DIY Speaker Project PAD

Beautiful build. The choice of veneers and finishes look great.

Looking good Jeff! Sorry I didn't get back sooner, but I always try to leave some way to access the crossovers once they're all assembled. The main reason for this is in case something goes wrong. For instance, I learned when I built my first pair of speakers that hot glue all by itself doesn't hol...

The build is complete and I hooked it up to my HT system last night for a listen. Since, the intended use of this speaker is to watch movies and TV, it replaces the centre channel that came with my Sony HTIB. I started off listening with the sub turned way down so I could get an idea of what range c...

Before closing the back panel, I wanted to give it a listen to make sure I got it all right. Listened to Moby Play . Even with the back panel open it sounded nice. Better with the back on though. And once I got some stuffing in behind the woofers it sounded great. I ended up using all the stuffing t...

After about three or four coats of paint, the cabinet looked like this: IMG_1562.jpg It's not super smooth but I'm pretty happy with it. I glued the crossovers in with Gorilla glue, ran wires through the driver openings and soldered on the drivers then screwed them in. Once everything was in place, ...

Quick question. Most builds I've seen finish the cabinet first, then put the xo's in through the driver openings and mount the drivers last. Since the driver openings are so small on this project, I'm planning on mounting the drivers first with the back panel open, soldering everything together, the...

osd1 wrote:keep the pics coming. looks good so far. how do you plan on finishing it?

Yesterday, I painted the cabinet using Canyon Black spray paint with a satin finish. It looked pretty good. I'll post pics tonight hopefully.

Very impressive looking.

Day two-April 20, 2013 Began the cabinet build. Cut for 1/2" MDF per the instructions. I used a circular saw with the Kreg rip guide. It went pretty quick. I decided to use glue and screws for the butt joints on the sides top and bottom, but am only gluing the face on for aesthetic reasons. I a...

After putting together the crossovers, I was excited to get a first listen. I temporarily connected all the wires to the drivers and connected the centre channel output from my receiver. The made noise, which was a relief. I also could detect that the sounds appeared to be appropriate filtering to t...

I assembled the crossovers on Saturday. I had spent the week prior designing possible layouts while I was waiting for the package to arrive. Since I wasn't sure how big the components were my attempts were just exercises in deciphering schematics. My guess was that I was going to want to split board...

As posted above, I received the kit last Friday and was very pleased with how quickly it arrived and what I found in the box.

This is my build log for my first-ever speaker build. I've chosen the Overnight Sensation Centre Channel design by Paul Carmody and ordered from Meniscus. I decided on the OS CC because I have a decent Sony HTIB receiver but have been very disappointed in the supplied speakers. I mostly use the syst...