Cherry 2641 Pics

Brian Bunge · « **on:** 26 Nov 2005, 12:03 am »

I thought I'd share some pics of some Cherry 2641 cabinets I built for a customer.

Voodoo Rufus · « **Reply #1 on:** 26 Nov 2005, 02:28 am »

Those are looking real good, especially with those nice rounded corners.

*saves pictures in the speaker collection folder*

MaxCast · « **Reply #2 on:** 26 Nov 2005, 01:26 pm »

Yep, gotta love rounded corners. Magnetic grills too?

Brian Bunge · « **Reply #3 on:** 26 Nov 2005, 02:50 pm »

Max,

Yep, magnetic grills too! I had to make the cabinets 1" wider to incorporate the grills. They are just too narrow to do rounded corners and grills at the stock width.

Hardman · « **Reply #4 on:** 26 Nov 2005, 04:25 pm »

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!

Brian Bunge · « **Reply #5 on:** 26 Nov 2005, 04:36 pm »

I didn't worry about the added volume of the cabinets. The overall change in volume is only about 1/4 of a cubic foot, and that's on the overall volume, not taking into account the fact that some of that is the sealed enclosure. Tuning frequency changes would be miniscule; like less than 1Hz difference.

Final cabinet width was 9". You can wrap both cabinets with a single sheet of veneer, but you won't have enough veneer for the tops.

Kevin Haskins · « **Reply #6 on:** 26 Nov 2005, 05:07 pm »

Quote from: Brian Bunge

I didn't worry about the added volume of the cabinets. The overall change in volume is only about 1/4 of a cubic foot, and that's on the overall volume, not taking into account the fact that some of that is the sealed enclosure. Tuning frequency changes would be miniscule; like less than 1Hz difference.

Final cabinet width was 9". You can wrap both cabinets with a single sheet of veneer, but you won't have enough veneer for the tops.

Brian is correct. The going to 9" isn't a problem. Leave all the other dimensions the same.

Kevin Haskins · « **Reply #7 on:** 26 Nov 2005, 05:11 pm »

Quote from: Brian Bunge

I thought I'd share some pics of some Cherry 2641 cabinets I built for a customer.

Those look nice Brian. I like the large roundover. Do you have any pictures with the grill in place?

Brian Bunge · « **Reply #8 on:** 26 Nov 2005, 05:14 pm »

Kevin,

Nope, no pics with the grill in place. I'll see if the owner can send me some pics when he finishes assembling the speakers.

JoshK · « **Reply #9 on:** 26 Nov 2005, 05:55 pm »

I like that you hid the grill magnets behind the veneer.

They look quite sharp.

Bill Baker · « **Reply #10 on:** 26 Nov 2005, 08:34 pm »

Love the figuring in that Cherryveneer. Nice Job!!