Hi,
I am very happy with my new speakers.
It was a long road to realize them, I am amazed I was able to finish
this project. I used 18mm birch plywood. During the build I changed my
mind and decided to glue the front panel (instead of bolts) and make a
removable back panel for the crossover. I sunk the terminals because I
only use banana plugs anyway, it also looks better this way (also safer
for transport). I treated them with osmo hardwax oil semi gloss, it
looks very good (the baffles did turn out with a little red tint, must
be because of the plywood). On the project I also learned a lot of
things (using silicon glue for the first time, routing, doing decent
solder joints, gluing wood instead of using screws...). They turned out
at a healthy 22kg/piece.
They have been playing for 40 hours, so not fully broken in yet. But
they sound amazing, very balanced, transparent. Great driver
integration. Vocals sound very clear. Good bass. The midrange-tweeter
transition is very smooth. Also easy to drive. The best speakers I have
ever heard till now. But they need good source material to deliver their
best (I use Tidal lossless streaming). Now I am looking to upgrade my
electronics, hopefully soon I will have an audio gd R2R dac+ hypex ncore
mono-blocks + allo usbridge streamer, these speakers deserve it. Now I
need to make some room treatment to improve my listening room acoustics.
Thanks for designing this great speaker and for answering my questions.
Best regards
Pieter from Belgium
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