Snapmaker Artisan Review & Feature Build

[@TomReinYT]

This is one of the best channels I have discovered on KZbin - As an audio engineer myself, I really appreciate the attention to detail and quality over quantity approach to videos that you take on your channel. I have recommended this channel to numerous friends

[@MCubicle]

I like content that isn't even slightly dumbed down. Gimme all the math and jargon, plz

[@Chumesy]

This guy blows me away every time I watch one of his videos. Between his editing skills. His visual graphic skills, and obviously his ability to put together a comprehensive complete video. I almost wonder how much help this man is getting because he is making the rest of us look bad!! 🙄

[@MisterEE100]

I just wish hexi did more videos, but he does probably have a life outside of YT.

[@TomReinYT]

@@MisterEE100 Unfortunately good content does not seem to get views. I know people who can pull millions of views from mindless content - but when it comes to actual, quality, content like the one presented on HexiBase, the views drop to 50k. I'm not surprised if he does not prioritize KZbin due to this.

[@teh_sid]

I appreciate how much work goes into your views and I wish you could make more. Thank you for all the work you put into these. They're fantastic.

[@gabriell4031]

I printed the first set of speaker for my office at work with your dual 3" subs and people can't believe the sound that comes from them. Now I want to tackle making two of these. Best channel on KZbin hands down. Detail to the max.

[@keatoncreates]

I printed the v2 and modified for 4 inch sub from ali express, It keep up with my computer system speakers, with loooooads of headroom still. So freaking impressed, i kinda wanna do the dual reflex next but i just dont need it hahaha and can measure notes down to 32hz bit lower but drops off after that

[@triumphtigeradventures]

speakers are an amazing invention the way they work and watching you make talk about and building them is also amazing

[@Chumesy]

Once again, you have overdone yourself with this one. The value that you are bringing to this manufacturer and Audio Dynamics is second to none. I have purchased multiple products from both after watching your videos. You have given us the keys too have great sound and given us a glimpse into your brilliant mind for engineering and design. I am always astounded by the level your videos go to when describing features, and products that you are reviewing. Amazing. Hexibase! Thanks again for this one!

[@rrelectronics27]

Awesome build, you're really inspiring me to get back into 3d printing. I would love more content from your channel, but also understand how much work and times go into these videos. Thanks for making cool, quality audio content and good luck with whatever project you decide on next.

[@DevineDigital]

I love your entertainment setup with individual computer monitors and such! What a great video as well.

[@Akya2120]

You dont have to ask me to like or subscribe. Every time I see you've posted a video I watch it 👍

[@KaidoLP]

PETG Supports for PLA work very well, as does vice verca. PVA is increadably hydroscopic. To use the filament you need to dry it extensively before prionting and optimally print out of a drybox using a reverse bowden setup.

[@vinnycordeiro]

Not only that, PVA swell irreversibly when humid, which can cause a myriad of problems.

[@metonymic896]

hygroscopic, not hydroscopic

[@Ab20222]

Your designs are excellent, thanks for all your hard work. Looking forward to seeing your 12+” coaxial design.

[@MonkeyWithAWrench]

Just ordered the parts, we'll see how this prints on my big ass Mingda. I was actually just thinking about some speakers to replace my Polk T15 bookshelf speakers and this fits the bill nicely lol Edit: also thank you for uploading a single material version for us single extruder plebs

[@MonkeyWithAWrench]

UPDATE! I've got them printed and assembled with some use. They are interesting. They sound very, VERY good about 15 feet away, but with the horn loading they are extremely sensitive to position. Overall, it was worth it! The sound stage is phenomenal when you're in the "sweet spot" and are very crisp and clear. Excellent in the same setup he shows the testing being done in, but I would not recommend them when you're less than 5 feet away. I will say these things dig DEEP!

[@Havoc7991s]

Pete, your presentations are awesome. I really enjoy watching you make things and then the presentation. I have questions for you, but I think I'm going to surf your channel first to see what you all have. Thank you.

[@jayweb702]

These sound amazing on my Infinity Primus 362 towers along with the Infinity PS312 matching subwoofer!

