[Will2]

Hi,

I'm building a pair of N2x's and I'm going to cover the baffle with leather.  I have a flat-pack that has the recess for the tweeter surround already cut but I don't have the tool needed to make it slightly bigger in order to accomodate rolling the leather over into the cut-out to make a nice finish.  I have a couple of options that would allow me to progress and I was wondering in either would negatively effect sound quality:

• reverse the baffle and mount the tweeter and surround on what was to be the back - the tweeter surround will then sit slightly proud of the baffle (if this works, should I trim the tweeter surround or move it higher - right now the tweeter surround and woofer overlap each other)
• mount the tweeter on the back of the baffle without the surround

Does anyone know if either of these will damage sound quality?  Which would be better?

Cheers
Will

[Nick77]

Dont have the answer to your specific questions, but a Dremil tool isnt very expensive and you could just sand the recess a little to accomodate the leather.

[mms3]

The woofer is supposed to overlap the tweeter faceplate, and you don't want to change the distance between them.

I'm not sure about your second option, but I agree with Nick.  Go with a Dremil or something like it.  You can probably find someone who will let you borrow theirs, if this is the only thing you'll ever use it for.

[Danny Richie]

You'll have to maintain the alignment of the drivers or it will adversely effect the response.

I suggest figuring out a way to make your tweeter hole slightly larger to accommodate your leather.

[Will2]

Got it ..... THANKS!!