Midrange / Tweeter Baffle

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falkenbd

Discussion Starter · Mar 19, 2009

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Here are a few shots of the baffles I made to hold a Dayton RS100 and a Vifa XT19.

I have a couple of concerns, maybe some of you can comment.

1. Are the Mid and tweet close enough together? The center to center distance is roughly: 110 mm or just over 4.25".

2. Do I need to flush mount both of these drivers? The baffle is only 3/8" thick and I don't want to go much deeper. I've heard flush mounting is crucial in home audio, but will it matter in my car? If I need to flush mount, I might have to scrap these and made some out of 1/2" MDF probably.

3. Can I get fiberglass to securely hold to this plastic? Its HDPE or poly of some sort, used to be a cutting board.

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maxxis

· #2 · Mar 19, 2009

Nicely done.

The placement is perfect from the looks of it and the 2 drivers will work nicely as a single unit. Same coherent plane. Will sound really nice.

The depth also looks perfect to me.

Fiberglass should hold securely. Just make sure to roughen the surface up properly to give the resin something to hold onto.

Looking forward to the build.

falkenbd

Discussion Starter · #3 · Mar 19, 2009

I'm actually going to build 2 more baffles for the same mid and a vifa D26N-15-06 or D26N-55-06 and test them both out.

I'll decide if this huge tweeter is worth it in the long run. Pictures to come for sure.

radioflyer97

· #4 · Mar 31, 2009

please re-upload the pictures. I'm interested to see them.

falkenbd

Discussion Starter · #5 · Mar 31, 2009

re-uploaded the pictures.. photobucket seems to have lost them.

falkenbd

Discussion Starter · #6 · Mar 31, 2009

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Here are some pictures of after I shaved down the baffle - it was a bit big for my application.

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digitalhifi

· #7 · Apr 3, 2009

Fiberglass should bond to that, but I'd test it on a scrap piece if you have any.

30something

· #8 · Apr 3, 2009

Looks good. Where are you mounting them? Kicks?

radioflyer97

· #9 · Apr 5, 2009

what material did you use in the plate itself?

falkenbd

Discussion Starter · #10 · Apr 5, 2009

its an HDPE cutting board.

King Nothing

· #11 · Apr 6, 2009

nice, now make me some LOL

KMelt

· #12 · Apr 6, 2009

Those look great

falkenbd

Discussion Starter · #13 · Apr 8, 2009

King Nothing said:
nice, now make me some LOL

you want these? If I don't use them?

elvisjer

· #14 · Apr 8, 2009

Those look fantastic! I would for sure test a piece of FG with the HDPE, i just made some taillights with a HDPE plate on them for the mounting area and had some trouble with the resin holding onto it after a couple of days, but then again my HDPE was smooth and non-textured. Good job man, looks fantastic!

King Nothing

· #15 · Apr 10, 2009

falkenbd said:
you want these? If I don't use them?

No thanks LOL. I need a much smaller hole for the tweeter

talibmohamid

· #16 · Apr 10, 2009

Looks nice man......keep it up

keep_hope_alive

· #17 · Apr 26, 2009

damn nice job. any material between the drivers and the baffle for isolation?

falkenbd

Discussion Starter · #18 · Apr 26, 2009

keep_hope_alive said:
damn nice job. any material between the drivers and the baffle for isolation?

the tweeter has a sealed rear chamber, why would you need to isolate them?

these aren't permanent anyway

keep_hope_alive

· #19 · Apr 30, 2009

i was mostly referring to the midrange.

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