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So here is my second build, the Overnight Sensations. These were built to Paul Carmody's specs which can be found at https://sites.google.com/site/undefi...ightsensations
Put the crossovers together using all stock parts listed on his page. I'm not great with tidy layouts so I ended up doing it exactly as Paul's diagram was written. In the future for reverse polarity designs I would switch the color hookup wire, but for some reason I felt it important to keep things the same and just remember to reverse the leads. Last time I used connectors but this time due to small terminals on the drivers I soldered right to the drivers.
For the cabs I decided against the typical black baffle, and also didn't want to mess with veneers. These are for my workshop so I saw no point in going crazy. What I ended up doing was staining the cab bodies with Minwax Jacobean stain, and the baffles I went with Minwax Early American. I thinned the Jacobean just slightly after conditioning to get a marbled effect with the grain. Ended up looking like a loaf of marbled rye in my opinion, so I'm pretty happy with the outcome. Most speakers I see go light on the cabs and dark on the baffles, but I thought it would look pretty nice with the opposite. Ended up using wipe on poly to seal, 9 coats as they are in a dusty dirty area.
Pics of the process are below.
Listening impressions - These things pack a punch. Very pleased with the output and clarity of sound. Most times I am using Pandora or Songza so its nice they don't need uber high quality files to sound nice. Powering with a vintage Kenwood Receiver, which is more than enough to drive these. Very very pleased.
Put the crossovers together using all stock parts listed on his page. I'm not great with tidy layouts so I ended up doing it exactly as Paul's diagram was written. In the future for reverse polarity designs I would switch the color hookup wire, but for some reason I felt it important to keep things the same and just remember to reverse the leads. Last time I used connectors but this time due to small terminals on the drivers I soldered right to the drivers.
For the cabs I decided against the typical black baffle, and also didn't want to mess with veneers. These are for my workshop so I saw no point in going crazy. What I ended up doing was staining the cab bodies with Minwax Jacobean stain, and the baffles I went with Minwax Early American. I thinned the Jacobean just slightly after conditioning to get a marbled effect with the grain. Ended up looking like a loaf of marbled rye in my opinion, so I'm pretty happy with the outcome. Most speakers I see go light on the cabs and dark on the baffles, but I thought it would look pretty nice with the opposite. Ended up using wipe on poly to seal, 9 coats as they are in a dusty dirty area.
Pics of the process are below.
Listening impressions - These things pack a punch. Very pleased with the output and clarity of sound. Most times I am using Pandora or Songza so its nice they don't need uber high quality files to sound nice. Powering with a vintage Kenwood Receiver, which is more than enough to drive these. Very very pleased.
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