Brian
Eating fat, staying slim
Another go at doing something with the Neofone full (wide) range driver.
I bought the neofone’s ~14 years ago and knocked together a grubby floorstanding cabinet for them, and I mean grubby. All I had was a jigsaw and a few clamps. The result (sound) was impressive for such a small driver, mainly in areas I expected from a speaker without a crossover but the cosmetics terrible. Ultimately I took a hammer to the cabinets, the neofones went into a cupboard and have stayed there for years. I concentrated on optimising my KLS3’s, which remain one of the best speakers I’ve ever heard.
For a long time, having followed the amazing efforts of members of pfm, I’ve wanted to learn how to better build stuff from wood. By ‘better’ I mean ‘cosmetically acceptable’ would be an improvement for me, so I thought lets build a standmount cabinet for the neofones but get some decent tools this time.
So, the aim is to learn how to use woodworking tools I’ve never used before, make use of speaker units gathering dust and hope it turns out well enough to use upstairs, or at the caravan. I bought a plunge router and various bits, a Jasper circle jig, a biscuit jointer, a better saw plus various assorted small items.
Before starting on the neofones I got some practice in by building some seating for the summerhouse and it went well enough to go into use, I also made a suitable height sowing table for the SO and she’s requested other things to help her with organisation of her own hobby.
So far, so good, and now the neofones...
I’m listening to them right now and I’m happy with the sound. The cabinets are far from perfect but are much better than last time. I used plywood and there is some break-out but I’m happy with fit of the speakers and the circle cutout, the flush rebating of the neofone to the baffle, joining it all using the biscuit jointer and fitting the terminal block and round port.
I don’t know where I’m heading with this. Maybe a diy speaker to beat the KLS3...
All good fun regardless. There is just something satisfying about creating something out of wood that works.
Here are some pictures.
I bought the neofone’s ~14 years ago and knocked together a grubby floorstanding cabinet for them, and I mean grubby. All I had was a jigsaw and a few clamps. The result (sound) was impressive for such a small driver, mainly in areas I expected from a speaker without a crossover but the cosmetics terrible. Ultimately I took a hammer to the cabinets, the neofones went into a cupboard and have stayed there for years. I concentrated on optimising my KLS3’s, which remain one of the best speakers I’ve ever heard.
For a long time, having followed the amazing efforts of members of pfm, I’ve wanted to learn how to better build stuff from wood. By ‘better’ I mean ‘cosmetically acceptable’ would be an improvement for me, so I thought lets build a standmount cabinet for the neofones but get some decent tools this time.
So, the aim is to learn how to use woodworking tools I’ve never used before, make use of speaker units gathering dust and hope it turns out well enough to use upstairs, or at the caravan. I bought a plunge router and various bits, a Jasper circle jig, a biscuit jointer, a better saw plus various assorted small items.
Before starting on the neofones I got some practice in by building some seating for the summerhouse and it went well enough to go into use, I also made a suitable height sowing table for the SO and she’s requested other things to help her with organisation of her own hobby.
So far, so good, and now the neofones...
I’m listening to them right now and I’m happy with the sound. The cabinets are far from perfect but are much better than last time. I used plywood and there is some break-out but I’m happy with fit of the speakers and the circle cutout, the flush rebating of the neofone to the baffle, joining it all using the biscuit jointer and fitting the terminal block and round port.
I don’t know where I’m heading with this. Maybe a diy speaker to beat the KLS3...
All good fun regardless. There is just something satisfying about creating something out of wood that works.
Here are some pictures.