DukeL Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 (edited) Testing one two... Okay, hello everybody, my name is Duke and I'm from the US... specifically, a little town called Preston, Idaho (celebrated home of Napoleon Dynamite). Anyway, I could use some help. I'm trying to buy a pair of compression drivers that are sold out in the US and won't be available for a while, and none of the European vendors will ship to me. I actually have a case of these drivers on order (I'm a small bass cab manufacturer), but it may be a couple of months before they arrive, and it would be really helpful if I could get a pair sooner rather than later so that I can get started on crossover designs. I think I can purchase the drivers from a vendor in the UK and have them shipped to you, and then would pay you a commission + shipping to send them on to me. Anyone interested, shoot me an e-mail at [email="[email protected]"][email protected][/email]. EDIT: Someone came to my aid and has purchased the compression drivers for me. Thank you, Bill. Edited October 4, 2012 by DukeL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Hi Duke, I can do it for you. The best thing would be you shipped the casings to me and I'll design [s]my own cro..[/s] your crossovers! Seriously though: welcome to BC! Maybe you'll decide to stay after having experienced something good here. I'm sure someone will step forward for you. I'd do it, but I live on the wrong spot. Good luck! best, bert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeL Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 Hi BassTractor, Thanks for the welcome! Cool avatar - we have some big tractors around where I live, but nothing quite like that! Are you really into crossover design? That's usually what separates the enthusiastic weekend DIYer from the serious semi-pro. We have ready access to modelling programs that make good enclosure design fairly accessible, but the crossover is usually more difficult to get right... modelling programs can't do it for us. Think I'll go poke around on the amps & cabs forum a bit, that's sounds like my kinda place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Hey Duke, You're welcome. The bass tractor sadly may not exist: I can't find it on the web anymore, and it does have a "Thunderbirds" (60s UK tv show) ring to it. Cool though. Crossovers: nope. I was just joking. Had no idea though that they still were more difficult to get right. Live to learn, eh? all the best, bert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeL Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 (edited) Too bad if that beast is no more. My background is home audio speaker-builder hobbyist since 1979. In 1999 I became a dealer, and then in 2005 a speaker manufacturer. [Darth Vader voice] "And now my journey to the dark side is... complete." [/Darth Vader voice] Then a couple of years ago the US economy tanked, and "expensive toys" (like home audio speakers) got very hard to sell. So I looked around for other possible opportunities, and it occurred to me that a bass guitar cab is a "tool of the trade", and therefore falls into a very different category. A serious worker will still buy a good tool of the trade even in a weak economy, so I've been building bass cabs since roughly mid-2010, My bass cab designs tend to be somewhat unorthodox and crossover-intensive, for better or for worse, so that's why my virtual ears pricked up at your mention of the word. Edited September 30, 2012 by DukeL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 I'm sorry to read that they're crossover-intensive, coz I suppose that that means the crossover gets more complicated than wished for. If it indeed does mean that, I can see how you would fight against the demon of declining sound quality. <kidding> How about this idea: in a perfect casing (roughly egg shaped), you just drill one tiny hole in the "thick" end, and in that tiny hole you just put a perfectly linear and super quick element with 140 dB dynamics? Now [i][b]that[/b][/i] could have a simple crossover! </kidding> BTW, and unrelated but fun: a buddy of my uncle was a fanatic speaker builder. He had his stereo in the basement, with horn speakers starting there, but ending in the living room. So he'd put on a vinyl record downstairs, set the volume, and run upstairs to enjoy the music in his comfy chair. I loved it, but wouldn't want it. best, bert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeL Posted October 1, 2012 Author Share Posted October 1, 2012 (edited) [quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1349042529' post='1821134'] I'm sorry to read that they're crossover-intensive, coz I suppose that that means the crossover gets more complicated than wished for. If it indeed does mean that, I can see how you would fight against the demon of declining sound quality.... BTW, and unrelated but fun: a buddy of my uncle was a fanatic speaker builder. He had his stereo in the basement, with horn speakers starting there, but ending in the living room. So he'd put on a vinyl record downstairs, set the volume, and run upstairs to enjoy the music in his comfy chair. I loved it, but wouldn't want it.[/quote] Well the things I like to do really can't be done well with a simple crossover; I like to use constant-directivity PA-style horns, and such horns call for a somewhat complex crossover and often some additional equalization, but the payoff is fairly uniform sound across a fairly broad horizontal arc. No sound quality issues if I do my job well. The main drawback, in my opinion, is the added cost of the crossover. For a while I was selling cabs whose crossover components cost more than the woofer, until the price of neodymium went up enough that the woofer now costs more. So my cabs tend to be relatively expensive, but they can double as home audio speakers or studio monitors, if you can get past the utilitarian looks. Love the story of your uncle's friend's system! That beats anything I've ever heard of!! I'm still a dealer for a high-end home audio electrostatic speaker that's bigger than a door, but at least with those speakers you can still have everything in the same room! Edited October 1, 2012 by DukeL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Ah. Learning again. Thanks. Love electrostats, me. Almost bought some that were like doors, but the wife voted for dynamic speakers, and I accepted. Have you gotten some help with the elements yet? best, bert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiOgon Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Hey Duke - YHEM John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeL Posted October 4, 2012 Author Share Posted October 4, 2012 Thanks, John and Bert... yes, someone has already purchased the compression drivers for me, and is shipping them to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicman20 Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Glad you got the drivers sorted out Duke... Me thinks you need a distributor in the UK for your cabinets! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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