Unity_Coupled Messages: 16 Registered: September 2023
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Gotcha. For now I mounted them with some #12 screws using a couple of washers to space them off the surface.
I was eager to make the speakers ready for listening using materials that I had on hand. It happened that I had exactly enough leftover R-13 to line the three sides of the enclosures, and I used R11 on the brace between the woofer and horn. I didn't have any white glue so I tacked the sheets in with staples.
The crossovers went in next. The holes were marked and pre-drilled after the cabinet was put together, which was only possible using a 90 deg drill because of limited clearance with the brace at the woofer midpoint. In hindsight it would have been better to drill the panel before assembly. Getting the nylon spacers to line up was a little fiddly...
Drivers installed...I've omitted the gaskets for now. I'm working off the assumption that the DNA-360 are the same polarity as the DE-250, but I'll know for sure once I measure @ crossover point.
The 2226 rests a little more proud above the motorboard than I would like, but it's too late to change at this point. The recess depth I went with is 1/2" however another 1/8 would've been about right. Not that 1/8 in. would make a difference, but I'm curious if the disparity in time alignment has a noticeable impact on imaging.
The assembled speakers are heavy and I had some help moving them from the shop into the house where they displaced my Forte IIs. I only had about five minutes to listen to them as we are hosting my brother's family with three small kids for a couple of weeks and they had already planned to watch a movie in the same room.
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