Snapmaker J1s Review & Feature Build

[@TomReinYT]

This channel is very underrated. As an audio engineer, I appreciate these videos. A 5 watt draw while playing music is crazy!

[@benwhittle7204]

I think I've said this before but worth mentioning again, you're both so freaking adorable together, and taking an interest in each other's work, such a keeper.

[@HexiBabe]

He really is a keeper ☺️

[@jakub9916]

Do you have any plans for a portable Bluetooth speaker, something like a jbl boombox? It would be great to see something like that.

[@dtibor5903]

JBLs do very heavy DSP, it is very hard to reproduce that sound without multiband EQ, compressor and limiter

[@yoctoflop]

I've had an idea for a while to build the loudest sub possible that you could mount to your back or fit in a backpack. This might reignite that project...

[@Delzra]

You're the only channel i've subscribed to that i actively change over to headphones for the audio (Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro 32Ohm). Impressive build as always! You never disappoint.

[@jakestanbro959]

Always one of my favorite channels to catch up on!!

[@findinghomieostasis4929]

Your channel is hands down my favorite ❤️

[@MumrikDK]

Those are some really dire first impressions of that printer. 900 bucks for all those problems.

[@Mixer_Driving_Nurse]

Sounds awesome to be such a small setup. Watched using my Raycon every day ear buds set to the balanced sound mode and it seemed as if I was in the room and there was a large well balanced sound system playing.

[@Patrick-xq3ln]

Ps5, minidsp flex 8, multiple entry horns, 2x tham12, 2x nearfield bp6 17hz. Love the unique design. Comforting to see someone more exprienced have trouble 3d printing too and its not just me. I would like to see either metamaterial absorbers or a tapped pipe quart wave resonator. Great work.

[@ChandlerWoodruff]

I always look forward to your videos. So far I have been able to resist the urge to build and buy everything you feature but one day I will crumble. I just come back to watch informative videos and learn. Keep doing what you are doing. I love the content.

[@bsyishay]

Cool Build, seems like the ultimate setup for a PC, Small, strong and badass sound

[@xaytana]

I almost want to see the same drivers, same passive radiator, and same sixth-order series-tuned bandpass box order, but with the drivers wired in series in an ideal enclosure size with the same power limitations. Just for a comparison that uses a physical build to display tradeoffs with driver loading configurations within the same setup parameters.

[@madlad_don2387]

I'm listening with 2 sets of the altech lancing ACS340 and a Proficent Protege FS10, got the altech set for free ar a yard sale and the Proficent at a thrift store for 20 bucks, the altech sets sound good but clip at high volumes but for a budget setup I love it

[@One_Guy]

Would love to see you build a custom fit box for a car in a tucked corner with some very weird angles and such using those 3d scanning tools and then using that to print the perfect fit enclosure for any vehicle :D . Love your Bandpass boxes! Had you plan and a local place build one. Hands down the best sounding sub i've ever had. Many thanks for all the hard work and effort you go through. these 3d printed builds are amazing!

[@jamesmazeika7428]

Love the projects you create and enjoy your videos. But I saw the bed having adhesion issues and saw you using alcohol. But I'm just suggesting maybe using a degreaser soap instead, I stopped using isopropyl and started just using degreaser and a soft brush to clean all my plates. But if the plate is just garbage then that wouldn't help anyway. You could hit the plate with the green scrubby on a sponge to rough it up a bit as well.

[@Gizmologist_]

PS95-8's are my favorite driver atm. I have them in ikea bowls on my desk right now. Im yet to print your dual 3" 'hexibox v.3' subwoofer enclosure to pair with them

[@BenHeien]

thats $100 in drivers for not much low end. id highly recommend going with the dual tang band w51138smf build that was posted right before this one. youll be able to play a lot lower and with a lot less distortion at higher volume. heck, the 6th order bandpass for the dayton classic 6.5" sub would do more for less. but if you have the money to spare, go for it! you WILL giggle the first time you hear it.

