[charmerci]

In fact the speakers I am building now are the first I have not designed. I do not have the time (between family, work and society related obligations) to do detail design and I lost my copy of MLSSA and LEAP/LMS some 10 years ago anyway.

Don't sweat it. Just take a picture or two at each step and say a few words - or as many as you want. Don't kill yourself. Just for fun!

[navin]

Don't sweat it. Just take a picture or two at each step and say a few words - or as many as you want. Don't kill yourself. Just for fun!

Well the subwooferless RC4, it's matching center, and Tempesta Extreme will be veneered in the next few days. I did take a few shots of each for posterity. I'll post what I have. Speakers dont look nice under construction. They look nice only after being veneered and polished and if you ask my wife or her friends they all say my speakers are too big and ugly. There is little I can say when the country believes that Bose is the epitome of audio.

For the towers I have used 30mm MDF for the baffle and rear. MDF allows you to rout the basket frame. I will also add a 3-4mm thick rubbber gasket between the baffle and the basket of the drivers. This will be compensated by the thickness of the veneer (about 4mm).

For the center speaker (it is 48" wide, 16" tall and 4" deep at the top and 6" deep at the base) I have used 15mm ply as the depth of the speaker had to be kept under control. However the baffle was braced at 7" intervals to reduce flex. I dont work from drawings. I make a sketch then cut and make adjustments along the way. The center has a W12 Excel mid and NeoX 2.0 tweeter flanked by a pair of W18 Excel woofers.

[Bob in St. Louis]

There is little I can say when the country believes that Bose is the epitome of audio.

We understand. 

[navin]

Dude,

Take photos of each step and describe the whole process and post it all in The Lab circle!
http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?board=20.0

Guys I have posted my first pictures here.

http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=110639.msg1143112#msg1143112

Please forgive me if there are errors. I have never shared pictures in public before.

I put the description of each photo in the caption. Hope this helps.

[navin]

Yes indeed, I am.

I love OB speakers. Properly done (and there are many ways to do this) they are simply superb in the bass. The current applications however did not have the room OBs require.

[Bob in St. Louis]

I love OB speakers. Properly done (and there are many ways to do this) they are simply superb in the bass. The current applications however did not have the room OBs require.

I agree Navin, and I understand your scenario.

[yyz67]

Of the 250+ pairs of good, well reviewed speakers I've owned, perhaps a half-dozen models have really brought the music home to me unmolested. Pondering this as the outcome of 44 years of sorting has led me to the Tempestas as my last speaker for my main system.  For me, the size, price, beautiful cabinetry, and musical truthfulness put them in my first cabin.

Hi jonbee,

I'm in the hunt myself with Salk, Selah, Ascend, and maybe Vapor among them. Regarding "a half-dozen models have really brought the music home to me unmolested", do you mind posting this list?

Thanks!