Finished Cabinets

**nikki1** · December 21st, 2010, 07:50 AM

Yes they are 511B horns with 806 drivers.

Cranked 'em up and they sound terrific. I hear things in some of my fav cd's I never did before. My wife's hearing is much better than mine for HF's , and she said to me "do you here the little bells?" No I don't. So there's a threshhold beyond which fiddling with them is pointless for me. Old ears and too much turbine whine for too many years.

I am not a super critical audiophile and frankly if I go to a store and listen to various speakers i have a hard time distinguishing between the " top end" systems. So it's hard for me to tell if I'm getting "all there is" out of these things. I may very well have over insulated the LF cabs as the bass sounds a bit muffled-not sharp with a definite "whack". I'm going to experiment with removing some insulation on one of them starting with the fronts to see if it makes a diff. If that helps then I'll try removing the insul on the bottoms.

**gearfreak** · December 21st, 2010, 10:58 PM

Congratulations on the completion. Good job on matching the decor.

Can't tell that it's there for certain, but if removing you may want to start with that which is around the port as IIRC, it has been posted here that one would be best to leave the surface(/s) closest to a port, free from the damping material.

**nikki1** · December 22nd, 2010, 09:58 AM

I removed the stuff from the front and it helped some. Then took out what was on the bottom. Big difference. Where before it was sort of "muddy" and weak the bass is now strong and defined with more authority. Going to leave them as they are.

**RonSSS** · December 22nd, 2010, 12:55 PM

Keep fiddling with them. You will get it correct.
Beautiful job on the cabs BTW.
I believe Model 19 crossovers, or N1201-8A's would be a nice improvement. Too bad these seem to have gotten popular and gone way up in price.
Search the site and see if you might want to build your own.

BTW...I'm 55 and can't hear the extreem HF at low volumes either. So just crank em up!

Ron

**ricohman** · December 23rd, 2010, 10:51 AM

Beautiful!

**nikki1** · December 23rd, 2010, 04:40 PM

Hey thanks Rico ! When I was younger I used to build furniture and cabinets (kitchen) for my therapy so I have a bit of a background in the area.

**valhallax** · December 23rd, 2010, 08:55 PM

lee...
and some modeling clay for the horn bells. it deadens the ring

**nikki1** · December 23rd, 2010, 10:37 PM

Haven't noticed the notorious "ring" in the horns but I don't hear alot birds anymore either so maybe it's moot. But it's worth a shot. So where would I place the clay? I would think in the centers of the flares and webs as opposed to the corners would deaden any vibes the best.