Hi all,
I know that Bass reflex is "not" recommended for Fostex FE166En.
It is more suitable for back loaded horn type of enclosure. Since that is time taking and laborious, I went ahead and made a bass reflex.
Its like a hit and miss chance i took, and something like a practice for me to build enclosures.
I didn't use any fasteners, and finished with only glue. I found it to be pretty strong with glue alone!!
I had a lot of difficulty in placing the parts perfectly at 90 degree to one another.
And I couldn't buy any barclamps or F clamps in time.
So I bought an aluminum angle and cut it into 4 pieces, and used them for positioning.
Sad thing i realized later is that they are not 90 degree either.
They are 89 degree, and slightly bent inwards. So they are not holding the mdf pieces in perfect position.
After trying many ideas, i added a few layers of carpenter tape at the corner, and made them match to 90 degree.
Another thing is, I made the front baffle lying on the floor, and positioned the sides, and the top and bottom, and glued them all at once.
It worked out well, But not easy. I used the aluminum angles for positioning, and tied the whole box with a strong packing wire as hard as i can.
This is not the best approach anyway, and in my next build I will take a different route.
Had to roam around too many shops and places to get basic connectors like speaker spade connectors, etc etc. This killed a lot of time.
However the box turned out better than I expected, and I installed the drivers.
Now how does it play?
Well its too early to judge, since the driver needs some break in time, and the enclosure itself is not the right design for it.
But it is not bad either.
The acoustic guitar & veena kind of instruments are crystal clear and nice.
Vocals are good in some songs and bad in others.
Basically, the initial observation is that the highs are good, and instruments are good.
But certainly unsuitable for bollywood kind of music.
I will allow it to run for a while and after the break in period, if I find it worth building a Back loaded horn, I will give a try.
Other options are to make it a multi way speaker after i understand the strong and week areas of this driver properly.
Till then I will leave it without any painting etc.
I know that Bass reflex is "not" recommended for Fostex FE166En.
It is more suitable for back loaded horn type of enclosure. Since that is time taking and laborious, I went ahead and made a bass reflex.
Its like a hit and miss chance i took, and something like a practice for me to build enclosures.
I didn't use any fasteners, and finished with only glue. I found it to be pretty strong with glue alone!!
I had a lot of difficulty in placing the parts perfectly at 90 degree to one another.
And I couldn't buy any barclamps or F clamps in time.
So I bought an aluminum angle and cut it into 4 pieces, and used them for positioning.
Sad thing i realized later is that they are not 90 degree either.
They are 89 degree, and slightly bent inwards. So they are not holding the mdf pieces in perfect position.
After trying many ideas, i added a few layers of carpenter tape at the corner, and made them match to 90 degree.
Another thing is, I made the front baffle lying on the floor, and positioned the sides, and the top and bottom, and glued them all at once.
It worked out well, But not easy. I used the aluminum angles for positioning, and tied the whole box with a strong packing wire as hard as i can.
This is not the best approach anyway, and in my next build I will take a different route.
Had to roam around too many shops and places to get basic connectors like speaker spade connectors, etc etc. This killed a lot of time.
However the box turned out better than I expected, and I installed the drivers.
Now how does it play?
Well its too early to judge, since the driver needs some break in time, and the enclosure itself is not the right design for it.
But it is not bad either.
The acoustic guitar & veena kind of instruments are crystal clear and nice.
Vocals are good in some songs and bad in others.
Basically, the initial observation is that the highs are good, and instruments are good.
But certainly unsuitable for bollywood kind of music.
I will allow it to run for a while and after the break in period, if I find it worth building a Back loaded horn, I will give a try.
Other options are to make it a multi way speaker after i understand the strong and week areas of this driver properly.
Till then I will leave it without any painting etc.
