Audio enhancement perma-grin style

[F6Pilot]

Finished mounting both of the mids and trimming the baffles last night. Tonight was filled with test fitting the grills and marking a profile on the frames to make room for the raised speakers.

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Need to pick up a replacement Dremel tomorrow and commence cutting.....

[CoCoKola]

I struggled with this step, I cut more of the lower section than was needed, although you certainly need enough room for the Cones to extend.

Have you fired up the system to ensure it works?

[F6Pilot]

Haven't fired it up yet, just marching forward with completing the front piece. Just received the fuse holder today that needs to be mounted and the power wires routed.

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Picked up some RCA terminals at Radio Crap today and yes, they are crap. So, need to source some better quality pieces and get the input cables made. Also need to tap and route the trigger wires to the amp. So, after all of that I will need to determine proper "start up" settings for the amp and proceed.

[F6Pilot]

I got out and made the cuts tonight, trimming approximately 1/4" at the deepest points and tapering from there. A Dremel with a plastic cutting disc really does the trick if you keep the RPMs low. Tomorrow I will install the tweeters and button up the front end.

[F6Pilot]

I finally had an opportunity to finish up the amp end of the wiring. Everything is now secured and buttoned up on this end. The final steps will be connecting the pre-amp outs to the RCA cables, connecting the trigger wire, and determining what the amp settings need to be for initial startup. More to come...

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[53driver]

Hertz HSK 130s arrived today.....
Let the games begin!
Oh wait, I need an amp....

[CoCoKola]

Thanks Pilot for the photos and discoveries along the way. It's been fun watching the progress!


-Robert

[F6Pilot]

Thanks Robert, it has been a fun and educational process. As stated, the discovery and mechanical part was the easy part and now I get to figure out that amp. The initial settings found in various forums gave me a safe initial startup but it quite frankly sounds like crap. Don't have an oscilloscope so I'm going to keep reading......

[Papa Tater]

Any Updates this week?

[CoCoKola]

Thanks Robert, it has been a fun and educational process. As stated, the discovery and mechanical part was the easy part and now I get to figure out that amp. The initial settings found in various forums gave me a safe initial startup but it quite frankly sounds like crap. Don't have an oscilloscope so I'm going to keep reading......

"Sounds like crap." give me a call to discuss, way to vague to be able to help.

-Robert