Cab to accomodate Center speaker

[xandra]

frustrated at finding a cab that would hold all my ever-expanding stuff and still be mobile. finally decided to design my own.

for your amusement Here's the plan:
http://home.rochester.rr.com/alexlei...oselighter.jpg



might be bfuggly - but has space for CSi5...

[ben62670]

Very nice. I see you have the door open on your amp. That Parasound definitely wants to breath.
Ben

[xandra]

Ben - both doors open. a real neccessity, But the amp was was blowing warm air at me thru my cpu's monitor - so I opened it for the rendering...

Actually - I'm pretty impressed at how cool the parasound runs (I've heard the Halo series runs considerably warmer)

[Keiko]

might be bfuggly - but has space for CSi5...

Quite the opposite IMO. Good luck and have fun with that xandra.

[Lasareath]

This is what I used for my system:

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20116274

I just turned it on it's side and took out a couple of dividers.

It is cheap but it works for the time being.

Eventually I am going to get one of these:

http://www.mapleshaderecords.com/aud...samson_hub.php

[vonnie123]

consider building extra space into the shelf opening(s) to place vibration pads, or some isolating material. Don't want your speakers vibrating the cabinetry.

[ben62670]

consider building extra space into the shelf opening(s) to place vibration pads, or some isolating material. Don't want your speakers vibrating the cabinetry.

I can't remember off the top of my head, but you can sandwich tile,cork,tile,cork,tile to make a real cheap effective ISO pad. The tile I am talking about is the cheap peel and stick floor tiles. The cork you can get at a craft store.
Ben

[Lasareath]

frustrated at finding a cab that would hold all my ever-expanding stuff and still be mobile.

You might need one of these, If you buy something that is taller you can adjust the shelves.

[xandra]

consider building extra space into the shelf opening(s) to place vibration pads, or some isolating material

-Vonnie123
VONNIE: Are you talking here about where the shelves sit on shelf pins?
If not: where are you talking about?
If so: The best solution I've seen comes with BDI cabs. their pins are wrapped in some heavy duty rubber. further they're threaded inserts, which in itself avoids vibration. Lastly, the underside of shelves are routed with indents to prevent foward/backward sliding and hold shelf in place even firmer.(I'll be doing this)
(After spending weeks trying to find similar on the web, I gave up and called BDI, turns out these are proprietary items - made specifically for BDI, alas they would not sell me any in a decent quantity.) Personally I think they could make a fortune selling these.

BEN: I like the cork idea, as that could easily be glued. - had been looking into anti-vibration rubber (used to use in workshop - but scraps I've got left over way too thick)

My biggest concern's are ventilation, and cord routing.
The trickiest part of the cord routing is finding a way to keep RFcables, electrics away from everything else, yet still permit flexible routing.
As for ventilation: I'm actually considering holes thru the top (at the rear)
I've adapted some of BDI's techniques here, but not sure they're as ideal as I'd like.
I'll post another pic shortly which makes the contruction clearer and see if I can evoke any ideas.

Thanks all for your input and ideas, please keep'm coming.

[xandra]

Lazereth: for an open design unit - that's one very stable looking rack. Not something I can use tho (i need mobility). Still one of the nicest I've seen in that style.
Also like your ikea temp solution. I wish there were an ikea near me - great bang for the buck - and their the only furniture place I've seen with truly honest material descriptions. alas, their shipping rates seriously diminshes value.

[xandra]

WHOOPs moved to Basic Wiring thread:

http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=71981