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I chose to build the Stentorians because of their ability to be very dynamic during movies. The price for the drivers was great too. This was my first build in a long time. I built some when I was a teenager but they were nothing like this, Radio Shack speakers and no crossover.
I don't have a router so I started with front baffles from DIY Sound Group, thanks Erich. If you haven't ordered from him, he does great work. You just have to be a little patient to receive the items because he is a busy guy and this is just a hobby for him, not a business. The whole enclosure was made out of MDF except for some of the internal braces. According to Curt's write-up, these speaker perform best when they are raised off the floor about 8 inches so I just built that into the enclosure. There is an empty space at the bottom of the enclosure. I caulked all of the seems from the inside. Wood glue was added to all of the exposed MDF ends to seal them up. I probably won't do that again. Any places that it went on a little thick were a pain to sand.
Not everything lined up completely perfect, very close, but not perfect. I used wood filler and then sprayed it with a few coats of filler primer.
I painted them with the Rustoleum Hammered Black paint. I used about 9 cans which ended up being 3-4 coats.
I slowly built the crossovers and a few burns later...
Everything in the back is attached to the posts at the bottom.
I got them all wired up, stuffed, and drivers installed.
I fired them up and WOW these rock!!!
I have been re-watching a bunch of my movies. I am amazed by how much my Paradigms were distorting and I didn't really realize it. I finally have speakers that can keep up with my 2 RSS390HF's. At some point I will likely build the Sten II's for my wides and rear. That will stiff leave me with some spares NS6's.
Thank you Curt for this amazing design and thank you Erich for a great front baffle.
I don't have a router so I started with front baffles from DIY Sound Group, thanks Erich. If you haven't ordered from him, he does great work. You just have to be a little patient to receive the items because he is a busy guy and this is just a hobby for him, not a business. The whole enclosure was made out of MDF except for some of the internal braces. According to Curt's write-up, these speaker perform best when they are raised off the floor about 8 inches so I just built that into the enclosure. There is an empty space at the bottom of the enclosure. I caulked all of the seems from the inside. Wood glue was added to all of the exposed MDF ends to seal them up. I probably won't do that again. Any places that it went on a little thick were a pain to sand.
Not everything lined up completely perfect, very close, but not perfect. I used wood filler and then sprayed it with a few coats of filler primer.
I painted them with the Rustoleum Hammered Black paint. I used about 9 cans which ended up being 3-4 coats.
I slowly built the crossovers and a few burns later...
Everything in the back is attached to the posts at the bottom.
I got them all wired up, stuffed, and drivers installed.
I fired them up and WOW these rock!!!
I have been re-watching a bunch of my movies. I am amazed by how much my Paradigms were distorting and I didn't really realize it. I finally have speakers that can keep up with my 2 RSS390HF's. At some point I will likely build the Sten II's for my wides and rear. That will stiff leave me with some spares NS6's.Thank you Curt for this amazing design and thank you Erich for a great front baffle.
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