[@reganmorben9248]

Cool project Pete! Fair review.

[@whatcouldgowrong7914]

I absolutely love my Artisan and Snapmakers support. The 3D print improvements with surface finish and smooth movements over the 2.0 were very impressive. I run Markforged filaments on mine now, worth trying! If you get that temperature issue again, remove the module behind the door and reseat it on the pins 🙂

[@djtriggerfinger]

another Banger!! Dude your the man!! I always look forward to your work. Today I am listening on my Hifiman HE-5XX with a Moondrop Dawn pro driving them in single ended connection.

[@cb2446]

This channel is amazing. Thanks for sharing the process and even the stls. This is so much work and you are very good at it. I will be building one of your speakers with my Bambulab and a friend of mine we are very interested in the results.

[@SongLyricsHD]

That was really well done as always! Really cool project!

[@smiththers2]

after having done just a few 24+ hour prints just on my ender 3, I have so much stress about a 100+ hour print failing anywhere near or after the halfway point...😮 But damn those enclosures look absolutely amazing!

[@DigitalConfusion1]

I have done 30 hour prints a few times on my Ender 3 v2 and I hold my breath. Generally makes it through but it makes me nervous! I have had some disspointments occasionally...

[@DuncanHopkins]

PETG and PLA don't stick to each other and can be used as support for the other easier than with PVA or PLA supports.

[@Damian_Is_Epic]

Been so excited for this

[@joao76120]

great job I would have loved if you made a box with the 3d printer for a Monacor RAPTOR-6

[@alexp1810]

You are living the dream. Very, very impressive.

[@noncog1]

We've missed you

[@MashApi]

Your production is so amazing. And impressive project also🎉

[@djornfevrier4799]

When are you going to make an enclosure with a 12inch or greater driver? I love your channel and have been following for years, I can't wait for a large scale enclosure

[@72Trainer]

Another impressive project !

[@TYKE-NO]

I love your setup. Optimized for life. Just think, in the future, a setup like yours won't be grounded by a foundation of your home , it will be a cockpit in your mothership, as you travel to galaxies far, far, away....

[@paultvedt5297]

I've had the best luck using PVA as an interlace layer between the PLA support and the PLA part.

[@CrinosAD]

Super nice design of the speakers, and impressive that the build finish without to much of a hassle. Even though, two week-ish of printing. .. Since you asked, I'm currently listening on a mix of some Crappy Logitech Z906 speaker setup, and a more suitable combo of Motu M4 and BeyerDynamics DT1990 Pro.

[@DS-pk4eh]

Wow, excellent video. Great, no fuss, direct real life presentation of what this device can do through a great project. Love the editing. I did skip part of the music demo as obviously, its hard to get what you were actually hearing. But I do trust your feedback. Thanks.

[@bringmeyourweak]

Pete looking fit!

[@gumbywwf83]

The woofer pressure made for a very very tight punch, would like to see that test again after a few weeks of run time once the low end loosens up a bit. Another great video thank you.

[@lap87]

An easy fix for the prime tower is to make it print in a star pattern with long opposing walls in the Y direction, Snapmaker should really reprimand whoever thought a tall 2-walled tube would be a good solution..

[@ohlosha]

goodness, I love you and this channel so much

[@speakersr-lyefaudio6830]

Same. Always watch whenever I get a notification

[@scottbe1]

Look mom!! Hexibase posted!

[@corygilbert5666]

I know it's a stretch, but it'd be awesome to send this pair for CheapAudioMan for review, he's tested a lot of near field speakers and I'd love to see what he thinks of these.

[@yesper82]

it looks fantastic. what is the size of the finished speaker? How big should my printer be able to print?

[@darrellpatenaude3825]

I am always hoping that you create a printable speaker enclosure that we can all print. And get speaker parts for, so we can print this sort of thing at home and create something. Having a Carbon x1, its not large enough.

[@klausnielsen1537]

I have a similar issue but i am considering printing it in pieces and then gluing them together 😊

[@bsyishay]

Wow, They sound amazing,. What about the other functionality of the machine?

