I've built and glued the boxes minus the sides, mounted the drivers with a couple of screws (no silicone seal yet), sat the crossovers on the speaker floor and made the connections (just wrapped around the posts, nothing permanent yet). Then I stuffed some polyfill behind the woofer and clamped the speaker side walls (also held by biscuits) for a test run. The inside walls have not been dampened yet.
Firing up some music, everything appears to be working, with the exception of weak or anemic bass response. Is this because I haven't lined the speaker walls with dampening material yet, or due to the joints not being completely sealed yet, or did I maybe screw up the crossovers? FWIW, both speakers sound the same, for better or worse.
The woofers are definitely operating, they visibly move when I crank up the volume, and the bass changes when I use the bass control on the amplifier. Phase appears to be correct as well (would it hurt to change polarity to see if things improve?).
Thx,
Frank
Firing up some music, everything appears to be working, with the exception of weak or anemic bass response. Is this because I haven't lined the speaker walls with dampening material yet, or due to the joints not being completely sealed yet, or did I maybe screw up the crossovers? FWIW, both speakers sound the same, for better or worse.
The woofers are definitely operating, they visibly move when I crank up the volume, and the bass changes when I use the bass control on the amplifier. Phase appears to be correct as well (would it hurt to change polarity to see if things improve?).
Thx,
Frank
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