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AK Design Collaborative - Insignia-Class Economy Speakers (a.k.a Indignia)

Got my 1.5 mH inductors from Parts Express today, so finished the Indignia crossovers. Now all I need is the baffles.

These are self etched versions of Zilch's Indignia V3.5 crossover boards.
 

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Sweet! Funny, I've got a pair that look just like that! :D Well, OK, mine aren't populated yet. Indignias are still a couple of projects in the future for me. Nice boards, though. :thmbsp:
 
So are these technically a spendier pair of indignias that I built?

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I saw mention of them once or twice while I was assembling these but am unsure as it appears that indignias are a ported design?

Nice thread!
tal
 
qboneus said:
So are these technically a spendier pair of indignias that I built?
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Yes, basically. The cabs are one size different, as I recall.

Indignia may be deployed either closed or vented. Vented has better power handling capacity, and slightly different bass performance at the low end.... :yes:
 
Got the Indignia crossover boards in the mail from Zilch, once faceplates arrive
I can assemble!:banana::banana::banana:
 

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webbb said:
I assembled the first crossover during the Rose Bowl game, so it took about 4 hours, the second took 30 minutes (Picture 1). That's an old "school slate" piece of masonite I recycled. I made a temporary plywood baffle (Picture 2) since I had to wait for a friend and his router to help make the cuts, shown in partially stuffed box (Picture 3). The temp baffle now has the port cut and installed, awaiting testing against the finished un-ported version (Picture 4) to see if I want them ported or not. Pretty much done except for the port decision, and buying black screws. They sound pretty good at low volume late nite testing yesterday.
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Nice job there! As soon as the faceplates are cut I can assemble. I do still need to get my "port parts" I guess, see about that tomorrow. This is really a nice looking speaker, and based on what everyone says, a really nice sounding one as well. Cant wait to get mine done.:thmbsp:



Russellc
 
Well, my router broke. Going to try to get it repaired, when I find out timing, i'll let you guys know. :thumbsdn:
 
i knew i shouldn'ta dicked around gettin' 'em into you, dave!! if you need some coin from some of us baffle clients, let us know....
 
dnewma04 said:
Sure thing, Jack.
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What sort of failure occurred? I only ask as I am in the market for a nice plunge router. Is there a lesson in there I need to learn, or a product to avoid? I kind of had my eye on a porter cable unit down at the local home supply joint. Suggestions? I want one primarily for speaker building, along the lines of the "Backyard speaker box building. the build" on the LH forums.
would rather buy the best (that I need) and only cry once!:yes:

Thanks,

russellc
 
In an earlier post, Zilch elaborated on the method to cut speaker holes in faceplates, and covered it very well. One remaining question is how or what holds the face plate still while all this machining is going on?

Obviously, I'm a babe in the woods at this!

Russellc
 
The failure turned out to be in the on/off switch. I have opened it up and removed the switch for the time being. Should commence cutting and finish them up this weekend.

Switch failures are common on routers because of the dust they create.

I'd very much recommend a porter cable fixed based router with the optional plunge attachment.
 
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One remaining question is how or what holds the face plate still while all this machining is going on?
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There's holes in the four corners of the stock PE baffles.

Screw 'em down, or install alignment pins in your fixture, which may be nothing more than scrap.... :yes:
 
dnewma04 said:
The failure turned out to be in the on/off switch. I have opened it up and removed the switch for the time being. Should commence cutting and finish them up this weekend.

Switch failures are common on routers because of the dust they create.

I'd very much recommend a porter cable fixed based router with the optional plunge attachment.
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Yes, that's the one, it did have a seperate "plunge" attachment. Thanks for the info.

Russellc
 
Zilch said:
There's holes in the four corners of the stock PE baffles.

Screw 'em down, or install alignment pins in your fixture, which may be nothing more than scrap.... :yes:
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Yeah, my "router table" will be a big piece of 3/4 inch mdf or ply affixed on top of saw horses or hopefully something more stable. Screwing it down is a good idea, otherwise I was thinking I could box it in by attaching pieces of 1 x 2 to the "table"..... sort of like a jig I guess.

russellc
 
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