Well underway. 1/2” construction. Braced. Will be fully sealed and lined. Hopefully over-engineered. Custom eminence drivers when funds are available.
Even if you have all jacks at the moment I promise you that sooner or later you'll curse yourself if you don't put speakons* in each cab. This from experience. Shame to compromise such a splendid job... How are you planning to finish them? *Added later speakon +and+ jack I mean.
Thank you kindly man. 6 Custom eminence b810’s @ 24 ohm And two eminence bp112’s. May add a tweeter to the 2x12 depending on results.
Unfortunately the Svt II Pro that will power these bad boys is 1/4” or banana plug only. I don’t see why some solid 14ga wire/ 1/4” speaker cables won’t suffice. And they’ll get stained black and then clear coated to match my head cab. Grille clothe will be oxblood/silver and piping will be oxblood.
Also, what do you all find the advantages of speakon connectors to be? I used them previously with an SVT-6 Pro and (abhorrent) 410HLF and aside from the ability to lock them, I didn’t perceive a difference. Am I missing something?
They're cheap, dependable, easy to wire, easy to repair, accommodate a larger gauge wire and a larger external jacket, and they're rated to handle larger power. They were, in fact, designed specifically to be a loudspeaker connector, unlike any of the alternatives. But more importantly, there is no possibility of shorting out the output of an amp when engaging or disengaging the connector under load, which is emphatically not true of a quarter-phone. Oh yeah...and they lock.
I see the inability to short while connecting/disconnecting under load (although, that shouldn’t be happening regardless, save for wild accidents) being a plus but power rating is just going to be correlative to wire gauge, right? EDIT: I see now that the connector itself does indeed have a higher amperage rating
I did this to a project SVT 810 I've been working on for a few years. I guess it does makes sense to have the same connector on the cab as the amp--then you don't have an oddball speaker cable to deal with. But like @JimChjones, I'm of the opinion that you'll probably want to do it at some point and now is an optimal time to do these particular boxes.
They make Speakon combo jacks as well, the 1/4" plugs in the center. At least use these! That way when you upgrade to a Class D amp you're ready to go! https://www.amazon.com/Neutrik-NLJ2...speakon+combo&qid=1555885170&s=gateway&sr=8-7
I take it you went with some of the cabinet recommendations in their flyers to help with your cab design?
Nah (and yes), it’s just them or Weber, and Weber refuses to share t/s parameters, so the 6x10 is designed around the square-back 8x10 and the 2x12 is explicitly designed to match those width and depth parameters + the volume parameters for 2 BP112’s.
There's nothing to stop you from putting speakons on the cab and using it with a cable that has speakon on one end and 1/4" on the other. If you change amplifiers and get one that supports speakons, then you just replace the cable. Nice job on the cabinets...