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Hard to believe these woofers are still alive and kicking.😅

My " man cave " is in my basement in it's own room. There are 5 windows down there that are covered up with plywood and soundproof insulation. Might have to look into soundproofing more closely if I'm going to keep the volume up. The neighbors must be getting pissed by now. I figure the only thing that is keeping me out of trouble is the fact that I crank the tunes only once/week and normally shut it down by 10:30 at night. Last night was pumping 400+ watts of Metallica...and it reminded me of seeing them live back in 91. Freakin ungodly loud!?

I'm just going to build a new set of enclosures. Keep the same design that i made except maybe go with 2 eight inch mids instead of the 2 -6.5's or even 4 6.5's. ...The girlfriend was shocked that the cops didnt show up here last night. She took the dogs for a walk...and said the music was loud 2 blocks down the road.☺️

I spent all week fixing the upper split in the corner and doubling up on the bracing inside. Glued, screwed and siliconed. Made no difference whatsoever. When cranked the rear wall of the enclosure is rattling( slapping). And once again if I push in on the back hard the vibration disappears. I have no idea how to fix this? ...aside from sticking a 2×4 under the bottom woofer on the floor to prevent the speaker from moving ahead while I wedge a 2×4 in between the back of the enclosure and the actual wall(drywall)...lol. I guess modifying the At15 enclosures weakened the internal structural integrity. Time to built a set of enclosures from scratch.

I play that every Friday night. I have their greatest hits cd. This and other great bands of the 60s-70's. Picture listening to this at about 400 watts, lights off...nothing but strobe lights...wacked out of your mind on beer and weed. It is your own " private Woodstock " in your basement...lol

That's running without an eq, bass boost etc..bass is set flat...stock at15 tweeter protection bypassed. This is how the Carver amp has been running for the last 2+ years. No blown drivers. Just ripped the surround off the cone of the at15 woofer about a year ago hence the red gasket maker smeared around the woofer..didnt hurt the voice coil at all. The se380 woofer with the ribbed surround is holding up great.

That's my Carver pounding on the Vegas. Thats at the volume I leave it at for about 5 hours at a time. Only time i turn it down is to change cd's.

Plug in your headphones and turn it up to get full effect!

I never touched that part of the cabinet whe modifying. Trying to fix with glue, silicone and screws.

I guess 400+ watts from this Carver amp going into the cabinets for 5 hours at a time is proving to be too much. The speakers are starting to protest. Blew the upper right corner seam apart.

Eminence makes some awesome sounding drivers that have a high sensitivity rating. They actually sell a nice 6.5 inch " sealed "driver that is 8 ohms and has a 97 db 1w1m rating. The 6.5 inch cerwin Vegas I'm using are 8 ohms with probably a rating of about 91. Swapping out the mids would boost the vocals once again. Just trying to constantly improve. Though I'm impressed with the current set up. Last night it felt like my ribs were vibrating. Could have also been what I was smoking...lol

Yes...I was considering this option. Still may do it. I'm just glad I didnt have to rip that face plate off and build a sealed enclosure for the mids...and to be perfectly honest with you the mids in the at-15's had no sealed chamber behind them. The se380's " did " have small pods behind the mids packed hard with pink fiberglass insulation. I actually thought this was done for sound quality and not to keep the waves from the bass from interfering with mids performance. A critical error on my part. Luckily it got resolved.?

This is the extremes I had to go to for the mids. Had to totally seal up the holes in the basket and the gap behind the wire terminal leading into the spider and such. Very crude looking but very Effective. I can not imagine this hurting the sound quality...but i could be wrong?

They sound awesome. The bigger mids definately strengthens the vocals. Surprisingly the image has improved. The sound is more centralized. Last night was the first time I had a chance to beat on them for about 5 hrs. On hour 3 of listening to deadmause at 400+ watts...I heard a rattling coming from the right speaker.. sounded like a voice coil failing. Fortunately, it was the cabinet itself. I pushed in on the back panel and the rattling went away. Guess I have to beef up the bracing. Listening to Neil young was insane!

Tracked down some crushed velvet. I can get black or red. Hmmmmmm...black bottom where the woofer goes and for the new faceplate I made....perhaps red with the black mids and tweet might look killer. Make these Cerwin Vega monsters look really unique and stand out...what do you think? Or just keep it traditional black?

I agree on the Joe Rogen experience. When headphones were allowed at work...I listened to a lot of his podcasts. Anything dealing with ufo's or government cover ups peaks my interest.

Only thing left to do now is hunt down some crushed black velvet for the front baffle that I built for the mids and tweets...and this project will be complete.?

They look pretty mean. My uploading sucks here at my place. Have to wait till Monday to use the wifi at work. This " hybred" is like having a blend of home/pa speakers. Loud and deep.

Ok..I went on the cerwin vega forum and apparently this is normal with a lot of vega models for phasing to get the best possible sound. Reversed polarity. This is done on the mids and tweeters. The wiring is reversed. ...when I cracked open my at15's a long time ago this was not the case... positive wire to positive terminal....negative wire to negative terminal on both mids and tweets. ...so the way its wired now..should be the same way I had my at15' mids wired.

Ok I fixed the problem. I wrapped some clothes dryer hose aluminum tape around the basket holes sealing them up. I then made a little wall strip (lip )out of cardboard to seal up the gap around the positive and negative wire terminals...just like the at15's mids. ...I then pumped about 500 watts through the speakers. No midrange cone movement. My god these things are intense. I put on some rap/dance to check for any rattles from the new faceplate I fabricated...nothing. vocals are loud and deep bass response. Feels like I have a huge sub in the room. Very beefy looking. Have to wait till Monday to post a few pics. --------- I need to talk to someone about impedance. I have never seen the following...each speaker has two 8 ohm mids wired in parallel for 4 ohms. When I went to connect the speaker wires to the mids ...on the - and + terminal...they have a big black dot " over " the positive terminal!?? Is this a screw up from cerwin vega during assembly? All 4 mids are done like this. ...I followed the same set up as on the at 15 mids. I went by the actual - and + terminal markings ignoring the black dot over the positive terminal. So right now I am either running 4 or 16 ohms for the mids. How can I tell which way is correct?? The tweeter is 4 ohms...as is the woofer. If the mids are at 16 ohms...what's the overall impedance? Thanks....

I could use some velcro strips and seal up the basket holes..I suppose this might work.

This " little project " is turning into a nightmare. I made one little critical mistake. I didnt take into account that the 380 mids have an open basket compared to the at15's that are completely sealed. ...The bass from the woofer is causing the midranges to act as woofers and causing too much travel. Too bad because the bigger mids definately improved the sound. ...I am not even sure if I have room to build a mini enclosure behind the mids to seal them up. Even if i did...that would definately hurt the tuning of the box. ...could use some foam sealed baffles that are used in car doors...but I'm not sure if i can find any that would be a perfect fit for the 380 mids. ...Only other choice would be to built a separate sealed enclosure and mount it on the front speaker baffle. Basically...the mids and tweeter would be in the same location as i have them now...but would be sticking out about 3 " past the woofer. I have no idea what this would do to the sound. ...or i can find a way to seal the midrange basket holes up. I tried shoving insulation in the basket holes. This helped..but not much. Maybe some thin rubber and contact cement to go around the outside of the basket and cover the holes. But are these holes providing any cooling to the voice coil at all. Anybody have any ideas.

Crossovers are modified. Had to lengthen the wires going to the woofer, both mids and tweeter. Only thing left to do now is put all the drivers back in and see how it sounds.