Full DIY HT Replacement - SEOS Tempests + SEOS Fusion 10s + Dayton 18s - Page 3

eventually 2-300 WPC they will be being powered by an emotiva XPA-3, which is 2/300 at 8/4 OHM. the HK i had them running off in the basement does an amazing 55 WPC and yea this might get very silly very fast

i didn't think about the white showing behind the ports until i snapped the pic and then it was too late, If it bothers me i can pull the woofer and juist put some grill cloth over the inside opening, which should work fine.

IMO they just look mean. the Glossy SEOS horn works well with rillas B&C 15s but i really like the matte one with the 12s

Erich - what size are the screws for the woofers that you included, I either only got 15 or i lost one, I used a drywall screw as a temp but i figure i can go and grab the correct one at some point this week.

Ill prob get one of the fusions put together tomorrow. I have to wait to do the 2nd until PE gets me more barrier terminals - they shipped today or ill lug the tempests up 3 flights of stairs and give them some proper listing


also whats the word on the sub boxes im on a roll at the moment putting stuff together
Edited by Sibuna - 2/5/13 at 9:17pm

I feel the same way about duratex. i think everything that needs to be painted black it will get used for

example
A Lamp

So I need to order a mic and this is the question. Go with the omnimic for more $$ or go with one of the others for less + REW?

Is the convenience of the omnimic worth the added cost?

I used Velcro. I glued some feet on the back of the crossover boards and velcored them to the side
the woofer does stick up slightly, metal a tiny bit and the foam on it more

ill check it today, i may need to sand a tiny bit more on my over agressive paint

so I pulled 1 woofer send it some more I really don't think these are going to sit flush no matter what I do doesn't bother me the look unless there's another reason should I bother?

they are currently rocking, in a sweet ghetto setup

Dire Straights - Brothers in Arms

Up next some Amorphis - Sky is mine

So i carried them upstairs today, 3 flights of stairs, these things are not exactly light weight, Had to move some stuff around to make room, if you make note of the first pic I posted ion here you can see what i moved.
Old speakers and Sub moved out as well as the random chair (which is super comfortable BTW) Dropped down the Tempests and hooked them up. Ran them from the XPA-3 for most of the time

Initially i just tossed them down to confirm everything was working


Without the flash the woofer pretty much vanishes into the cab, not sitting flush is a non issue



Propped them up a lil after a bit as they are sitting really low currently. Plan is to raise them up almost 2 feet by placing them on the sub boxes when those get built, this works for now


Ran a wide spectrum of music through them, Everything from Classical to Dubstep. Good god these things can just scream at you. They play loud, extremely loud and clear. Running reference could get painful fast. I sit like 8 feet from them and was running them in 2 channel stereo set to large. these definitely will play lower then they are speced. Ill have specs next week but they handled http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gb3faOzvBk perfectly fine. Same song on the opening scene in Art of Flight. Obviously didn't hit as low as a true sub but these would not disappoint as a 2.0 setup when played loud. Same with tracks from the Tron soundtrack. Was rocking some Dylan and someone who was here made the comment that it sounded like we were in a coffee ship in the 60s

Lows play low, highs play high but not too bright. on some tracks that hurt my ears at high volumes with other speakers these just sang along without the pain (assume because of no distortion)
Mic comes next week so no measurements until then. will be really interested in what the readings say.

I should get the fusions together this weekend - i wont have the things i'm waiting for from PE until Friday.

I see that EricH has been updating the sub flatpack info i can not wait!


I'm also gonna need to build stands for the fusions, im thinking sand filled PVC tri pole

So i may have just experience pure audio nirvana. Was playing some stuff today, the clarity is incredible. pretty amazing hearing things in songs Ive listened to 100000000 times and picking up things i hadn't before. These speakers actually give my Grados a run for clarity.

Back on the nirvana comment i actually fell asleep listing to music at near reference in a tiny room. That may strike some as very odd, but to me its not. the loudness is a non factor when its as clean as the sound coming out of these speakers. i closed my eyes and felt like i became one with my sofa and just drifted away

lol. TBH i felt like a more relaxed version of the Maxel dude

well this showed up 3 days earlier then expected

well assuming i'm doing this correctly i would say that does not look bad at all for starters

-15 on the AVR - all EQ off, 2 channel stereo set to "Large" no sub

the only thing that is set is Distance and they are both set to 7 feet

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Edited by Sibuna - 2/8/13 at 5:38pm

finished the xovers for the fusions today. ill stuff them tonight but finial assembly wont happen until tomorrow because i need to pick up more velcro to attach the xovers to the cab with

Wall of Sound



Not sure why this saved so small



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yeah it will be interesting The Tempest have a dip at 105 when using the same smoothing subs and eq may take care of some of it. Not gonna worry until everything is built