pingu_turbo
On a constant search...
Good evening folks,
I was going through the loft the other day and I came across these. I remember as a child Dad used to hook these up every now and then for a little fun. Probably to piss Mum and the neighbours off.
From speaking to him about them recently he built them during the early 70's whilst he was in residence at university cutting his teeth on his trade to be.
I also remember Dad lending them to my school for various functions, discos and the like. They used to belt out one hell of a sound!
Anyway I came across them the other day and the memories came flooding back!
Unfortunately during the mid 90's when the extension was built on the house Dad had to either break them up or throw them away because of getting them out of the loft again. I remember the sad look on his face when he had to take them apart, to what I have left now.
So without further a do here are some pics \/ Here one is stood next to a Leak Sandwich (larger) and a Wharfedale melton 2 speaker. It stands in at 45" tall and weighs 50lbs, bearing in mind this is just the 3 drivers and a bit of chipboard.
The mid \/
The tweeter horn
The woofer, I love the basket, beautiful quality casting.
The crossover \/
So what I ultimately want to do is finish off his work and build a cabinet for these wonderful drivers.
My background on speaker building is zilch. I have never built a speaker cabinet in my life. I am used to wood and metal work through my experience in various trades.
What I would like advice on is how I can calculate what size/type of enclosure I will need, ported/sealed etc. I was wondering if both the mid and woofer needed to be separated in the cabinet, like two enclosures in one box?My only real concern is the bass driver. There is very little information on it at all, as to what it is and what it is capable of.
Also I want to build a new crossover/s for the drivers.
To finish off I did bring them down from the loft this evening. I had to solder up a few connections but essentially everything works as is. I must say those horns sound truly amazing, even as they are!
Then I just need a mother hubbard of an amp to power them.
I was going through the loft the other day and I came across these. I remember as a child Dad used to hook these up every now and then for a little fun. Probably to piss Mum and the neighbours off.
From speaking to him about them recently he built them during the early 70's whilst he was in residence at university cutting his teeth on his trade to be.
I also remember Dad lending them to my school for various functions, discos and the like. They used to belt out one hell of a sound!
Anyway I came across them the other day and the memories came flooding back!
Unfortunately during the mid 90's when the extension was built on the house Dad had to either break them up or throw them away because of getting them out of the loft again. I remember the sad look on his face when he had to take them apart, to what I have left now.
So without further a do here are some pics \/ Here one is stood next to a Leak Sandwich (larger) and a Wharfedale melton 2 speaker. It stands in at 45" tall and weighs 50lbs, bearing in mind this is just the 3 drivers and a bit of chipboard.
The mid \/
The tweeter horn
The woofer, I love the basket, beautiful quality casting.
The crossover \/
So what I ultimately want to do is finish off his work and build a cabinet for these wonderful drivers.
My background on speaker building is zilch. I have never built a speaker cabinet in my life. I am used to wood and metal work through my experience in various trades.
What I would like advice on is how I can calculate what size/type of enclosure I will need, ported/sealed etc. I was wondering if both the mid and woofer needed to be separated in the cabinet, like two enclosures in one box?My only real concern is the bass driver. There is very little information on it at all, as to what it is and what it is capable of.
Also I want to build a new crossover/s for the drivers.
To finish off I did bring them down from the loft this evening. I had to solder up a few connections but essentially everything works as is. I must say those horns sound truly amazing, even as they are!
Then I just need a mother hubbard of an amp to power them.
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