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    Re: Port size reduction, and Efficiency 825 & 828

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    Glad you were able to experiment and found the port area that best suits your system / room. The following link contains in part a write-up by Pete Riggle on his A7-500 experiments with port area. I found the entire article an interesting read. For the port size experiments, scroll down to about the middle of the page.

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    I like how he built the xovers. Oil caps and terminal blocks

    Looks like a pretty solid review and write up

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    Re: Port size reduction, and Efficiency 825 & 828

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    I like how he built the xovers. Oil caps and terminal blocks

    Looks like a pretty solid review and write up

    Yes E1, I know you like that. Riggle, as I posted, is a very cool guy.

    With modern caps available today, I would not use oil caps, and I prefer to wrap one wire around the other, for large contact area, and to Wonder Solder my crossover connections.

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    Re: Port size reduction, and Efficiency 825 & 828

    Quote Originally Posted by LowOhms View Post
    Yes E1, I know you like that. Riggle, as I posted, is a very cool guy.

    With modern caps available today, I would not use oil caps, and I prefer to wrap one wire around the other, for large contact area, and to Wonder Solder my crossover connections.

    Hilarious, ....... why yes !!


    Jeff

    I think two wires smashed together make a pretty good connection. In fact, I have used wire nuts before with no audible difference to me.

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    Re: Port size reduction, and Efficiency 825 & 828

    FWIW, many decades of of UL/CSA [and no doubt others] wiring/termination testing has proven cold welds to be the best, which a plastic wire nut is a crude variation of when the proper terminal, crimping tool isn't available and can be audio signal grade when it has a copper coil 'twister' inside and the joint is sealed up against contaminants such as with this goop: http://www.alliedelec.com/m/d/896682...dc78f9e2b3.pdf

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    Re: Port size reduction, and Efficiency 825 & 828

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    when the proper terminal, crimping tool isn't available GM
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    Re: Port size reduction, and Efficiency 825 & 828

    +1 Built anymore cool boat designs?

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    Re: Port size reduction, and Efficiency 825 & 828

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    +1 Built anymore cool boat designs?

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    Re: Port size reduction, and Efficiency 825 & 828

    Nice! Lots worse ways to making a living!

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    Re: Port size reduction, and Efficiency 825 & 828

    thanks GM
    With my 828s I ended up with an 8" concrete tube cut at a 6" length. it seemed to work out ok when I was using an 846b Xover. it had a very strong 35-40 HZ. but then I now run a triamp setup with the Xover point at 85 Hz, so the 828 isn't playing below that. I would guess it not really doing a whole lot at this point.
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    Re: Port size reduction, and Efficiency 825 & 828

    Not really, might want to try stuffing/blocking it off to see if there's any improvement in SQ.

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