did take longer than anticipated.
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Requests for front baffles only.
It is a separate topic and I will make a new thread for it, but very soon I plan to offer some front baffles for sale. I have no plans to offer or ship complete flat-packs, as there are other people already offering that service and I'm not trying to undercut anyone or compete with something that is already being offered. However, after several people have asked me about purchasing baffles only, and I have not been able to find them being offered, I will attempt to fill that need on a limited basis. Feel free to email me directly if that interests you. I will take special request orders, and I can offer more popular designs in batches.
Elon
Elon@ezeescrossovers.com
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hmmm, so you're going to copy the baffle we've designed, prototyped, sent for testing, re-prototyped repeat etc etc ?
Does this mean you'll be offering a n el cheapo version of Danny's network for these too now that you've seen the schematic ?
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Captain,
I'm not sure what your referring to. It sounds like you have something specific in mind. I'll clarify a little bit with an example. I have an individual right now discussing an XLS-encore projects with me, and they are wanting to have a cabinet with a specific veneer and finish built for them. XLS-encore cabinet dimensions have long been published and available. If somebody can cut an XLS baffle at home, than they can also pay someone to cut one for them. My initial response to that inquiries was to first find out if anybody was offering front baffles for sale. It's not something I want to do. If there is an option available for purchase than that would be my preference. I can't find any available and nor could the person inquiring. If someone offers them for sale as baffle only, than please share that resource, I simply couldn't find it.
I've had multiple people express their preference to buy a baffle only. If a person doesn't want to pay a price that is possibly out of there comfort for a compete flat pack, but they want to buy a set of baffles only, I don't see the conflict. Many people build cabinets on their own. This forum is full of build threads. Im sure many people pay for help finishing, or painting, and if they want to pay for help cutting a baffle, I don't see how that is an intellectual property theft. Cutting circles to dimensions that are published, or to match a driver's physical dimensions seems like a pretty open source task.
Perhaps you are referring with your comments about prototype and development, to something a little more complex or more proprietary like the NX-Studio baffle. I agree with you that you have time invested into your specific design and to the coding for the cnc operations required. Those are yours and nobody is trying to take that from you. I am not trying to compete with that or undersell you in any way. However, in a moment of truth, the reality is that if somebody were to ask me or anyone else to provide them a pair of front baffles at a certain thickness, width, and height, and that a round opening was centered a certain height from bottom to accommodate a certain driver dimension, and that an opening was cut to match a certain tweeter, centered a certain height from top, and then chamfered at approximately 45 degrees in front, leading up and starting a short distance above the tweeter mount with some rounding on the front edge, and then providing a slight recess for mounting the tweeter in the rear, all of that could be performed with no knowledge or concern for your methods or your product. Personally, for me that would be a lot of work. I dont own a cnc machine so I'd cut that manually with the help of some power tools and jigs. It wouldn't be the same as yours, and it wouldn't be as nice as yours. If I fulfill that request did I actually steal your design? Is nobody ever able to make their own baffle for an NX-Studio? What if I want to make one for myself? What if I want to make one out of solid maple? Would you be willing to provide that service for me? Is nobody allowed to make their own baffles or their own cabinets?
I'm not sure why you would make so many assumptions, and specifically try to call me out in some public way, with some kind of insinuation that I would steal Danny's designs or anyone elses, and offer to sell kits or assemblies on my own, as if somehow I was here just trying to make a quick buck. People have asked me if I can do an assembly for them directly and I have sent them all to Danny and quickly rejected even the suggestion that I would steal or profit off of someone else's design. I hate thieves and I would never conduct myself that way. I've done nothing but go out of my way to provide a service to a small amount of customers who want that service, and have done so at a ridiculously low labor rate, below market rates and often times even below a minimum hourly wage. This isn't a profitable business, this is just me, part time, when I'm not working my full time day job, enjoying a hobby that I love, and offering myself in a service to those who want it.
If my goal was to try to make a quick buck, I certainly wouldn't be here offering assembly services at a ridiculously low rate. It would be much more efficient to go work at Starbucks and make more money, or I could just start selling flat packs for less than anyone else, which is certainly more profitable, but which I specifically stated I wasn't going to do.
I'm sorry that you felt threatened or felt cause for alarm. I have no desire to take anything from anyone. If you want to talk about anything or provide me with some correction than please send me an email or direct message. We can talk on the phone and I will discuss anything with you that you want, but I'm not going to get into a forum debate and start attacking or fighting with anyone over this.
