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Kerry,Imagine yourself as a first-time speaker assembler. You've got a whole bunch of egg-crate foam pads that came with your kit - mostly they appear to be padding for kit components against shipping damage. Do you throw them away? [I'm not being facetious. Someone with zero experience won't know that the foam is supposed to be glued to the internal walls of the cabinets.] Hans has zero experience with kit speakers. He doesn't spend hours every week pouring over audiophile forums nor does he seek out 'how to' videos on YouTube. He had no idea why there were so many foam pads included in the kit - and there was no explanation. A few sentences explaining the importance of the foam sheets, and correct dimensions of the cut sheets would have saved me time and effort. I personally don't care for the triangular braces. I wasted time tapping them into correct place because I was worried they'd throw off the fit if one extended even a millimeter out of its correct placement. Do all four (per cabinet) braces face the same way? I knew the bottom braces faced the back (as in the photo) and guessed that the top braces faced the front. However, there was no explanation; no direction. Two sentences could have explained their correct orientation. Many kit speakers come with polyfil. This one did not, so I assumed that it's not needed(?).The different sized screws are intended for different drivers and the crossovers. What do you think of the idea of placing the smaller screws in one ziplock bag labeled "tweeter" and the longer screws in a second ziplock labeled "woofer"? [I've already forgotten which screws were used to secure the XO.]There were no instructions telling the novice how to assemble the input terminals. It's not immediately obvious to the novice. Could you include a couple sentences about how the speaker will sound better after 200+ hours of playing because the capacitors need time to burn in? This is all I can remember. The speakers sound very nice. They kick out more bass than I had anticipated. I enjoyed listening to them once they had burned in properly. I couldn't help but wonder what a 3-way speaker from you might sound like... Michael
Kerry,Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family! A couple requests... If you don't mind uploading the Klippel measurements of the SDX 10 and SDX 12, they would be terribly useful to illustrate the advantages of the XBL2 motor especially with regards to flatter BL product over Xmax, non varying inductance values, as well as lower IMD levels. All the Pro audio companies that I know of and do business with have their own Klippel analyzers and some will submit their drivers to be independently measured and tested by the likes of Vance Dickason (Voice Coil) or Josh Ricci (Databass). As such if you were to do the same, it would be a nice platform for diy'ers, OEMs and other hobbyists to have for objective comparisons. In addition, there are some of us who will happily accommodate 15 inch and larger drivers in our arsenal (for a multitude of objective reasons, as well as irrational ones ), therefore, as your company flourishes, please do consider these larger sized options. Thank you kindly,Anand.
Just last week, I paid for a pair of the new 25mm tweeters - an impulse buy for sure. Seems to me the first fifty pairs are being offered at a discount. Kerry suggested they may not ship until the end of October. Now I need to figure out what sort of speaker I'm going to build around these tweeters. {muses to self} Do I want two-way or three-way speakers? Just how much low-end do I want? How much $$$ am I willing to spend on midwoofers or mid-range drivers? Perhaps most importantly: How do I sneak them into the house without my wife killing me?
"Driver can go from 0 to ugly without warning."
