Labhorn?

[gidrah]

Has anybody seen, heard, heard of, etc. one of these before? I'm thinking about trying to build one in the fall, but don't know if it'll be too tough or not. Besides being huge and heavy, they have a lot of compound miters.

Any thoughts?

[burdette]

You're talking about:

http://home.comcast.net/~labhorn/

http://www.prosoundweb.com/lsp/


Wow. That is a complicated set of cuts. I don't know what all the supposed advantages are over a more traditional sub, but the construction work here is well beyond even a furniture-grade traditional enclosure.

You must have one very nice shop to even consider this, because I can't imagine tackling it without a contractor-grade table saw, quality dado blade, myriad clamps, various other tools, obviously, and a heck of a lot of time and patience.

I don't know what the payoff here is, or, more importantly, the improvement in payoff over a traditional sub. I'm all for 'going for it' and having fun and experimenting if I've got the time and resources. I don't know what you're after here in terms of reply, but I agree it is a big, complicated build leading to one big, heavy box.

[gidrah]

Who needs a shop when fiberglass and liquid nails is cheaper? I can measure, approximate the angles, fill the cracks and paint it.

There's just something about a sub that can do 125dB, be flat, keep up with electrostatics and compression horn mids/highs, and can be built for less than a grand, that has me interested. It could always be layed on it's side and make a great bass-shaker / 2nd row riser for HT.

I saw and felt one once. I was in the room when I saw it, but was on the 2nd floor on the other side of the lobby when I felt it. I believe it was being driven by a 100 watt plate amp at the time.

I have plenty of time and patience for something like this. I'm setting up a shop in my new house. I'll pay for a table, but build a speaker enclosure.

[burdette]

I focused on the difficulty of the cuts because that is what you asked about in your post.. you specifically mentioned compound miters.

If you have a way to make the cabinets and not have to worry about all those angles and alignment and such, that obviously changes the project.