Alessandro MS1000 and MS Ultimate - DIY & modding [56K warning]

[nickchen]

It's a question of taste. With the pad lining, things sound warmer and "nicer", but w/o it's definetely airier and more audiophile. But I bet 3 of 4 folks prefer the "nicer" sound.

 

[apatN]

Yep. The MS1000 can be tuned to anyone's liking.

 

[pseudohippy]

I vote for no pad lining    Not that I hated it, but I just didnt like what it did to them much. To each their own.

 

 

[nickchen]

Okay, I take a garlic pizza...  

 

[Andrewjiangyi]

Hi everyone,
I'm new so please go easy on me! =)
 
I am interested in this mod, but the distancers are the biggest problems as exchange rates between the Euro and the Canadian Dollar right now are quite bad for me, so I'm thinking of trying to DIY, and if I can't do that, maybe I'll hold off on the MS-1000ing for now...
 
That being said, I'm wondering right now if the punch hole mod would do the the stock MS-1i's any good, and does anyone know what happened to the Fulcrum Audio distancers from a while back? Thanks in advance! =D

 

[021311]

Hi everyone,
I'm new so please go easy on me! =)
 
I am interested in this mod, but the distancers are the biggest problems as exchange rates between the Euro and the Canadian Dollar right now are quite bad for me, so I'm thinking of trying to DIY, and if I can't do that, maybe I'll hold off on the MS-1000ing for now...
 
That being said, I'm wondering right now if the punch hole mod would do the the stock MS-1i's any good, and does anyone know what happened to the Fulcrum Audio distancers from a while back? Thanks in advance! =D

That was my reason too!!

 

[nickchen]

Fulcrum seems to be out of bussiness. If you desperately need distancers but can't afford the price that gets boosted so bad by the exchange rate, you should meditate a while over the scheme I posted in post#1. With a bit endurance, that should bew makeable out of cardboard...

 

[Andrewjiangyi]

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Fulcrum seems to be out of bussiness. If you desperately need distancers but can't afford the price that gets boosted so bad by the exchange rate, you should meditate a while over the scheme I posted in post#1. With a bit endurance, that should bew makeable out of cardboard...

 

Hmm... I don't seem to get how to make that  rim where you attach the pads to... Help anyone?

 

[rehabitat]

You need to copy, through whatever means you have available, the rim where the pads fit to the baffles.  Look at the first post for dimensions and material suggestions or in search this thread type something like 'distancer'.  readreadread, it's all here.  Use your head newb and have fun.

 

[nickchen]

Scissors, knifes, glue, paper board, patience, studies, trial & error. If you're not able to produce anything with these, you're either not a DIY type of person or very young...

 

[Andrewjiangyi]

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Scissors, knifes, glue, paper board, patience, studies, trial & error. If you're not able to produce anything with these, you're either not a DIY type of person or very young...

Well, you're right when you said I'm young! (Only 14), and I meant like, when you are making the distancers out of wood, do you make 2 circles and attach them together? (1 for the rim, and one for the distancer body itself?)

 

[nickchen]

That is at least how I made them originally with the drill saw, before I had the lathe. I see, you're young, but promising!!

 

[rehabitat]

Simplest way imo would be to find a tube of the appropriate size in plastic or cardboard. I have some pvc drain pipe with an inside diameter 43mm, or you may find a toilet roll size tube.  Wall thickness of the pipe should be about 2mm or so.
 
For each side, cut two lengths of the pipe, one 14mm and the other 2mm long.  Take the 2mm piece and make one cut in the diameter, then stretch that piece over one end of the 14mm piece.  Glue in place and you're done.
 

 
I hope this photo helps to illustrate the process.  The gap in the rim is because it is from the same sized pipe.  The gap could be filled easily with another small piece, but it doesn't need to be so I didn't bother.  If you know a plumber he could knock up a pair of these in 10 minutes.
 
Btw looking at the photo I can see that I should make the drill holes closer to the driver so it doesn't get covered by the pad.

 

[nickchen]

With a 50mm tube of 2mm wall thickness you end up with 46mm inner diameter instead of the required 40mm, that propably sounds...well, different than originally intended.

 
Did you poke the holes with a shotgun?

 

[rehabitat]

I stand corrected and have changed that post.  I checked the size and found it to be 48mm outside and 43mm inside, so a wall thickness of 2.5mm.  Funny size that, just ASSumed it was 50 o.d.  Imo a little larger than 40mm i.d. is fine, so long as everything fits.  Not everyone has such strict attention to detail, Nick.  Just where it counts.
 
Anyway, all the essential data is in the original post.  How it is done is left to the individual.
 
The holes are 2mm, which is why I did only two.