QIDI X-MAX3 Review & Feature Build

in today's video oh okay I 3D print a travel speaker and just to see how it does in practice I take it cross country to the southernmost part of [Music] Arizona this is the okay hang on just one second they're not usually this big this is is the xmax 3 from cheaty tech and as it happens also my first core XY 3D printer which essentially boils down to the build plate moving on the Z rather than the y- AIS the fully assembled machine comes nestled in foam and bubble wrap there is a 5-in touchscreen running Clipper with a 64-bit cortex processor behind the scenes upon power up I was advised to perform a firmware update followed by old initial calibration bed leveling belt tensioning and input shaping afterwards to to put it all to the test the machine comes preloaded with the 3D Beni sliced to complete in 17 minutes at the machine's advertised 600 mm per second print speed this however is where the review almost didn't happen as you can see the print head is made to move so abruptly that it slips causing the layers to shift and once you reach out for assistance you enter an endless loop of being asked to re-update the firmware recheck the belts rerun the input shaping and extrude some more gen Z Art for which the solution invariably end ends up being to re-update the firmware recheck the belts you get the idea this is a $1,000 machine and I'm not pitching this kind of an experience to anyone in fact I said as much to the marketing people who have since gone quiet so why am I still showing this mainly to give credit where it's due and while this specific machine Buckles at the advertised speeds if you just slowed the down a little the the quality of prints coming off of it is amazing better in fact than any other fdm type printer I've reviewed to date and with a 325x 325 mm build surface it has since become my goto machine for consistently high quality prints so let's discuss the feature build right away Sophie and I are flying out to a family wedding and since weddings are basically funerals with cake I want to keep myself entertained While others do boring things so here's the backpack I'll be taking my laptop a change of clothes still some room left and since the last travel video I've been thinking about how well the edifier speakers Did once I grew tired of wearing headphones in the end we just wanted a room full of Rich sound it didn't even have to be in Stereo so now I'd like a tailored form of that experience straight out of my carryon conveniently enough I've had one of these 5 and a/4 in subs from Tang band over here collecting dust and I was able to arrange the available space into a base reflex with a deeply extended base shelf which I intend to re Elevate for equal loudness with a DSP filter this will limit the system's ability to get very loud which I don't mind at all I'm not hosting a party but it will also allow for a solid respectable volume near field performance down to 30 HZ flat which to me is a far more value in any real world travel scenario some protective grills for the 3-in side firing drivers and that should just about do it for our weekend trip the machine lays down a very tidy first layer 40% gyroid infill and four parameters all the way around everything looked spectacular until it came time to load more filament however as the runout detector tripped the machine simply paused lowering the tray with no option to advance or unload the remaining filament I did eventually manage to resume the print remotely but not before the BL sensor attempted to rehome the z-axis inadvertently resuming a full centimeter above where it stopped so here we go again this time with a 20% gyroid infill and two perimeters all the way around which should come in at just under a spool thereby avoiding any mid-print runouts mind you this is a serious limitation but given the consistency of quality I'm willing to bear with it in the short run so as was at this point quite expected the machine did a stellar job on a half shell and even at a fraction of its advertised speed it was done in under a day no lifting no warping just a well executed print and with an filament left over to do the grills can't say I like the look of those 45° overhangs so here's a reprint with a model flipped just to see how the sports come out and everything appears to be in order a change of filament for the other half of the enclosure and once again the machine cranks it out like a champ these are some very nice prints however as a test of the dimensional accuracy let's see how well this pressfit color holds the sub just on its own and it's bang on perfect so this is where I JB welded into place with a actually I'm being nudged to Swit switch spots so this is where Sophie JB webs it into place with the epoxy covering the entire pressfit region this makes for a far stronger Bond than any for screws digging into the pla even with threaded inserts especially in this recessed rear mounted Arrangement next we'll tend to the electronics and here I've gone with this four Channel amplifier board from dayon audio complete with a DSP programmer essentially the same Hardware as the kind used in an earlier project anyhow before the two halves come together for good a temporary set of extension leads is threaded through and the amp is configured with some initial crossover points a bit of blue tack for an impromptu seal followed by a nearfield RTA session first of the sub and then of the two 3-in dat audio drivers with very little being needed in the way of the SP correction so after a bit of tuning and the enclosure coming back apart the cables are wrapped in some closed cell foam the speaker leads are fitted into the connectors and everything is wired back up this time with the amplifier Seated on the risers inside the half shell here's some footage of selfie applying the final seal and before you get a chance to ask the reason I'm not using any internal batteries is simply because throughout the entirety of the trip I don't anticipate any circumstance where a room full of sound would be in order at the same time as there isn't a ready source of power anyway here we have the two halves come together and the following day after a bit of acoustic stuffing the 3-in dayon drivers settle into the sealed Chambers the grills snap in but I'm still inclined to apply some blue tack just to keep the from rattling at volume and there it is full sound out of a travel size