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Hi Folks, I finally got my "mistake" drivers mounted in boxes and hung on the wall. They are sort-of a 1 Pi corner thing. With the loudness turned on, they go suprisingly deep. Not chest thumping, but nice for moderate listening levels. I've posted several photos. I really like the "odd" wood I got from HD. I don't think I could have found veneer as nice without trying hard. The finish is two coats of Tried and True varnish oil and one of wax. Trim is walnut to match the 2 Pi's, center channel, and sub I made. The shelves were custom made for this project. Surround 1 Pi's What I get accomplish is leaving them uncovered. While see them as small, my wife thinks they are sort-of big, and aren't "done" until I get grills put on. Anyone know where I can get blonde grill cloth? The drivers were a mistake because when I ordered them, I had meant to order the smaller Fostex for the center and got these instead. I just kept them. Chris
I hate to follow up my own message just for corrections, but this was too bad to not fix. :^) What I can't get accomplished is leaving them uncovered. While I see them as small, my wife thinks they are sort-of big, and aren't "finished" until I get grills put on. Chris
Cool stuff Chris! I like how they take up virtually no room too - kinda hidden on the wall. Did you find the whizzer cone on the Fostex there to cause any audible problems with the tweeter such as comb filtering etc?
> Did you find the whizzer cone on the Fostex there to cause any audible problems with the tweeter such as comb filtering etc? I haven't had much listening time, but so far I can't tell. The Fostex do go up pretty high before rolling off, maybe 12K-14K. The sound stage seems really wide (imaging?), so maybe there's something, maybe not. I'll get more time on them over the next few days so I can post more impressions. Maybe I'll try out the Berhinger reference mic I bought and see if I can graph them. Chris
Those are cool looking speakers and I like your design. The Fostex units that I've heard sounded very nice, so I suspect you've got a great pair of speakers there.
I used the 168 sigmas in my center - you can see it here: http://home.earthlink.net/~hwatkins/id63.htm I cross mine over before the whizzer can do anything, but I really have been pleased at their mid woofer performance in my modified Heresy center channel.