A pair of empty, in-need-of-refinishing, Paradigm 5SE cabinets!
I got them from my schools AV tech who cleared out a speaker repair shop, he got a few raw drivers (including a pair of Altec lansing 12 or 15inch Coax PA drivers...hmmm...), a few cabinets, 6 bass bins, a ton of lighting stuff, and other stuff as well.
Anyhoo he has absolutely no use for anything this small, so he said I could have 'em.
And who am I to say no?
The port is a pathetic 1-7/8inches wide, and only 3inches deep...pretty high tuning frequency (no deep bass).
I'll probably have to substitute a 2-2.5inch port, just so there's no port noise. The woofer must have been pretty crappy to have such a small port.
I'll have to strip all the old finish off, and probably use some of that truck bedliner spray as a finish, it looks pretty nice, and it's easy, cheap, and covers up any small dings easily!
The tweet is definetely a Vifa, numbered d25tg-55-06, Tweet Label pic, plastic dome, with a support "grid" behind the dome (so it can't be dented in).
The crossover, is INREDIBLY cheap and low quality in design.
Pic of crappy crossover
For drivers, I'm gonna pop in my Vifa h26tg-45-06 from my current towers, and probably grab a pair of Dayton 8inch woofers.
I'll obviously have to build a new passive crossover.
Front pic
Inside-downwards pic
Back pic
Tweet Front
It should be a fun project to build, and I can't help but wonder; $250 for one of these speakers, that uses $25 tweets, $5 crossovers, probably $25 woofers. But hey, Paradigm's gotta make cash too
I got them from my schools AV tech who cleared out a speaker repair shop, he got a few raw drivers (including a pair of Altec lansing 12 or 15inch Coax PA drivers...hmmm...), a few cabinets, 6 bass bins, a ton of lighting stuff, and other stuff as well.
Anyhoo he has absolutely no use for anything this small, so he said I could have 'em.
And who am I to say no?
The port is a pathetic 1-7/8inches wide, and only 3inches deep...pretty high tuning frequency (no deep bass).
I'll probably have to substitute a 2-2.5inch port, just so there's no port noise. The woofer must have been pretty crappy to have such a small port.
I'll have to strip all the old finish off, and probably use some of that truck bedliner spray as a finish, it looks pretty nice, and it's easy, cheap, and covers up any small dings easily!
The tweet is definetely a Vifa, numbered d25tg-55-06, Tweet Label pic, plastic dome, with a support "grid" behind the dome (so it can't be dented in).
The crossover, is INREDIBLY cheap and low quality in design.
Pic of crappy crossover
For drivers, I'm gonna pop in my Vifa h26tg-45-06 from my current towers, and probably grab a pair of Dayton 8inch woofers.
I'll obviously have to build a new passive crossover.
Front pic
Inside-downwards pic
Back pic
Tweet Front
It should be a fun project to build, and I can't help but wonder; $250 for one of these speakers, that uses $25 tweets, $5 crossovers, probably $25 woofers. But hey, Paradigm's gotta make cash too