[@msmith2961]

Dude, your 3d modelling game is excellent 👌

[@joshhaimes]

Would be interesting to send these to Erin's Audio for him to test and review

[@obiwan007]

I build these speakers in the last few days. On my Voron35 300 it was a bit tight - I split the top section off - which has the advantage of using MUCH less support structure. These sound astonishingly good - these cheap driver are not bad. Only in loud and low frequencies I get a bit of a snaring - probably because some cabling inside was a bit loose - I did no damping foam inside too. Scrwing in the electrongs board was a bit of a hazzle. Very tight space. No idea on how to do this better - it is a rather large board. I would prefer to have it screwed to the back of the speaker (where the tube is). Maybe in another design :) With the new modern slicers you could easily print this in multiple parts (they even provide you with the fitting connectors between parts). But for this. kind of "organic" designs it is difficult to go without supports. Would be very difficult to do with wood - at least without a CNC router :)

[@sw300-m1r]

Please, do it now with an 8-inch subwoofer🙏🙏🙏

[@AudioEuphoria080]

So how many 3d printers do you have lol

[@gigifrana940]

I would sell them 🤔 keep only the necessary ones😉 you can see that he doesn't have "Dexter's laboratory"

[@airstreamxtreme5838]

Clean the build plate first with something like dawn (dish soap) and then with mineral free water. I use this method with my artisan and the parts really stick! Also, consider buying the other nozzles sizes, it helps me a lot to keep the printing time low. But, great video!

[@jonjonr6]

just curious as to how you like that Dayton 4". This is the second project where you've used it, if I recall. My home theater makes use of 16 of them, coupled with 8 of the 2.5" extending range cone tweeters. I do have an idea for these drivers, which would incorporate an inwall enclosure for home theater applications instead of freeair inwall.

[@finnsk3]

I have a pair of edifier s3000 pros that I don't like, pretty much never use them and just use my Audeze LCD-X's with a schiit stack but HeliBase - Superpromt sounds really good through them. Thought I would try them for comparison.

[@hypnotech83]

Dammit Pete every time you do this my wallet wants to scream at you! Fantastic work as always! thank you for sharing! Another one of your prints added to the bucket wish list!

[@0525ohhwell]

I have to agree about the whole purge-tower thing. They SUCK for large builds. I can't believe they didn't add a simple purge scraper on one side with that tall of a gantry. Oh, I have never had good luck using the water soluble filament myself.

[@g.s.3389]

what was the resolution you used for printing? the quality seems really very good.

[@rwhipple73]

you could use PETG for support as PLA and PETG won't "stick" to each other.

[@lassediscovers1813]

Have you tried Dayton Audio DSP-LF? If so, would you recommend it? -Big Fan-

[@u9Nails]

That poor cursed Benchy! What fun it must have been to print black spaghetti. Glad at least 1 ship sailed on the build plate.

[@75keg75]

The prime towers seems to be causing issues for lots of people. Is the prime tower solid at the bottom? Maybe do a thick 5 layer base that tapers to the top. The prusa xl ones caused tada 3d printing no end of issues with her pug print. A couple others too. Have you seen 3d print bunny? She uses very thin cyclinders or boxes to form strands of filament to make her models just wondering if you created something that cross the prime tower (could cause a sliver conflict) so that they anchor the prime to the model or anchor to a hoop around the prime sort of like you did but with hardly any gap between so the prime tower can’t dance around… Further to the tower are you able to help with this? I’m looking for a desktop speaker model to print for my computer desk. Be nice to have something maybe 3”x6”x5” (wxhxd). The little resin print you did was cool size but not quite right sound. I guess Bluetooth would be good but not sure how the two speakers connect together. Wired is probably easier to do. I think I only have a 3.5mm outpost on motherboard (no soundcard). Be good if component were non Chinese as I don’t believe we should get nearly everything from a potential adversary - covid proved what could happen if the supplies were constrained (and that was even based on sanction or war time stance)…. Any ideas of way to do about?

[@feliperojas8527]

Man I'm curious what is the slider you use, those "robot arm" shots are what draws me into the video, really cool shots.

