Hello again from
Colorado Troels,
Well, I finally completed my build of
your Discovery 861 speakers. Could not be happier with the design and
sound, not to mention this is my first attempt at assembling a speaker.
Thank you for the awesome design! Such a great journey. These speakers
are way beyond better than anything I have ever owned.
The boxes are made of walnut veneer
plywood and the front baffle is solid walnut- wenge - purple heart - and
curly maple. I also doubled the thickness of the baffle for the mid and
woofer by using mdf with wenge edges. Finished with six coats of wiped
on clear satin polyurethane, thinned with mineral spirits. Because
bitumen sheet is a bit of a pain to find here in the US, I experimented,
and made a constraining / mass layer composed of thick vinyl floor tile
glued to the interior walls with a flexible urethane sealant. Don't know
what effect it made, but I am happy nonetheless.
Thanks for all of your communications.
Hope to build another one of your designs someday. I am hooked.
Best,
Greg
PS - sorry to bombard you with so many
pics, but I love photo documenting stuff like this. Can't tell you how
many hours I have spent looking at all of your designs and
constructions!
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