After many years of browsing many different forums where Curt and Jim frequent, reading almost every "Statements" thread I could get my hands on, and many emails/discussions with Jim and Curt, I've finally taken the plunge into building my HT based around the Statements series. These are truly great guys and their contributions to the DIY community have been amazing.
I'm getting the ball rolling with the Monitors and have completed a good bit of work so far.
Cabinets: I've purchased the knock down kit from Melby Audio and I'm very pleased with the quality of the kit. I emailed him and asked him to cut the port hole for the Meniscus kit including the flared port that comes with that kit (Melby's standard kit uses a wooden flare). I have very limited space and tools, so cutting my own wood isn't possible at this stage.
I'll upload pictures of the cabinets at some later time.
Crossovers: I've decided to build the switched version of the Monitors as they will play the role of mains until my Statements II are completed. After the Statements II are completed I'll place the Monitors near wall in the rear surround position, hence the need for the switchable crossover.
For reference, here is Curt's original schematic
I've attached several images.
The first is a diagram I drew up to verify that all of the components would fit on a single board, and determine my wiring path.
Here are some phone shots from the crossover, please excuse the image quality.
I'm getting the ball rolling with the Monitors and have completed a good bit of work so far.
Cabinets: I've purchased the knock down kit from Melby Audio and I'm very pleased with the quality of the kit. I emailed him and asked him to cut the port hole for the Meniscus kit including the flared port that comes with that kit (Melby's standard kit uses a wooden flare). I have very limited space and tools, so cutting my own wood isn't possible at this stage.
I'll upload pictures of the cabinets at some later time.
Crossovers: I've decided to build the switched version of the Monitors as they will play the role of mains until my Statements II are completed. After the Statements II are completed I'll place the Monitors near wall in the rear surround position, hence the need for the switchable crossover.
For reference, here is Curt's original schematic
I've attached several images.
The first is a diagram I drew up to verify that all of the components would fit on a single board, and determine my wiring path.
Here are some phone shots from the crossover, please excuse the image quality.
- Green and Black twisted wires will route to a 3 pole switch.
- Yellow and Black wires are for the tweeter
- Blue and Black wires are for the mid
- Red and Black wires are for the woofer
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