Speaker kit experiments - an archive of the Jäger Speaker development

[Doc B.]

What I am thinking of at the moment is yes to flat pack, probably no to MDF. It is indeed still early in the game, hence the word experiments in the thread subject header. Part of what we need to consider is what people would be willing to invest. If I thought everyone was independently wealthy we might consider slate.

[caffeinator]

This sounds great to me.  The S8 w/ flat-pack cabinets was just right for me and the ideas here sound similar.  I still have and listen to the S8's and love them dearly, but would be keen to hear an improvement tailored to my new Kaiju.

I'm in

[tsingle999]

Sounds good Doc!

[cspirou]

Will there be extra binding posts for bi-amplification as an option? Although since this is DIY I am sure this is a pretty straight forward mod.

[Doc B.]

Yes it is being designed with biamping in mind. PJ has been working hard on the passive crossover design and has tentatively determined that we might also be able to offer an active crossover. The speaker should be able to handle a reasonable amount of power, maybe 80 watts or so. I'm envisioning biamped speakers with two Kaijus per channel strapped to mono, 16W per amp. That would get pretty loud, at least 105dB. 80 watts would get you to maybe 112, but not sure about the excursion limitations of the woofers yet.

[Jim R.]

Dan,

When you say "all our amp mmodels", do you also mean some legacy models like Paramour  II 45 and S.e.x. 2.0/2.1?

I'm not likely a candidate, but one never knows.

Really enjoying all the new things you guys are coming up with -- continuing the bottlehead tradition and improving with  each new generation. Congratulations!

-- Jim

[Audio Islander]

Really excited about this project.  I was at your listening room and saw the work in progress. I am planning on my next build to be a set of speakers.  Really looking forward to how these turn out. Just waiting to give you my money

[Doc B.]

Got some great news today, that a test cabinet has been drawn up. This will be CNC'd from an inexpensive material to verify the basic dimensions and the fastening method that I hope to use.

[Alonzo]

Any updates on this project? 

[Doc B.]

Hoping to see the first attempt at CNCing a trial cabinet design soon.

[tdogzthmn]

Hoping for some updates and images of what's been in the works!

[Audio Islander]

Any chance that the speaker kit will be at a stage to have a POC demo during the VALVE meeting on October 15th?

[Doc B.]

We may have one to look at. A test cabinet was made and should be on its way to me in the next week.

[Doc B.]

Test cabinet is together and we are starting to get some measurements. I'll post a pic later today.

[tsingle999]

Exciting stuff!