New 3-way mid-top

Nice looking box

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really nice Chris.

bet it sounds great.

Luckily I'm able to get wood CNC'd fairly easily. I'm far too lazy nowadays to cut everything from scratch. Still took many hours working on the CAD though.

I haven't gigged them yet but testing so far is promising. The 8" is covering ~400Hz to 2.4kHz and the TiN diaphragm on the 1" is quite nice. The impedance lumps on the 1" around the crossover region caused a few issues with the passive crossover design but managed to make it work without adding lots of extra compensation components. If you're wondering, 2.4kHz was settled on because it's a half wavelength of the 8"/1" driver offset so you can effectively get them in phase at the crossover point. Yes you get issues either side but it works well enough.

It's the first cab I've designed for myself for a long time, have had the drivers lying around for years. Originally I was working on all kinds of complex horn loaded designs but realised for a lot of the jobs I do in small venues, something like this would be far more useful.

Next up is something new to do the bass underneath...

Sometimes, reflex is all you need!

Look tidy. Personally I may have tried a 15/8/1, just to help out lower, but obviously box size goes up, which I presume was not your aim!

Bit of a fan of a mid doing 400-2.5K ish. I have always had a worry about voice fundamentals 200-400, and then rest of voice in a different driver, but seems to hold together in my experiences.

Matt Stolton - Technical Director (!!!) - Wilding Sound Ltd
"Sparkius metiretur vestra" - "Meter Your Mains"

tidy looking enclosure

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Hey does your cnc guys charge much? I need to get some cabs sorted for someone and im not far away from you

Love this new top btw

me so horny me love you long throw
horn loaded for her pleasure

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ceharden Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List The 10,000 Points Club Joined: 05 June 2005 Location: Southampton Status: Offline Points: 11776	Post Options Post Reply Quote ceharden Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: New 3-way mid-top Posted: 01 March 2020 at 8:24pm
	Another much overdue new design: 3-way mid-top for small venues. 12"+8"+1". Getting the combined rear chamber and port design right took a bit of thought. Drivers are all 18Sound. 12ND930, 8M400 and NSD1095 on XR1064. Runs 2-way active with a custom passive crossover between the 8" and 1".

colint Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Old Croc Joined: 06 October 2007 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 5227	Post Options Post Reply Quote colint Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 March 2020 at 9:49pm
	Nice looking box
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	Nice build , nice works..respect..
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	really nice Chris. bet it sounds great.

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ceharden Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List The 10,000 Points Club Joined: 05 June 2005 Location: Southampton Status: Offline Points: 11776	Post Options Post Reply Quote ceharden Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 March 2020 at 1:06am
	Luckily I'm able to get wood CNC'd fairly easily. I'm far too lazy nowadays to cut everything from scratch. Still took many hours working on the CAD though. I haven't gigged them yet but testing so far is promising. The 8" is covering ~400Hz to 2.4kHz and the TiN diaphragm on the 1" is quite nice. The impedance lumps on the 1" around the crossover region caused a few issues with the passive crossover design but managed to make it work without adding lots of extra compensation components. If you're wondering, 2.4kHz was settled on because it's a half wavelength of the 8"/1" driver offset so you can effectively get them in phase at the crossover point. Yes you get issues either side but it works well enough. It's the first cab I've designed for myself for a long time, have had the drivers lying around for years. Originally I was working on all kinds of complex horn loaded designs but realised for a lot of the jobs I do in small venues, something like this would be far more useful. Next up is something new to do the bass underneath...

odc04r Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Old Croc Joined: 12 July 2006 Location: Sarfampton Status: Offline Points: 5482	Post Options Post Reply Quote odc04r Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 March 2020 at 10:54am
	Nice work there, I still have a load of your old bits in the garage and one day I'll do a similar project. Sometimes trying tomake the best thing you can out of a pile of odd bits is an interesting challenge. You don't go back once you've got a decent CNC though do you. I was thinking the other day that with the right workflow angled cuts wouldn't be too hard or take too long.

MattStolton Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Old Croc Joined: 04 September 2010 Location: Walthamstow Status: Offline Points: 4234	Post Options Post Reply Quote MattStolton Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 March 2020 at 2:31pm
	Sometimes, reflex is all you need! Look tidy. Personally I may have tried a 15/8/1, just to help out lower, but obviously box size goes up, which I presume was not your aim! Bit of a fan of a mid doing 400-2.5K ish. I have always had a worry about voice fundamentals 200-400, and then rest of voice in a different driver, but seems to hold together in my experiences.
	Matt Stolton - Technical Director (!!!) - Wilding Sound Ltd "Sparkius metiretur vestra" - "Meter Your Mains"

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	Very nice looking project! NSD1095n is my favourite 1" driver.
	It's just bits of paper flapping about in a box.

dlyxover Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Old Croc Joined: 14 June 2007 Location: Liverpool Status: Offline Points: 1502	Post Options Post Reply Quote dlyxover Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 March 2020 at 7:37pm
	tidy looking enclosure
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	Nice work! Can you post some measured graphs?

Mark James Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Old Croc Joined: 15 January 2006 Location: rig side Status: Offline Points: 5309	Post Options Post Reply Quote Mark James Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 March 2022 at 1:39pm
	Hey does your cnc guys charge much? I need to get some cabs sorted for someone and im not far away from you Love this new top btw
	me so horny me love you long throw horn loaded for her pleasure