DOF - Depth of Field Kit for Legacy Blumenstein or Cain & Cain Speakers (one pair of parts)
DOF - Depth of Field Kit for Legacy Blumenstein or Cain & Cain Speakers (one pair of parts)
(DOF kit is a reverse/universally compatible upgrade that comes standard in all new production Blumenstein speakers)
The biggest little improvement.
Available for any legacy Blumenstein or Cain & Cain Audio speakers
Included in the DOF kit is all of the specially developed internal parts that are now outfitted standard inside the model year 2018 and forward Blumenstein speaker cabinets* - Coral Acoustic Wave Breakers, (in-house designed, hand-made acoustic damping compounds) and Floating Driver mounting hardware system (new screws, washers, and isolation washers) as well as our newer style low durometer urethane vibration damping cabinet feet. I include new gaskets, new internal wires (unless you are also purchasing our new terminal plates) and finally, a Diamagnetic Noise Reduction technique kit.
After installation is complete, the sound is going to subtly, but pleasantly come alive into an even more powerful focus than you ever thought possible from your legacy Blumenstein speakers.
This suite of upgrade parts is the culmination of all the careful considerations that I have developed as minor upgrades over years of trial and error in pursuit of tailoring and tuning the acoustic and electric properties of each of these internal parts to produce a clearer, more powerful voice from the same cabinets and drivers.
There are now options for prior Thrasher and Triton 8" Full range and Orca Sub/Dungeness, or any prior series of 6.5" or 5 1/4” subwoofers as well.
*The DOF upgrade kit is compatible with all prior bracing styles dating back to 2006. However, the DOF kit does not (and cannot) include the new solid wood internal braces that underpins the architecture of model year 2018 and forward.
Instead of bogging you down with written-only instructions, once you’ve gotten the kit and aquired the tools needed for your specific model year, we can just hop on the phone, facetime, or zoom etc and I’ll help you get the upgrades done in a jiffy. I will help you determine the tools needed and can loan you some of my tools if needed - just please remember to send them back to me!
Need a custom DOF kit for another legacy Blumenstein speaker that you don’t see in the drop down menu? Or have you got another DIY single driver project that needs some help in the damping department? Just drop me an email and I’ll see if I can make you a kit that might help.
I wouldn’t even try to claim that my speaker tuning techniques are universally compatible to all types of speakers. I’ve owned many sizes and brands of full range drivers, subwoofers, and so many types of cabinets, even some horns, before landing on my current product line that is more geared towards minimalists (who still want maximum sound quality). I’m good at interviewing people and helping them acheive their sound quality goals. However, my expertise / parts set is definitely more limited to the full range / wide band type speakers.
NRT with Quartz DMS - Noise Reduction technique using Quartz Diamagnetic Metasurfaces
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Yes, these are indeed all of the main internal parts that now go into the regular production (model year 2018) Blumenstein loudspeakers. (Except for the locally sourced solid Douglas fir internal braces which are now glued in during construction)*
To top it all off, I even throw in a set of the new soft urethane feet to replace the felt feet that originally came on the bottom of your pre-2017 Blumenstein Orca speakers - better controlling the transmission of the Orca speakers' mechanical vibrations into neighboring walls, furniture, audio components.
This makes a Blumenstein speaker that you already own even more of a hot rod - more "rubber meeting the road" in terms of additional in-room bass and full spectrum acoustic energy meeting the air from the improved damping materials.
Coral Acoustic Wave Breakers (and necessary mounting adhesive, not included) and The Floating Speaker Driver mounting hardware system help shape high-frequency resonances produced by the speakers.
--The D.I.Y. kit comes with installation instructions, telephone, and email support and almost all the parts you’ll need for the install. The rest are things that you’ll probably have around the house - namely, a screwdriver, solder iron, silicone adhesive, super glue.
Please note that the Terminal Plates are a separate (additional) upgrade.
If you use a pair of two (2) Blumenstein Subwoofers, then please add two (2) as the quantity to your shopping cart for the subwoofer upgrade service or kit.
with the passive subwoofer upgrade, you can then relocate the original Dayton SA25 subwoofer amp chassis outside the subwoofer which gets connected by its own speaker wires the same way that the new Benthic passive subs are hooked up.
You could then upgrade the sub amp of your prior active Blumenstein subwoofer to one of the new higher power Outboard Subwoofer Amplifiers, or you can also get just the wooden chassis for your dayton sub amplifier.
8" Thrasher upgrades
Now includes larger Coral Acoustic Wave Breakers and additional internal wiring to upgrade the internal wiring of the super tweeter. The sound of upgraded, well broken-in Thrashers with the DOF kit can be surprisingly good.
Cain & Cain speaker upgrades
I apprenticed with Terry and Leslie Cain of Cain & Cain audio between 2003-2018 and am carrying on their work via the depth of field kit for Cain & Cain Abby’s as well as working on new Cain & Cain models… stay tuned!
*Even if you have a pair of very early, rare, or custom Blumenstein speakers, I'll do my best to design a Depth of Field kit for the speakers that you already own. Just send me an email with a photo of your legacy Blumenstein speakers in their natural setting, and I'll send you a custom price quotation and guide you through the upgrade process.
I've got you taken care of.
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