Hello Troels,
I hope you are well. Here is write up
for your builders response:
Firstly, thanks again for designing another great speaker (sub).
The 10" sub is finished and adding extra depth to my already wonderful
Ekta mkIIs.
I have thoroughly enjoyed the build and certainly set myself a challenge
with the cabinet design. The cabinet is a lamination of 18 layers
of 24mm birch ply. I knew this would be a time consuming and
slightly wasteful, although I have a plan for the offcuts! I spent
quite a lot of time creating accurate patterns from which to rout the
parts. The main pattern has interchangeable parts so I could rout
the braces and Hypex housing sections. The walls are 25mm thick
and the bracing makes the finished subwoofer rock solid and pretty heavy
(about 27kg). I used short dowels during the glue up - these are
placed at the intersection between all of the horizontal and vertical
braces. This should ensure a good structural integration and
increase rigidity. I realised (from the manual) that the Hypex module
should not be placed upside down for ventilation and cooling reasons.
I contacted the technical support at Hypex and they were extremely
helpful and advised that it would be OK if I could provide adequate
ventilation to allow heat escape from the top of the chamber. I
routed large slots and these work well at allowing heat to escape.
The front baffle (48mm thick) is inlaid with a smoked Chestnut veneer.
I chose a dark veneer to allow the main driver to blend in (higher
WAF!).
I'm not sure if the sub is completely broken in, but it is already
adding extra depth to my music and giving a warmer and fuller quality to
the midrange and treble. It goes deep and far outperforms the 2 x
REL subs it replaces. I eventually plan to reuse the patterns and
make a second matching one!
Here is a link to folder with build images:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/B51kA8nmEaJ4VYpt7
Thanks again
Jason
Watch all images from link above!
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