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ARCHIVED FORUM -- April 2007 to March 2012 READ ONLY FORUM
This is the first Archived Forum which was active between 17th April 2007 and
1st March February 2012
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[quote user="Rich"] [quote user="Evan"] What ever became of your CX50's? Those would be perfect for ambio. [/quote] Gave them to my mother-in-law. [/quote] Is she an vinyl ambio junkie like you too?
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[quote user="tournedos"] I think I would've just let the stand poke through the insides to the opposite corner, that would automatically align the cube as well... [/quote] Mika! Why didn't you tell me that two weeks ago?!
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Now for the biggest challenge, composing a stand. I had brainstormed many thoughts on this, but settled on a ready-made table lamp base and it couldn't be any better. Being a lamp base, there is even a place for the speaker wire to travel through! This particular base is also heavy enough to keep this suprisingly heavy tweeter stable.
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Drop in the cap and presto!
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Here is a [rather bad] photo I jus took of a cap. Look, its even labeled! And yep, you guessed right, those clips are in fact fuse holders! They work very well for this application.
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Thank you, Rich. I've been dreaming of 2500s for a very long time now, but only thought of making them myself about 3/4 months ago. Since then I've been designing and selecting drivers etc. I suppose all of that is what made this happen so quickly! I had to keep it lemonade with all of the hardware store trips I was making that day. I cleaned
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Home stretch! Final assembly! All coming together Along the top edge of the partial cube, there are two sections of steel round stock that go across a top side of the cube. These are supports for the snaps I have placed on the "cap." The "cap" being the rear/top panel. It is removable so that the unit can be serviced and altered
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Getting close! The tweeters get installed. The pieces are getting heavier, feeling good!
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All six sides, covered. This was probably the most tedious task during the entire project, many many staples and sore fingertips! But, the pain was worth the gain, they look amazing. Starting to resemble a speaker now.
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