JesusJones
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I can't list how many times I have used "Duct Seal" when modifying speakers. Duct Seal is a very cheap type of ticky tack (almost). You can get a 1lb brick for 3$ at Home Depot. And I'm sure many other types exist.
It's non-toxic and never dries out. So it can always be removed if you don't like what you did with it.
Just recently I used it to dampen the basket of mid range driver. Much like it was done to this driver
http://diyaudioprojects.com/Drivers/40-1197/40-1197.htm
You dampen the basket and also fill the space between magnet and basket where resonances can occur. And this gets rid of what I like to call the "telephone effect". I've heard of many people using all sorts of strange things to dampen speakers and I always think. They could of done that much easier and more cheaply. Not that they did anything wrong at all. It's just not the product I would have gone out and bought.
Along with that you can make gaskets from it. Just put some around the edge of where the driver sits. You can use it to make boxes with small holes or cracks airtight again. And don't forget dampening woofer baskets. And as always if you don't like the effect removal is easy and quick.
Just thought I would inform the masses on that one.
And also I just acquired some stands that would be easy to build and I think would suit most peoples needs and preform very well. Actually it's "THE BEST SPEAKER STAND" :thmbsp:
From those pictures you should be able to figure out how to build one with some 3/4mdf. Just glue it all together. (It is hollow) Then the part that makes it The Best.
Buy some Stuff....for lack of better words. I have no idea what it's called but you would use it for coating the handles of hand tools. My teacher in High School had some. So you can for sure buy it somewhere. It would be like a very soft rubber when it dries with lots of traction. Coat the whole thing with that "stuff" that way the speaker will be firmly secured to the floor, angled upwards nicely and slightly raised.(and thanks to Clydeselsor we now know that one of those products is called "Color Guard" :yes
I hope that is of help to some people and that it will be put to good use.
Enjoy,
Rudy
TerryO says:
"I've used Duct Seal for a number of years and before that Oil-based modeling clay, which is probably better for damping the inside of cabinets, as recommended by Ed Heath on the old Bass List. If you're modding cheap drivers, you might try using an epoxy/pulverized Lime putty applied around the junction of the basket and magnet before using the duct seal. You can also use felt, glued with Aleene's Original Tacky Glue to the inside spokes of the basket to absorb some reflections back into the cone. Finally, use some really healthy felt to fashion a cap around the entire magnet structure covering the sides and back, also glued with Aleene's. Dave Duglos (Planet10) liked my mod enough to try it himself. There was an actual improvement in the impedence measurements taken before and afterwards. If you run your drivers fullrange with SETs, you should have some improvement in the bass." added march 25th 2010
It's non-toxic and never dries out. So it can always be removed if you don't like what you did with it.
Just recently I used it to dampen the basket of mid range driver. Much like it was done to this driver
http://diyaudioprojects.com/Drivers/40-1197/40-1197.htm
You dampen the basket and also fill the space between magnet and basket where resonances can occur. And this gets rid of what I like to call the "telephone effect". I've heard of many people using all sorts of strange things to dampen speakers and I always think. They could of done that much easier and more cheaply. Not that they did anything wrong at all. It's just not the product I would have gone out and bought.
Along with that you can make gaskets from it. Just put some around the edge of where the driver sits. You can use it to make boxes with small holes or cracks airtight again. And don't forget dampening woofer baskets. And as always if you don't like the effect removal is easy and quick.
Just thought I would inform the masses on that one.
And also I just acquired some stands that would be easy to build and I think would suit most peoples needs and preform very well. Actually it's "THE BEST SPEAKER STAND" :thmbsp:
From those pictures you should be able to figure out how to build one with some 3/4mdf. Just glue it all together. (It is hollow) Then the part that makes it The Best.
Buy some Stuff....for lack of better words. I have no idea what it's called but you would use it for coating the handles of hand tools. My teacher in High School had some. So you can for sure buy it somewhere. It would be like a very soft rubber when it dries with lots of traction. Coat the whole thing with that "stuff" that way the speaker will be firmly secured to the floor, angled upwards nicely and slightly raised.(and thanks to Clydeselsor we now know that one of those products is called "Color Guard" :yes
I hope that is of help to some people and that it will be put to good use.
Enjoy,
Rudy
TerryO says:
"I've used Duct Seal for a number of years and before that Oil-based modeling clay, which is probably better for damping the inside of cabinets, as recommended by Ed Heath on the old Bass List. If you're modding cheap drivers, you might try using an epoxy/pulverized Lime putty applied around the junction of the basket and magnet before using the duct seal. You can also use felt, glued with Aleene's Original Tacky Glue to the inside spokes of the basket to absorb some reflections back into the cone. Finally, use some really healthy felt to fashion a cap around the entire magnet structure covering the sides and back, also glued with Aleene's. Dave Duglos (Planet10) liked my mod enough to try it himself. There was an actual improvement in the impedence measurements taken before and afterwards. If you run your drivers fullrange with SETs, you should have some improvement in the bass." added march 25th 2010
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