How much did that cost you in parts and how long did it take to do all the work to cut / assemble and finish? and lastly…what would you do differently when you make custom speakers next time?
Not him, but my number one lesson learned is test the crossover if it is going somewhere not easily accessed. Number two is add like 5-10% to your estimated wiring measurements to make things easier to move if you need to do something without desoldering EVERYTHING. Note that this was also on a speaker with a 4’ baffle, ~15 crossover components and over 11’ of internal wiring.
beautiful work and nice listening room
one if my biggest regrets to not have the space for a listening room and build such beauts but hey got a BH S.E.X kit coming so i can at least do some tinkering there ^^
The kit itself was a bit under $4K, and I probably spent another $300 on materials and tools (glue, paint, veneer, finishing oil, sandpaper, clamps, etc.)
It took me around 2 months to do everything. The panels come pre cut, thank god, otherwise I don’t think I could have done it.
I don’t think I’d have anything major to do differently. I could avoid small mistakes in painting glueing and veneering. If I were thinking ahead I might have put threaded inserts in the base to add some kind of iso feet or spikes later. I could probably painted some of the parts before assembly which would have saved me from having to mask off with tape a lot.