It can never hurt.It is called going the extra mile.If you feel it is too much of a bother than your in the wrong hobby !Originally Posted by voice of the theater
Absolutely ! That's the carpenter in us.Better to be safe than sorry.It is much easier to do it now while your building than have to go back.
How bout using water and soap ? Can you use wax on the area to keep the water from penetrating the wood ?
I hate to disagree with you (because you've been incredibly generous with some top notch advice which helped me to re-cap both of my pairs of Model 19's and my Model 14's as well for example) but with all due respect, in this case--actually, doing a leak test before caulking IS going the extra mile. Remember, these are factory cabs we're talking about--"if I just caulked all the joints without doing a test first, I'd always wonder afterwards if I had actually fixed anything or not. Whereas if I test first, I'll know for sure if there were leaks that were sealed, and if so, I'd know that I may have to adjust the tuning of the factory cabs to compensate....." In other words, since these are factory cabs and I'm extremely happy with their current tuning, if I try to cut corners by not testing first, and just caulk every wood joint, I won't know afterwards if the cabinet's tuning has been changed by caulking the joints because I won't know if there were any leaks present that were sealed by caulking (which might mean that I need to consider doing some tuning adjustments/serious critical listening evaluations and/or measurements).... Wow, talk about a run-on-sentence..... I think you misunderstood my intentions (or I didn't make them clear)--there is no way I would cut corners regarding my Altecs--they are a high priority for me. I use one pair of Model 19's in my (in home) recording studio for recording/monitoring and I use the other pair of 19's in my rec room to playback mixes in a different environment/different acoustics (and of course to enjoy vinyl, CD's, DVD's digital cable, etc.). I use the Model 14's in my living room to further evaluate mixes to see what they sound like on a different pair of speakers (in a different room/different acoustics) and for general listening purposes/enjoyment as well...... If anything, the guys in my band accuse me of being too diligent--not of cutting corners. For example, after I mix a song/CD, to "test it out" I play it on both pair of 19's, the 14's, a small pair of speakers (two way with 10" woofers), a boom box, the car stereo, and even on my computer speakers. If the mix/song sounds good in all of those places, I feel like I've got a winner......It can never hurt.It is called going the extra mile.If you feel it is too much of a bother than your in the wrong hobby !
Being of "Sound" Mind
Agreed, wish the major players were so diligent as most CDs I've listened to in the last decade are was too forward/strident for HIFI/computer apps, though not so much for car audio. What little music I listen to these days is mostly on DVD since they are either movie soundtracks or mixed like one and use some old Sony headphones for computer.
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