I was lucky enough to audition the said units when Julian picked them, up at John's.

Physically the cabinets are beautiful. The choice of wood and stain give an incredibly rich look to say the least. The cabinet design is definitely appealing and would certainly add character to any "venue" which they are placed, much less a conversation piece.

The cabinets are very solid and and well built as I had seen them prior to full assembly and knowing John's compatibilities as a wood tradesman there would be no shortcuts as he prides himself in attention to detail and workmanship!

Using the H.K. as a amplifier the speakers sounded great.

They provided a good amount of midbass and upper end to the choice musical selections.

Good work John.


And Julian . . .Enjoy!

 

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Here is what I created for sub box.

The design is very very simple - 16.75 x 16.75 x 16.75 - with a crap load a internal bracing. I'm not as gifted as John but if the box does well and holds it together. I'll probably finish it with the leftover birds eye.

Sub of choice is a JBL GTi 15" MKI - thanks to MTT

I used a **** load of glue, brad nails, polyurethane and truck bed liner.

The baffle is 1" thick with a 1/2" counter sunk sub.

All the horizontal braces are cut on 45s and lock together with the vertical braces.

The vertical braces lock flush into the box corners by cutting 45's on the ends.

 

what material was used to isolate the components from the board in the crossover?

 

wood is a good enough insulator that you could use it as your circuit board as long as your good with point to point wiring on the backside, birdseye maple as a circuit board would be a first

 

John is correct. Nothing is isolating the parts from the base. Parts were point to point soldered when possible. Otherwise Cardas wire did the trick.

 

It may have been covered already but may I ask one thing John, how come you decided to angle the midrange and tweet upwards? I would have thought that when when you are sitting that down on a sofa or something along those lines that they would sort of play over your head or so to speak.

 

ya i was wondering the same thing

 

I can't answer for Fozzz, but I suspect it would be for time alignment.

 

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Correct. The acoustic centers have been alligned, so the angle or curve is needed.