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Vented Usher 721 Build is Complete! with pics of course.
Today was a day that will go down in my book, as the day I decided I'll never want for a store bought speaker... ever again. A few nitty gritty details; 40"H x 9.5"W x 13"D. Vents are 2.75"D x 4.25" PE flares. (very nice pieces). These towers are rigged for bi-amping / bi-wiring... just because I can. ;-) Bottoms are stuffed with about 10 oz polyfill; four braces each with all panels either being dado or miter, a wad of polyfill behind each mid, and for now, these are covered with PE's Teak vinyl (which went very well btw).
Pictures of the build from day one:
The Grand Finale... *insert drum roll here*
As I'm sitting on my couch creating this post, I'm listening; being the noobi that I am, all I can say is that these sound incredible. My listening distance is about 13', no center or surround channels (yet)... sound stage is nice and wide, with vocals coming right out of screen (perhaps a little low, may need to tilt these back a smidge). Vented... low end on these is just plain brutal! I don't think I'll be in a rush to build a subwoofer anytime soon, even though I have the parts. Earlier in the evening I tinkered with Kungfu Panda, the end scene with the finger hold thingy actually rattled my pant leg, which is not a level of low end output I was expecting from these, even with the enclosure modeling flat down to 50'ish Hz, with F3 being around 40. I'm not sure how else to describe these, other than I'm utterly amazed.
For my first home speaker build, I don't think this could have gone any better. I've never been so anal about anything in my life, except for maybe my job, and that's a stretch!
I just want to thank you guys for being such a valuable resource; I've learned a lot over the last couple months... and still manage to know nothing.
Pictures of the build from day one:
The Grand Finale... *insert drum roll here*
As I'm sitting on my couch creating this post, I'm listening; being the noobi that I am, all I can say is that these sound incredible. My listening distance is about 13', no center or surround channels (yet)... sound stage is nice and wide, with vocals coming right out of screen (perhaps a little low, may need to tilt these back a smidge). Vented... low end on these is just plain brutal! I don't think I'll be in a rush to build a subwoofer anytime soon, even though I have the parts. Earlier in the evening I tinkered with Kungfu Panda, the end scene with the finger hold thingy actually rattled my pant leg, which is not a level of low end output I was expecting from these, even with the enclosure modeling flat down to 50'ish Hz, with F3 being around 40. I'm not sure how else to describe these, other than I'm utterly amazed.
For my first home speaker build, I don't think this could have gone any better. I've never been so anal about anything in my life, except for maybe my job, and that's a stretch!
I just want to thank you guys for being such a valuable resource; I've learned a lot over the last couple months... and still manage to know nothing.
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