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PostPosted: Jan 13, 2003 6:56 am    Post subject: Speakers Reply with quote

Crying or Very sad

There were a couple of good posts on the previous board detailing how to build your own tower speaker tubes. Most of them used 6" PVC but I never saw whether they used 5 1/4" or 6 1/2" speakers.

Any help?

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PostPosted: Jan 13, 2003 7:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

There used to be a good article on wakeboarder.com on how to do it out of MDF/Aluminum/Fibreglass. I'm sure you'll be able to find it once the site is fully operational again. If you don't want to put a whole lot of time into it though, like more than 2 hours work, I wouldn't reccomend this method. That is recently what I did and I probably got 10+ hours of
work into sanding and finishing the enclosures. I should have picutures of them this afternoon if your interested in seeing what they look like though. Two enclosures each hold two 6.5" speakers.
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PostPosted: Jan 13, 2003 9:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I got a pair of speakers off ebay from a guy who makes them with 6 1/2 pvc. The work great for the price.
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PostPosted: Jan 13, 2003 7:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

they used 6 1/2 ". I built mine out of 6" pvc. I put Rockford Fosgate speakers with 75w RMS they are awsome i want to get another pair sometime.
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PostPosted: Jan 14, 2003 7:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

yep...i have no idea where he gets it.
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PostPosted: Jan 20, 2003 5:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here's pic's of the ones I built... I"ll be putting quick release brackets on
them from ryno-gear.
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PostPosted: Jan 20, 2003 7:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here are my PVC speakers. I plan on making another set. Rockford Fosgate speakers rock they Handle 75 Watts RMS.
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PostPosted: Jan 20, 2003 7:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

OK first time i used the new uploader.
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PostPosted: Jan 22, 2003 8:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

sweet!, mine are in boxes, i couldnt figure out how to put them in pipe? hmm go back to drawing board
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PostPosted: Jan 22, 2003 9:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mine are made out of pvc and work great.
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PostPosted: Jan 23, 2003 7:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Those look good.. What size Speakers are they and where did you get the PVC? I could not find any bigger than 4" I think.
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PostPosted: Jan 23, 2003 11:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

That is 6 inch pvc. You can get it at a commercial plumbing supply store. The speakers are 61/2 inch sony explodes.
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PostPosted: Jan 23, 2003 12:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

What did you cap the PVC with? It looks like a rubber cover or something
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PostPosted: Jan 23, 2003 5:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Those are rubber end caps from a plumbing supply place. They fit nice and tight over the ends. If you go to a commercial plumbing supply,they will have several different types of end caps. I mounted some nice gold connectors on the ends also.
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