Serious speakers?

zarrdoss

This made me laugh, should I sell my SDA's for a pair of these parts express bad boys? lol

http://cgi.ebay.com/PAIR-SERIOUS-SOUND-SPEAKERS-TOWER-SPEAKERS-NEW_W0QQitemZ370317832838QQcmdZViewItemQQptZSpeakers_Subwoofers?hash=item5638a9b286

Disc Jockey

Yes, and I'm gonna tell you why:

THE OWNER MANFACTURE WILL SET UP SPEEKERS

zarrdoss

Disc Jockey wrote: »

Yes, and I'm gonna tell you why:

THE OWNER MANFACTURE WILL SET UP SPEEKERS

Hopefully he will finish them first and add a few more speakers on top. How are you doing? how are those 2b's treating you?

Face

http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=300-702

Disc Jockey

zarrdoss wrote: »

Hopefully he will finish them first and add a few more speakers on top. How are you doing? how are those 2b's treating you?

I'm hangin' in there. The 2b's are sublime :cool: How's everything up your way?

zarrdoss

Disc Jockey wrote: »

I'm hangin' in there. The 2b's are sublime :cool: How's everything up your way?

Barely hanging in there myself. going to re-do the 2.3tl and 2.3tl x-overs sometime in the future.

Disc Jockey

Have you done the x-over mods before? You'll love the difference. I did the 2B's with the tl mod, well worth the time and coin. Thinking about spikes for them too, just haven't had much time lately.

BlueFox

Is that the tweeter on the top of the serious speaker?

zarrdoss

no I have repaired some old klipsch x-overs and replaced a few bad caps but sure I can pull it off just need the $$$$

zarrdoss

BlueFox wrote: »

Is that the tweeter on the top of the serious speaker?

it sure appears that way to me

JohnLocke88

all your speaker are belong to us.

madmax

How do speekers differ from spearkers?

rubin

Face wrote: »

http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=300-702

That's a laugh!!!

Jstas

Face wrote: »

http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=300-702

I KNEW it looked familiar!

I helped a friend build a set of those. But I don't remember putting anything on the top of the cabinets nor do I remember that recessed pocket on the back. If I didn't know better I'd swear that fool slot vented the cabinets that way.



BTW, if anybody wants a cheap set of DIY speakers to cut your teeth on in the DIY realm, that kit from Parts Express is good! The speakers and components are quite good for the price and if you take your time and put attention to detail in construction, they turn out spectacular!

We built his cabinets and I used an epoxy body filler to smooth and even out the surfaces. Then we painted it with a Dupli-Color "triple black" rattle can paint (don't think they make it anymore) and then covered them in a clear epoxy resin. Did 3 coats of resin, wet sanded between each and then finish sanded. Came out almost like piano black but a virtually indestructible finish. I tapped holes for rubber grommets to add speaker grills. We built frames out of cheap quarter round, painted flat black with mitered corners. Stretched, glued and stapled speaker grill cloth over them and then tapped holes for the grille stanchions on the frame.

My dad had 1" by 2" boards of maple sitting around from building a new kitchen table for my mom. So he glued a bunch of scraps together, joined and planed the resulting boards and made top and bottom end caps. We stained it with a deep red stain to match his decor. Worked out nice and looked as good as any speaker he could have bought at the store. Ended up costing him just under $350 total and a couple weekends worth of work.

cstmar01

Jstas wrote: »

I KNEW it looked familiar!

I helped a friend build a set of those. But I don't remember putting anything on the top of the cabinets nor do I remember that recessed pocket on the back. If I didn't know better I'd swear that fool slot vented the cabinets that way.



BTW, if anybody wants a cheap set of DIY speakers to cut your teeth on in the DIY realm, that kit from Parts Express is good! The speakers and components are quite good for the price and if you take your time and put attention to detail in construction, they turn out spectacular!

We built his cabinets and I used an epoxy body filler to smooth and even out the surfaces. Then we painted it with a Dupli-Color "triple black" rattle can paint (don't think they make it anymore) and then covered them in a clear epoxy resin. Did 3 coats of resin, wet sanded between each and then finish sanded. Came out almost like piano black but a virtually indestructible finish. I tapped holes for rubber grommets to add speaker grills. We built frames out of cheap quarter round, painted flat black with mitered corners. Stretched, glued and stapled speaker grill cloth over them and then tapped holes for the grille stanchions on the frame.

My dad had 1" by 2" boards of maple sitting around from building a new kitchen table for my mom. So he glued a bunch of scraps together, joined and planed the resulting boards and made top and bottom end caps. We stained it with a deep red stain to match his decor. Worked out nice and looked as good as any speaker he could have bought at the store. Ended up costing him just under $350 total and a couple weekends worth of work.

I've been thinking about picking one of these up to try them out. I was just worried the stuff wouldn't be that great of quailty but think I might try it out now.
Some of their other speaker builds are interesting such as the line source ones. The parts are like 3000 but some people say make great speakers, I just don't know if I would have the time or patient to ever sit and do that.

Jstas

cstmar01 wrote: »

I've been thinking about picking one of these up to try them out. I was just worried the stuff wouldn't be that great of quailty but think I might try it out now.
Some of their other speaker builds are interesting such as the line source ones. The parts are like 3000 but some people say make great speakers, I just don't know if I would have the time or patient to ever sit and do that.

Well, with any kit, test fit first and make sure things line up. We had to sand edges first to make sure joints were square enough to be sealed properly. That was also one of the reasons we covered it with epoxy filler and resin. It was just MDF and it's not really forgiving if you make a mistake but it's easy to finesse. So we made sure the cabinet was air tight and structurally solid. MDF is heavy, so is epoxy so they ended up being heavy but that kit above is a good solid base.

The other nice thing about DIY speakers is that you aren't limited to the drivers that came with it. You can change them out, swap crossover components and so one and so forth. They are a good learning tool, lots of fun to mess with and the end results are very rewarding. The hardest part about building them is the finish work. But like any pro can tell you finish work is 90% prep work. That makes the most difference. Take your time and be patient and it'll end up very nicely.

Lowell_M

madmax wrote: »

How do speekers differ from spearkers?

Spearker Cables = Fact
Speeker Cables = Fiction