Julien ARNAUD (18)

Motion simracing rig

Components Intel i7 7700K 16 GB DDR4 512 GB NVMe 2x nvidia GTX 1080 in SLI 750 W Corsair PSU 3x 43" 4K TVs (11520 x 2160 px) ProSimu T1000 2DOF Fanatec Clubsport 2.5 Wheel base ClubSport Wheel Rim SPARCO® Rally ClubSport Porsche 918 Wheel ClubSport Steering Wheel F1® Esports V2 Fanatec Clubsport V3 Pedals Fanatec ClubSport Shifter SQ V 1.5 4.0 audio using 2x 8" Samson Resolv A8 active monitors (front) 2x 6" Samson Resolv A6 active monitors (rear) The whole system draws about 460W idle, and around 700W…

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Re-enclosed JBL SB210 Subwoofer

Unsatisfied with my JBL SB210 low frequency, I designed and built replacement enclosures. The SB210 is a dual 210mm subwoofer, using ceramic cones in a polymer enclosure. Specifications of JBL's original SB210 are My redesigned enclosure offers The first hurdle was the absence of datasheet for the speakers themselves, as they were never distributed outside of the SB210 system. After contacting JBL Professional, they were kind enough to provide me with the data. These specifications were entered in Dominique Petoin's database and you can now find it there. As I was…

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DIY Cabasse Sphere Archipel 17 ICD

Inspired by Cabasse's La Sphere high end system, I went on to design and build my own tiny spheres. I like coaxial speakers for their realism in human voice reproduction and cabasse may have a lead in that with their SCS technology. I have been a happy user of their Java MC40 using such technology. I decided on affordable Archipel 17 ICD (300€ the pair delivered). Like with the JBL SB210, datasheet for the low frequency driver were not published. But contrary to JBL, Cabasse gave me no love in…

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