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Woodsmen! Anyone build me Ergo IX cabinets?

What other speaker designs do you have James?
Got pictures/descriptions/best suited to room sizes/box sizes/approx parts cost for them? (Dont ask much do I!)

Like mr_phil, I would prefer small floorstanders.. Must sound good but aesthetics are just as important.
 
Hi, James

How about turning the sides into an I shaped stand, by continuing the sides to the floor and putting a brace between them.

Pete
 
James is rather prolific in speaker design, have a search under his profile for threads started by him or search for Ergo. I'm certainly keener on a stand mount, infinite baffle as I see it as less "problematic" .... come on, you can guess what that means ;-)
 
sam_cat said:
Like mr_phil, I would prefer small floorstanders.. Must sound good but aesthetics are just as important.
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These E-IVs are the smallest floorstanders I've designed and built.

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Again, sealed box 2.5-ways with 6.5" midwoofers. Alas, I've long lost the build documentation with the last PC crash and the original pair has been sold. I think I have provided quincy and AshleyD of this parish with the plans, and AshleyD had in fact built a pair many years ago.

This, and the other sloped and contoured baffle Ergos are a bit more complicated to build and I have documented plans only for the E-IX and E-IIIR.

Sorry.

James
 
Pete MB&D said:
Hi, James

How about turning the sides into an I shaped stand, by continuing the sides to the floor and putting a brace between them.

Pete
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Hi Pete,

It could work, but I think it'd be ugly. Further more, unless it is affixed to a heavy plinth, it'd be rather top heavy. Standmounts really should be supported by proper stands. Floorstanders should be designed from the ground up (arf!) to be so.

James
 
Uzinusa said:
James is rather prolific in speaker design, have a search under his profile for threads started by him or search for Ergo.
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... was. I've been in retirement for more than two years. I've reached nirvana with my E-Xs.

James
 
Uzinusa said:
And a very nice place it will be I'm sure!
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It may change when I move into my new house. You know, different room, different acoustics, a brand new garage and purpose-built woodworking benches etc. etc.

James :D
 
Any chance of bulk discounts on drivers? In brief, No. I've contacted a few places re the ScanSpeak and Morel drivers and there may be a very small discount for >=10, but nothing worth fighting for. The price breaks on these drivers seem to come at 100+ and that's clearly out of the question.

Best UK prices, including VAT and delivered see to be from: http://www.audio-components.co.uk
The ScanSpeak Mid-Bass is £140
The Morel horn tweeter is £47
So total driver price per spkr-pair is £374.

James mentioned that it may be possible to get better prices from the USA. Madisound offer 10% discount for 10+ units.
For example the Morel is $65.80, by the time it's shipped, and then the extra from customs etc its not worth it for me.

I'd happily try to get us a 10% discount from audio-components or the like if there were 5+ of us interested.

Andy
 
Wilmslow Audio will do the following price breaks on the ScanSpeak (base price £139.99
1 to 5 units - retail price
6 to 19 units - less 15%
20 to 49 units - less 20%
50 plus units - less 30%
 
Thats a worthwhile discount on 6+.. Especially seeing as we need 2 each.. With 3 people you get a nice 15% off.

Can they supply the Morel horn as well, and any breaks on that? (seeing as we will want the same number of those as ScanSpeaks).

Good work though :)

Sam
 
Yes Sam, they do the Morel (£41.27). Actually their prices don't include VAT or delivery which the audio components company did.
 
Ahh, apples to oranges then.. They need to beat their competitors to get my business.. ;)

Sam
 
yea, at 6+ they're still more expensive Sam. Best bet seems 10+ from audio comp, with a 10% discount (5 of us). Failing that, list price.
 
Uzinusa said:
yea, at 6+ they're still more expensive Sam. Best bet seems 10+ from audio comp, with a 10% discount (5 of us). Failing that, list price.
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Makes sense.
I need to weigh up a few things as I still would prefer floorstanders, we can go from there. Might be worth starting a thread seeing if anyone else is interested (and include the speaker porn that James provided)

Sam
 
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