New speaker

While we were painting we also decided that we needed to change the way the mid and high top speakers were positioned. The comments we had received during the nights we had done were that the high end needed to be louder and clearer.

The driver housed in the kick bin we had found was also very good for mid frequencies and so we ordered another one the same to put into a new cabinets. We then started researching the different boxes that we could make. We also decided that the horn flare and compression driver needed to be updated and included in the midrange cabinet.

We decided to place the speaker in a cabinet with a front baffle and grate over the driver to protect it we then put port holes in the bottom of the speaker and placed the horn at the top. This was made in the the same way as the previous speaker cabinets. We had to make sure that the two speakers were completely sealed from each other and we also placed a filter in the compression driver. The metal grate on the front was bought from B and Q and we went into the local college to have the edges bent to fit round the box.

This is a picture from the next Wheatshef night unfortunately the pictures of the making of the id top cabinet were deleted by accident.

While we were testing the new box the crossover that we have had since the start packed up. Yet another piece to redo. We chose to buy an Alto X40 4 way mono crossover. This again came from Blue Aran.