[@R4N6ER]

Your production quality is outstanding, been loving your stuff since the old forum days man. Keep up the great shit 👏

[@_Turbocat777]

Love your vids. I have been getting tired of the clutter of my 5.1 system and have been looking at going back to just a 2 channel setup. (separately, I also have an FLsun Q5 that I have not touched in a few years and need to get up the effort to clear out a clog and do some maintenance on.)

[@triffid0hunter]

Listening on Edifier R1800BT bookshelf speakers, which have a wicked bass reflex overdrive that I can barely tame with EQ settings but are otherwise wonderful computer speakers

[@dpscloud3324]

It pulling that little power yet it being that loud and 'thumpy' is impressive! Im curious how you would design some TV speakers/speaker system for your next project! Just something different and casual. Like trying to see how much you can pack into a sound bar design or multi channel setup with a bunch of small speakers.

[@joshbooth9772]

This is the last place I thought I would see a Murder By Death scene. Love that movie!

[@joshp8r]

cool stuff, I would be interested to see if a product like "bed weld" would help with your adhesion issues. ive had great luck with petg and PLA with it

[@psycodoood]

I have not had good experiences with PLA + textured steel sheet. I normally use textured sheets when printing PETG or TPU. For PLA I always use smooth sheets. For the "lifting" I always use a 5 to 10 mm brim, that helps a lot!

[@tommymohlen8919]

Always a great day when you drop a video!

[@JustinGrosz]

Very impressive build.

[@righteousbuilds3576]

Pretty impressive for such small drivers and low power usage.

[@warriordrum]

Your being too nice on this machine. It needs to be fully accountable to the whole build plate. I am sure these 3d printer tests get onorous, and time consuming!

[@subdynoman]

Always busting in at just the right time...ive been at the point where i need more motor force in smaller spaces, going to test the limits, so isobaric loading multiple subs may be my next go to choice. Fantastic vid! Always an inspiration, ill be listening in my rx8 🔊🙉

[@smiththers2]

ive had the designer series 8" dvc woofer for years and they are my main driver for my home theater. given how good they work for me, i can imagine that 6.5 passive sounded pretty good still. eventually id like to do a TL enclosure with a pair of the 8's and see what they can really do....

[@MartianGopnik]

1:05 to 1:30 - My guess is that there is a low spot in the centre of the bed (like most printers,) and you might have crushed some perfectly-good PLA. The double-benchies both stuck because neither of them printed on the low spot, and the black benchy printed because it had a large brim vs. no brim for the orange benchy. If this printer has mesh bed levelling, plz ignore.

[@mugslschlaengli5928]

With this little power draw it would make a fantastic battery powered bluetooth speaker....

[@hortonj63]

I have to say thats pretty dang cool. Isobaric loading, and only using 10-12w of power total it hits pretty well. I like the colors youve been using. I take it Sophie loves orange too? Still using my Sennheiser Momentum HD1 and Behringer UM2 over USB. nothing fancy yet.

[@martinm9877]

So many adhesion issues, I wonder why they didn't ship the machine with textured PEI as almost all manufacturers do.

[@NisAznMonk]

What slicer do you use? You’ve given me great motivation to try 3-D printing again. I’ve sucked at it for so long.

[@granbusken]

Really miss the old Hexibase, from the mdf box times..

[@flippy9133]

The stringing is probably because of wet filament, would try drying it.

[@joelturbobyrnes]

this channel makes want to get a 3d printer and try making some of the interior parts for my half a million kilometre R31 skyline resto mod

[@oldman1944]

Also, you can prototype metal parts in plastic, then have them metal 3d printed by PCBWay or similar in China.

[@joelturbobyrnes]

@@oldman1944 the interior parts are all plastic vinyl and cloth

[@madix124]

every video i watch i'm tempted to build a custom set of speakers. Currently listening through A set of Microlab M300BTs that I DSP'd using equaliserAPO to have a more neutral sound with a significant sub- and mid-bass boost

[@JasonWW2000]

Looking pretty slim there, Pete. 👍

[@gumbywwf83]

Am i hearing things or is there a tiny delay in that bass? You can hear the punch but the resonance is slower to the ear as the air transfers to the radator. Super cool concept, ive never seen this.

