Strata v Quake - A Considered Opinion Sought
 

"BenOne©" wrote in message
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Keith G wrote:


Or, if you prefer the DIY approach, you can buy a cheap Chinese thing off
eBay (£60 + P&P), wait 9 days for a 'next day' from Germany and those
nice people at DHL (and/or Omega) will chuck it around for you and make
it nice and easy to open up, so you can reconstruct the cabinet in summat
a bit more substantial/attractive (the driver and amplifier controls look
very good):

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/keit...ustedsub01.JPG

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/keit...ustedsub02.JPG

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/keit...ustedsub03.JPG

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/keit...ustedsub04.JPG

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/keit...ustedsub05.JPG


Ya gotta fekkin' larf....... :-)

I don't want to even imagine what that treatment did to the voice coil.


Bugger, don't say that - I'm kinda hoping to get it for nowt (by way of
compensation) so I can rebuild it. The cabinet's only plastic-coated,
half-inch Weetabix but it weighs 14 kgs, the driver looks good and stiff and
the control panel's got more connectivity and adjustments than an AV amp!!!

Strata v Quake - A Considered Opinion Sought
 

Hi,

In message , Keith G
writes

Bugger, don't say that - I'm kinda hoping to get it for nowt (by way of
compensation) so I can rebuild it. The cabinet's only plastic-coated,
half-inch Weetabix but it weighs 14 kgs, the driver looks good and stiff and
the control panel's got more connectivity and adjustments than an AV amp!!!

It's probably worth a shot (provided you count the work as leisure time
and not-for-profit!). The plate amp is almost definitely worth hanging
on to, and if you can find out what kind of driver is in there you may
even be able to improve on the original cabinet. Shout when you know
what driver it is - if it's anything well known, someone can probably
find the Small Thiele parameters for it and come up with a sane cabinet
design.

--
Regards,
Glenn Booth

Strata v Quake - A Considered Opinion Sought
 

"Glenn Booth" wrote in message
...
Hi,

In message , Keith G
writes

Bugger, don't say that - I'm kinda hoping to get it for nowt (by way of
compensation) so I can rebuild it. The cabinet's only plastic-coated,
half-inch Weetabix but it weighs 14 kgs, the driver looks good and stiff
and
the control panel's got more connectivity and adjustments than an AV
amp!!!

It's probably worth a shot (provided you count the work as leisure time
and not-for-profit!). The plate amp is almost definitely worth hanging on
to, and if you can find out what kind of driver is in there you may even
be able to improve on the original cabinet. Shout when you know what
driver it is - if it's anything well known, someone can probably find the
Small Thiele parameters for it and come up with a sane cabinet design.


OK, will do - I'm in a strange position with this sub, I'm not sure a
replacement would be as attractive as just calling it a pile of dead cheap
bits and 'having a go' with it! The dilemma is that I will have to so summat
pretty sharpish - we need the sub on the HT!! (See previous post about
peeling the LFE off the fronts...)

I wonder if it's possible to change it to a sealed box design if I do get
into butchering it? At 60 quid, I suppose its quite likely the components
are actually ****e and might not be up to it??? (150W - 80W RMS)

Also, a TL design would be *something*, wouldn't it....??? :-)