Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion The Water Cooler Summer Project

I always wanted to try 3-ways. Realistically, I end up with single driver projects because they're just easier.

The way my mind works, 3 way speakers are the obvious choice when building a speaker. It just seems logical to me. I am really happy with how they sound and they look anatomically correct Building a speaker can be a lot of work if you look at it as work. For me its quiet time for my grey matter, I enjoy doing it. I can take breaks from it and go back when I want to and the best part for me is that there is a start and finish and the results are usually gratifying.

On the three way design, I would tend to concur with your thinking here. For years I have read articles by both speaker designers and reviewers who state quite emphatically that with any sound, especially audio(music, movies etc.), ultimately, most sound falls in to that "mid-range" area(500-2000k). As a result, without a dedicated speaker that can best handle those frequency ranges along with a properly calibrated crossover, regardless of what the manufacturers might claim, anything else is essentially a compromise especially bookshelf designs and regardless of their price.

I covered an EP600 with cherry veneer. Sanded the leading edges a bit to put a slight radius on them and just wrapped them tightly with the veneer. Then I capped the top and bottoms. Roughed up the vinyl with a ROS and 150 grit. Used contact cement. Your technique looks cleaner. Nice work!

Are you saying that you used one single piece of veneer and went right around the whole sub box? How did you manage to get the veneer to bend at a 45 or 90 degree angle. I considered veneering over the vinyl but in the end it just seemed best to remove the vinyl, wood veneer is just too expensive to take a chance imho.

I got it damp, then rolled it over the front edges. One piece to the back corners. Rounding the front edges helped too, but they are somewhat rounded now. I posted pics somewhere. Maybe Mark's wood thread.

Hmmm , I would have never guessed, it would definitely look much nicer that way. I took a scrap piece a few days ago and tried out of curiosity and the grain seemed to open up so I never went as far as wetting it. I will look for the pictures.

Why ya always dragging me into your conversations?

I had to go all the way to page 40 but I found it. Looks really good, nicely done.