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Fwiw I think the rack is a cool idea and it was me that stumbled upon the heavy duty turntable swivel. I am pretty thrifty, so when DIY is possible it's usually the way I like to go. It would be sweet to put a turntable under the record player, counterspun, so the record appeared stationary when playing. My wife plays our records more than me these days, but all the younger apprentices I work with have tables with built in speakers. Always a gift from their girlfriend. The ladies like it. Business time. "Wink wink say no more."

Low ambition today. Need a coffee to see where I'm at.... Thinking ahead a bit, do you guys solder the drivers on or use stakons? I'd like to solder but its kind of a done deal once you do that.

I would be tempted to temporarily connect the wires to the drivers and power them before final assembly of the cabinet. As I see the cabling is tied into a harness, if you discover a bad cable it will not be easy to remove/replace. Any additional would be fished through the enclosure hap-hazardly.

YMMV

You're totally right. I should test each driver too.

I forgot to mention I didn't use typical speaker wire. The weird licorice looking cables are twisted 18/4 securex. They will be parallel internally with a quad setup. This gives an awg size of 15/2 per driver and redundancy built in. If the audiophile world took to it like they did Roxul..... It is awesome stuff. Fire alarm cable. Not very sexy though.

I've never liked crimping because there are too many variables that need to be controlled. For a personal project like this, I would solder.

Variables? You mean oxidization or something?

Coordinating the connector specifications with the cable insulation and conductor specifications, proper tool, clean tool, proper use of the tool. This last part is important. If you don't use the tool properly, you won't get the micro-welding that was intended. I trust myself to solder properly more than to crimp properly.

That wasnt what I was expecting. Its not a high voltage line! Were not risking a corona.....

Here is where we sit, literally, after another good weekend. Could have working towers at any time. Patience and discipline have to come into play now. Uh oh.

Holy crap, you're right... a 1000 pound swivel base is enough for a tall rotating LP rack, not just the ultimate DVD/BR rack.

I was going to start with the design posted on audiokarma but now you've got me re-thinking that.

http://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?t...d-plans.337891/

sorry if my 32bit192 sarcasm didn't come across. I don't mind old school vinyl. it has a different sound to it.

Especially you guys that have the LFR speakers already.
With a good Vinyl you'd probably have awesomeness and then some.

I can more easily create that wow the artist is in the middle of my living room than with the same song on digital.