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    Posted: 21 August 2014 at 9:16pm
More Ikea hacking from me!

Found a nice looking fake bamboo box in ikea which looked perfect for a small enclosure i had in mind for a friend, lined it completely with 6mm MDF (the box itself is 6mm). components are:

2 x Monacor SPH-30X 4 ohm (Purchased for a bargain price from Davey T)
1 x Peerless passive radiator
1 x TA2020
1 x Accusafe battery protection module
1 x 12v 2.3mAh SLA battery

Nice little box, sounds nice - although the Monacor is a bit peaky in the upper mids. The passive radiator has quite a bit more xmax than the main drivers so works well as a single.








And here's a photo of it on top of my other minibox (2 x minirig + minisub)
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 Thumbs Up Got a great vintage look going on.
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Looks great!!
How does that Passive Radiator work??
My Tinnitus is coming along nicely!!
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Would love to see some plotsSmile

Great job by the way looks very vintage B&O.
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Lovel little system you have knocked up there. I can see me in ikea soon...
As mr Shortrope said, "how does the passive radiator work", and i would like to know how its wired up to the system????
All the best Gav
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Originally posted by Gavos Gavos wrote:

...As mr Shortrope said, "how does the passive radiator work", and i would like to know how its wired up to the system???? ...


It's most likely not wired up at all :D

http://www.centerpointaudio.com/PassiveRadiators.aspx
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Hello Daniel.
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction....
That makes perfect sense :)
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Thanks chaps - a passive radiator is basically tuned by adding mass, although (and I owe Saturnus for this) a regular speaker with magnet can be used and tuned by shorting the terminals with a resistor, this effectively acts the same as adding mass but can be very precisely tuned - with the benefit of being able to choose virtually any speaker as your passive.
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Now with foam grille front and back, with the industry standard beer bottle for scale!
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Bravo Clap
No Bass No Fun
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great box! Love the aesthetic. I'm very curious, how sounds compared to your another box?
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Cracking build great looking, love the passive radiator and the beer. Try sheer drop surrey hills brewery. 
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