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Just finished my Samba MT build. Very happy with the imaging and bass response. I think I had seen reviews complaining about the lack of bass, so I guess I have been missing out. My other two bookshelf speakers are Kef Reference 101 (re-capped) and Rega RS-1. I love them both, but I like these better.
Might be hard to tell from the pictures, but these are veneered. I have built and veneered other speakers in the past and this time I thought I'd try a water based stain. Unfortunately it turned out really blotchy and frankly ugly even though I used a wood conditioner so I just went ahead and painted them. I Like how they look, but would have rather seen more of the wood grain.
The only change from the plans is that I ordered mills resistors to replace the sand cast ones and ordered the circuit board and label off of ebay.
Might be hard to tell from the pictures, but these are veneered. I have built and veneered other speakers in the past and this time I thought I'd try a water based stain. Unfortunately it turned out really blotchy and frankly ugly even though I used a wood conditioner so I just went ahead and painted them. I Like how they look, but would have rather seen more of the wood grain.
The only change from the plans is that I ordered mills resistors to replace the sand cast ones and ordered the circuit board and label off of ebay.
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