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    Weight of assembled 88 Special?

    They are actually really heavy for the amount of space they take up... Mine weigh in at a shelf-busting 46 pounds each!
    Post by: bitmap42, Mar 9, 2016 in forum: General Topics
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    The 88 Special Build Guide - "FUD Buster"

    Thanks for the compliment! Hopefully the guide helped! I am a software architect/developer so have had my hands in plenty of technical docs. And...
    Post by: bitmap42, May 11, 2015 in forum: DIY Speakers and Subwoofers
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    Speakers for 20ft x 20ft x 10ft (LWH) room

    My room is 20ft x 30ft x 10ft and I have a pair of the 88 Specials (LR with phantom center). I didn't measure what the DB level was at my main...
    Post by: bitmap42, May 2, 2015 in forum: General Topics
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    DIY Passive LCR sound bar

    One thing I have seen thrown around a lot is whether mounting MTM vertical speakers horizontally will cause issues. The consensus seems to be that...
    Post by: bitmap42, Mar 25, 2015 in forum: DIY Speakers and Subwoofers
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    What would you choose?

    In case you didn't know, tuxedocivic is actually the designer of the 1099, hence "partial to 1099" from his post! But from everything I have...
    Post by: bitmap42, Feb 26, 2015 in forum: General Topics
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    What would you choose?

    I just went through a very similar process as you are ajman. I was trying to decide between the Fusion line and the Cinema line, specifically...
    Post by: bitmap42, Feb 25, 2015 in forum: General Topics
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    The 88 Special Build Guide - "FUD Buster"

    The 88 Special Build Guide - "FUD Buster" I am new to DIY speaker building, but not new to DIY projects in general (i.e. home improvement...
    Thread by: bitmap42, Feb 22, 2015, 3 replies, in forum: DIY Speakers and Subwoofers