[Chiily]

I'm new here, stumbled across this forum by pure accident.

Thought I'd share with you a semi openbaffle design that I built.  I can't claim the design.











Happy to discuss details, drivers and the like.

Full thread, including the prototype build here

http://www.pinkfishmedia.net/forum/showthread.php?t=8135

My build is from around page 12 onwards.

[Bemopti123]

Nice speakers Garf.  What calls more attention to it all, is actually the contraption you have behind them to "Guard" your equipment. 

May I ask, guard against what?

[Chiily]

Ah, that's a fire guard to stop my grandkids pressing buttons, turning things off and on.

When the little beasts are about then I move it out the way.

[Bemopti123]

Wow, grandkids.  I need to have some private security guards against my to be 2 year old.  He figures out how to get to things in imaginative ways.

[Bemopti123]

Going back to the speakers, brother, are we humans supposed to be able to do the cabinet work you did?  Those clamps are some serious beasts.

[mcgsxr]

Welcome to AC, and more specifically to the Open Baffle Circle.

WOW, that is some wonderful build quality, I get more and more embarrassed all the time, with the ugly mdf I am still running, closing on 3 years later!

Love the curved design of the profile from the side, reminds me of Scandinavian furniture my dutch friend owns, or some of the teak my wife and I own for our dining room set.

All the best,

[markC]

Welcome, Chilly.
Nice work-I'm sure your proud of those and should be!
What are the drivers that your using and where are they crossed over please?
I am running tweeters with my wide range driver ob set-up and am soon  going to try an mtm design. I run a pair of infinite baffle 15"ers for low end.

[DanTheMan]

Your woodworking skills are excellent, but that crosover is great!

[Vapor Audio]

Looks nice, good combination of colors and curves.  Is that a Skanning midrange?

[Chiily]

Thanks for your comments.  I did work pretty hard getting them together.

Drivers:

High: 2905/9300
Mid: Seas MCA15RCY
Low: Vifa M26WR-09-08

It is a shame that the bass driver is now discontinued

I'll dig out the graphs for the xovers.

[Bill Baker]

Nice work Chiily,

 I have an early speaker design in my home that I have been running for nearly 10 years now that runs a few of the M26WR-09-08 drivers. Nice bass driver and yes, it is a shame that VIFA discontinued it.
 This driver has been discontinued for some time. How long have you had them?

[Chiily]

Ah well. There are a couple of places on the globe where these speakers are still in stock.  I'm in the UK and I found around 100 of them in Australia.

The designer of these speakers has gone on to build a set of speakers, each with two of these bass drivers.

[JANDG]

I almost built those....Wish I did, I had ALL the drivers needed. I still run the M26wr0908's in OB though & they are very , very good drivers...too bad about them getting pulled. I can only amagine that those sound amazing. I would bet large money on that....

[Chiily]

A couple of better pictures







They are now spiked

Sounding superb with a pair of Avondale's NCC200 mono-block modules.

[Bob in St. Louis]

Very nice, job well done!

Bob