backpack now we simply appli the destination venue's power and Link via Bluetooth finally here comes Sophie all set to give it the initial run through so let's listen [Music] in [Music] oo that that's a good little zumie [Music] definitely nice doesn't really have much of a left to right when it comes to the sound STI itself it's very much pointed this direction more or less yeah it sounds good though like right here everything sounds nice I can hear just bet [Music] everything oh wow that actually held out O Okay down to about 30 HZ yeah you can't really feel it as much as you can with just but anything else but if you get your hands out on the table oh yeah table mhm got a good Buzz to it thump yeah wow it's actually holding on to those too it's not it's not dropping out at all I was honestly expecting it to chop at least a little bit but I know [Music] better that's just impressive space sweeps and it's holding pretty well with the midtones [Music] too okay yeah yeah not all the way down where it goes but definitely holding on to it and that's a 4 in speaker 5 and a quart 5 and a qu I was off by a little [Music] bit my stat [Music] stand God that so good needless to say I would have preferred the 40% infill version but as far as backpacks are concerned I've never heard one better and that's good enough so now for the ultimate field test we begin with the luggage bouncing around the back of the car as we headed into St Lis to catch an early morning flight and yes this is literally all that I'm bringing a small bag of mostly speaker so here we are at the Lambert International Airport and right away let's see how this entire stick flies with the TSA as it turns out not a problem if anything I am set at ease to know that they can tell the difference between a 3D printed box full of speakers and something that should be of concern so onto the flying sausage and here I made sure to give the bag a fittingly careless treatment an early morning takeoff and for my inflight entertainment I've gone with a set of the MZ lyrics ran balanced off of the surfin F28 music player with about half a terabyte of lossless audio Sophie had gone with the monor price Retros powered by the ear Studio es 100 Mark I 3 hours later a touchdown in Phoenix followed by a car ride over to the venue stopping only to inhale some cornea sa fries at Filiberto's the remaining leg of the journey took us down to Douglas where we booked a room over at the gadston literally a block away from the event and as it happens also a few more blocks from the US Mexico border a nice place if you should happen to find yourself there you can get a room with a hot tub there's even a downstairs Cafe Bar and restaurant strictly speaking I'll be more than okay for the next 24 hours so let's get to setting up right away I plug in the power cord and okay we're set up I can even fold this bit under to serve as a woofer Grill next I was curious to see if the DAP will recognize the Bluetooth chipset on the Dayton audio board inside the enclosure and it does though I'm still going to switch over to the laptop just because I can plug that in as well and not have to worry about draining batteries nevertheless here's a brief demo of what the backpack sounds like around the room competing with two wall mount air conditioners [Music] yeah5 [Music] all right put in another [Music] one pretty sure we're vibrating something in here so dial it down just a [Music] p all right another [Music] one all right another one back 65 yeah spting out mhm [Music] so yeah if the task cam recorder does it any justice the enclosure sounds considerably larger than any travel speaker I've heard to date and thus the entire time that Sophie spent mingling with the folks I spent enjoying a massive library of Music on the best Bluetooth speaker I've built to date pausing only for a lovely assortment of meals at the downstairs restaurant and of course giving Sophia a chance to get some listening as well what's more with the base extending down to 30 HZ the backpack also L it self to a near cinematic delivery of the shows that we brought to watch so between Sophie getting to see her sister get married and me not being bored to tears I would consider this an all around success which also means that it's time to disappear so once again under the cover of dark we made our way back to catch another red once again no problems getting through the TSA and I made sure to KCK the luggage a few more times another early morning takeoff and right into the heavy clouds over St Louis for a misty touchdown then right back down to the overnight parking and there is the car all set for the final leg of the trip passing back by the arch now covered by the clouds we were just above and it wasn't until the following day that I got to unpacking first removing the protective laptop layer followed by the protective shirt layer then the bag goes nope then I go yeah and here is the star of the show all set for an after action review in this case involving a thorough look around for any sorts of impact damage cracks dents layer separation pieces breaking away from the grills seems coming apart that sort of thing and I was happy to find none of it this dual layer 20% infill print loaded with nearly 4 lb worth of drivers and electronics has gotten thrown around all the way to Arizona and back showing literally zero signs of wear this thing is ready to go again by the way if you'd like to whip one out for yourself I made the files available on printables links down below and by all means feel free to stick it full of batteries though your experience with the TSA may vary accordingly so yeah this is how I spent a weekend in Douglas Arizona as a way to establish whether or not a 3D printer is worth a that makes sense though it is worth a perhaps not as a 600 mm perss Speed Racer but certainly a very respectable 3 to 400 MM pers second machine that is capable of some very high quality and as it also turns out very durable prints as for everything else I'm sure it's just a matter of more firmware updates so I'll leave it there and thank you all for watching be sure to chime in with your two cents about the demos and your choice of listening gear for the occasion don't forget to rate the videos you see fit subscribe if you're so inclined and I'll see you in the next one cheers

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Length: 15min 28sec (928 seconds)

Published: Mon Nov 13 2023