Curved, Carbon Fiber-skinned Statements

[BBLV]

Thought I would start a new thread to post my ideas, design & build process, and to field questions to and from you all. I built the Statement center several years back and plan to build a new box for it, most likely putting the new unshielded Dayton woofers in it. I am also going to be building the full size Statements for the mains and the monitor Statements for surrounds.

I have decided I am going with a curved setup after seeing all of the amazing curved builds on this forum. Major props to some of the woodworkers on here. I have definitely learned a thing or two just from following the various builds.

Can someone post a screenshot of what the parameters and optimized vented box graph SHOULD look like in Unibox? With two RS225-8's in parallel, ported 100L box I am getting an F3 of 28.05Hz. 80L box I get an F3 of 30.20Hz. But there is conflicting/confusing port info in the left column, i.e. port length... Is there going to be a difference between the "standard design" and the "design by Vb, Fb, and Q"?

I plan on supplementing my setup with one, possibly two, ported UXL-18's. I listen to music on this system, but this is mainly a movie/TV/theater setup. When my speaker builds are complete I plan on buying a new receiver and some real power, possibly an Emotiva amp to make them scream. Just to give you an idea of what my goal is here.

I just want to make sure my design is spot on before I spend a ton of time and money building a full set of Statements. I plan on building a very unique box and wrapping it with carbon fiber... Just a hint at what is to come :T

[BBLV]

Odd question that I haven't seen asked anywhere regarding the Statements. I suspect the answer is no, but here it goes:

Can I build the Statements in a WWMTM layout, assuming the baffle width is the same and the enclosure depths are the same? I am thinking of a separate woofer box, like the Aerial 20T:

[djkest]

I don't see why you couldn't. But I guess it depends on your reasons for doing so- it's going to end up bigger/taller if you make them seperate instead of integrated. If you do a MTM+WW build, you could do somethink like slope the front and / or back panels on the bottom outward, to give you a little more internal volume for the height. By doing the MTM seperately I wonder if you could just make a 5-sided box instead of 2 seperate "mid tunnels".

Also check out the "mini statements" as well just to give you some ideas. There are a lot of sanctioned variations on the statements design. Sounds cool!

[BBLV]

My concern with the WW-MTM stems from some posts I read about potential "lobing" issues. Whether or not it would be audible to my untrained ears is a different story...

[Jim Holtz]

My concern with the WW-MTM stems from some posts I read about potential "lobing" issues. Whether or not it would be audible to my untrained ears is a different story...

Sorry, this has been asked about before and Curt's response is it would require a crossover mod to make it sound right. That's not a possibility. The Mini's have the driver configuration you're looking for and bass is very similar in extension with some differences in impact.

Your 1st question is one for Curt. I don't know the answer.

Jim