[@hypnotech83]

This was fun to watch Thanks Pete! 👍

[@BaddDukk]

Listening gear? At the moment, some older mid-level Skullcandy earbuds (the ones with the flat cables) straight off my Surface laptop. Not high tech but I'm listening to youtube... Nice little set there. Big fan of the TCP-115 drivers and the PS95s. I might give those satellites a print.

[@micromaster7069]

Hi Hexibase, could you try making a underseat subwoofer design with the Dayton Audio lw150? 🙏 I’m not getting lower than 45Hz

[@cma5603]

DT 990 pro, btw, I also got the passive KRK R6s on my desk. Very intersting build. Could be nice for a outdoors boombox replacement. How would you compare it to the 7th order bandpass?

[@trancextend]

I love your taste of music. 😊 Is that your production? If it is make more! I want to buy it.

[@McTroyd]

Getting that kind of excursion out of five watts on a passive radiator...! 😳 "...I will read when you least expect it..." 😆👍

[@chadconley9641]

I'm seeing a lot of filament in need of drying.

[@4shinigami]

Awesome stuff (Listening to you on KZ ZS12-PRO X"s through a FiiO K11 R2R DAC)

[@brian6029]

Please make something cool with the b2 mini sub.

[@loelmartinez868]

yes, would be nice seeing a blue tooth build with the 2" 4-Ohm B2 Audio Rampage RC2 Subwoofer. These things are tiny.

[@Deezalmech]

Have you played around with an enclosure for bone conduction headphones? Ive searched youtube, nothing comes up. Just thinking how cool a 3d printed headphone holder/slash bone conduction speaker would be.

[@magnushartmann1819]

What do I need apart from 2 Banana Clamps, cables, drivers and amp? Don’t I need a frequency separation filter?

[@psuu1]

Thanks for the great content! I'm listening on a pair of Bose Companion 20 desktop speakers that I picked from the trash, with an ever so slightly mismatched also trash picked power supply. I just have to use a LOT of imagination to experience your demo sections! :)

[@iAnders1000]

I offen lissen in the car, whit some EAD E60mkII and E130middbase drivers in a IB some brax ML1 tweters. And scanspeak subb. And its a realy nice space to lisen to all kinds of stuff.

[@reganmorben9248]

Thanks Pete!

[@KayoMichiels]

Auto bed leveling is something that any 3D printer should come with.. c'mon it's 2024! It's not 2012 anymore...

[@ImTreyParker]

What does wiring the woofers out of phase with one another do to the ohm load?

[@woldemortxyz7996]

How do you usually decide on port are and flare? In this instance that port is very small, but probably good enough for the designed low wattage, but how about high power applications, in thousands of watts, where port compression is inevitable?

[@Pascal.91]

Your skills and creativity would be interesting for a small project I’ve in mind but it’s beyond my skill level. I’m looking for small satellite speakers on my desk with ceiling facing drivers on top of it as Dolby Atmos reflective speakers. The difficulty part of it would be the sitting distance between speaker and desk chair in this office situation.

[@williamsmallwood8846]

So what amplifier would be the right one to use if that one’s discontinued? As well what side build plate will be needed. I’m still trying to use an A1 to make a speaker set one day with it

[@andrewfromphysics2921]

Brother, Sophie needs to be in every feature build. Would definitely enjoy a subjective review of the build from her like a wine taste tester.

[@uran23599]

i'm listening here with a pair of Canton Ergo 21 DC, with an old 12” woofer from a car (greak footrest:-) for low frequency reinforcement on a homemade amplifier. i actually prefer the kef q350, but they're just too deep for my office. so the kef's live in the bedroom.

[@avnut5517]

I could only dream of these builds 40 years ago. Very cool. I appreciate how you show all attempts and issues you encountered while printing. Thank you.

[@Eilaithen1]

Listening on beyerdynamic dt990s pros (dt990 editions) 250 ohm. Olympus 2 fiio dac (e10k). I also have focal celestees and a fiio ka11 dac for a portable setup. I want the new fiio k10 dac eventually to properly drive my beyers but the amp I have is great for the price.

