My first rig - 2 x MT121, 4 x ES18-BPH
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Topic: My first rig - 2 x MT121, 4 x ES18-BPH
Posted By: macca
Subject: My first rig - 2 x MT121, 4 x ES18-BPH
Date Posted: 22 June 2015 at 4:41am
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After my first project detailed in http://forum.speakerplans.com/my-first-big-project-semibudget-mt121s-pics_topic79930.html?KW=" rel="nofollow - http://forum.speakerplans.com/my-first-big-project-semibudget-mt121s-pics_topic79930.html?KW= , I quickly decided i needed bass. So i started an ES18BPH x 4 project. After about 2 years of construction, learning how to use them and accumulating all the gear i need, my rig finally had it maiden voyage at a roughly 300 person Winter Solstice open-air psy-trance party last weekend. I made these for this exact purpose and they exceeded all my expectations of what they would sound like running full power. I have already had quite a few people asking to use them for other parties. Drivers and amps used are: Tops: 2 x P.Audio 2" BMD-750 mk2 Crown XLS 1500 Mids: 2 x Precision Devices 12" PD123 ER T.Amp (thomman) TA-2400 MK-X Lows: 4 x Fane 18" 18XB-800 Quest QA-4004 Thanks to everyone on this forum for your input and knowledge, i wouldn't have been able to get them where they are now without you guys! Here is the final product in their natural habitat.   And here is the build of the ES18's            |
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Posted By: rish
Date Posted: 22 June 2015 at 7:16am
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Very nice. place them all together with the mouths coupled and watch them come alive. nice build. Rish
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Posted By: matty w
Date Posted: 22 June 2015 at 8:29am
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Very nice mate , lots of fun :) , couple of questions if I may :D, how do you find the es18 meets the mt and what frequency have you settled on for crossing the comp over ? Iv had mt121's for years and tried many different combos , the latest is pd123 Er with a jbl 2447 1.5" comp on a 18 sound 1464 .... Iv found the pd 123er quite usable but craved something a bit more hifi (open and musical sounding) but that mite be the limitation of the horn tbf . The jbl 2447 is good but wrong driver for the job really , it doesn't go high or low lol , to me it's an extremely powerful driver for 2.5 k to 10 k , it will get high with eq ofcourse but the diaphragm is just too heavy for it to sound rite IMO and you can cross it really low too but the sound quality just goes when you start to cross over any lower than 2k IMO !! ------------- Black to black , red to red , blue to bits .... |
Posted By: matty w
Date Posted: 22 June 2015 at 8:31am
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Love the blue btw :D I quite like them quest amps , where abouts are you based as iv only seen them in Australia ?? ------------- Black to black , red to red , blue to bits .... |
Posted By: macca
Date Posted: 22 June 2015 at 8:56am
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Melbourne, Australia. Was an eBay purchase. Heavy as f... though. 47kg I did minimal EQ, and they did not have any holes that i could hear. I cross them at 35/170/900 24LR. I set the lows to 35, which i'm told isn't recommended for these cabs, but i didn't hear 1 bit of distortion or honky'ness. I'm not pro by any means, so once i get a bit more full set-up experience, i can perfect the sound even more. Everyone was blown away (including myself) on how clear the whole dynamic range was. I think they sounded best when techno was being played. When the psytrance started, i could have maybe turned down the high end a little bit, but that is all going to come with experience. I built them for exactly what i used them for last weekend, and they are perfect. I still can't believe it. I was so worried how they would sound turned up. They have given me a new motivation to take this sound stuff more seriously.
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Posted By: AM55
Date Posted: 22 June 2015 at 10:06am
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Well done on the rig. Looks like someone splashed out on the lighting rig too. Any pictures/vids of the party in action? |
Posted By: fat_brstd
Date Posted: 22 June 2015 at 2:52pm
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Nicely done, would like to hear it sometime. Nice to see another home brew rig in Melbourne, there's a fair few of us now. ------------- Melbournes Rootical Warrior Roots - Dub - Steppers http://www.facebook.com/adrians.wall" rel="nofollow - facebook page |
Posted By: THECANDLEMAN
Date Posted: 22 June 2015 at 3:35pm
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I love the es18 boxes have a play with changing the hpf and maybe have a go at running the system 4 way and see which way you like the sound of. Both will effect the upper bass and musicality I would think ------------- Motion Systems - Void Airmotion, Airten & Stasys 218 With Powersoft DSP |
Posted By: macca
Date Posted: 22 June 2015 at 10:18pm
Yeh, im mates with the bat feats guys, they answered alot of my questions coming upto this gig. |
fat_brstd wrote:Posted By: macca
Date Posted: 22 June 2015 at 10:21pm
I'll post some when I get home tonight. Lights arn't mine. I was expecting to setup under a cheap gazebo on a card table, but when i got there I was greeted with this. Truly was the perfect first gig. |
Posted By: macca
Date Posted: 22 June 2015 at 10:23pm
Yeh, wouldn't mind building a sub for each side, but money and space in my house is limited at the moment. |
Posted By: THECANDLEMAN
Date Posted: 22 June 2015 at 11:17pm
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If the crowd size or space is small and allows try on each side Bottom es18 45-120 then upper es18 90-170 If you can put them in a block and run 2 lower and 2 upper bass in one block should notice even more ------------- Motion Systems - Void Airmotion, Airten & Stasys 218 With Powersoft DSP |
Posted By: njw
Date Posted: 25 June 2015 at 12:48pm
Very nice, love seeing new projects, especially big horn-loaded ones!
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Posted By: biggins
Date Posted: 13 July 2015 at 4:24am
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Greetings from Adelaide, Just joined the forum to say awesome job on the build, getting them out. Lurking on speakerplans and reading your thread on MT121s inspired me to build four MT121s (TDA design) for using at parties over here in SA so it's awesome to a successful outcome for the project that inspired me to start building |
Posted By: C-Audiofreak
Date Posted: 29 August 2015 at 6:52am
| When funds allow add an X1 per side easy build and good combo with the ES 18's great build though well done |
Posted By: MAXWELL
Date Posted: 29 August 2015 at 8:19pm
Nice man!!! how match time you build this? its my firs rig 4mt + 8es |
Posted By: TranscendTrust
Date Posted: 26 November 2015 at 12:59pm
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Hey Macca, Psytrance and DoTA2 enthusiast... my kinda guy! Anyway, I'm in Melbourne, looking to hear these at a gig at some stage, where can I follow to know where they'll be next? I'm not sure I'll be back on here to check religiously so if you could flick us an email at andrewmcgillbrown@gmail.com would be super keen to hear them some time and have a bit of a chat about the build process as I'm looking to slowly start putting together my own system. Cheeeers!
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Posted By: Keen
Date Posted: 28 November 2015 at 4:22pm
Yeah Macca
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