My first DIY speakers

Hi Sridhar,

Common yaar why will I ever think like that ?? Noway !!

I just thought its a good buy because of the owners response in an other forum (most of them have good opinions ) but was bit sceptical thats why asked our dear friend Sunil do the investigation !

Its very good that you told me your views on it !

By the whats price we are looking at for those MHZs ?? I wanted to drop in log time back but due to some work not able to,anyway will try on sat to make it.


Regards.

The MHZS 88E was given to me as a loaner unit from someone I know. I will probably buy this off of him now since he has no need for it. We arent planning on carrying this CD player if thats what you were asking... I believe one can buy it in the U.S. for about $900 + tax & shipping.

Before this, I was using an old CD 63SE Marantz which has pretty much all modded parts inside - clock/jitter, opamps, better caps, etc but with the MHZS, its night and day. The 88E doesnt have much bass (its tube rectifier and tube output stage), but the mids are wonderful. The 66E/F may be a better option as a compromise and its cheaper too.

There is a solen cap upgrade on the MHZS which I read about after which one reviewer mentions that this is better than the Ayre CX 5E (ok maybe one needs to take it with a pinch of salt )
sure, drop in any time, even if I am not around, Ali will be there

cheers

Hi Sridhar,

Yes I do, anyway no issues ! will check them out !

Mods mods !! who does all these mods you yourself or get it done from some one else ??

I told you bout Ali remember ? so

Regards

hi anil congrats...i too involved in the process of speaker design loooking for peerless or vifa drivers... please advice me for sourcing it locally

Hi, you can source the drivers & components from Corrson,

2562, 22nd Main, 28th Cross,
Banashankari II Stage,
Bangalore - 560070,
India
Phone : 91-98455-17730

Email: info@corrson.com

Most important thing in speaker building is crossover construction, inductor placement & proper inductance, get it wound by corrson, they do good job. If you are not confident then buy the kit, knowledge of handling tools are essential. Check the DIY thread in this forum for more info. Any help let me know, all the best for your DIY project.

Anil

HI
A link to a audio fest of a different kind.A road less travelled.

6moons.com - industry features: Oswald's Mill 2008

I find myself heading down this path for some time now.

I am attaching pictures of my Altecs .These are similar cabinets to the ones pictured on the site but not tapered. The woofers are Altec 515B's.
They are a different take on the Onken cabinets,and Bill Woods the designer has been very helpful.The HF section in my loudspeakers are Altec 288-16G.The Hf horn is a 700Hz conical horn prototype.If this conical geometry works for me then I will use the same profile and make circular horns. I have tried multicells and radial horns but they do not work well in normal living rooms.

Still experimenting with the crossovers(1200Hz).Thanks to Ashok(aks07) for the NOS oil caps. They are way better than the other caps I have tried(Solens,Hovland). I will use better resistors/wire once the crossover is finaly tuned.

I would love to make the big 300Hz horns since I have the RCA MI9584 drivers that go with them ,but my children and wife might kick me out of the house.

The Altecs are 98db at 1 watt. I am using the QUAD II/II at present and am awaiting the arrival of Viren's 2A3 SET.


Regards
Rajiv

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Hi

Another link to a similar project,but far more beautifully done.

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Regards
Rajiv

Anil, can you download the track "snake & ladders" from the album "mind, body & soul" of joss stone and let me know how it performs on the floorstanders please? The track got a lot of frequencies below 50hz & 20hz.

Hi Suniil i am glad to do that, but mp3's encoded at 128kbps does'nt sound good in my system, there is breakup of lo's & high's. If someone in this forum who has this track can send the mp3 encoded at 196kbps or higher, i can test it out.

Please send the zipped mp3 file to anilmn@excite.com

Regards,
Anil.

let me try that anil, i'll send you a link later this week so that you can download.