oneplustwo sealed statement build thread

[oneplustwo]

Well... it's happened. Over the course of the last couple months, I got the tang bands on sale at PE. Got the tweeters used. And got the RS225s (NIB shielded no less) from ebay for a great price. X-over components are ordered as well. So much for taking a big break till yet another set of speakers! Hopefully (for my wife) these will indeed kill the urge to build anything else!

Now... to start thinking about cabinet design. Loved bigjim's pair but my skill level is not that high. Any other ambitious ideas out there I should consider?

[avddreamr]

Insane, where do you keep all of your speakers?
I'm wondering if the midrange will compare favorably with the sunflowers.

I'm sure it will be a great build, judging from your past projects.

[oneplustwo]

Sunflowers are my every day pair. ZDT's are downstairs. My brother has the SR-71's. And my sub is my one and only sub. So... probably just one pair too many at the moment! Statements may replace one of the pairs I still have... we'll see how they turn out!

[john trials]

When you are done with your Statements, it would be interesting to hear your opinion of them versus the rest of your speaker collection.

[oneplustwo]

I am expecting to love the statements based on what everyone here says. That said, I'm really in love with the integration of the RS52 from the ZDT 3.5 for vocals so I believe that is a high bar to hurdle. I also do like the open baffle presentation from the sunflowers. Maybe the Statements will be the perfect blend of the two. I haven't spent time with a ribbon tweeter so that's partly what interests me about the statements. Nor have I built a sealed or large WMTMW speaker so I'm looking forward to that challenge as well. So many flavors, so little time!

As I mentioned before, I need to figure out what cabinet features I want to try out this time. I do know that I want to use my new biscuit joiner. Otherwise... open to any and all ideas!

[zephyrtear]

Ill be following your build! Hopefully this year ill find some time and guts to build a pair of sealed statements as well! Good Luck!

[oneplustwo]

Got all the parts in today... those shielded RS225s are frigging heavy! And some of the caps in the x-over are the biggest caps I've ever used! Size does matter...



For the cabinet, I was considering having an autoshop spray on the finish since I don't enjoy and am not good at finishing work. Perhaps it could be a flat black or satin black. Has anyone done this before? Any tips or tricks to plan ahead for? Any idea of cost?

[oneplustwo]

Has anyone tried beveled corners with the statements? I know that somewhat alters the integration with baffle width but it would be near the corners where the woofers would be so perhaps not as big a deal. It's another aesthetic option that I've not done before so I thought it might be worth entertaining.

That being said, I'm not sure I could physically manhandle the statements to make such a cut... perhaps that's one reason you don't see statements with that feature.