hey everyone my names Andy
ive been browsing this site now for over 6-7 years, have made the wicked one, housewrecker, and was greatly impressed with them, and so has anyone who have heard them.

I had got the plans way back in december for last yr (05), and in the mean time  have moved, to a bigger house with a very large garage (my shop).  

Over the past summer have bought up pairs of Fostex 167e , Aurum Cantus ac165, and HIVI RT1C-A tweeters. and of course about 10 sheets of mdf dont come cheap either.

so last week cutting began,  and last night i stayed out in the shop til 1:30am,  i had most of all the parts and so started the  assembly


ill post pics soon as i take it off my digi, and remember how to post on here.   <img_src*....somthing wasnt it?? ???

has anyone made these yet? and if so in what order did u assemble the frontbaffle parts "N"?

ill post more as progress goes along..


cheers Andy

Keep those pics coming!  I'm looking forward to the report on your listening experience once you have them completed.

Jim P

After hearing Zygi's account of his first experience with the corner horns, I am dedicated to either building a house with a room for them, a shed set up specifically for them, or I am simply going to adopt a father with a room for them.
I want to hear these things!!!!!!

lol

Hope the build goes well. By all accounts this should be the loveliest speakers you ever own. Let us know how it goes!

Robert

panels "N" took alot of work , i routed out the 1/4 " deep dado with my 3/4 router bit cause i have not yet purchased a dado set for my table saw  :'(  

i could have been the mdf snowman only after 20 minutes

parts surrounding piece "v" , ended up being a 9.5 degree on the chop saw and then an 10.5 degree vertical v notch on the table saw, then extended the cut to a point with the band saw  

ill maybe get steve to check this but am i the first to build these?

as well after teh enclosure is put togetehr how the heck are ya supose to get 4 5" speakers inside,....yes there is the opening...but gees no room to put in a mounting screw.... any ideas?

[quote author=musgofasa  link=1162739593/0#11 date=1162859856]Wild,
What application are you making these for? [/quote]

That is a good question.  I thought I read in the notes too that the application could use multiple 4s or a single 6 or something along that line.  

Way to go for it Wild.  I am sure many are eagerly awaiting your progress on this job.  Great pics so far.

im making them for personal use yes....and im making 4 of them so stacking them is a posibility,  yes using fostex driver for one...set...and one as a 2 way

ive also made 4 extra baffles  with no cutouts case i want to do lil testing as a mtm or somthing like that....or further down the road think id like to try out the 4x 5" application.... but still prety tight to get in 4 drivers without ripping the horn apart.

ill be putting them in room thats 11'7" X13'5" with 8' 6" high ceiling

in the house there is also a 16'x 40' catheral ceiling....but it only has 1 true corner to other is doors and closet, opposite side is a stair case and  the kicthen open concept

i could make the knee wall there in the commercial application
and because the speakers would sit on the 16' wide wall.....dirction of sound might be less crutial

i can take pics latr tonight


ohh im very unfimilar with tube amps
call me a tube virgin if ya like  :-/

cause i have not yet heard one and compared

and by the sounds of things i should REALLY get one

but well im gonna have some dinner and head out to the shop and assemble a couple more

i live north of kingston (1 hr) ontario, up in cottage country

its deer hunting season right now so work has slowd down(boss and coworkers gone hunting)..but dosnt bother me abit  work from 9-3 then play in the shop til midnight

ill try to get ahold of steve tomorrow

as far as those pics go....ill takem right now, just gotta move some of my roomates stuff

ya im sure il be showing them off lots when i get them hooked up
maybe ill have a lil hornfest lol

the corner were the tv is will be one in the commmercial config, and making a knee wall on the opposite side

how many ppl actually have these plans?

plz double check with me on this maybe i got a lemon

i have some measuments descrepentcies on mine

in many papers including the white papers for the corner horns , it says they are 24x24" footprint.....
on the other hand my full scale drawing measures square 23 7/8"x 23 5/8" could this just be cause it was hand drawn?

no affence what so ever to Steve(the master himself), just curious weather it was intentional or not.....cause if so ive screwed up, ive made all my layouts on all 8 panels 24"x 24"(its fitin together real nice tho)



i tryed to referance back to where lines meet up and such, i  think its just maybe the printing copying process as well... could be many things

somone plz check yours plz and hopfully

come to a good conclusion.