Regarding baffles, I'm still on the fence. I deliberately am going out of my way to avoid conflicting with or trying to undercut anyone else. It would be very easy, when someone asks me about xls-encore cabinets which in my opinion is a published and non-proprietary item, to offer them a flat pack for less than the competition, but I haven't. If someone wants an XLS flat pack, they are available on the GR-research website for $150 plus shipping. That's my recommendation. However, I fail to see how someone who wants to build their own cabinet, but just wants help with the baffle, or perhaps wants a dimension slightly different, or wants it built from a different material, can not be offered that assistance.
I'll discuss the issue with Danny. If Danny tells me he doesn't want me to offer baffles, I won't. Simple as that. I'm not here to cause any harm. I'm a very small fish, and I'm sorry if the thought of me making a handful of baffles caused distress. If anyone else besides the Captain is bothered please reach out to me directly. I'm a very reasonable person and am willing to have that discussion with anyone. If I'm wrong somehow I will apologize and correct myself.
Elon
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Hey Elon
First off, it is I who should apologize, I obviously misread your post and thought your intentions were different than what you've explained.
Your points are all valid as well, many of the GR Research Speakers do have plans available, providing a service to cut those parts is a great thing for some folks.
With regards to the X LS Encores, Peter (Peter J) may or may not offer baffles only, I know he has had a great cnc cut flat pack available for a couple years now.
Again, my apologies, gonna shoot you an email l
jay
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Jay (captainhemo),
Your a good guy. I appreciate you giving me a call and I enjoyed being able to chat with you for a moment. All is well. I've long appreciated seeing the high-quality products you offer. I'm not upset about anything that transpired and I am at peace moving forward.
For anybody who was standing by with popcorn, ready for a show, there is no need. Jay really is a great guy. What he doesn't know is that we have a mutual acquaintance who I was conversing with a few weeks ago, and who unsolicited and unbiased was relating to me what a genuine and upstanding-character Jay is. I dont begrudge him for being concerned and wanting to protect his product. His products are of the highest-quality and worthy of his concern.
Now back to business...
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Here's a couple photos of the last two projects. The batch of projects before didn't get any good photos so I'll have to do better about taking photos of the next few for anyone that may be interested.
This set is Danny's upgrade to Klipsch RP-8000. It's a very well designed upgrade. I chose to separate the large inductor for the lower woofer to its own board to allow for greater flexibility of installation options so the layout you see below is just for the midwoofer and tweeter.
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=224613)
This drawing shows you my basic process. Using the wiring schematic provided I draw all the components onto paper just to determine board size and to visualize connections for the internal wiring. Very basic designs sometimes get sorted properly on first revision but I usually try to give everything a second revision to improve the layout even if it is just minor orientation improvements. In this case, first version was very much to determine size and spacing and give me better visualization for final adjustments. I didn't like how close the inductors were so in version 2 I spaced them out even further, then cleaned up the orientation and layout of the other components.
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=224614)
In each of these photos the top board is not yet soldered to show the actual physical connections. Bottom board has been soldered. The outer boards are the large inductors which are the only components for the lower woofers.
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=224612)
Edit: the forum reduces photo resolution so I added photos of the crossover boards to an outside page if anyone wanted to zoom in and look at higher resolution. https://ezeescrossovers.com/photos (https://ezeescrossovers.com/photos)
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=224615)
A customer sent me these for assembly/ termination.
I did make an assembly log for these cables to hopefully help anyone else attempting the same as it can be labor intensive and any tips can be helpful. This link will take you there if you are interested.
https://ezeescrossovers.com/braided-speaker-cable-assembly (https://ezeescrossovers.com/braided-speaker-cable-assembly)
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=224616)
Please feel free to reach out if you'd like to have an assembly done for you. Even if you plan to assemble yourself but perhaps just want a little assistance with laying out your board or need confirmation that it is wired correctly before you start soldering, I don't mind donating a little bit of time to be of service.
-Elon
https://ezeescrossovers.com/ (https://ezeescrossovers.com/)
Hey E-Zee,
Looks like the final thoughts section on the GR braided cables page is cut off on the website https://ezeescrossovers.com/braided-speaker-cable-assembly (https://ezeescrossovers.com/braided-speaker-cable-assembly). I was kinda interested to finish reading that. Maybe you still have the ending bits of text somewhere?
