[Danny Richie]

LGK 1.0's are finally in stock.



And I just got some basics up on our site about them: http://gr-research.com/lgk10.aspx

There is an introductory price of $29 a piece for these drivers but you'll have to call me to order them for that price.

Complete desktop kits consisting of drivers, compensation networks, wire, tube connectors, half of a sheet of No Rez, ports, solder, heat shrink, and screws are also available now at only $189 for everything.





Picture of the complete kit:



You can now order the kits online: http://gr-research.com/lgk10kit.aspx

[mlundy57]

Danny,

I will take two of the kits.  I'll call you tomorrow with the payment information.

Mike

[devinkato]

Hey Danny - are the "compensation networks" the inline low level RCA networks to reduce some of the bass?  Or are they speaker line level components?

[R_burke]

Would you post an outline drawing with dimensions that shows overall dimensions and mounting hole dimensions

[RAW]

I see a good redesign here Danny





We did these a few years ago with the old W3-871 and W3-319s. No reason can not use Danny's new driver...

[Vedder323]

RAD!

[dBe]

AWESOME!!!

 

Dave

[mlundy57]

Ordered two of the LGK 1.0 kits this morning. Now I have to get down to business and decide how to finish the pair I'm gluing up. 

Mike

[dragoonxp20]

Ordered two of the LGK 1.0 kits this morning. Now I have to get down to business and decide how to finish the pair I'm gluing up. 

Mike

Pics! Also it would be cool if you matched them to the desk you'll be using.

[nickd]

Calling Jparkhur 

When is the first batch of cabinets coming?

[mlundy57]

Calling Jparkhur 

When is the first batch of cabinets coming?

Oops I quoted the wrong post sorry

[mlundy57]

Pics! Also it would be cool if you matched them to the desk you'll be using.

This is the post I meant to quote 

I'm probably going to use purpleheart veneer on this pair. I'm going to be making a pair of speakers for my stepdaughter and was planning on X-LS Encores but she thinks they may be too large for the space she has and she wants purpleheart on her speakers. So I will build the first pair of LGK's with her in mind then when she comes to visit next month she can compare my X-LS Encores and the LGK's and pick the one she wants.

Since the LGK's are so small I am seriously considering finishing my second pair with some type burl veneer that would be way too expensive for me to use on a larger pair of speakers.

The downside of this approach is that if she picks the Encores I'm going to have a pair of LGK's with a finish I'm personally not that fond of.

Mike

[Jonathon Janusz]

Mike, not to waste veneer, if you are going to build a pair for yourself anyway, why not mock them up without veneer for her to demo, then finish as appropriate afterward, or would she be hoping to take them with her after the demo?

RAW, those lifestyle speakers look very cool, but I was distracted by the sweet looking amps!  Dodds, I presume?  Any closer pics and/or details?

DAVE!!!!!!    I have to send you an email later.

Danny,  I read the webpage for the new drivers quickly, and it stated these are good in OB as midwoofers.  Do the highs roll off to much in OB to run full range in that configuration or is it something else?

. . . and, yep, paging JP to the courtesy phone.  Seeing some of his past projects, these look like his kind of cool. 

[Danny Richie]

Danny,  I read the webpage for the new drivers quickly, and it stated these are good in OB as midwoofers.  Do the highs roll off to much in OB to run full range in that configuration or is it something else?

The highs are fine in open baffle. They just need something else covering from around 200Hz and down. Maybe I should have said it differently.

[jparkhur]

Calling Jparkhur 

When is the first batch of cabinets coming?

I think subassemblies has this covered.  Baltic and mdf with cnc.  Tough to beAt cnc.  He is doing a nice job and I have called him to express the vast interest in h frames and sub boxes.    Tag. Bdaniels is it.   That is his user name. 

P

[mlundy57]

Mike, not to waste veneer, if you are going to build a pair for yourself anyway, why not mock them up without veneer for her to demo, then finish as appropriate afterward, or would she be hoping to take them with her after the demo?

Jonathon,

No, she is flying in from Portland so she cannot take the speakers back with her, I'll have to ship them.

I thought about leaving them unfinished until after she decides but these speakers use the Electra Tube Connectors. Once you install those they cannot be removed without cutting the wire. The connectors would then have to be spliced back to the lead in wires after the veneer is on and finished. 

I guess another option would be to leave the lead in wires a little long to begin with then sacrifice a pair of tube connectors. That would be the cleanest way to do it but the tube connectors cost almost as much as the veneer.

Decisions, decisions 

Mike

[RAW]

RAW, those lifestyle speakers look very cool, but I was distracted by the sweet looking amps!  Dodds, I presume?  Any closer pics and/or details?

Thanks those towers were the Spires I worked with a little help from Danny on the design for CSS.The photo was in 2003 at VSAC in Washington when I first meet Danny then started doing cabinets for him and customers.Which then led me into RAW.The Spires used a sealed W3-871S and then 4  W3-319s in a ported cabinet tuned to 85-75hz dependant on build

The Monitors were called Super Elf which used a sealed W3-871 with a ported W3-319s tuned to 85-75hz.

Here is a few others all ideas for you all to look at.


Inside look of the Super Elf



Electronics see if Danny can recall the set up he brought up for the VSAC show. Yes Gary's craftsmanship for sure;)

[randytsuch]

I guess another option would be to leave the lead in wires a little long to begin with then sacrifice a pair of tube connectors. That would be the cleanest way to do it but the tube connectors cost almost as much as the veneer.

Decisions, decisions 

Mike

Can you install the connector after veneering?  Just leave it as bare wire until you figure out what veneer to use?

[dragoonxp20]

Jonathon,

No, she is flying in from Portland so she cannot take the speakers back with her, I'll have to ship them.

I thought about leaving them unfinished until after she decides but these speakers use the Electra Tube Connectors. Once you install those they cannot be removed without cutting the wire. The connectors would then have to be spliced back to the lead in wires after the veneer is on and finished. 

I guess another option would be to leave the lead in wires a little long to begin with then sacrifice a pair of tube connectors. That would be the cleanest way to do it but the tube connectors cost almost as much as the veneer.

Decisions, decisions 

Mike

You could temporarily just solder speaker cables to the crossover leads and cut them before you veneer (assuming you have unterminated speaker cables). No sacrifice of a tube connector and you'll probably get the same sonics.

Edit: Just realized someone else suggested the exact same thing.

[cody69]

I'm a bit puzzled by the passive compensation filter part of this project, appreciate if someone could set me straight.
My goal is to simply have reasonably good audio on my computer desk when I'm using the Mac -- and, of course, to have fun building one of Danny's speaker designs.
The source will be the Mac, for amplification I'll use an inexpensive Dayton DTA-120 https://www.parts-express.com/dayton-audio-dta-120-class-t-digital-mini-amplifier-60-wpc--300-3800 or comparable Class-T unit.
Clearly, I've no high end interests with these modest requirements and a commensurable modest budget.

For this usage and configuration, is a filter necessary, and if so, what kind do I need?