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Processor | AMD 3900X \ AMD 7700X |
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Motherboard | ASRock AM4 X570 Pro 4 \ ASUS X670Xe TUF |
Cooling | D15 |
Memory | Patriot 2x16GB PVS432G320C6K \ G.Skill Flare X5 F5-6000J3238F 2x16GB |
Video Card(s) | eVga GTX1060 SSC \ XFX RX 6950XT RX-695XATBD9 |
Storage | Sammy 860, MX500, Sabrent Rocket 4 Sammy Evo 980 \ 1xSabrent Rocket 4+, Sammy 2x990 Pro |
Display(s) | Samsung 1080P \ LG 43UN700 |
Case | Fractal Design Pop Air 2x140mm fans from Torrent \ Fractal Design Torrent 2 SilverStone FHP141x2 |
Audio Device(s) | Yamaha RX-V677 \ Yamaha CX-830+Yamaha MX-630 \Paradigm 7se MKII, Paradigm 5SE MK1 , Blue Yeti |
Power Supply | Seasonic Prime TX-750 \ Corsair RM1000X Shift |
Mouse | Steelseries Sensei wireless \ Steelseries Sensei wireless |
Keyboard | Logitech K120 \ Wooting Two HE |
Benchmark Scores | Meh benchmarks. |
Well i picked up some a little while ago damaged surrounds which i posted in another thread but since then been doing some experimenting with them.
First idea kinda failed as i cannot afford the crossovers as i thought i would try some of the newer Paradigm woofers but apparently i cannot get them match the tweeter and ended up being noticeably more vocal. Which i may get still but i might just sell the pair of woofers.
Anyways was looking in to foaming them as i did with my Tannoy Mercuy F4's which are all so front ported and as a result made them to clear for my liking and to punchy which i do plan to have another play around with but that's another story.
So had a shop around looking for some foam and found some pretty dense ( 1.8Ib ) which is way better stuff than i used for the Tannoys which was some crap from Walmart cheaper too.
The wading in these Paradigm is the pink stuff which i believe is very fine fiberglass type stuff which filled the sides and back to the port near the bottom of the box.
I was trying it out as i thought the bass was to much in some cases so originally tried putting some white filling top and bottom of the boxes which deadened the sound a lot more than was expected so that had to go, although taking it out for the other woofers helped some but it was not what i was aiming for and sounded still to strong on the vocals.
So anyway i spent some time cutting some foam up to put in these and just did the rear and sides so it was just a replacement for what was there and it's really cleared the sound real nice too very accurate bass which at the same time helped to clear up the mid range too a little, how ever in my experience foam don't work in closed cabinets. If working with closed ones i find personally the white stuff is best.
Need to just find some decent vinyl now to cover them, not the wood stuff i don't have the tools for that but the plastic covering but having a problem of sourcing some good stuff out.
Anyways a few pics all so redid the cone cap so it looks much more black now i guess the sun\light had got to them some liquid boot polish is good for this if they are indoor speakers.
First idea kinda failed as i cannot afford the crossovers as i thought i would try some of the newer Paradigm woofers but apparently i cannot get them match the tweeter and ended up being noticeably more vocal. Which i may get still but i might just sell the pair of woofers.
Anyways was looking in to foaming them as i did with my Tannoy Mercuy F4's which are all so front ported and as a result made them to clear for my liking and to punchy which i do plan to have another play around with but that's another story.
So had a shop around looking for some foam and found some pretty dense ( 1.8Ib ) which is way better stuff than i used for the Tannoys which was some crap from Walmart cheaper too.
The wading in these Paradigm is the pink stuff which i believe is very fine fiberglass type stuff which filled the sides and back to the port near the bottom of the box.
I was trying it out as i thought the bass was to much in some cases so originally tried putting some white filling top and bottom of the boxes which deadened the sound a lot more than was expected so that had to go, although taking it out for the other woofers helped some but it was not what i was aiming for and sounded still to strong on the vocals.
So anyway i spent some time cutting some foam up to put in these and just did the rear and sides so it was just a replacement for what was there and it's really cleared the sound real nice too very accurate bass which at the same time helped to clear up the mid range too a little, how ever in my experience foam don't work in closed cabinets. If working with closed ones i find personally the white stuff is best.
Need to just find some decent vinyl now to cover them, not the wood stuff i don't have the tools for that but the plastic covering but having a problem of sourcing some good stuff out.
Anyways a few pics all so redid the cone cap so it looks much more black now i guess the sun\light had got to them some liquid boot polish is good for this if they are indoor speakers.