[@Traqr]

Out of curiosity, have you tried the QIDI X-MAX3 on your new, solid tables? I've got access to a BambuLabs P1S at my local library; they use a heavy, lockable wheeled cart because the printer doesn't have a permanent home and I've found I still have to tie it back to the bookshelf behind it if the print is taller than wide or the cart allows it to shake parts loose (at full speed, anyways). The input shaping doesn't try to damp oscillations at the frequency of the entire printer on a wiggly table. I suspect you're seeing constructive interference between your table and the input shaper, but obviously YMMV. When I get my printer (eventually) I intend to brace it to a wall at the level of the print head. Assuming it's CoreXY at least...

[@monkeyjustice]

This is a pretty sweet build. But I can say with confidence, that most people in the audio world are already sick of using that london grammar song as a demo song. 😂

[@djredhareaus38]

Do you have any designs that would fit an ender 3 V3 se

[@alonalgr660]

Thanks for the video! For printing PVA, you’ll need a solution to keep the filament dry during the print. Otherwise it will keep failing. Printing from a simple filament drier should work. The glitch you had mid print I guess is due to the temperature inside being too high, the electronics and power supply can’t handle very high temp. Usually prints aren’t this long so it’s not an issue, but if it’s a very long print you should leave the chamber door slightly open so the temp will stabilize on a lower value.

[@randomdamian]

15:15 I'm not sure about the angle of the speakers.

[@TheAceTroubleshooter]

I cant wait for you to get ahold of a Bambu lab m8 :X Or a Voron 2.4... CoreXY is such a game changer.. But Bambu labs polish is just... mwah

[@Raarrrinator]

I'm curious.. what media player do you use which has this fancy frequency visualizer?

[@JonScottSmith]

Did you print this in PLA, ABS, PETG? What type of filament is generally best for printed speakers?

[@SDS-1]

Very nice

[@molecularaudiocanada]

I've been paying attention to your channel and technology for several years, and I love what you have done. The purpose of these particular design parameters are rather similar to the primary considerations used in my designs. Specifically, minimizing standing waves. Heads up with respect, though. I'm close to officially announcing authentic next generation technology and performance. Molecular technology focused here. Cheers!

[@SeanQuinn4]

Bro the lil Jon yeyuh has me 💀

[@irkedoff]

Impressive

[@kppolok]

17:50 artist? Polish for sure. Namiary macie?

[@dempsej]

Maryla Rodowicz - Jest Cudnie

[@yin-fire3263]

If you were to sell those... How much would they be? 😅 They sound absolutely amazing for their size and (likely) low weight.

[@bshupejr]

Where can I procure your music?

[@laurahaaima1436]

The K1 Max could have given you the modern speed.. 3x or 6x as fast

[@slappomatthew]

how much time did dual filament add to the print?

[@RYTHMICRIOT]

I can't answer for him but I'm currently running a print with two filaments on a Bambu Lab P1S equipped with AMS. One filament is the primary filament and the second is a specialized support filament. Using two filaments increased my print time from 4.5 hrs to 11 hrs. There are 291 filament changes from start to finish.

[@slappomatthew]

@@RYTHMICRIOT spray paint is faster lol

[@theamzngq]

The "hexibase effect" strikes again and the Dayton audio parts are sold out! Will any 3k crossover do for these speakers? Any others that will be a good substitute?

[@brb2jndett254]

What headphones was she using

[@HexiBabe]

My go to headphones are a pair of Monoprice Retro's for closed back listening, or a pair of AKG Q701 for open back listening. For this video, I used the Meze Headphones. Cheers!

[@brb2jndett254]

@@HexiBabe there are so many head phone brands and models in each brand, makes me dizzy. I have a decent open back atm idk if I’ll go for another yet but did want a new close back and the retros look promising almost to good to be true probably why it’s sold out

[@HexiBabe]

@@brb2jndett254 Absolutely! I have recommended them to everyone I know who's looking for a replacement/ addition to their current set up. I took them on our last trip to AZ, wore them for 10 hours straight with little to no noticeable fatigue.

