Agreed! First video I've even seen and first time I've seen this channel at all. Subscribed with all notifications straight away. Stellar content, narration, workflow, camera angles, and even comic relief in the beginning with the 'angry typing' 🤣 The memes inserted are a done so with the proper balance as well. One very _very_ minor critique: the background music being the same for the entire video, did kinda get old. It's not that it's bad, but the same music the entire time I think would be greatly improved even if only varied by maybe 3 different songs vs just one. Just my honest opinion. Cheers!
@@redford6110 as he said. he could have get higher if he made a SPL Specific box. also he doesnt have any modifications in the car to make the SPL higher. This box is extremely good still for being an all around box. Decent SPL with good bass response.
Once again well done. Model. Printing. Video, editing, and testing. Seeing this come off a printer is exciting! I can only imagine what the future of these printers hold!
@@HexiBase Manufacturers should work with you to mass manufacture some of your designs! Even put your name on the product as the HexiBase line of enclosures.
Every time I watch one of your epic videos, I'm blown away by your combination of audio engineering, mechanical design, prototype-production builds, and audio/video production capabilities. I've spec'd, built, and installed several car audio systems in my 20 years of tinkering, and like any skillset I'm proud of, I love finding out one day that I don't know shit! That means there's a whole new world to learn, with more project rabbit holes to dive down, and many mistakes to make on the way to building something epic. Bravo Sir!
DIY TIP of the Day... Next time you need to use time sensitive glue or epoxy, mix the two parts as one does, scrape it all up and wipe it in to the corner of a plastic sammich or heavier bag if the mix is thick. Ring it all to the corner as best you can. Then right behind that, twist the bag several times, to pinch off the epoxy and cut off the tiny corner of the bag, approx no more then to create an 1/8" hole. As you continue to twist the bag behind the epoxy, it will squirt out in a fine line, as if you are running a caulking gun. Allows the installation of the glues/epoxy to be much cleaner, instead of a toothpick or pop sickle stick.. if you cut a really dinky hole, one can get very precise with the placement of the line(s)... good luck
Once again Pete comes through with some of the best content on youtube. Thanks for making such high effort videos! I don't care much for 3d printing but you make it interesting enough to watch. I'm always along for the ride.
I really wanna try and make this box in mdf, since i no 3d printer have. i just have a hard time getting the dimensions and make a blueprint that i can print out to start cutting the wood for each layer. but i really love this, almost makes me wanna pay 3x the amount of money it will cost for me to make it in MDF to go get it printet from someone
I am curious, if someone managed to build a bigger DBR than what is shown in this video, will sensitivity go up?what happens to Maximum SPL ? In short, is there any sweet spot regarding enclosure volume for a particular Subwoofer? Or the space available ? Is the dictating factor? Thank you 🙏
Impressive (again). Well about the printer: I think it depends on your desires whether this is a good printer or not. If you are a technician, this printer is a good starting point. You can gradually transform it to a great printer. The low price of the printer already indicates that this is not a printer that will forfill its promises instantly. ;) . When one needs a printer that just does its job an can print objects this size, be prepared to spend 20 times as much as this one. Once I started with a sub $300 Ultimaker clone. Now is has turned in a very good production machine. But.. At a price. The benefit on the other side is that you learn to know your printer by heart. Which comes in handy when you need to do some troubleshooting. Which will happen. ;). Anyway I enjoy your analytical approach a lot. Your 3d printed Tangband design gives me a lot of pleasure as my favorite couple of desktop speakers.
Not only is the 136db off the hook for a 6.5" sub, but the fact that at 20hz it's playing 10db louder than your 139db 10" printed sub is mind blowing! It also plays deeper and smoother than that 10 with much less cone excursion. Nice work! Because I'm "that way" I would probably want to try and tweak things a little bit to bring up that 20-30hz dip and kill that 50-60hz peak. But that's being super super super picky and like I said something probably only I and 2 other people on the earth would bother with.
