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OK, I'm set on going with the Statements (well, the mini's at least) for my mains in my new audio setup. These are replacing my D'Appollito Audax set that I built some time ago.... 5-7 years, I think. Anyways, I still need to build the center channel for that set, then I can sell them to fund the rest of this build.
Although the sale of my current speakers will fund these, I want to build the cabinets for the fronts first, so once I sell my current set I can immediately use that to buy the drivers and x-overs right away. I want as little "down time" as possible. So I'm in the planning stages at the moment.
Now, on to my thoughts regarding the cabinets. I'm looking for these to be top-of-the-line in quality, and plan on learning from my mistakes with my previous set to do a better job on this new set. Also, I don't plan on making another pair (for myself, at least) for a long time. Therefore, and maybe this is just plain nuts, I'd like to construct the cabinet out of two layers of 3/4" MDF on all sides. I want these to be heavy suckers, and solid as a rock.
One of the first changes to the original design is to remove the base that the speaker sits on. I checked, and was advised that I can have the port be located at the rear of the speaker, as far away form the woofer as possible. So, in order to maintain the same internal volume and the same overall cabinet height, I'm making the following adjustments.
Looking at the diagram for the mini's, and not taking into consideration the braces, I see that the internal dimension originally is 8.5 by 37.5 by 11.75. That gives a total internal volume of 3745.34 cubic inches.
If I extend the height of the cabinet down to where the base would have originally been, and if I don't worry about an additional 1.5 inches in overall height, I can make the internal dimensions 7.0 by 40.5 by 13.2. That would give me an internal volume of 3742.2 inches.
Would the 3 cubic inch difference affect much? And how concerned do I need to be with the volume of the braces?
Thanks!
OK, I'm set on going with the Statements (well, the mini's at least) for my mains in my new audio setup. These are replacing my D'Appollito Audax set that I built some time ago.... 5-7 years, I think. Anyways, I still need to build the center channel for that set, then I can sell them to fund the rest of this build.
Although the sale of my current speakers will fund these, I want to build the cabinets for the fronts first, so once I sell my current set I can immediately use that to buy the drivers and x-overs right away. I want as little "down time" as possible. So I'm in the planning stages at the moment.
Now, on to my thoughts regarding the cabinets. I'm looking for these to be top-of-the-line in quality, and plan on learning from my mistakes with my previous set to do a better job on this new set. Also, I don't plan on making another pair (for myself, at least) for a long time. Therefore, and maybe this is just plain nuts, I'd like to construct the cabinet out of two layers of 3/4" MDF on all sides. I want these to be heavy suckers, and solid as a rock.
One of the first changes to the original design is to remove the base that the speaker sits on. I checked, and was advised that I can have the port be located at the rear of the speaker, as far away form the woofer as possible. So, in order to maintain the same internal volume and the same overall cabinet height, I'm making the following adjustments.
Looking at the diagram for the mini's, and not taking into consideration the braces, I see that the internal dimension originally is 8.5 by 37.5 by 11.75. That gives a total internal volume of 3745.34 cubic inches.
If I extend the height of the cabinet down to where the base would have originally been, and if I don't worry about an additional 1.5 inches in overall height, I can make the internal dimensions 7.0 by 40.5 by 13.2. That would give me an internal volume of 3742.2 inches.
Would the 3 cubic inch difference affect much? And how concerned do I need to be with the volume of the braces?
Thanks!
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