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    Welcome to the forum!!

     

     I believe you’re right, there’s probably not a better place to ask about those tweeters. I have a set myself but I’ve yet to hear them, my build is on hold pending the outcome of a recone order. 

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    It's going to be a bit. I'm not going to state when I ordered a recone but I've been waiting quite awhile. Apparently the build house ran into some issues with a parts supplier or something to that effect and that got them WAY behind. I know they're working hard to catch up but otherwise any answers as to an ETA for your order would have to be answered by Aaron or anyone else in the know. 

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    17 hours ago, blowthemup said:

    I have kind of had my eye on the SSA evil 6.5's and tweeters. Anything else I should consider?

    I'm a big supporter of SSA, I'll never deny that, but there's LOTS of other great brands out there and not a single one is the beat all end all answer for every application. 

    Other brands to consider would be Peerless/Tymphany, Dayton, Tang Band, Seas, Scanspeak, SB Acoustics, HiVi, Dynaudio, and many many others. 

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    I've been building enclosures for over 20 years and have tried all the most popular methods.

     I wouldn't go so far as to say that an only glue joint is stronger than a glue and screw joint, I don't believe that for a minute.

    However I've been using glue with Brad nails for around a decade. Probably close to a dozen enclosures built that way and haven't had a failure yet. I'll definitely never go back to screws again, there's just no point IMHO.

    The glue is definitely the strongest part of the joint. The only way I could see it being any better would be to use biscuits in the joints. They would add more structural integrity than screws ever could and using them would also virtually eliminate the need for any mechanical fasteners like the brad nails.

    The only reason for the mechanical fasteners is to stabilize the joint while the glue sets up and even then I won't typically take the clamps off until the glue has had time to cure. 

     

    That's just my .02 worth. 

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    It could also be due to a delay in parts. If one of the parts suppliers or manufacturers had a mishap that caused a delay in shipping or production then that could also cause these kinds of delays.

    The Toyota plant near me had production shut COMPLETELY down for about two weeks recently when a huge mold of some sort fell from the rigging it was lifted by and was destroyed.  Imagine what a two week shutdown does to the chain of supply at a place like that.

    There's a lot more going on in ANY business than most people are willing to consider. Delays happen, it's just how things go.  They'll catch back up soon enough. Another thing to consider is that they build for multiple companies and at one time I knew that they had some industrial applications as well. That's a lot to keep up with, especially when there's a delay outside of their control. 

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  17. Posted

    The 5" decal is on the first page, the 6" decal is on the second. It's the one that's got something goofy going on. 

    Apparently the $21 shipping was because of the $5 charged for the SSAudio.com banner. Still $16 to ship a 6" x 6" decal has to be an error of some kind. 

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  19. Posted

    If those are your absolute maximum dimensions then that's the best you're going to do. It's not bad, net volume is good but the port area is a bit on the low side and the tuning is probably a tad higher than you really want. The problem is that any attempt to lower the tuning or increase port area is going to reduce the net volume and by the time you get the port and tuning right you'll be low on the air space.

    You might be better off with a sealed enclosure simply because you're very likely to have audible port noise with that enclosure. If you don't mind building multiple enclosures and testing you could go ahead and build it and see if you can live with the compromises or not. If not just sell that enclosure and build a sealed. 

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  20. Posted

    14 minutes ago, Shogen said:

    did you order the lithium battery yet??? I been looking at braille

     

    Why would you look at Braille??  You're supposed to feel it not look at it......

     

     

     

     

    sorry, couldn't help myself, lol

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  23. Posted

    Aha!  I found it!

    on the first page is the 5" x 5" one for $5.99 which is the one I added and ordered this time.  On the second page is the 6" x 6" one for $7.99 and that's the one I added and it wanted $21 to ship. 

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