[DefQon]

Do you still have 20 driver red CIEM you made while back?

 

[Zashoomin]

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My wife likes to Bake, I like to build CIEMs, and I think Speaker Cabinets will be something I want to get into as well.
 
 
 

 
 
Some CIEMs
 
 

 

 

 
 
My soldering tip....   really for me the secret is the "Tip."  Keep it very very cling and it helps make soldering much easier.  Radio Shack sells a tip cleaner ($10).

Oh wow.  Those look fantastic.  How do they sound?  Also did you build those speakers or are you planning on building them?

 

[crispchicken]

After looking further I realized that a donation is required to get the info on the website! I thought the downloads were just down or similar, hence my asking. I'm not interested in taking the creator's designs if he wishes to sell them (/donate to get the privilege of seeing them) as I fully understand needing to eat in order to make good stuff! I will have to make a donation some time, as I'm no pro at making amps, particularly even remotely exotic topologies, I am good at learning through example though, and I find the minor stuff, like component value/type selection very handy for learning getting a full picture of how these things in electronics work. Audio particularly is affected by so many small things that you can often take for granted in other design work.
 
I have a friend with swastikas tattooed above his knees, and he's always keen to explain how they had many much better associations before they were taken by bad apples and used as symbols of hate. I suppose by using these symbols as a bit of a piss-take could be considered making their original meanings more relevant than what they have been twisted into by nasty people. Funny how seriously some people take them, huh
 
Symbolism is great like that. I have to admit the Seig runes have a very cool aesthetic
 
My hand is slowly recovering, I have a physiotherapist appointment on Friday, and until then, anti-inflammatory and attempting to do as much as I can with my cripple hand seems to be making the healing process go as fast as possible. Thanks for your good wishes, I'm going to be glad when I can solder (or even do PCB design ) properly again.
 
peace
chris

 

[FullCircle]

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Oh wow.  Those look fantastic.  How do they sound?  Also did you build those speakers or are you planning on building them?

 
     The CIEMs are a 5 driver configuration, sound great (at least I think so).   The towers were built by my brother, the wood was actually taken from his yard.  They had to cut down some trees when he built his house.  The trees were milled and the wood was dried for several years. I live in Thailand now, and this area of the world is like the "heart land" for exotic hard woods. (essentially a cabinet builders dream)
 
My dad raised my brother and I up on wood, as his father raised him as well....  it is a family tradition, and I love audio....  so I like to fuse the two together.
 
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Do you still have 20 driver red CIEM you made while back?

 
No I broke that down long ago to use the parts for other projects. But I still remeber how to build it...  as that was a big challenge.

 

[sceleratus]

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My wife likes to Bake, I like to build CIEMs, and I think Speaker Cabinets will be something I want to get into as well.
 
 

 

 

 
 
My soldering tip....   really for me the secret is the "Tip."  Keep it very very clean and it helps make soldering much easier.  Radio Shack sells a tip cleaner ($10).

That is just too COOL !

 

[Zashoomin]

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     The CIEMs are a 5 driver configuration, sound great (at least I think so).   The towers were built by my brother, the wood was actually taken from his yard.  They had to cut down some trees when he built his house.  The trees were milled and the wood was dried for several years. I live in Thailand now, and this area of the world is like the "heart land" for exotic hard woods. (essentially a cabinet builders dream)
 
My dad raised my brother and I up on wood, as his father raised him as well....  it is a family tradition, and I love audio....  so I like to fuse the two together.

Well pictures of the finished product if you ever do build the speakers would be much appreciated 

.  Ya I love working with wood as well but right now I am in an apartment so I don't have all the right equipment 

.  I wish I was back at home with my saws and drills.  

 

[FullCircle]

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Well pictures of the finished product if you ever do build the speakers would be much appreciated 

.  Ya I love working with wood as well but right now I am in an apartment so I don't have all the right equipment 

.  I wish I was back at home with my saws and drills.  

 
      I hear you!   I live near Chaing Mai, an area of Thailand that is well known for their wood work achievements. Due to that, there are plenty of modern tools available.  I'm just doing the research now. My wife has a family Teak Wood farm.  She has probably around 100 planks of teak wood, around 10 feet long, 1 inch thick by 20 inches wide. Just monster pieces of Teak....   Trouble is, solid wood is not recommended for speaker cabinets as the resonant quality of each peice of timber is unique....   shame to see all that wood....   just waiting / begging to be used.
 
Oh well, veneers can be more versatile.
 
 
Cheers
 
Wizard

 

[Zashoomin]

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      I hear you!   I live near Chaing Mai, an area of Thailand that is well known for their wood work achievements. Due to that, there are plenty of modern tools available.  I'm just doing the research now. My wife has a family Teak Wood farm.  She has probably around 100 planks of teak wood, around 10 feet long, 1 inch thick by 20 inches wide. Just monster pieces of Teak....   Trouble is, solid wood is not recommended for speaker cabinets as the resonant quality of each peice of timber is unique....   shame to see all that wood....   just waiting / begging to be used.
 
Oh well, veneers can be more versatile.
 
 
Cheers
 
Wizard

Oh man that sounds like it would look fantastic.  If I didn't have to worry about the sound of the wood I would do a japanese cherry with a very classic urushi finish on it.  Or maybe some alaskan cedar with a light polyurathane finish to bring out the grain.  But if I had that much teak man the stuff I would do.  Man I need to get myself a table saw and drill press.  

 

[FullCircle]

I know what you mean....   We have so much teak "kicking around" it is being used to coral chickens. I need to get a table saw and a router ASAP.
 

 
 
 

 
The dog is there to keep the cats away
 
2000 Chickens
 

 
Teak Walls
 

 
 
The View
 

 

[uchihaitachi]

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I know what you mean....   We have so much teak "kicking around" it is being used to coral chickens. I need to get a table saw and a router ASAP.
 

 
 
 

 
The dog is there to keep the cats away
 
2000 Chickens
 

 
Teak Walls
 

 
 
The View
 

Nice Heir 5.0!

 

[HiGHFLYiN9]

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My wife likes to Bake, I like to build CIEMs, and I think Speaker Cabinets will be something I want to get into as well.

Absolutely beautiful cabinets. Very nicely done!

 

[FullCircle]

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Nice Heir 5.0!

 
 
     Those have been retired, as I found something more noble.

 

[FullCircle]

 
 
So while on my cabinet research I have found that MDF, Plywood, and now tyres can be used for cabinets

 

[DefQon]

That green pasture looks really comforty.

 

[Zashoomin]

Just finished a Bottlehead SEX.  The finish on the wood is only stain I am contenplating doing a polyurathane coat/coats.