i tryed callin steve a couple times now to no avail, but hes a busy guy im sure


cheers
Andy

Hey Andy,
Yeah, mine measure the same.  
I'm guessing it's from hand drawing.  
I'm also guessing it's why part "V" wasn't the "right" # of degrees in the template. (I made a bunch until I came up with one to match the template; I don't remember what it came out to).  
I measured the 'print, and found the sides different, and figured it wasn't supposed to be exact, but more of a guide to follow.  
So I decided to go with the numbers in the white papers.  
Just divided the angles out, (don't remember off the top of my head what they were either, but they where where the saw had detents, not between half degrees), and cut the top & bottom plates to just under 24".  (I made mine out of baltic birch, and left enough thickness to veneer them).  (Still haven't)  
On the internal holes--
I cut mine out, and drilled and installed inserts for the smaller drivers in case I wanted to install them later.  
I talked to Steve about it though, and he said that configuration was just for outdoor use.  
They are room sensitive.  
Enough I don't even want to write anything about them yet.  
I had them in (just over)  13 x 11 x 9 room with an alcove, built to the same dimensions as Steve's reference room, and was expecting great things.  
I'll just say I learned a lot about the importance of room treatment.  
After trying my HDTs, and a pair of ML TLs, and both also sounding bad in this room with "great" proportions, it's time to build traps & diffusers before I say anything more.  
Robert

well sadly enough i also need alot of aborption and diffusion as well , .... just dont got the cash to makem right now.....ive had the mdf for a couple months now....

right now doin the most cost effective thing without being bored around here (it gets real boring between fishing and snowmobile season, so biulding speakers fits right in for the fall)

besides why the hell would ya wanna be outside in this weather...warm cozy shop with lots of sawdust
how can ya go wrong

maybe im overkilling the curves but each ones taken me a bout  an hr and half to 2 hrs  but just got 1 left to do on the 4th horn, so then im onto making the back pcs and putting them together

but more angle cuts to be made soon, ill post some pics soon.
ill becontinuing agian next week ,,gone all weekend..
By sunday,

cant wait to see the doors of the shop, to get started agian

cheers
Andy

fitting the compound angle cuts on the "wings" takes a while.  
the 'print and white paper again serve as more of a rough approximation than an exact template, and the builder has to fit not just compound angles, but to the curves made in the front, (which were probably made by eyeball with a belt sander, not fit with a template either).  
then four times for each speaker...
a frustrating bit of hand fitting to say the least, it may take a while.  
Robert

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backs, dividers, relfectors and internal peices finished

1 down 15 to go

more pics to come later this week

ive completed all the wings/sails of the horns and glued and nailed them in.
now just have to do the finish work on them...im getting more and more eager as the days go by


all i want to do is plug them in  :D

Very nice.
thank you for the pics and sharing the build with us. I like the complexity and would build them just for that.
Gex

wow thats a complicated build

why 4? , 2 rooms ?

[quote author=wild_6_99  link=1162739593/15#22 date=1163371964]
plz double check with me on this maybe i got a lemon
i have some measuments descrepentcies on mine

in many papers including the white papers, it says 24x24" footprint, my full scale drawing measures 23 7/8"x 23 5/8" could this just be cause it was hand drawn?

i tryed to referance back to where lines meet up and such... [/quote]
For really accurate corner horn plans (which truly are flat to 40 Hz, and FR charts are available), you could try Ron Clarke's Austin.  
The blueprints are dimensioned to .010", and I laid them out that accurately, with a sharp pencil.  
The lines meet up exactly, to a point in opposite corners.  
The angles are exact, much easier to build, no unnecessary complications...

 You MR.Wild are doing a fantabulous job . They look really great,look forward to your listening review when ready.  Keep up the good work    Dave

  Any updates getting close Wild?  Thanks for all the wonderful pics of the process so far ,and looking forward to your impressions of how they sound...   Dave

OK Steve, so give us the details on this modified driver. What was it at birth, the FE167?

Awesome pics and project... and a workshop I'm sure most here drool over.

I hear Andy's got them finished and installed. Can't wait to visit him and see how they sound.

I'll bug him to post some pics