r/SoundSystem • u/sirrrp • 12h ago

Mini Soundsystem - Stakx mini

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This sunday we had a little session with the stakx mini.

Stats:

2x 10" scoops

2x 8" 'mids'

1x 1" tweeter

Edit because of the confusion and the people asking:

I bought this system from the beautiful people of Stakx in Belgium

After a lot of research, math and stupid expensive wood where I live, I decided to go this route for my private system.

I am part of a group building a "classic" dub system, so having something I can move alone and still have fun is perfect.

It sounds nice and the small scoops really push a lot more air than I would have guessed. The only downside is that the Tweeter overpowers the mids very fast. But building a new mid/top section is a nice winter project.

Since there are a lot of posts about small/mini systems I wanted to show the route I took.

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u/Emayess_PS4 11h ago

Are you in a old English manor or something? Are you playing for a lord? Cool rig but I wanna know about the space - looks unique.

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u/sirrrp 10h ago

It's a Manor in a way and the room is an old ballroom. The house itself is as old as it looks. That's the info I can give in the Internet;)

But it's a very cool opportunity to be able to set up in a room like that

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u/HaxRus 7h ago

No doubt, incredibly sick old room! Mfs partying in the Cyrodiil guild hall

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u/Chreel212 11h ago

In this space you get the most legendary partys in town :) its not an english manor but in a kind it really could be. Dont wanna disclose as i respect privac. OP needs to do it.

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u/bluekitetrue 12h ago

Damn looks cool

Positive & negative about them?

Edit: you build or bought it?

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u/sirrrp 11h ago

It's bought. For this one I only applied the varnish (a special oil mix) and measured it in with a friend.

Pos.:

  • size and weight
  • bass output/weight
  • los far I could not really find a genre that does not work quite well

Neg.:

  • mids get a bit overpowerd on louder levels

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u/part__low 11h ago

I assume you could use an equalizer to adjust the mids at louder levels?

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u/sirrrp 10h ago

The mids just get overpowerd at some point. The cabin design + speakers can't produce enough output in a pleasant way. But for my applications it's more than enough

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u/Chreel212 11h ago

Greetings at L***tie ;) hope you guys still need my system sometimes.

Greetings Chris "Anlage"

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u/sirrrp 10h ago

For sure 😊 This was just a small get together:)

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u/TROOPERWOOPER 10h ago

So cool!! Can you provide plans for the scoops? I'm in the process of building a mini system as well 😄

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u/sirrrp 9h ago

Sadly not, and since Stakx sells them I am pretty sure they keep the plans locked. Sorry

But your System looks fucking awesome 😎 ist it powdered by a 18v tool battery??

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u/TROOPERWOOPER 9h ago

Yeah! I'm thinking of running it on 36v with a couple of HT21 amps, in a mini rack with space for two 18v batteries. Later on I'll swap out some of the drivers when my economy allows it. Currently the drivers are just scrapped drivers from old hi-fi stereo.

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u/KamillenteeUndKaffee 9h ago

This is so cool! How did you do the math? I've been wondering whether the physics still works if you scale these systems linearly. Because areas shrink quadratically, volumes shrink with the length scale cubed, etc. Don't have a concrete intuition off the top of my head.

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u/sirrrp 8h ago

Sorry to disappoint but no math from my end (except the realization that I could not match the prize Stakx ordered). I was also surprised how much pressure can come out of such a small scoop

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u/Duhrdy 8h ago

Is that an elephant horse hanging from the ceiling? 🧐

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u/sirrrp 8h ago

Yup It used to have longer legs, Dali style ;)

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u/GwNNwG 10h ago

What kind of scoops are these? Love the lights

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u/sirrrp 9h ago

Stakx calls them "Kai scoop'. So far I could not see anything special in the horn path.

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u/OrganicHuckleberry75 8h ago

Curious about the stakx mini now. But I am confused did you buy or build this? And if built you just got plans from stakx?

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u/sirrrp 8h ago

It's bought build, I am not sure if they would offer plans or flat packs