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Re: Lets plan a theater space
AAAA #423036 02/03/17 04:19 AM
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Originally Posted By Serenity_Now
Scaling out. Look familiar Brwsaw?

Before.



After.




I should've gone with a nuetral color. I like what I have but the wife never goes in there...bwahahaha
Your towers are bigger...lol
My room is dark dark...I literally have a flashlight that always sits in the same spot.



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Originally Posted By Socketman
Are you building 3 of them ? I cant be certain but the center channel may block the tv unfavorably


Yep. Triplets. I took the screen wall out of the render to give a better sense of proportion. The image will go in front of everything. I'm not sure I'd choose these guys if they were exposed to the audience. I think they would make some people a little nervous. Perfect!! laugh

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Hey brwsaw, for your new room in a couple years I would say involve your wife in color picking. I know the purists will stomp around angry, but I found the front wall is the most important to be dark. During the build part we went back and forth and came to a solution we both like. She spends more time in there than I do... watching cooking shows on netflix recently. Totally worthy of the setup..... laugh lol.

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Ok mechanically inclined types. Thinking caps needed.

I'm trying to engineer a solution for the inevitable setup dilemma we all deal with-spiking heavy speakers, testing, moving, testing, cursing etc.

There has to be a better way. The speakers once completed will be north of 125lbs each. I want to be able to test without having to walk the speakers on spikes across the carpet, but dont want to omit spikes during testing.

The best I can come up with is oversizing the base so sharpened brass rods can be inserted from above and thread through an insert and into carpet. Kind of like a screw jack post idea. Then I can get a nice knurled knob for each spike top to dress them up.

Focal does this with their Sopra towers. Pretty heavy too I guess.

Thoughts? Best for less as always. wink

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Wheels that lock up and down.
I've seen them under islands on kitchens so you can move them if/when needed then you step on the tab and they drop down and the cabinet rests on the floor. Very solid, very convenient.
Not sure how you'd hide them though.

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AAAA #423279 02/12/17 12:08 AM
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I know exactly what youre talking about. For a super sub they would be perfect. No doubt!

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Ya, maybe not the nicest in plain sight.
I want a super sub. Just to have one.



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Do it. Build in drink coasters!

I've never been very good at soldering, and I'm kinda nervous I'm gonna overheat a component for the crossover while putting it together. I picked up a Weller WES51 soldering station with an Amazon gift card I had. I had always used a 25W pencil style solder iron for random use when LED under cabinet lights needed leads attached or fixing broken joints in random stuff around jobs. Pretty seldom, and pretty random.

If you have ever needed to solder when it matters I whole heartedly recommend a Weller WES51 station with a helping hands stand. Or just a quality station at all. Holy smokes so much easier. I wasnt to blame, it was the crappy soldering iron I was using before. What a difference!

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I totally agree, nothing worse than working with an under powered POS solder iron. I bought myself a Sigma station from Amazon since i cant afford Weller. Dont be afraid to add sold right away when you solder it will carry the heat to the inner wires and keep from melting the plastic casing and always use plenty of flux paste. At work i use muriatic acid to clean copper wires that have turned black, mostly on Chevy's for some reason.


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I did a few test solders to practice on various sizes of wire connections. I think most of the components have an 18awg lead so I will probably use twinned 18awg to keep things easy if I need to add tails to components to make them reach connections. I was messing around with 600F and it boils the solder into the joint by heating the wire underneath and applying solder on top. Super strong joint but it sure gets the wire hot in doing so.

Any idea on the temps you solder at? I should probably go lower and leave the leads long and solder towards the components and cut the extra off. Soldering is fun. Makes me feel like a mad scientist. lol.

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