CSM builders

CSM built by Murillo/Brazil

Hi Troels,
Thanks for all your help in my first DIY project, yes man, the speaker is really great, your design is outstanding. I did not replaced the R1011, I bypassed the R1051 and sound now as I expected. Yes you are right, the 'high-end' speakers sound a lot of treble because it sells, another thing I noticed is the climate, here I live in Brasil, it´s a hot country, this influence a lot with the sound, I can not explain, but I know it happens, when I listen to music in a controlled temperature hall, with a colder temperature with my air conditioner, the sound it´s a lot better, so maybe in Denmark these speakers sound very different them here in Brasil.
I will take nice pics of my speaker and send to you, of course you cn use them if you want. I will be glad if they seems at the same high quality as your projects, at least it was made with love and passion.
I´m using the speakers with my Fisher 500C, it´s very good, but I will use my Harman Kardon Citation II because it has more power and I think that will be more adequate to them. The rest of my set-up is a Harman Kardon Citation I preamp, MHZS CD33 tube cd player and a Empire 598 Troubador Turntable. At the near future I will make an upgrade to your Ekta Grande that I´m very impressed with, buy up for the moment let me be grateful for this beloved project you give to us. It´s from guy´s like you that the universe should have be full of, so we would have a better place.
If you someday wanna visit Brasil, we live in Fortaleza and would be a pleasure to have you as our guest.
Thanks for all.
Murillo R. Moreira
BRASIL

CSM built by Adelino

Hi Troels
Attached is a photo of my system. The silver amp was home-made almost 2 years ago (The stand was also home made). As for the speakers, amazing may be the right word, great sound with a deeper bass that I expected from what I've read about this driver and considering that the cabs are not tuned like they should and the driver is new. The XT25 really is a great driver, especially at this price. As I've told you I'm going to build new cabs, but that may take a while. I'll send photos when they're done. I'm going to share with you my idea for new cabs: Imagine something like the Guarneri where the stand is hollow. The look of a monitor with the volume of a floorstander. Something around 24 liters (like the Amish) may give a bass extension not expected from something that looks small. And I think the 8545 "ugly" look will go great with a leather front panel. What do you think? Now, if I can do it, is another story. Many thanks for everything. Best regards, Adelino

Hi Adelino. Thanks for taking time to respond to the kit#3. I'm pleased it seems to work out as intended and thanks asking about tweeter placement. It made me do the tests on tweeter placement - and the kits generally more versatile. The XT25TG is an easy driver and I have added the findings to the general CSM page: http://www.troelsgravesen.dk/CSM.htm
The "ugly" cones should look really excellent with leather as they did on the 1st generation Amati from Sonus Faber.