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<blockquote data-quote="Peter Morris" data-source="post: 140640" data-attributes="member: 652"><p>Re: 60 Degree DIY Mid Hi</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">Hi Mark,</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">Sorry about the weight :?~:-?~:???:– Using 16mm ply my new boxes came in at 34 Kgs or 75lbs with fly track and a pole mount.:razz:</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">Despite that there is nothing on the market that I’m aware, irrespective of price, that can make that much SPL, sound that good and weigh so little. The idea was to push the boundaries of a pole mountable speaker to the limit, to provide the SPL you would get out of something like an EAW KF850 but on a stick. Accordingly the DIY is about as big and as heavy as I think youcan reasonably get away with for a pole mount.</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">FWIW I think I saved a little weight cutting the back corner of the box at 40 degrees and replacing the angled section with some 12mm ply.</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">This is what I said earlier somewhere …</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">“The things I don’t like about thedesign;</span></span><span style="color: #3e3e3e"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #3e3e3e"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Symbol'">· </span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">At 34 Kgs it’s a little difficult to lift onto the“stick”</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #3e3e3e"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: #3e3e3e"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Symbol'">· </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Having the horn located in the middle of the box solves a lot of acoustic problems but you need to lift the box a little higher.”</span></span></span></span></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Peter Morris, post: 140640, member: 652"] Re: 60 Degree DIY Mid Hi [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]Hi Mark, [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]Sorry about the weight :?~:-?~:???:– Using 16mm ply my new boxes came in at 34 Kgs or 75lbs with fly track and a pole mount.:razz:[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]Despite that there is nothing on the market that I’m aware, irrespective of price, that can make that much SPL, sound that good and weigh so little. The idea was to push the boundaries of a pole mountable speaker to the limit, to provide the SPL you would get out of something like an EAW KF850 but on a stick. Accordingly the DIY is about as big and as heavy as I think youcan reasonably get away with for a pole mount.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]FWIW I think I saved a little weight cutting the back corner of the box at 40 degrees and replacing the angled section with some 12mm ply.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]This is what I said earlier somewhere …[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [I][SIZE=5][FONT=Calibri][FONT=Calibri]“The things I don’t like about thedesign;[/FONT][/FONT][COLOR=#3e3e3e][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=3][COLOR=black][FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Calibri][FONT=Calibri]At 34 Kgs it’s a little difficult to lift onto the“stick”[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][COLOR=#3e3e3e][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR][SIZE=3][COLOR=black][FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Calibri][COLOR=black][FONT=Calibri]Having the horn located in the middle of the box solves a lot of acoustic problems but you need to lift the box a little higher.”[/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/I] [/QUOTE]
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