After alot of time and planning, my Mach 1 project is finished and I thought since it turned out so well they deserved their own post.
I want to thank all the fellow AKer's who helped or were involved in all the planning and design, this was a truly fun and a not very expensive project. All the drivers and parts were purchased from this forum or Ebay. The crossovers were built as per our Video Lady Aker specs, special thanks need to go to VL. Extra special thanks also to my friend Bob for helping with the cabinet build, and the use of his cabinet shop.
The drivers are all stock Mach 1 drivers that have been gone through and made to perform properly, by doing the following. Woofer surround replacement, mid diaphram foam gasket replacement, mid horn sound deadning, Deox of the pots, VL redesign of the crossovers with Dayton caps, cabinet enlargement to match woofer requirements, internal cabinet braces, and rhino coating the cabinet exteriors. The grills are made from Parts Express grill kits and are top notch, and look very good.
I will add pictures and most of all the specs of my build to this thread down the road. We are calling these speakers Mach 4 Rhino's, these could be pushed off a cliff and survive I think.
I am also offering to demo them to anyone passing through South Florida that would be interested in stopping by and giving them a listen.
There will be some more testing, and I also plan to compare them with a few other speakers in my collection. So far I would have to say that they have a much more balanced sound, the woofer sounds very punchy and not tubby anymore, and the mid, which I have always had issue with, sounds less harsh and not grainy anymore. I don't believe there is much of anything left to improve upon without using alternate drivers, or adding some. The main focus was to retain the stock drivers, but bring the best out of them. I think we accomplished our goals, and hope other Mach 1 fans can benefit from all this information.
I also would like to give thanks to the AK moderators who do a great job at keeping the threads on subject, and giving us all a chance to be heard. :thmbsp: The main Mach 1 thread has a wealth of information in it but is very long, I hope to consolidate most of it in this thread for easy access.
I want to thank all the fellow AKer's who helped or were involved in all the planning and design, this was a truly fun and a not very expensive project. All the drivers and parts were purchased from this forum or Ebay. The crossovers were built as per our Video Lady Aker specs, special thanks need to go to VL. Extra special thanks also to my friend Bob for helping with the cabinet build, and the use of his cabinet shop.
The drivers are all stock Mach 1 drivers that have been gone through and made to perform properly, by doing the following. Woofer surround replacement, mid diaphram foam gasket replacement, mid horn sound deadning, Deox of the pots, VL redesign of the crossovers with Dayton caps, cabinet enlargement to match woofer requirements, internal cabinet braces, and rhino coating the cabinet exteriors. The grills are made from Parts Express grill kits and are top notch, and look very good.
I will add pictures and most of all the specs of my build to this thread down the road. We are calling these speakers Mach 4 Rhino's, these could be pushed off a cliff and survive I think.
I am also offering to demo them to anyone passing through South Florida that would be interested in stopping by and giving them a listen.
There will be some more testing, and I also plan to compare them with a few other speakers in my collection. So far I would have to say that they have a much more balanced sound, the woofer sounds very punchy and not tubby anymore, and the mid, which I have always had issue with, sounds less harsh and not grainy anymore. I don't believe there is much of anything left to improve upon without using alternate drivers, or adding some. The main focus was to retain the stock drivers, but bring the best out of them. I think we accomplished our goals, and hope other Mach 1 fans can benefit from all this information.
I also would like to give thanks to the AK moderators who do a great job at keeping the threads on subject, and giving us all a chance to be heard. :thmbsp: The main Mach 1 thread has a wealth of information in it but is very long, I hope to consolidate most of it in this thread for easy access.
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