I've enjoyed reading this forum quite a bit and thought I'd show some pics of what I've recently assembled. This forum really helped sell my on using an active crossover solution.
http://imgur.com/a/roTMb#6
This project began about a year ago with a friend who builds aluminum boats for a living. I really wanted to upgrade my listening experience, and he was up for making something different. I talked extensively with Rick from Selah about what we were trying to build and he sold me on his Tempesta.
The front baffle was made using 1/2" aluminum plate and was CNC milled. The top, sides, bottom and back use 1/4" plate and were cut on a plasma table. The walls were then curved, this took 6,000lbs of pressure, and welded together. I'm pretty sure I can say that this is the strongest enclosure built for home use. The internal volume of the cabinet is 1.0003 cubic feet with no internal bracing.
About halfway through this experience I decided to make this whole system active. This led me to ClassD audio in California where I purchased and put together 3 stereo amps. A used Deqx 2.9P is used as the brains of the operation.
These cabinets are very much a prototype and I am working on building a finished set of these. We had to rush, as a few people wanted to the see the enclosures before they were really ready, so they were assembled in about 6 hours. This was a great project, and I learned heaps. If anyone has any questions about these, I'll try and answer as best I can.
http://imgur.com/a/roTMb#6
This project began about a year ago with a friend who builds aluminum boats for a living. I really wanted to upgrade my listening experience, and he was up for making something different. I talked extensively with Rick from Selah about what we were trying to build and he sold me on his Tempesta.
The front baffle was made using 1/2" aluminum plate and was CNC milled. The top, sides, bottom and back use 1/4" plate and were cut on a plasma table. The walls were then curved, this took 6,000lbs of pressure, and welded together. I'm pretty sure I can say that this is the strongest enclosure built for home use. The internal volume of the cabinet is 1.0003 cubic feet with no internal bracing.
About halfway through this experience I decided to make this whole system active. This led me to ClassD audio in California where I purchased and put together 3 stereo amps. A used Deqx 2.9P is used as the brains of the operation.
These cabinets are very much a prototype and I am working on building a finished set of these. We had to rush, as a few people wanted to the see the enclosures before they were really ready, so they were assembled in about 6 hours. This was a great project, and I learned heaps. If anyone has any questions about these, I'll try and answer as best I can.