Quad Dayton Reference Tower

[topgun 262]

Ok, this is jsut a prototype tower to see how I like it and what kinda output it has. I didn't want to mess up a 60$ sheet of BB ply, so I made it outa cheap stuff. It is a little under 3 cubes tuned to 40hz wiht 16in^2 of port area *rearward firing port, don't know if its a good idea or not but I thought I'd try it*. Heres a bunch of pictures that I took tonight of it. It would have been done tonight but the damn jigsaw crapped out on me.

The plans...

The old jigsaw that crapped out

The front piece

The corner... *don't know why I took this picture.

Back piece being glued in.

Inside

Love these little guys....

Two mids and a tweet in.

Box 'o goodies

Whats this I spy? A 12" jointer that needs to be wired up??

Old arse router and small set of bits...

Quality Radio... AM only

And with just the sides/top/bottom on

[Worlddre 1]

thems sweet what tweet is that?

[topgun 262]

thems sweet what tweet is that?

The 4.60$ Dayton tweet, Ordering Morel MDT29's. I believe I'm going active with them. I am to start off with atleast.

*correction* JUST ordered the new tweets.

[Worlddre 1]

cool beans they should kick arse

[topgun 262]

cool beans they should kick arse

Its what I'm hoping... I've never designed somethin like this before, thats why I'm doing the prototype v 1.0 on this first.

[JimJ 11]

TCAB style...

It looks good so far.

[topgun 262]

TCAB style...

No hittin below the belt now....

I'm hoping I'm satisified with the low end on these so I can get away with not running a sub stage for a little while.

[Eldorado 0]

That router rules !

Has a built in light and locking shaft.

It doesnt like to be finely adjusted though

[flakko 1]

dang thats some hardcore work area you got there....

so large and roomy

[Godsmack 361]

dang thats some hardcore work area you got there....

so large and roomy

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Yea no chit..........must be nice.

J

[topgun 262]

dang thats some hardcore work area you got there....

so large and roomy

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Yea no chit..........must be nice.

J

Need another table and a planer (but thats wha the 12" jointers for...) but yea, the room is really nice to have.

[ramos 2]

Very nice my brother . You guys don't believe in building small enclosures do ya ?

[Aaron Clinton 2,372]

very nice, I love long pictorials like this

the AM radio is the tits

[///M5 2,833]

Nice work, holy crap am I jealous of your workspace. With all those clamps you don't even need a brad gun...can't wait to hear how you like em/

[topgun 262]

Very nice my brother . You guys don't believe in building small enclosures do ya ?

Small, enclosure? Whats that??

Nice work, holy crap am I jealous of your workspace.  With all those clamps you don't even need a brad gun...can't wait to hear how you like em/

Many clamps make the work go faster.

[CBFryman 2]

nice work..and im unbanned from AF now

time to go get the permaban sticker.

[Acidburn 10]

for pics

so jealous of your wood shop

and that set up should have kickass bottom end

my pair of single 6" Dayton RS bookshelves tuned to 50-55Hz barely need a sub

[Tirefryr 1,742]

I have that same router on my router table.

[topgun 262]

Just got hooked up at 11pm tonight, folks went to bed so I'll have to play tommorow night with them. What little bit I have done, all i've got to say is Got output?

[topgun 262]

This is my first time setting up anything active. I wanted to play around before I thought of desigining and making a passive crossover network for these. It took me a little while before I found what I liked. I know it can be fine tuned alot by ears more trained than mine, but I don't know anyone like that around. The tweeter gets a little nasty around the crossover point, it isn't even supposed to crossover that low (Dayton 4.60$ ones). I have them crossed over around 2200hz. I'm hoping my new tweets on order will help that out (Morel MDT29's).

My initial hearing was wow, these have some output.

After getting a little more time in on these tonight I've came to a couple conclusions. The crossover point gets a little nasy, a new tweet able to get lower should fix that. These have some considerable ability to dip down low (~2.8cubes 40hz) and are very detailed and crisp. I really like my Fostex's and I think I already like these even more.

These are going in a dorm room once I get the pair built (this is the prototype model). I have a feeling its going to be a little bit of overkill. With the way they are sounding now I don't believe I am going to be running a substage for awhile.

Overall I am very pleased with how it came out, this is my first project that I've designed/built/came up with myself. It is a very pleasant sounding speaker, tight accurate low end, a decent upper range *will be improving*.

[Worlddre 1]

sounds like someone is going to have the party room

[topgun 262]

sounds like someone is going to have the party room

Another reason to make them outa BB ply, they will be taken to a house a time or two for a couple kick arse parties.

Edited July 15, 2006 by topgun

[Aaron Clinton 2,372]

looks excellent,

I hope to do a very similar project soon

[topgun 262]

I got my Morel tweets today, I love 'em. It just seems so much more "alive" and "effortless". I heard some stuff in Hotel California that I'd never heard before.

[DIYiT 0]

I realize I'm reviving a dead thread, but did you ever finish the speakers? I'm interested in a set of active Dayton Reference speakers, and I'm wondering how this turned out for you?

PS, are the links broken for everybody or are they just blocked by my schools firewall?