James
Lord of the Erg\o/s
No, but there may be a limit on how many pairs he can accommodate.
Ergo E-Vll's revisited
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Bigger house? I have a friend who collets vintage bicycles. He has them all the way up the main staircase , several rooms it is difficult, if not impossible, to get into as there are so many . It may come as no surprise that he is single.
Mike Hanson
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Similarly, a friend of mine collected guitars. At one point he had 120 stuffed throughout his house. When he retired and downsized, he donated them all to Aeolian Hall.
Another of my friends has Grandfather clocks, 36 of them. Not sure what that tells us about ourselves in that we all appear to have weird mates.
My son has this idea that if you get on a bus and the nutter does not sit next to you, are you then the nutter everyone is trying to avoid?
Mike Hanson
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I hear you. I currently have 9 functioning stereos in my house (including the home theatre, which is really 7.2.2). I also have at least 6 other amplifiers (including really good ones) not in use. 
Our hobbies are a glorious burden.
Our hobbies are a glorious burden.
Its only a suggestion but should we get out more often and try to socialise with the rest of the population. Oh no! I hear you cry, they are all weird out there and all they do is go to work and come home and watch TV. If I stay in and look on Ebay I might get find some more planes, spanners ,Amps, etc.
Somewhat back on topic I fitted my new blade today. Turns out they only had a 100T blade in stock so sent me that. What a difference. I can now cut a bevel to such an extent that it makes a router almost unnecessary. I can take a bit of fine glass paper and its ready for varnishing. Shown in the pictures are the bevel on the speaker sides and the speaker stand upright.
Technical question to James and anyone with an insight. The speaker has the units mounted at 15 degrees from vertical. Tweeter at the top. What height do I make the stands? The SBL's I have are similar in front panel terms. The tweeter is 840mm from the floor. Do I use this measurement to make the stands?
James
Lord of the Erg\o/s
Ear-height at intersection between woofer and tweeter is how I designed the E-VII.
This is what I had assumed but better to check before cutting to size.
So this turned out more difficult than I thought. I spent the day messing with the fronts of the cabinets and I was part way through when I worked out that the reason its difficult doing this by hand is that we are talking about minutes of an degree to get the bevels correct. I also suspect that the birch ply is not necessarily absolutely accurate on the veneer thickness across the board. Hence the irritating wave on the veneer lines. I am going to have to go back over these with a palm sander to get the lines straight . They may not be flat anymore but the glue lines will be straight. Given that we are talking fractions of a mm to do this I suspect that it will be OK. Just as well I made 2 pairs of front panels. Did I mention that I am either OCD or a pain in the backside perfectionist.
As they say .............There is only one way to see the answer, Just do it. I will give it a go and if I do not like the results then I have another pair of fronts to try again. If it does not pan out then I can revert to the original design and cover them in leather as James did on his version. I am not trying to be a smart arse by doing this, I just like to set myself an almost impossible goal and then see how much I miss it by!
Coming from you, I will take that as a serious compliment.
Mike Hanson
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I can look at it two ways:
- It's geometry, and as such the lines need to be perfect.
- It's organic art, so the variations add character and intrigue.
James
Lord of the Erg\o/s
If you're intending to cover with leather, the driver rebates will need to be made 1-1.5mm wider (but not deeper) to accommodate the under-tuck. The other purpose of leather is to provide a near airtight seal for the drivers.
Having spent an hour on them today with a palm sander and hand sanding its looking increasingly like its organic art! Much better but not perfect. Nor do I think it ever will get to that point. I would need a far steeper angle on the sides to make it really work as a crisp geometric entity. What I am finding is with such a shallow angle the veneers glue lines are starting to bleed into the veneer top and bottom and so the water gets muddied.I can look at it two ways:
- It's geometry, and as such the lines need to be perfect.
- It's organic art, so the variations add character and intrigue.
Still another hour should see an improvement. Getting an absolutely identical pair ..... I think not!
So I have a bit of an issue. I have knocked up the cabinets and put one of them in the lounge. I placed it on a couple of Ergo 1X cabinets to gauge the correct height for the stands and see what they would look like.
The issue is this. From where I sit the height is not an issue. HOWEVER from where my wife sits there might possibly be a discussion to be had. Even I recognise this is one which I am going to lose!
The issue is this. From where I sit the height is not an issue. HOWEVER from where my wife sits there might possibly be a discussion to be had. Even I recognise this is one which I am going to lose!
Mike Hanson
Trying to understand...
If your wife actually wants to be in the sweet spot and/or on-axis, then consider yourself lucky.
My wife would be happy having music on for a couple of hours each month at most. The rest of the time she barely tolerates it. It's a good thing she has other likeable qualities.
