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Post by trevordj on Feb 3, 2020 1:20:09 GMT -5
Got some more work done. As always everything takes more time than I expect. I also had to take a few days off and help my son build and race his pinewood derby car. I got all the speakers, crossovers, speakon connectors, and denim insulation in. All speakers are functional and sound good. For now I hooked them all up in series stereo just so I have some tunes. It was a bit of a pain maneuvering the speakers and crossovers into the box upside down. I dropped one of the speakers in the process and bent the mounting ring. I was able to straighten it out and everything turned out ok.   I got the wiring squared up behind the TV. The recessed boxes I got turned out really nice. I have to get some lag bolts and I will get the TV mount squared away.  Now I have to pull all the inserts and covers off the walls and clean/sand the room. Then it’s paint. I also am adding ferrules to the ends of the speaker wires so the mount on the quickport speaker inserts is more secure. I also picked this up from Costco today  It is an 82” Samsung Q70. I was going to get a 77” OLED but I just cannot justify spending $4400 on a TV. I will have some ambient light in this room and I want a large screen. The seating distance is 9’ so this should be good. At one point I kicked around doing a projector, but the room is small and about the largest screen I could fit is 90”. The added complexity and cost of going for the projector along with the light control made it not something I wanted to pursue. I may catch some heat for the TV being mounted too high. It will be centered at 52” with the bottom at 32”. I need a minimum of about 32” clearance for my F/C/R speakers I this is as good as I can do. I’m excited to get the TV set up after I finish the room. |
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Post by cwmcobra on Feb 3, 2020 7:57:34 GMT -5
Great work as always, Trevor! I'm jealous as my theater has been delayed due to other priorities...
Keep the updates coming!
Cheers,
Chuck
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Post by trevordj on Apr 8, 2020 22:11:07 GMT -5
I have not given up on the room. The last couple months has just been dusty, hard, slow, tedious work. The previous home owner had painted this room and didn’t do a good job. The paint was easily falling off the walls. Unfortunately I was left with having to strip the walls. In retrospect it would have been easier to just replace the drywall.  I just realized I didn’t get any photos of the paint stripping. It was also multiple layers of mud and sanding to repair the walls. The walls were horribly wavy so I fixed that too. Anyway, here is where I am after at least 120 hours of finishing work.        We put in a blackout window shade and we have some curtains that we just need to hem. I wish we could change the carpet but it isn’t in the budget right now. The main wall color is grizzle gray by Sherwin Williams. It is a nice, dark neutral gray. The ceiling is a lighter gray, trim lighter yet, and then I did a dark blue accent wall to please my wife. Lighting is controlled by Lutron caseta switches which I had never used before, they are awesome! Way better than the Phillips hue stuff. I am waiting for some mounting screws so I can get the tv on the wall. I am going to start building subwoofer boxes tomorrow. For now I have decided to simplify the box construction. I was fired from my job because of the virus thing but I start a new one in 2 weeks. If I don’t get this dome by then it will be a much longer time before I can finish. |
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Post by cwmcobra on Apr 9, 2020 7:27:51 GMT -5
So now we add a heavy dose of patience to your attention to detail and the results are inspiring. I agree that replacing the drywall would have been easier, but the result of your diligence is appealing and real eye candy.
I'm sure you will truly enjoy the room when complete. You're so close...
Sorry to hear about your job loss. Hopefully the new job will be interesting and rewarding!
Cheers!
Chuck
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Post by trevordj on Apr 10, 2020 16:16:49 GMT -5
Thank you! The job loss was unexpected but will work out just fine. I had already put in my notice to leave this job and I start a new one in about 10 days. Meanwhile I have had almost a month off for the first time since college (15 years ago) so that has been nice I got he TV mounted, it looks great and is enormous. I am actually glad I didn’t do a projector in this case, it would have complicated things and I think this TV is about the most my space can accommodate.  I also got the low voltage box buttoned up. I do t have any pics of this but I installed a new one in our upstairs closet and ran a bunch of cat 6 and coax to the panel. I also run my home server in that closet, going strong now for about 5 years. It is a 48tb Freenas box running Emby, couchpotato, sickrage, and sabnzbd.   |
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Post by siggie on Apr 10, 2020 22:33:42 GMT -5
Nice work on the whole room!
siggie
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Post by ttocs on Apr 11, 2020 0:01:25 GMT -5
Very impressive! I admire your diligence and ingenuity.
