My A/V-3 (work in progress)

Hackenbeck · « **on:** 12 Apr 2014, 04:06 am »

Hi everybody,

Just wanted to share some pics with you. Here is my pair of A/V-3 in progress. Thank you Danny for the components and the canbinet plans!

Xavier

Hackenbeck · « **Reply #1 on:** 12 Apr 2014, 04:11 am »

Sorry about the side ways pics

(Never mind that, it seems to have fixed itself)

persisting1 · « **Reply #2 on:** 12 Apr 2014, 04:21 am »

Those are really going to turn out nice

Guy 13 · « **Reply #3 on:** 12 Apr 2014, 04:24 am »

Hi Xavier.
Nice work.
With a machine like that, it sure makes your building lots easier.
I like the idea of the curved sides.

Guy 13

Captainhemo · « **Reply #4 on:** 12 Apr 2014, 04:36 am »

Hey Xavier., good to see you're making some progress. They are looking great

Did you ever get a hold of Bob or find another source closer to you for the acousta stuff ?

-jay

Hackenbeck · « **Reply #5 on:** 12 Apr 2014, 05:06 am »

Quote from: Guy 13 on 12 Apr 2014, 04:24 am

Hi Xavier.
Nice work.
With a machine like that, it sure makes your building lots easier.
I like the idea of the curved sides.

Guy 13

I'm following a woodworking class and it's a machine we have in the school. I managed to fit the making of my speakers into one of my class projects. Indeed it's a lot easier, especially for the curves and the circles.

Quote from: Captainhemo on 12 Apr 2014, 04:36 am

Hey Xavier., good to see you're making some progress. They are looking great
Did you ever get a hold of Bob or find another source closer to you for the acousta stuff ?

-jay

No I decided to go with the DIY method and grabed some floor tiles and 1inch open cell foam from a fabric store. I'll try in my next project, see if I find a difference.

Xavier

Captainhemo · « **Reply #6 on:** 12 Apr 2014, 05:12 am »

Quote from: Hackenbeck on 12 Apr 2014, 05:06 am

No I decided to go with the DIY method and grabed some floor tiles and 1inch open cell foam from a fabric store. I'll try in my next project, see if I find a difference.

Xavier

I meant for the fill, not for the cabinet wall lining (no rez or DIY OCF/floor tile). You'll still need the fill in additon to the floor tile and OCF. You can get a 1lb bag of the acusta stuff from Bob for about $10 and it works great instead of the poly fil.

-jay

jeffh · « **Reply #7 on:** 12 Apr 2014, 01:53 pm »

Gorgeous! Can you share some detail on the curved sides? Any more pictures? How you did it? What material you used for the sides? How many layers?

Ron · « **Reply #8 on:** 12 Apr 2014, 01:54 pm »

I agree with Jay about using Acousta Stuff. Works great to help provide deeper, tighter bass and cleaner, smoother midrange performance. I used Acousta Stuff in my AV3 TL's as well as all the speakers I build. It's really a great product. BTW, your AV3 TL's look very nice. I really like the rounded front edges. What type of finish stain do you plan to use?

Ron

Ron · « **Reply #9 on:** 12 Apr 2014, 09:11 pm »

I meant to ask if you ordered the Sonicap upgrades for the crossovers?

Hackenbeck · « **Reply #10 on:** 12 Apr 2014, 11:48 pm »

I have contacted Bob about the Acusta stuff and he should be getting some within the week.

As for the curved sides, I made some curved braces with 3/4" mdf on which I glued/nailed perform (which is very flexible plywood). I put two 3/16" layers.

Ron, I did order the sonicaps for the crossovers, which I have just finished assembling today. As for the finish I'll probably leave the wood as is in terms of colour and simply apply a sealer and 2 or 3 layers of lacquer. FYI the veneer I used is mahogany and the rounded edges are in solid cherry.

I can't wait to put them to use!

Hackenbeck · « **Reply #11 on:** 15 Apr 2014, 10:27 pm »

Almost there!

Hackenbeck · « **Reply #12 on:** 17 Apr 2014, 11:24 am »

And here is the final product in it's natural habitat :

Nick77 · « **Reply #13 on:** 17 Apr 2014, 11:28 am »

Nice work!! Great look!!

Guy 13 · « **Reply #14 on:** 17 Apr 2014, 11:31 am »

Hi Hackenbeck.
Nice work you did and nice set up.
Simple and clean looking.
Is that a B&O turntable ?

Guy 13

Ron · « **Reply #15 on:** 17 Apr 2014, 12:08 pm »

Your AV-3 TL's look great !!! Excellent job. I'm sure they sound fantastic too.

Danny Richie · « **Reply #16 on:** 17 Apr 2014, 01:47 pm »

Looks really great!

Captainhemo · « **Reply #17 on:** 17 Apr 2014, 03:30 pm »

Very nice Xavier , great job

How do you like them so far ?

-jay

Hackenbeck · « **Reply #18 on:** 17 Apr 2014, 06:13 pm »

Guy, it's a Technics SL-L2 automatic turntable. Glad you all seem to like them! I think they sound great from the start, although I don't have the acousta stuff filling yet. I'm guessing the bass will get rounder after a few months. Thanks Danny for the great speakers!

bdp24 · « **Reply #19 on:** 19 Apr 2014, 05:48 am »

Just beautiful. A tip for the LP storage: If you have a small local record store that sells new LP's, in the cartons the records are shipped in will be a couple of 12" X 12" pieces of cardboard. Ask them if they wouldn't mind saving them for you to pick up once a week (shipments usually arrive on Monday, as new release day is Tuesday). Use the cardboard to fill the empty space in each section of your LP bookcase (until you buy more LP's, and fill them that way!). If left at too much of an angle for too long, LP's warp.