Got outside early and just finished cutting all the parts. I tellya, that Ryobi tablesaw on wheels is the bomb! How can it be so accurate after several years of bumping up and down stairs and with the sliding table to get from 19 to 32"? I check every setting and everyone is just what the scale says it should be. Amazing!The A-C plywood I got from Lowes cut really well, too; I found no voids as I cut and the A side will be great for the NBL-backed veneer I'm going to use. About 1/2 the weight of MDF is also nice.
The B&C DE-250 is what I've got currently and it really is a better driver than any of the Altecs or JBLs I've tried in 1" format. Aside from the absolute faith I have in your designs, I finally went with indoor plumbing 'cause I've grown tired of room-dominating-sized speakers with wires and parts sticking out everywhere. After the XLHs, the quasi-Model 19s and the BatSpeakers these 18x26 boxes are gonna seem like bookshelf speakers.