Speaker kit experiments - an archive of the Jäger Speaker development

[kgoss]

"Jaeger" is a really cool name keeping with the Pacific Rim theme.

A pair will allow you to become one with your music in "The Drift"   

[fullheadofnothing]

Spelling correction, it's Jäger. Umlauts are very important with camlock construction.

[aragorn723]

I'm not a linguist, but typically umlauts are consistent with Germanic languages 

Dave

[fullheadofnothing]

You mean, like German…?

The language that the word "jäger" comes from?

That kind of Germanic?

[Paul Joppa]

Or Swedish as in IKEA the masters of camlocks?

[Paul Birkeland]

(https://tedconfblog.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/ikea-instructions.jpg)

[aragorn723]

Lol.  Just in case you were wondering which end was up 

Dave

[Deluk]

Jägermeister is 70% proof. I'm sure the speaker will be closer to 100%. 

[Doc B.]

Quick update - we are making good progress with the manual photo shoot. I want to mention that this is the easy step. Josh still has the big job of the accompanying written instructions, and that will take some time. While he is doing that, I will be getting some final measurements and taking product shots. We are also exploring custom packaging for shipping the cabinet panels. We hope to be ready to begin taking orders very soon.

The first few cabinets I assembled were hurriedly finished with Tru-Oil, as I was mostly concerned with getting them running. This latest Baltic Birch ply cabinet for the manual build received a sanding with 220 grit paper, two coats of Seafin Teak Oil and a finish sanding with 400 grit and a buffing with a cloth this morning. It took about 20 minutes and the surface feels very smooth, with a nice satin finish.

[Doc B.]

OK, here's pretty much what the production Jäger speaker will look like. Slightly different felt colors than the previous iteration, and you can see how the passive crossover installs and connects on the back side. The passive crossover down in the rear cubby can be run with a single amp, or with two amps for biamping by removing a jumper. Down the road there will be an active tube crossover kit that will allow biamping without the passive crossover. In that case the passive can be pulled out and tweeter and woofer speaker cables will connect directly to the upper binding posts.

(https://bottlehead.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/productionjagerfront-e1504308245319.jpg)(https://bottlehead.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/productionjagerback-e1504308278106.jpg)

Apologies for the soft images. It would seem the Wordpress photo editing tool is from 1996. Next time I will size them in Pshop. Also a reminder that a pair of these will be running with Kaiju monoblocks at Bottleheadquarters tomorrow from 12-3.

[Paul Birkeland]

Nice and tidy!

[johnsonad]

They look great! Nice work!

[denti alligator]

Looks great! Did I miss the dimensions? I'm curious how tall these are.

[Doc B.]

52"

[Gerry E.]

Down the road there will be an active tube crossover kit that will allow biamping without the passive crossover.

Hi - What's the crossover frequency?  Thanks!

Gerry