Thanks John. The speakers look great. It's only when you get really close and touch the finish that you notice a bit of the rough spots and uneven shine. But, hey... for my first try, I couldn't be happier. Well, I will be once they are sounding as good as Andy McIntyre's. With Andy's help, we figured out I had made a mistake with the tweeter crossover. Basically, I had almost no tweeter sound. No wonder it sounded bad. I made a quick fix which improved the highs. But, not to the level of Andy's.
I'm going to redo the tweeter crossover and mount it in against the rear-wall. And see if I get the same level of sound as Andy's 1801's. Otherwise, I will be shipping them to Dave Ellis who has offered to fix them. That's what I call A+++ service.
Listening to Andy's 1801's with my AKSA 100 watt amps and his Grounded Grid preamp was strong confirmation of the fantastic sound that this system can produce. I'm looking forward to hearing a modified Foreplay pre-amp to see if it is as good as the Grounded Grid (which had Black Beauty ALPS pot, MIT caps that are supposed to be as good/better than the Audiocap Thetas, and FREDS diodes). I don't know if I'll be able to borrow a GK1. My TLP sounded much better through Andy's 1801s though not as good as the Grounded Grid (the Nirvana package may help). But, I had a terrible clicking/pop problem with the left channel - and only through the TLP.
What a journey this is... Heck, I have not watched one football game. Now, that's different.
Al
