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Initial Review - 16x5" Dayton drivers Cabinet.

#21
small drivers suck and you are obviously a lying s.o.s. only way to prove otherwise is to bring the cab to my house. there is no way those cheap dayton drivers rock. you're an idiot











the temptation to post this without the :D smiley is tremendous.


just be careful with this setup. the cab doesn't come with an instrument cable


:D
 
#22
sheepdog said:
small drivers suck and you are obviously a lying s.o.s. only way to prove otherwise is to bring the cab to my house. there is no way those cheap dayton drivers rock. you're an idiot











the temptation to post this without the :D smiley is tremendous.


just be careful with this setup. the cab doesn't come with an instrument cable


:D
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folks, pay no mind to this obvious moron. he's just mad because his dog left him for me :D:D
 
#28
ML:
1) That's just freakin' cool on principal
2) I woulda tried to go the extra woodworkin trouble to make her a tip back, like a Henry 8x8.
3) The Henry is pretty close to your box, dimensionally, and weightwise.
4) If it's same or better than the Henry, soncially, I'd fall in love all pronto-like
5) We really need to get together sometime. I'd love to beat on that thang for a few minutes. Any chance you'd bring it up to a Missouri Blues Association blues jam sometime?

Again, flippin sweet man.


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another thing to consider for some other time, might be to design two half size boxes; all stackable and such. easier to move, modular for smaller jobs...with the right box size, you lose nothing in terms of depth and volume. just a thought.
 
#31
Chef said:
ML:
1) That's just freakin' cool on principal
2) I woulda tried to go the extra woodworkin trouble to make her a tip back, like a Henry 8x8.
3) The Henry is pretty close to your box, dimensionally, and weightwise.
4) If it's same or better than the Henry, soncially, I'd fall in love all pronto-like
5) We really need to get together sometime. I'd love to beat on that thang for a few minutes. Any chance you'd bring it up to a Missouri Blues Association blues jam sometime?

Again, flippin sweet man.


edit:
another thing to consider for some other time, might be to design two half size boxes; all stackable and such. easier to move, modular for smaller jobs...with the right box size, you lose nothing in terms of depth and volume. just a thought.
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1 - the idea wasn't mine, but that of a forumite on ebassist. he's sort of a mad-genius speaker cab designer and proposed the idea. i happened to have a few spare bucks lying around at the time, and we did it.

2 - i pondered asking him to do that, but by the time i decided it was a good idea, he already had the cab mostly completed. the next one i build will, in fact, tilt-back for transport.

3/4 - i've never heard a henry, but the closest thing i can compare this to is this: imagine an ampeg fridge, on roids, and pissed off. but clearer and more defined, without becoming "hi-fi"... seriously. this single cabinet lays waste to pretty much every single- and multi-cab setup i've ever used. and i've used plenty. from single 2x12's to traditional 4x10, 1x15 setups, fridges, and even a 2x4x12 rig for a minute. i *might* not be able to reproduce the audible volume of a pair of fridges, but that's the limits of the laws of physics for ya :D

5 - where and when are these jams? you're in co, mo, right? we play out there from time to time. i'll alert you the next time we're coming around and maybe we can hook up something before the show...
 
#32
sheepdog said:
I think there a few people planning another one with that mod in mind

:D

(like me)
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Chef said:
sheep: post a link here when you do, so's I could find it, eh?
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without violating the commercial user policy (i hope) there are plans and research in the works right now for myself and a local kansas city forumite to begin producing these cabinets, in various sizes) on a limited scale. i'm thinking 4x5, 8x5, 12x5 and 16x5, with the possibility of looking into the dayton 7" drivers as well...

nothing is definite yet, so don't start placing orders or anything, but it's in the infant planning stages.


mods - if i have just violated the CUP, please let me know and i'll gladly remove this post. i mean no harm. :)
 
#33
Chef said:
edit:
another thing to consider for some other time, might be to design two half size boxes; all stackable and such. easier to move, modular for smaller jobs...with the right box size, you lose nothing in terms of depth and volume. just a thought.
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That's a great idea. 90 lbs. is a lot for an old man with a sore back.
 
#37
mlwarriner said:
without violating the commercial user policy (i hope) there are plans and research in the works right now for myself and a local kansas city forumite to begin producing these cabinets, in various sizes) on a limited scale. i'm thinking 4x5, 8x5, 12x5 and 16x5, with the possibility of looking into the dayton 7" drivers as well...

nothing is definite yet, so don't start placing orders or anything, but it's in the infant planning stages.


mods - if i have just violated the CUP, please let me know and i'll gladly remove this post. i mean no harm. :)
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I can see an 8x5" stacked on top a 6x7" -- drive one per side (full range) off a stereo power amp.

:bassist:
 
#38
JonathanD said:
Did you do any bracing? How did you connect the wood?

I will have some free time this summer and would like to take a crack at something similar.

AND
could someone suggest the box size for the 1/2 size cab?

Thanks, Jonathan
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there are braces running front to back inside the cabinet. set into dadoes cut in both panels. they're made of the same 3/4" plywood as the rest of the cabinet.

as for assembly/connecting the wood - after doing a dry-fit to make sure everything sat as it should, we took the cab apart and glued every joint. once it was loosely assembled with glue, we ran a couple of drywall screws into each joint to hold things tight while the glue dried. once the glue was set and dried, i just pulled the screws and filled the holes with putty.

as for a half size cab - just halve one of the dimensions of this box. it's 3'x2'x1.5'. however, you may need to adjust dimensions to be able to get all of the drivers on the baffle board - so whatever combination will give you approximately 4.5 cubic feet should work.
 
#39
FWIW: one of my bassist buddies here found some real oddball JBL cabs.
I think they had 12 5" drivers in each cab, 4 in each of three panels.
One 4-plex straight forward, the other two panels slanted back a bit.
Apparently these were made to sit on top of Big Ass Sub Boxes.

They sounded very nice with a mesa 400 running thru them.
 

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