[@frankthetankricard]

This printer seems to have everything that prevented me from getting into 3d printing for years. I started with a Bambu machine and while I don't have great things to say about the company the printer itself works great. I think any company not implementing the same quality of life features in their printers is going to disappear. If I had to level my bed and manually calibrate the printer between each print I'd be printing nothing. Same goes to hardware upgrades. My hobby is printing and not wrenching on printers. Anyway thanks for the models, I might just try them out.

[@BeefIngot]

I would bet many of the not good things you have to say about the company are based on misinformation

[@Works_Garage]

Still running my old Sony XM4 but with the active NC off or the Sony XM5 earbuds (not giveing a good bass response) otherwise good sounde.

[@williamtomkiel8215]

My 3 x THTLP's for a total of 65 cu. ft. love this, . . and your channel

[@aracon9721]

I'm looking for some new PC speaker system for a looong time. Could this be it?

[@thecatohitus]

i need a collab between HexiBase and EXOcontralto

[@BenHeien]

can you recommend a simple crossover for the ps-95s? thank you so much for doing these! i have squirted out a lot of stuff you released. The dcs165 6th order absolutely FUCKS, hard. I wear the backpack speaker while riding electric unicycle and was very surprised with the fidelity! is the dsp file available anywhere? I think the most amazing build by far has been the dozer. Its nuts that the port JUST fits with the cuts on the inner flare. My main complaint with the design is the insane amount of support material required. The only reasonable, good hearted, American thing to do is design a MTM "Double Dozer" with a tongue/groove assembly. Think of all the plastic youll save from going in the land fill... do it for the children. they need you. i need you.

[@markmalonson7531]

Luv it.

[@Frietpan]

my sub made lots of noises during the demo :)

[@djredhareaus38]

Will this print fit on a ender 3

[@linandy1]

It was fun video

[@dtibor5903]

Why the travel is soooo slow? seems like to be 100mm/s???? Setting speeds of 500-700mm/s can reduce by a lot all of that oozing. That is what i use for my Ender 3v2 and BBL A1 bedslingers.

[@juststuff5216]

And if or Bang & Olufsen got a hold of this, it'll cost you about $18,000

[@dougcox835]

That's what she said joke: "I'm just watching it wiggle".

[@gmodesike]

Prediction: Sophie's head will be shaved next video.

[@HexiBabe]

I promised my boss I wouldn't do it over the winter 🤣

[@gmodesike]

@HexiBabe 🤣

[@OffGridOverLander]

Sadly, most of this was Greek to me 😂 however, I think this sub would work great for my M939 military truck cab for some music while on the road or trail. 👍

[@BartSliggers]

Printed passive radiators would really be a game changer.😮😮😮

[@MrBiron1]

You can probably print a few of these just sell them for a few hundred dollars.... You have enough sub that a few few of use want to support your channel

[@theredstormer8078]

Seems like some crappy build plate finish to me.

[@kia1034]

Pls make a video with tpa3116d2 amp it's 4 ohm but it's very cheap

[@uran23599]

please don't do it, i would never buy an amplifier without a distortion factor. and a good power supply is just as important as the chip.

[@kia1034]

@uran23599 what model you get I want it to be customisable and cheap

[@zdog90210]

2 things, PLA will warp in an enclosed printer you need to leave the door open for PLA the petg can have the door closed, if you want to print with the door closed for sound you need an adhesive (not glue stick as it is not a glue rather it is a mold release if your prints stick too well, amazon has a few good ones like magigoo and prevlant t-80 they both work very well) and you never scuffed that new print surface, all of those types of build surfaces should first be cleaned with hot soapy water in the sink to get off the factory mold release and you need to scuff the surface with sandpaper or a kitchen scouring pad, those steps should be taken for all printers when you first unbox them. And iso does not work well enough to clean the bed if you are having adhesion problems.

[@zdog90210]

and it look like z-hop my be on in your settings, that should be disabled, and your first layer should be .32 for a mutiple of .04 and proper adhesion

[@ZoneKei]

Man you really get given the worst 3d printers lmao.

