Announcement

**cwad8505** · 03-21-2011, 09:15 PM

Re: on Sale - $55/pr (drivers & XO)

XO's done... utililized all of the space I had available on the removable bottom. Shape is due to the inside of the enclosure having wedges so as to secure the bottom panel... The one on the right was my first go round.. Learned a bit for the second one (placement). Boxes will not be done until the weekend..and I won't even be here to assemble them!! (will be at wedding 300 miles away..ughh) Finished photos will have to wait till the beginning of next week...I'm a bit impatient.. if you couldn't already tell ..lol
Chris

Attached Files

**XtremeRevolution** · 03-22-2011, 04:47 PM

Re: on Sale - $55/pr (drivers & XO)

I finished the second one last night and had a listen to both. I couldn't believe the sound. These sounded better than the RM40T's I bought a while back, and those have a $1150 MSRP. The staging is excellent, and every detail is perfectly reproduced. Nothing short of spectacular. I kept forgetting that my sub was turned off. I ran a few bass tests tones through these and they can definitely play musically down to 32hz. My wife said these sound like my car in regard to bass output. I seriously had to check my receiver's settings 3 times to make sure my powered sub was off.

The details are very good, the response is very flat with no undesirable peaks, and they sound VERY large. The sound fills the room and with such elegance and accuracy that you really have to hear them to believe it.

My only gripe is that they're not very sensitive by nature so you have to crank up the volume to get them a bit louder, but that doens't bother me as they get PLENTY loud when you push them and have absolutely no distortion at high levels.

I so don't want to give these away. I'd rather scrap my entire Polk Audio Monitor 40 based home theater and use these two instead, but I built them for my father in law so I have to give them to him tonight. Can't wait to see the look on his face.

**JustinL42** · 03-22-2011, 09:43 PM

Re: on Sale - $55/pr (drivers & XO)

Sounds good extreme! Will set to work soon on the mtm for my dad. I brought the nano neos over to his house and even in his living room (ceiling goes all the way up to 2nd floor and the layout of the house is very open. Ie living room is effectively huge) they sounded fantastic. He is going to love the mtm version! Would love to see a finished pic of your pair in good lighting so I can appreciate the artwork on them.

JustinL42

**ericJ** · 03-22-2011, 10:09 PM

Re: on Sale - $55/pr (drivers & XO)

What are the negatives if I DON'T line the box with foam/padding/carpet pad/carpet/cat hair, etc...

I don't have a single thing around the house to line with and I really want to button the last panels up tonight.

Will this kill performance or affect anything??

**cwad8505** · 03-22-2011, 10:16 PM

Re: on Sale - $55/pr (drivers & XO)

Eric..Wouldn't you still have room to put, at minimum, some stuffing through the driver holes at a later time? I would think you may want to get the clear answer to this before you button these up (You are impatient... JUST LIKE ME! LOL). It would be such a shame to spend that amount of time on this project and not have them sound exactly as you want...
Good Luck bud.. Chris

**ericJ** · 03-22-2011, 10:25 PM

Re: on Sale - $55/pr (drivers & XO)

Yeah I guess I could do that but Chris R. just lined the inside of his with kangaback carpet. I think stuffing would act like increased volume and mess with enclosure size.

The wife won't let me cut her yoga mat into squares; what up with that?

You're right though, I don't want to skimp now after almost a month of work on these.

**JustinL42** · 03-22-2011, 10:25 PM

Re: on Sale - $55/pr (drivers & XO)

Mattress pad foam from wallyworld works and they have spray adhesive and open 24/7. I was going to experiment with adding a small amount of polyfil to mine however apparently I put the drivers in a little too soon and the gasket on the woofers has sealed to the paint and I haven't yet gotten the courage to pop them out. I'm afraid I'll screw up the paint. I will have to get them out eventually as my connections to the drivers weren't soldered yet but just bare wire wrapped around the terminals! So things sometimes become more permanent than you think they will!

JustinL42

**JustinL42** · 03-22-2011, 10:33 PM

Re: on Sale - $55/pr (drivers & XO)

I'm going to have to adjust the height of the mtm to fit where the nano neos sit in these pictures and increase the depth to make up for it... as long as volume stays the same it should be fine right?

This shows the ceiling height and the amount of hard surfaces/glass for sound to bounce off of in his living room. Any ideas for sound treatment in the room?

**Chris Roemer** · 03-22-2011, 10:50 PM