MTMs

The MTMs

Surrounds

Veneer in progress

Center channel test...

Chris' RS 150 CC set to "small" blends nicley with the mains. I cranked it up and played The Eagles "Hell Freezes Over" DVD with out tripping the protection on my cheap Teac 5.1 receiver.

Center Channel Crossover

The network on the left is the tweeter network so that "W" should be a "T"

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CJD's RS 150 / Seas H1212 Center Channel Crossover.

RS 180 MTM / Seas test drive...

I'm giving Pete's design a test drive and I have to label it a huge success! The MTM has noticably more "slam" than an MT, I'm glad I went this route for a Home theater.

RS 180 - Seas MTM Main crossover

More crossovers

RS 180's and Seas 27tbfc/g

I'm getting there...

Giving them a listen...

My high tech audio room ;)
Shawn has done a great job on the crossover, these little guys sound great! It is surprising how much bass these are able to reproduce.

125 - Seas XO

Here I've got the crossover soldered

Shawn's RS 125

Chamfer on the back of the baffle

 

RS 125 and Seas TBFCG

A little chamfer on the back side.....

I just ordered the parts

It was 701.00 for all the electronic parts for 5 speakers. This included shipping, little rubber feet terminals, ports. The sale caps at Madisound saved a bundle.

The stands

I did a 1/2 inch round over on most of the edges.

Stands & Box

RS 125 Seas TBFC/G (TM) Crossover

Crossover for the surrounds

RS 180 27 tbfcg MTM

Crossover By Pete.
I'll be using these for the left and right front speakers.

Chris' Center Chanel Crossover

RS150's in parallel
.8mH inductor, 40uF cap, .27mH inductor, 12uF + 6ohm zobel

Seas tweeter (27T*FC variant)
12uF cap, .3mH inductor, 40uF cap, 1ohm series resistor

Note: Chris has several variations on this design, If you wish to build it Head over to HT guide and find out which one will suit you.

The boxes

MDF

Half the fun of DIY is trying to get the best value. Well I scored in the Home Depot scrap bin. Someone must have mis cut several pieces of 3/4 MDF, because I got several partial sheets for $2.01 each so here's 6 bucks worth instead of 20
:)

Entertainment center

The couch

Living room

27TBFC/G

RS 180

Hola Amigos !!

Value is king in the driver and crossover parts selection in this project so I'll be going with the Dayton RS 180s, RS 150s and RS125s mated with The Seas 27tbfcg. There are several designs with the Dayton tweeters but they run an extra 20 bucks each and since the Seas is at least its equal, I wanted to go with that. On five speakers this saves almost 100 bucks.

To pull off the project I'll be using CJD (Chris') RS 150 center channel and Pete Schumacher's RS 180MTM project for the left and rights. Pete is reworking the crossover (less baffle step) to better suit the location. (Thanks Pete!) The surrounds Are by Shawn Adams.