[@PapiRafa-eu4mb]

Could you do one that’d fill my trunk?

[@mattusapparatus5968]

B2 audio just came out with a 2" subwoofer, when's the build coming!? 😃

[@SilentShadow-ss5xp]

Smallest sub to be -3db @20hz?

[@speakerfreak0246]

i use a design verry slimmer for my home theater. works great as my amp is only 10w mine uses a old raptor 6 subwoofer and 12" passive rad is a 6th order parallel as i wanted to be able to smell the wooder should it start to burn .

[@hanswurstusbrachialus5213]

For the future: Clean PEI äquivalents with Acetone - the only thing that enhances the buildplates capabilities. Also its brutal how often you face severe problems with the machines you get. Never had issues with mine - or own build. Maybe they really send you just second choice ware xD Also im very little impressed with the out of box quality and looks of this very pricey snapmaker machine. I wonder how they can still keep their business alive with todays amount of competition.

[@TimoLahti]

The ladys work ergonomics at the desk are horrible. The display is way too high, you need to bend your neck backwards due to too high position of the display. But nice print tho, I ditched the Snapmaker 2 A350 from 3D printing part totally as I got frustated for the adhesion issues it had. Seems they've yet got a long way to go with print quality. Maybe some other print sheet manufacturer would make a decent PEI plate for the device..

[@JP-zd8hm]

Ultimately only the 6.5” driver is touching the air. How does this compare to a 6.5” in a simple sealed box the same overall (external) dimensions and using a DSP to shape it? With 100w class Ds readily available does the extra cost of the three “drivers” outweigh the amp, dsp and power?

[@75keg75]

Can you use interface only as Pva or pla? Rather than using all the support. If using Pva it is price, so worth a look at interface only in Pva or pla. (If using Petg. Also you can lift everything up and it will reduce pla and petg heat differential. I do this by adding a 5-10mm cylinder that 5-10mm lower than the model. Then you form Petg supports with pla interface. Sort of like a raft but not. I’ve noticed on some parts I do need to add in cylinders to hold my part down to bed as Petg doesn’t stick to pla nothing holding other than gravity and shrinkage can be an issue on long slender parts they lift then shift. Employ mouse ears or anchor blocks.. When you see the warp length from say a corner apply a mouse ear at least that distance. You may find you get lifting still so you often have to do a block of material (mass) with connectors to your part. It’s interesting to stop lifting. There must be a away of checking a model for ear page in the slice process. And adjust speeds etc to account for it. Ir external voids to cause a stress break , Or give suggest of anchor area. I’ll try post a video on ONE SOLID CUBE. to explain what I mean. I just did a 45 buck 40hrs print that failed as it warped. I should have killed it as soon as I saw the lift. But I have a Idea that I haven’t seen before which should work in round two. Fingers crossed it works. Can you do a video of software us pleibians can use to design stuff. You’re obviously a professional and acquired stuff over time but it would be handy to see if there is cheap or free tools that can be used to sort of come close to what your doing…. Thx

[@mabolzichjjl]

Bed adhesive, friend. It will dramatically reduce lifting and prints moving around

[@FatGuyBuilds]

seems like this printed isnt worth the money

[@TheLawlbreaker]

Do you have a Bluesky?

[@stevekarr4613]

The 3D printing is definitely not ready for prime time. I would loose my mind (at least what's left of it) attempting multiple multi hour prints, before success.

[@avelkm]

Bamboo lab printers just work. We have few at work printing almost 24/7, the guys operating them just send parts for printing and they are done. Print quality is amazing and they do no calibration whatsoever. Old Creality machines were constantly serviced, they were more in maintenance than printing.

[@ThisGuysUserName]

I made the mistake of buying a Snapmaker artisan. I've had it a year and it's been a nightmare. Horribly unreliable. It feels like snapmaker expects it's end users to be beta testers for unfinished and unpolished products.

[@solenskinerable]

how to simulate series tuned bp6 with passive radiators?

[@adamklosterman8960]

Hairspray. Just be done with it.