Heidi & Amy at the Crystal Cathedral 

LED POWER

I've got my nifty LED light in the background. Actualy it looks even cooler than it does in the picture. It has a remote control that will change colors, program color changes, dim and other stuff I haven't figured out yet. You can get one at http://www.ledpower.com/

Stands

I veneer the center section of the stands then add the tops and bottoms. I do this to get a decent edge between the two. I use the Duplicolor spray-on truckbed liner for the tops and bottoms giving them a matte black textured finish. The veneer will get a medium stain and polyureathane that will match the speakers.

RS Modula MT, how they sound

In my opinion they sound just like the picture :) AWESOME.

I've been listening to them this weekend, and then some. Jazz, Rock, Classical. It's like there is no speaker at all, only music.

Big thanks to Jon Marsh, Darren, PE and everyone who answers my lame questions.

Now it's time for the veneer.

Dan B

Heres the crossover labled to match the schematic Thanks to "iocon" at the PE message board who kindly went through the trouble of checking my crossover so well!

Ok, so I'm getting excited and taking too many pictures....

Here's the front of the baffle, both drivers are recessed. Having an extra piece of MDF to practice on was important. 

Heres the back of the baffle, I slihgtly rounded over behind the woofer. 

RS 180 temporarly sitting in it's new home :) 

Hi-tech baffle cutting device 

Here's how the tweeter is packaged, very nice the gorillas at UPS should have to work awefull hard to mess these up.

I thought some mighty be interested in how these are packaged. I thought they did a pretty good job the rim of the speaker did break through the side of the box just a little, durring shipping but everything seems ok...

RS Modula MT preview

I didn't have any time to work on them today but I had to stack some pieces together to get an idea of what they are going to look like.

RS Modula MT Box and stand progress

Now things are taking shape :) You can see my bracing, baffle lay-out. The matching stands are even coming together. The bracing looks a bit odd but seemed effective. I think that should leave room for the crossover on the bottom, I'd be to chicken to put it on the back for fear it would fall off.....

The parts will be here on Monday. Please Mr. Brown be nice to my package.

RS Modula MT port- part 2

RS Modula port with a 1/2 inch roundover for a flair.

RS Modula MT Port

RS Modula - pilot hole, port and flush trim router bit.

Checking the port length,  

maybe like this? I'm trying to leave room for the crossover on the bottom ....

Pondering my bracing... 

We interupt this blog cast to inform you..

That you are probably not drinking beer! That big lable stuff in you hand is fermented corn syrup! Spituie!!!!!

This is beer!

The boss had a bottle of this in the fridge ....HOLY SMOKE this is good beer!

Progress on the RS Modula MT

I got the baffle measurements from Jon and drew it out on the baffle cause I'm getting excited :) It looks like the tweeter would touch the woofer so I'll probably back off just a bit so I don't blow out that little piece....

>>>The tweeter center if 4.5" from the top, offset 1" from the center (for the EM; the Modula is offset 3/4" ).
Woofer is centered laterally; center is up 7" from bottom edge. <<<<

Home Theater Guide

This is where I found Jon Marsh answering questions and posting his designs.

Boxes for the RS MT project

I'm going to be building my own box for this project and modeling it after the .75 Parts express pre fabricated boxes found >here<

The finished product should look like my finished "More-Pee's" I suppose thats not too exciting, but I want something that blends with the living room...

Dayton RS MT Parts list

Today I decided on my next project and made the big purchase . This weekends free shipping deal at PE pushed me over the edge.

Qty PartNumber Product Price ExtPrice
4 004-2 DAYTON 2 OHM 10W NON-INDUCTIVE RE $0.98 $3.92
2 004-6 DAYTON 6 OHM 10W NON-INDUCTIVE RE $1.25 $2.50
4 027-410 DAYTON 1.0uF-250V POLYPROPYLENE C $1.15 $4.60
4 027-421 DAYTON 4.0uF-250V POLYPROPYLENE C $1.85 $7.40
4 027-430 DAYTON 12uF-250V POLYPROPYLENE CA $3.55 $14.20
2 027-436 DAYTON 20uF-250V POLYPROPYLENE CA $4.95 $9.90
2 240-725 SPEAKER CABINET TOE SPIKES 4 PC S $2.50 $5.00
2 260-302 GOLD PLATED SPEAKER TERMINAL $2.95 $5.90
2 266-313 .27mH 14 GA. PERFECT LAYER INDUCT $7.91 $15.82
2 266-320 .40mH 14 GA. PERFECT LAYER INDUCT $9.23 $18.46
2 266-380 2.5mH 14 GA. PERFECT LAYER INDUCT $20.62 $41.24
1 CATALOG FREE CATALOG $0.00 $0.00
2 004-5.1 DAYTON 5.1 OHM 10W NON-INDUCTIVE $1.25 $2.50
16 329-042 NEODYMIUM MAGNET 3/8" DIA x 3/16" $0.58 $9.28
2 295-364 DAYTON RS180S-8 7" REFERENCE SERI $32.70 $65.40
2 275-130 DAYTON RS28A-4 1-1/8" ALUMINUM DO $46.65 $93.30
1 UPS-GroundTrac $0.00 $0.00


TOTAL: $299.42

Good artical (PDF)

Wayne's "Dayton Budget Project"

Wayne's "Dayton Budget Project"

Normaly these are in my home office, but every once in a while they join us on the patio for lunch ;)

Inside the DBP

Inside my Dayton Budget Project

New computer speakers :)

Sorry about the mess.....

I just finished (well almost) the Dayton budget project.

DBP 

My crossover for the Dayton budget project

Hopefully I've got this right...... I'ts suposed to match the schematic below.

DBP