I love this channel so much. Its really cool to me the idea that if my sub and speakers provide a near flat response across the full spectrum, your car test should theoretically sound like I'm really there. Of course my setup isn't quite in the major leagues (*yet*) but its cool to think about lol.
Another truly enjoyable piece of content. 136dB with a reasonably flat response (where it matters) from a single 6.5in is an achievement and must have been fulfilling after all your hard work. Thanks for sharing 👊
My listening setup: Speakers: KEF LS50. Subwoofer: SVS SB12+. Amp: Cambridge Audio Azur 840A. DAC: Cambridge Audio Azur 840c. All bought second hand from independent sellers and got very good deals on each of them.
Future Video suggestion: As you mention in this video your test of infill percentage shows that higher infill gives better results. In Cura you have a setting called "infill line multiplier", what is does is that it makes the infill walls thicker by making the "infill walls" multiple lines. A test of how this effects acoustic performance at the same infill percentage with higher infill line count could be very interesting :) (Keep up the great work)
@@HexiBase You really need to give us a peek into that software. That's by far the most difficult part of making a speaker system, yet you make it seem so easy. A tutorial on using any software you recommend to predict some basic enclosure designs will be awesome and I think many people will watch it.
Me over here with my 250liter ported box tuned to 15hz with a like 5mm excursion 15 thinking "WHAT that little thing does that withous even moving 3miles? god damn!" :D
@@gagreeneeee I've witnessed small air leaks between chambers on many of his designs over the years. In multiple cases it made enough of a difference that it was easy for him to model & even predict where the leaks were, even if external to the enclosure.
@@getahanddown yup, epoxy resin is an option, although it has an exothermic curing process. Another option would be expanding PU foam, like a fiber boat. I have to admit I don't fully understand the workings of a speaker cabinet, so I'm not sure which would be the best option.
@@thiagoennes IMO you'd want to control the mass, elasticity and sound diffraction. So many options. Pour in rubber, expanding options, inject different densities in specific areas, weighted microspheres in the mix, hollow balls in the mix. The question isn't so much what can you do but what do you aim to achieve?
20 years ago as a teenager, I flexed two JL W3 12"'s in a crappy box and only hit about 110db if I remember correctly. It was in my little chevy cavalier with foldable rear seats.
one easy mesurement tip: just place your hand on the subwoover enclosure and play different sub frequencies loud. if you can feel no enclosure vibrations, you did a good job :)
@@rexxx927 At home for example things have no help from a super tiny space making things louder in wich case a bigger sub is needed. And some ppl just love more and more bass or simply lower distortion at the same spl from a bigger woofer.
@HexiBase, just beautiful. Owned a subwoofer enclosure company for many many years and in the industry for decades. @ 16:50 - what test track is this? Keep up the great, articulate work!! NM!!! I just saw your Soundcloud ;) Silly me 😂😂😂
I'm curious to know your thoughts on a series 6th order versus a parallel 6th order box. Did you consider the two before modelling the box you printed?
btw on beyerdynamic custom game headphones it WAS loud. it actually baffles me, although ive seen your material properties video, that this enclosure is completely plastic. and it makes me miss my car sub :(
Very good job, also never tought that a 3d printed enclosure would be at mdf level enclosure, also how did you established the volume and tuning freq for the enclosure ? Keep it up
I'd really love for you to make a video explaining the differences between a 6in, 8in, 10in, 12in, and 15in subwoofer and why you'd go with a 12 in sub over a 15in and what makes a 6in sub different from a 6in speaker.
I've used SAS products for a long time. Not the best sounding but certainly not nearly as bad as some off the shelf products. I have one in my new car since the factory sound system isn't bad but lacks even if it does have a sub which functions more like a mid-bass. Even with only 50 watts the gain is very low, it will easily out run the stock system. I think this build is something I will try myself. As always great content Hexi!