Thanks,
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Peace in the Middle East! Just taking about speakers at the end of day :D
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(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=228242)
This is a published design, upgrade for Pioneer SP-BS22A-LR.
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(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=228243)
This is the new Desktop Mini.
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Any interest in terminating a couple of digital cables? I have new DAC and wanted to convert a few cables from RCA to BNC.
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Lokie,
I'm happy to convert your cables for you. Please email me directly and we can sort out the details.
Elon@ezeescrossovers.com
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Very interesting and I’ll take time to check out the site.
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(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=228916)
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=228917)
Above are photos of two different NX-Studio sets that shipped out recently. I'm working on some updates to clean up my website and to create a landing place for Danny's customers, answering the frequently asked questions, and providing some basic pricing structure.
After I complete those changes, I may stop bumping this thread as I'm not certain if it adds value, or interest, but I'm truly just bumping it on occasion, to make it easier to find for some of Danny's new customers who are also new to the forum, and looking for assembly service. As alternative, after creating a landing place on the website, I may ask Danny to either direct link that page in his FAQ, or to make this a sticky.
Thank you to all who have sent me projects, or have reached out even just for layout help. It's been fun meeting some good people.
elon@ezeescrossovers.com
ezeescrossovers.com (http://ezeescrossovers.com)
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(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=229295)
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The top photo is a ProAC bookshelf. It's hard to describe without providing a size reference or cabinet photos but two boards both squeeze into a narrow cabinet with 4.3" woofer opening, and it was definitely a tight fit.
Elon@ezeescrossovers.com
ezeescrossovers.com (http://ezeescrossovers.com)
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(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=230358)
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Cables seem to be trending. I have been receiving bulk cables for termination as well as braided cables for assembly. These are some of the cables from this last week, with a few more to finish this weekend.
Elon@ezeescrossovers.com
ezeescrossovers.com (http://ezeescrossovers.com)
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All your stuff looks amazing Elon - fantastic service you are offering.
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All your stuff looks amazing Elon - fantastic service you are offering.
Yep. Elon did a great job re-terminating my RCA cables.
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Elon terminated two GR Research speaker cables & one power cord. Not only was Elon’s work quality excellent but his response time, advice & complete excellence to customer service evident. Will not hesitate to use him again.
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One more of Elon's satisfied customers. He did a wonderful job assembling upgraded RP-6000F crossovers for me and communicating along the way!
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Elon,
I just texted you for pricing on assembling two 4 foot 24 strand cables with tube connectors on all ends. ;)
Robert
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I was excited when it came to the idea of a DIY speaker but ran into some trouble trying to figure out the best way to layout the crossover. Frankly, I was intimidated and didn't want to mess up the speakers because of something silly. Elon reached out to me after I posted a question on another build board and offered his service. It was very much welcomed and gave me the confidence to assemble and wire up the crossover myself. He is super friendly and prompt to reply. Don't hesitate in reaching out to him.
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I keep forgetting to take pictures before I ship things out but here's a few recent assembly projects.
Quite a few people have been sending cables for termination (rca, speaker, power). Please reach out by email if there is something you are seeking assistance with.
Elon
Elon@ezeescrossovers.com
ezeescrossovers.com (http://ezeescrossovers.com)
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Man, that is some nice work.
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Personally, and particularly with the parts Danny recommends, I think crossovers are too sexy to be shoved inside a box (and should be mounted externally). Place the parts on a finished board with both electrical and aesthetic considerations, run the connections underneath the board, and mount the board on risers (most likely, on the back of the box. If using tube connectors, they could be mounted downward-facing to the under side of the board (reducing strain cause by horizontal mounting).
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Beautiful work Elon! I believe that last crossover is the NX-Studios? I’m going to steal that layout when I assemble mine, it’s so nice and clean.
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Elon, I decided to make this topic a sticky. I am tired of looking for it to send people to you. And you are proving a great service to our customers. :thumb:
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I got two bounces from attempts to email contact Elon@ezeescrossovers.com.
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I got two bounces from attempts to email contact Elon@ezeescrossovers.com.
Same here.
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I'm not sure what's going on with emails. My email provider seems to have failed completely. It's been several days. I was trusting the provider to resolve it on their own. I'll reach out and try to get it resolved. I'll edit this post when it's resolved.
Edit: Everything seems to now be working correctly. I'm sorry to those who had a difficulty or couldn't get an email through. Please try again.
Elon
Elon@ezeescrossovers.com
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It's been a while since I've posted anything. Life has been keeping me busy in general, plus I've been juggling a steady stream of crossover assembly projects rotating through on a pretty constant basis.
