Speakers

[Pete Maddex]

Hi Chaps

Knocked these up just for a laugh, I bought the drivers and crossovers secondhand and made the cabinets from 12mm ply.

Speaker by Pete Maddex, on Flickr

Internals, note the brace and deadsheet, I wanted the cabinet to be as stiff as possible and they are.

Glue up by Pete Maddex, on Flickr

Crossover on the back its insulated from the deadsheet with some plastic from a 2L lemonade bottle, and holes cut out of the foil where the screws go through.

Crossover by Pete Maddex, on Flickr

Lashed together to see what they sounded like.

Speaker and Nait 1 by Pete Maddex, on Flickr

Sprayed satin black.

Black holes by Pete Maddex, on Flickr

They sound rather nice, I have tried them with my amp in the kitchen and a Class D digital amp using B&O modules.
I need to get them connected to my main amps but that means moving furniture and its a bit hot.

Pete

 

[Planeiron]

They look great. Wish I had the electronics skills to do this. Photos actually give the impression of the music playing!

 

[Sheffield Tony]

Hi Pete - how big are they ? I see they are a ported design; do you design the box / porting yourself ? It has always looked a bit of a black art to me !

 

[Cabinetman]

I’ve come across that type of insulation before but haven’t heard it called Deadsheet, presumably because that’s what it does? Is it the same stuff as is used in attic conversions? Ian