The enclosure and room make a big difference! With a tapped horn if designed that way it can make a PA woofer that only goes down to like 40hz flat go down to under 20hz. :D
Absolutely love the channel! I see that you're perhaps more car-audio oriented. But as a home theater guy I would absolutely love to see a project surrounding that. Sub, Center, Satellite (L/R/Surr), Sealing ("atmos"). It would also fit nicely with the "big sound out of a small enclosure volume" that seem to be the overall theme of the 3D-printed enclosures.
You have a blueprint of an mdf 6 sided box and pvc pipe equivalent to this print build? I would love to replicate the sound but not the work and equipment needed to do a print build.
17:57 to 18:57.. what IS this track? It's been on other videos of yours. Please tell us what it is and where we can get it from... pllleeeeaaaasssseeee
You seem to have found the one 3D printer where customer support actually works ! I'm really amazed that the print did not come off the print bed, what bed temperature were you using ? I prefer using a dump area over having a color change wipe block besides the print area, because they tend to break loose from the bed sometimes. Your enclosures are really amazing !
Outstanding! Thanks for your transparency, dedication to presenting a quality video, and contribution to progressing the 3D build community . Really impressive build and final result from a 6.5”.
Hello Hexi I am a massive fan of your work. Thank you. May I ask your opinion of discontinued speaker JL 13w7? My favorite speaker! Myself and my girlfriend cannot pinpoint the origin of your accent. She says Dutch I say I can’t place it! I would love a sample or first print of your creation , please stay in touch. We need more geniuses.
This might be a stupid question but, I'm obviously not as advanced as you sir. Could this be scaled up for 12 inch woofers? And even possibly a double 12 inch enclosure? I know that this pretty much makes the idea of a "space saving bass tube" null and void but I do think having this scaled up for 2 12's with 1500 watts would possible crack windows and is what I need in my life lol.
What the hell... This was probably the worst video for me to see. I'm a dude that loves having a system in my car AND plays dungeons and dragons... Are you telling me that i can print out this kind of stuff AND miniatures!?!? I cant wait to run this by my wife lol! Subscribed!
Clearly a professional at work here. The knowledge that he so easily voices and demonstrates by bringing those ideas into existence is just absolutely amazing to me. So great to see such professionalism
Not only is this incredible design and inspiring as all hell, but the audio quality of this video (redundancy!?!? Haha) is remarkable. Your bass test sounded and felt amazing on my home system. Your voice volume compared to the audio test volume shows how loud it was in real time. Just.....WOW. Amazing job. Thanks for uploading the project, too!
If you make it smaller it won't go as low. For most music 30hz is enaugh. Lower than that music is getting a lot more rare. Also you need the right driver off course.
Was the first chamber tuned low and then the second one high? Seeing how the first chamber has a smaller single port and the second chamber 2 slot ports that are larger. I'm curious, I'd love to try and make a series tuned isobaric 6th order for a pair of 8s I have
Idea: Use tesla valve as a tube deflector, allowing at low volumes to behave as a bass reflex and when power is increased it behaves as an infinite closed box, protecting the subwoofer from over excursion and distortion.
Always excited to see an upload because I know it's always really interesting. What software do you use to estimate (Guesstimate?) your response in the car? And how do you model a subwoofer with more than one ported chamber like this? I'm familiar with WinISD for basic stuff. But don't think I know how to model for an enclosure like this.
Is the infill important for resonance or frequency response? Because we could get away with different infills with the same structual strength, but just use half of filement for it.
Man, I was stunned and amazed by the kind of deep bass it could produce. This is very portable and cute. Thank you. Can't wait to own one because I love music
i can feel my jaw trying to separate itself from my skull, in a bass pleasant way. glad i got to test out half vol on my headset finally without the mids and highs destroying my ears XD
@@mwint1982 When I was a kid, I had a plastic pair of binoculars ... or rather I did until I left them on the back shelf of Dad's car on a sunny day ...
