Wow, phenomenal work! Those grill frames look great, almost OEM.Time to get back to my project. Took this week off to get'er done. Got the grill work done, again, thanks goes to @MATT0404 for providing me with some pics to get a visual on the front side of the grill box. As I've mentioned before, at this point I will seek an upholsterist (sp?) to do the Grill Cloth (I recognize my limitations). Stitching is required and best left to those who can do it better'n me. Mistakes, yes ... I've made a few. But it's been fun. Not completely done yet but close. After I get the grill cloth put on, I'll send the drivers to Richard to refresh them with some new domes. First, I'm going to enjoy these for a bit. When I get the Grill's done, I'll post finishing photos and do a Youtube highlighting them. I will also send the grill box for the center speaker to have that professionally covered as well. I did it myself ... and learned some things just have to be hired out.
I got the 1/4 x 1/4 steel rod from Home Depot. One rod covered one box. I had to add another bottom on the speakers to give me the room to mount the correct size wood trim. In my first attempt, I failed to remember I needed some distance for the Bottom Grill Support. Otherwise, the support would have covered part of the Woofer just above the trim. This caused me to have to strip down the paint on the speakers. I will be pulling out the Insulation in the boxes and replacing it with another "better" material. The insulation was from the L810's I started the project with. For humor, I included my work bench table top before I started and for reference, and just how cluttered it gets during the process.
Wow, phenomenal work! Those grill frames look great, almost OEM.
I think speaker building benefits best from carefully controlled beer intake. That being said, I keep none in the fridge while I'm in the power saw/router phase of any given speaker project in the summer. There is nothing better than uncontrolled beer guzzling when you're frying hot, unless you're in the middle of routing some speaker recesses.I'm impressed if your work is done by hand - I can't do squat without jigs and guides, including drilling holes in anything thicker than 3/8". Fortunately, neither of this summer's projects involve recessing anything.
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I changed my mind a time or three after that post, and the project DID involve some recessing. I did it in the morning, so beer was not a proper optionWell fella? ... did you finish and how did it turn out?
I would go back to a 5.1 system just to use these. Amazing.
I run a pair of bi-amped L1530s in stereo. When I ran 5.1, I added a pair of L300e for the rear, an L400 center and an SVS SB200 sub for the LFE. Unfortunately the settings on my older pre/pro were best utilized by the on-screen menu, which my TV didn't like.
Loved the way you mirror-imaged the surround speakers. ADS should have done that with their 700 and 800 series book shelf speakers.
Yes.Do you have the C-2000?
HOW Sweet it is. I've read posts where it can be done with other equipment, perhaps one day I'll give that a try?Yes.
Looking forward to it!Grill Fabric came in today. So, I'll be hunting for someone to do the stitch work and will get this finalized. Can't wait to post some vids featuring this wonderful sounding system.