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post #31 of 54
2/22/12 at 6:44pm
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Originally Posted by tgse3 View Post

Not anymore they're not. Single wall boxes with 4 small pieces of foam on basket. With that said I have 6 drivers that all arrived alive in last 6 months.

Good to know!
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post #32 of 54
2/23/12 at 3:41am
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Originally Posted by Steve_Vai_rules View Post

edited, mark made it right.

i feel sorry for the woes he is having with delays and shipping.. he is a great guy, and is trying really hard to appease everyone...

Matt

That's great news Steve!! I'm tellen' ya, Mark and IST are great.

On a side note... I'm REALLY regreting only ordering 2!! I wish I had gone for 4. I'm really liking this sub.
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post #33 of 54
2/23/12 at 7:43am
my final four showed up in the single boxes and they all look great.

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post #34 of 54
2/23/12 at 9:10am
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my final four showed up in the single boxes and they all look great.


Thanks for rubbing it in.......... LOL!!!
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post #35 of 54
2/23/12 at 9:52am
Subwoofer porn. Nice. How big a room are those going to fill?
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post #36 of 54
2/23/12 at 10:18am
We are in the planning stages of building a new home. I bought them for an IB set up in a dedicated HT that will be about 30x17x10. I should have bought 4 more...
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post #37 of 54
2/23/12 at 1:39pm
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my final four showed up in the single boxes and they all look great.


damn only 2 of my 8 showed up in working order, those shipping boxes got destroyed...

I may be able to salvage a couple though.

Matt
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post #38 of 54
2/25/12 at 12:34pm
So due to a variety of reasons, I stuck with my original order of 2 Xmass' (Xmasi?).

I tried to get some Sonotube from Home Depot last night, but their book didn't list anything larger than 12", so they checked their suppliers site which stated sizes up to 24", at the perfect 12' length. I'll call the supplier on Monday to see if they can get the 24" size and ship it to my local HD.

That would put me at 2x 24" diameter columns, at roughly 18.5cf each after everything except the port - which will very likely be an 8" diamter unit around 4.5 feet long tuning into the low to mid teens.
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post #39 of 54
2/28/12 at 3:57pm
Ok... I'm a happy camper!! Replacement came in and works perfectly!! Packaging also survived in one piece. Also bought 2 more so now I'm going to run 2 sealed dual opposed off of 2 NU1000's.
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post #40 of 54
2/29/12 at 3:56pm
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Originally Posted by Viperoni View Post

So due to a variety of reasons, I stuck with my original order of 2 Xmass' (Xmasi?).

I tried to get some Sonotube from Home Depot last night, but their book didn't list anything larger than 12", so they checked their suppliers site which stated sizes up to 24", at the perfect 12' length. I'll call the supplier on Monday to see if they can get the 24" size and ship it to my local HD.

That would put me at 2x 24" diameter columns, at roughly 18.5cf each after everything except the port - which will very likely be an 8" diamter unit around 4.5 feet long tuning into the low to mid teens.

Got my pair of Xmass 18's, everything looks good!!!
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post #41 of 54
2/29/12 at 9:40pm
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perhaps this weekend with improved weather i can build some boxes.. it turned into winter for whatever friggin reason after being like spring from november till last weekend... stupid alberta...

Matt
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post #42 of 54
3/1/12 at 5:47am
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perhaps this weekend with improved weather i can build some boxes.. it turned into winter for whatever friggin reason after being like spring from november till last weekend... stupid alberta...

Matt

We had snow for the past couple days and the temperature's been positive during the day. I think it's supposed to hit +6 today lol
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post #43 of 54
3/1/12 at 7:54am
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We had snow for the past couple days and the temperature's been positive during the day. I think it's supposed to hit +6 today lol

Neg 7 highs to neg 23 lows for the past 10 days.

What are you doing for cabs? (still feeling the effects of yesterday's festivities so my brain is a bit hazy and don't recall if you've touched on this yet)

I think I'm just going build some 6-6.5 cube cabs. Maybe 7.

Matt
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post #44 of 54
3/1/12 at 2:42pm
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Originally Posted by Steve_Vai_rules View Post

Neg 7 highs to neg 23 lows for the past 10 days.

What are you doing for cabs? (still feeling the effects of yesterday's festivities so my brain is a bit hazy and don't recall if you've touched on this yet)

I think I'm just going build some 6-6.5 cube cabs. Maybe 7.

Matt

No worries, here's what I'm thinking of doing:

2x 24" diameter columns with 24" sonotube, at roughly 18.5cf each after everything except the port - which will very likely be an 8" diamter unit around 4.5 feet long tuning into the low to mid teens.

Been so busy with work I haven't been able to call HD to order the sonotube yet :/
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post #45 of 54
3/1/12 at 5:12pm
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Originally Posted by Viperoni View Post

No worries, here's what I'm thinking of doing:

2x 24" diameter columns with 24" sonotube, at roughly 18.5cf each after everything except the port - which will very likely be an 8" diamter unit around 4.5 feet long tuning into the low to mid teens.

Been so busy with work I haven't been able to call HD to order the sonotube yet :/


That will look cool (and of course sound awesome).

and I hear ya on busy with work.. :S blergh

Look forward to the build!

Matt
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post #46 of 54
3/5/12 at 3:55pm
Ordered a 12 foot length of 24" Sonotube from Lowes today here in Canada (Toronto area to be precise) - $97 + tax.

It's getting special ordered from the US (none in the Canadian warehouse), and I put in a special request for the tube to be cut into two halves, we'll see if they can accomodate that. Hope so!

It'll probably take a couple weeks to arrive since they'll ship it with their incoming shipments, which gives the weather more time to warm up outside
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post #47 of 54
3/13/12 at 9:07pm
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Ordered a 12 foot length of 24" Sonotube from Lowes today here in Canada (Toronto area to be precise) - $97 + tax.

It's getting special ordered from the US (none in the Canadian warehouse), and I put in a special request for the tube to be cut into two halves, we'll see if they can accomodate that. Hope so!

It'll probably take a couple weeks to arrive since they'll ship it with their incoming shipments, which gives the weather more time to warm up outside

Looks like Lowes has it, shoudl find out very soon if they were able to cut the 12 foot piece into 2 6's like I asked... *crosses fingers*
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post #48 of 54
3/14/12 at 1:44am
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Cool!! Mass effect 3 has take. Over my spare time. I really should try to build something this weekend. With a lot of elbow grease and some help forms friend I managed to repair 2 of the drivers mangled voice coils (crushed dust caps destroyed the top part of the vc).

Look forward to your build and impression.

Matt
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post #49 of 54
3/14/12 at 6:49am
Check out this box my three JBL speakers came
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post #50 of 54
3/14/12 at 7:32am
Damn kg, can't get better then that!! Just WOW!!! Are the speakers atleast in good condition?
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post #51 of 54
3/14/12 at 9:40am
They look alright to me.

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post #52 of 54
3/14/12 at 10:06am
Is there a link where I can see the driver specs ?
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post #53 of 54
3/14/12 at 11:20am
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Is there a link where I can see the driver specs ?

They are available at the Innovative Sound Technologies website.
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post #54 of 54
3/14/12 at 11:25am
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They look alright to me.


Packed quite differently the second time
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