Brian,
I will be building a pair of these soon too for a friend (hopefully will be able to cut them out today). I also want to increase the baffle width to enable a ¾” round over (if I am careful I should be able to wrap both speakers with one 4’ X 8’ sheet of veneer). I had though about increasing the baffle to 9½” and leaving the depth the same (Saw in another post where someone increased the baffle and decreased the depth to compensate for the additional volume, but this caused a problem with the port not fitting.).
So what was your final baffle width? How did you compensate for the increased volume? To compensate for the additional volume I was thinking about modifying brace “B” by eliminating the holes, thus removing the space behind the tweeter/mid. This modification should bring the wider baffle cabinet’s volume closer to the original value. Does anyone see any issues with modification?
Thanks!