Couldnt resist hooking these babies up prior to finishing them!
I think ill be able to live with these.  They are a joy to listen to at lower volume, near field listening (when family is asleep).  very articulate and quick.  Cant wait to break them in and get some liseed oil on them!
Might make these part of my 2.1 ht setup.  I like the ability to move them around easily.  I dont have a ton of space so nice to move them into the room while listening, then put them up agaist the wall when fiished.


Oh and Randy is a joy to do business with!  Thk you

been working on my augie and finishing up the betsy's.

added a block which has some dayton audio 5ways and WE 16gage wire.

the addition of the augie is a keeper... might as well put the sub amp in the rack!

got about 40-50 hours on the betsy's they are starting to come into their own very nicely.

truely enjoying this combo!!

also had some mapleshade footers left over from my gallo speakers (yes larry and lr they should look familer!).

only had 4 of them so added some smaller dayton footer to the rear.  this gives 3 pts to ground and a little tip back.

i haven't screwed up the sound yet... lol!


oh and these haven't made it over to the HT system yet!!!

yes randy i'll keep you informed.... these things are totally wasting my life!  every time i sit and listen i can't get my a$$ up for 2hrs (or more)!

tonight i messed around with the toe in.  in my room they like a pretty aggressive toe in, like others have mentioned.  i have mine crossing over a foot or 2 feet in front of me.  that's the ticket! completely removes any edginess and creates a very liquid/smooth sound that has a deeper stage.  the stage is still a foot or so above the betsys, but much more depth.  it's as if sitting on the edge of the stage with the band.  very cool.  

just my thoughts for the evening...

btw the disc that got this all straight was exodus quartet, way out there.  highly recommended if you like that latin acid jazz stuff.  and the augie thumps it out!

Hi Tim,

First ..... thanks for the heads up on the Exodus Quartet album.
I don't have anything like that in my music collection and am always looking for ways to "expand my horizons" .....

Your listening room is looking good.

A full range OB speaker system can be pretty amazing.
It has been my experience that some folks take a while before they really wrap their heads around what they are hearing ..... but once they do, they do a lot of smiling .....

Happy listening,
Randy

Tripwr,
I couldn't agree more.  I had a very musical, sealed Vienna Acoustics Subson subwoofer and while it did a decent job, it could never touch the quality of bass of these dual OB Augies that Randy just delivered to me.  

Having dual subs was a decision I made not for volume, but for balance.  Certainly one of these could produce the volume of bass in my room, but I wanted the bass to be seamless and better integrated with my mains.  With my single subwoofer prior, you could always tell it was coming from the one general area of the room.  With dual Augies in place, the bass is simply present and fills the room much more like a pair of 2-ch mains do.  

Like Randy reported in the Betsy section of the forum, these Augies that he built me using the very dense and heavy Bubinga wood are incredibly "tight and tuneful."  Those were his words and there is no point in trying to come up with a more fitting two-word description.  It sounds like "real" bass, from a guitar, kick drum, etc.  I thought I knew musical bass with my prior setup, but realize now I was clueless.  

Right now, I am awaiting my Omega SAHO's, but luckily Randy had built me a pair of Betsy OB's a short while ago that I will eventually purpose elsewhere. But I called them to duty in my living room until the SAHO's arrive.  I am not sure what to expect when the Augie's pair with the SAHO's, but I can honestly say, with these Augie-augmented Betsy's, I am no longer watching my calendar - just enjoying the music.  This combination is superb!  Without the Augies, the Betsy's alone do not reach down low enough and with my system, are a bit anemic.  That is my observation, in my room, with my particular system.  Together though, they do it for me.  I am going to enjoy this arrangement for as long as it takes to get my Omegas, but I will recreate this pairing with the Betsy's and OB subs (with another driver of course now that Augies are gone) in another room.  

Here are a few pics showing the beautiful wood and finish Randy did for me on these.  

Yeah, I agree completely.  They are just a joy to listen to and forget about the dials and knobs - getting lost in the music.

This is bittersweet in terms of the combo as my Omega's are due to arrive end of this month or early next month so this duet will be short lived, at least in this room.  This particular pair of Betsy's will be going to a new coffeeshop of mine that I am outfitting with a Decware tube amp and these Betsy OB's.  That is why they look on a more rustic look as compared to the refined Bubinga Augies.  For now, I will appreciate what they offer in my system and who knows, down the road I may have a need for a pair of these great performing and affordable Betsy's.  

Great to hear that they tend to take to a variety of amps.  If I do pick up another pair of these "just in case," Im not sure what amp I would connect them to.  

The more I listen and tune the gain and crossover, the sweeter they are playing over a variety of music.  I spent the majority of the day tweaking the settings on my subwoofer amp finding the sweet spot for these Augies. Its 12:25am and I am still listening away.  Regrets will come when my alarm sounds off at 6am!  

Jeff... I would love to have a coffee shop nearby with that sound system! ... I just build a pair of Betsy's and a Eminence Alpha 15 sub. Fantastic sound!

... Forgot to add, I had a ported 8" sub prior. Cost more and sounds ok, but not near as nice after hearing this OB sub.