Re: Re: car audio
 
>    My main mistake was trying to include too much in the basic design. I 
had 
> got carried away with the project and forgot the KISS technique. My next 
> attempt will be the 92 inch model (yep, 92" !!!) with a 12 inch woofer. I 
wil
> still bow the top cap, but will make it an add on to be assembled with some 
> good space aged adhesive. Same with the bottom baffle, which I reinforced 
wit
> 2.25 inches of medite and the port. They will be added to the shell. The 
> crossover will be an external. The crossover placement, and decisions about 
> protecting it from vibration and wind damage was the biggest problem 
before. 
> From Hsu's design, it looks like he learned that the first go round also. 
But
> next I am going to build set of rear channel for AC-3, as soon as we see a 
> definative answer as to the amout and avg freq of bass information we will 
be
> getting in the rear channels. No one knows yet. Many of the high end 
designer
> like Duddleston @ Legacy are waiting until the smoke clears and not 
offering 
> anything different than their THX rears in di/bipole. And it will probably 
be
> a few months before we see anything we can count on.
Simple is good. I'm a big fan of the modular approach, especially in
prototyping. Being basically too lazy to tackle major rework for a design
change, I like being able to quickly substitute one piece at a time, at least
until I'm pleased with what I've arrived at. Then it's time to integrate for
producibility, simplicty, and weight savings.
92"? Just what the heck ARE you building here? Sounds like Son Of 
ransmission
Line! :-) 
Glenn
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