[@Damian_Is_Epic]

Epic

[@бобдилан-щ5э]

Pete, please, explain why such a huge waveguide coupling the front of the tweeter and even midbase driver... this is not an issue?

[@airwaveindehouse]

This is made for desktop. You sitting directly.

[@бобдилан-щ5э]

@@airwaveindehouse well, even if i sit there, tweeter is in such a long tunnel that it must be noticed by ear, isn't it? Moreover, since i hear those first reflections as well, won't they have a different shape? and break the soundstage?

[@noncog1]

​@@бобдилан-щ5э I believe it will be coupled still so no reflections

[@jamiethomas4079]

I think I been too harsh towards my modded ender 3 occasionally failing at large prints on the now 400mm bed. I will say nicer things to it.

[@rmcartaciano]

youre the best

[@hanswurstusbrachialus5213]

What an expensive peace of a slow machine this snapmaker is :D Nice speakers tho.

[@BigE1201]

Thank you

[@74midwestbass74]

👍👍

[@Elmojomo]

Is it just me, or is that printer a piece of junk? So many issues.... On the other hand, those Dozer speakers are sick. I'd love to build a pair, but there's no way I'm investing 2 weeks of print time, let alone the $ cost. lol

[@MrMen98989]

Hi there! i love your videos, but i was curious, would you be able to do a HexiSpareWheel with that 3inch driver? just curious.

[@erikryberg4643]

Has anybody else printed this successfully ?

[@DRXxUziixX95]

What are your thoughts on a 6th order parallel bandpass with isobaric loading and passive radiators to minimise size

[@jeffkahlig7942]

I would love to make these speakers, but I don’t have a printer with a large print bed. Is there a way I can cut the job into smaller tongue and groove pieces to print on a Prusa Mk 3?

[@JasonsLabVideos]

You didn't use off the shelf pre-made crossovers for some nice speakers did you ?

[@Rino_g11]

can this speaker be made like in the vidio from DIY perks speaker build modern. that you print thin wals and fil it white some sort of hardening material so its print is fasten and sounds better

[@KaminKevCrew]

Wait… At the end of this video you said “This machine is beyond reproach”, and yet in this very same video, the machine froze with one of the extruders apparently at over 500C!? That’s planets apart from being beyond reproach. That’s a machine that could easily burn your house/shop down if left unattended. Any machine that doesn’t have proper runaway temperature control is not worth purchasing unless you know enough to be able to enable it and actually do. That’s a HUGE failure on the part of Snap Maker, and that failure alone should have been enough for this machine to earn a “do not buy”.

[@RobertBoyden]

I have a question , would you make me a 3d design for a Audio Mobile Encore 4415 for under the back seat of a jeep gladiator ?Maybe even two? I have not found any parameters for these but the manufacturer says that it's designed for a sealed box using only 1.25 cubic ft.

[@romarysonrier7931]

Hello i would like to give a try to this amazing design by printing with only 1 perimeter (widht=0.8mm) + filling with epoxy the wall to increase stiffness + weight of the speaker, plus make it kind of splashproff for outdoor usage. Do you have recomendation ? good idea for you ? how to protect tweater and boomer from humidity/water splash ?

[@readdaily5680]

Will you do a CAD design tutorial?

[@KDeN2010]

провал басса очень сильный

[@666nacirema666]

consider using gyroid infill as that can be later filled with epoxy or resin or concrete or expanding foam. Just have to cut a square of skin off and pour in there. I often design with this in mind.

[@crazytrutas]

Could these be scaled down?

[@JonathanDFielding]

I can speak for the amazing sounds of the JL Audio HO110. And it's never brother the 10W7 in their sealed box

[@geauxracerx]

A thin layer of hairspray would likely end all those toppling purge tower issues.

[@ryansemplexyz]

Interesting design, but the off axis (and lets be honest, on axis) frequency response are decimated by recessing the drivers rather than surface mounting. The tweeter loading is also not ideal.

[@BooBar2521]

You Stil don't want to share how you calculate this enclosures right?