Elac Debut B6.2
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Golden Ear BRX
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I can't remember what this one was.
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Plenty of people have been shipping cables for termination.
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LGK 2.0
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Yes you have been busy. Your work looks great.
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Nice work!
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Hi Elon,
I have a crossover project that I was hoping to discuss with you. I tried your email but received a mailbox full response.
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Sorry about that. I thought I had the email failure resolved. I'm clearing a bunch out. Please try again.
Problem is not that I get so many emails it should max out the server, but I do think that so many of the emails have multiple photos attached, that the cumulative file size of all the photos eventually creates a problem. I'll do a better job of deleting specifically those emails with photos
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Elon did a outstanding job building the new crossovers for my Dynaudio Special 40’s. Recommended without reservation.
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Is there or have you made an upgraded X Over for the x-voce?
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morganc
I have built X-Voce with and without upgrades. It's a great speaker, one of my favorites. I think it should be exponentially more popular than it is, but most people don't have the layout to accommodate 4x 6.5" woofers in center channel.
I'm not sure your budget, but this can be an expensive one to upgrade if you are upgrading inductors and replacing capacitors.
On a budget:
Mills resistors- 1 each on tweeter and mid circuits. Higher up the cost ladder would be Path Audio or maybe Deuland cast. Mundorf also has a new premium resistor.
Premium bypass caps- 2 on tweeter, 1 on the inline cap for mid circuit. Myflex copper is a great choice under $25. Higher cost would be Deuland bypass or ODAM.
Done.
Of course sky is the limit for upgrades, if you really want to throw money at it. This one can get expensive if you are replacing caps and inductors. The 2 caps on tweeter and 1 inline on mid circuit are medium to large values and can get very expensive if swapping to exotic caps. For that reason, settling for bypass caps only is a very reasonable choice for this design. Similarly, there are 2 inline inductors in the mid circuit. Replacing both with premium foils can add significant cost. Upgrading to a 14 gauge air core instead of foils can often be cheaper than foils of same 16ga. Actually the baseline 16ga air core is a great starting point and should not be considered inferior in any way. Even if upgrading inductors, I'd still leave the tweeter inductor as original. 16ga is more than adequate for the tweeter, and any gains to be had from inductors would be limited to the mid circuit only.
Good luck and enjoy your project.
Feel free to email me directly. I'm willing to give some time in discussion if you want to discuss any specific upgrade strategies. Leave me a phone number and we can even discuss by phone if you prefer.
Elon
elon@ezeescrossovers.com
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Hello- I just shot you an email about an NX Otica build I'm beginning.... thanks! Want to make sure emails are working now for you.
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Hi Elon
Is your mail working now ?
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I like the strength of your solder joints, they are
convex oops I meant concave and at max strength. It looks like you went to soldering school 2M repair school.
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Hey E-Zee,
I'm just offering ideas for a fledgling business to think about. If it helps GR also then it sounds like a win win for both and Danny has been in the game long enough to say Ya or Na.
Looks like you have it sorted for now and are happy with room to grow into things later on. There is no question about Danny's integrity, he is first rate and honest etc. But as you have recognized and I have seen a lot of potential customers for GR put off by the X over so at the very least you are giving more newbies a chance to get into this great hobby with the great people GR research has attracted here on this forum.
Keep up the great work.
SC
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I believe I've gotten the email failures resolved. Issue was my email server space kept filling up. So many attached photos incoming and outgoing. To make sure space isn't used up I'm in habit of deleting those older emails that have photo attachments.
I've been through a lot of transition and development in the last couple months that Id like to share, I need to take the moment to sit down and I'll make a new thread to share it.
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E-Zee - do you have the plans for the AV123/Onix Reference line? I have a 3.0 and 1.8 that still have the stock x-over. I'll PM also, but it might be nice to know in public for anyone else looking in the time ahead.
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I like the strength of your solder joints, they are convex oops I meant concave and at max strength. It looks like you went to soldering school 2M repair school.
Don't you know? The bigger the glob the better the job! Lol, when I was in the Navy a reseevist jokingly told me that after seeing me correctly soldering something. 😉
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Hello,
Are you still offering crossover assembly service for GR-Research DIY kits? I am interested in getting a set of the RF7-IIIs crossovers built that GR offers. What is your typical turnaround time once you have the parts in hand? Thank you.
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"Ditto"
Still providing this service?