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Post by trevordj on Apr 11, 2020 23:39:56 GMT -5
I finalized the new subwoofer design. I have mixed feelings about going with a simpler design, I don't necessarily like boxy boxes but my CNC is so slow if I started cutting now it would likely take months to finish them, and it would take about 10x the amount of wood. My plan is to construct these now, get them looking reasonable, and then within the next year I will be upgrading to a commercial CNC. At that point I can come back to the trans-lam design. Attached is the new design I settled on.   It is a basic sealed box design constructed of 3/4 MDF liberally braced. The front baffle is covered in MDF but the meat of it is a double thick layer of 18mm baltic birch. |
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Post by trevordj on Apr 11, 2020 23:57:28 GMT -5
Today I got all the sheet goods broken down and rough cut. Tomorrow I will take everything to final dimensions and cut all the features including circles and dados. If all goes well I may be able to start glue up tomorrow I find it easiest to break down sheet goods on a piece of foam insulation with a track saw followed by rough cutting each part on the table saw to get edges parallel and perpendicular. After all that it is just a matter of dimensioning each part. I use the Cutlist Plus program for developing the cutting plan.   The most tedious part was cutting the 96 little blocks that will be used for the braces.  |
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Post by cwmcobra on Apr 12, 2020 6:45:54 GMT -5
Tedious, maybe, but fun and rewarding as well. What size drivers are you using?
Happy Easter!
Chuck
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Post by trevordj on Apr 12, 2020 9:24:41 GMT -5
Tedious, maybe, but fun and rewarding as well. What size drivers are you using? Happy Easter! Chuck Happy Easter to you as well! I have 4 stereo integrity HST 18s I am using. Each box will be just over 4 cubic feet sealed after driver displacement and bracing. |
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Post by trevordj on Apr 12, 2020 22:33:02 GMT -5
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Post by trevordj on Apr 13, 2020 2:04:49 GMT -5
I ended up rallying and just getting all the boxes glued up tonight. Tomorrow I will hit the overcuts with the flush trim router and get the baffles and speakon holes cut.    Don’t judge my woodworking based on those overhanging edges. Those are intentional so I can trim everything flush with the router. |
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Post by cwmcobra on Apr 13, 2020 6:27:20 GMT -5
Looking good and will no doubt sound amazing!
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Post by trevordj on Apr 13, 2020 23:28:46 GMT -5
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Post by adaboy on Apr 13, 2020 23:48:58 GMT -5
Those subs look massive in those boxes!!!
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Post by trevordj on Apr 14, 2020 3:09:20 GMT -5
Those subs look massive in those boxes!!! It is enormous... It barely fit... It’s huge... My wife was impressed... Why does it vibrate so much? These are all the “that’s what she said” moments I have been saving up for this thread. The speakers are truly massive. At one point I had designed two dual opposer boxes rather than 4 individual boxes. The boxes with these two massive woofers would have been too unruly so I’m glad I didn’t do it. I’m looking forward to hearing them |
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Post by cwmcobra on Apr 14, 2020 5:42:15 GMT -5
Impressive, indeed! What amps and processor will you be driving them with?
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Post by megash0n on Apr 14, 2020 9:23:48 GMT -5
Today was a little rough. I basically spent 10 hours flush trimming the boxes and cutting the holes in the baffles. The HST 18 has an outer diameter that is just too large for the jasper circle jig. I didn’t have enough depth to use a fade jig to enlarge the hole so I just made a cutout template. All was good until I was cutting the third baffle, the weight of the cutout pulled the jig strangely and broke it. I made a jig but since the hole in the fourth baffle was already partially cut it was tough To match it. I ended up picking up a new jig as woodcraft and left got everything cut. Overall not a lot to show for the day but the cabinets are getting closer. I will cut the speakon holes tomorrow and prep for paint.      You do good work. I appreciate your attention to detail. Those boxes look nice. |
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Post by megash0n on Apr 14, 2020 9:28:46 GMT -5
Those subs look massive in those boxes!!! It is enormous... It barely fit... It’s huge... My wife was impressed... Why does it vibrate so much? These are all the “that’s what she said” moments I have been saving up for this thread. The speakers are truly massive. At one point I had designed two dual opposer boxes rather than 4 individual boxes. The boxes with these two massive woofers would have been too unruly so I’m glad I didn’t do it. I’m looking forward to hearing them Hahaha. I was so going to say "that's what she said" As I started reading. |
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