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Hello everyone. Long time lurker, first time poster here.
I get it, the forum is filled with plenty of Statement builds so another one may be a bit redundant but before I took the plunge to make this speaker I reviewed pretty much any build I could find which helped build excitement towards getting started on this project. So in hopes that this will help anyone else in their build here is my speaker I worked on over the past few months:
I have plans to create the whole Statement II family but I didn’t want to start with the towers. One reason is they cost double the price of the center and the other reason is I wanted to work on my speaker building/finishing skills before I went all out on the towers. Also as these speakers will be 70/30 home theater/music I feel like I will get a lot of immediate use and benefit out of an upgraded center.
I bought the components as a kit through Meniscus Audio and had them assemble the crossovers since I figured they would do a much better job than I would. Well I was right and their crossovers looked and worked great. Money well spent! Having the crossovers prebuilt also made the project a lot shorter to complete. I wanted to do a shout out to them as well, it was my first time working with Meniscus and they were super helpful.
I finished the speakers with automotive paint and clear coat. The finishing process took just about as long as the rest of the build. I sanded the clear down with 1500, 2000, 3000, and 5000 grit wet sand paper and followed that up with a 3 stage polish system. The end result is incredibly smooth and glossy. I couldn’t be happier with how it turned out.
As for the sound it’s as good as I hoped for, and I had some high expectations for the speaker. Admittedly, I currently have some pretty entry level components and I could tell right way that my receiver isn’t up to the task of powering this thing. I hooked it up to my brother’s giant amp and it brought the speaker to life. So needless to say I think a nice amp is going to be my next audio purchase in order to power this and the Statement II towers that will be built shortly.
I wanted to that Jim and Curt for the work they have put forth in creating these speakers and in supporting them through these forums!
I get it, the forum is filled with plenty of Statement builds so another one may be a bit redundant but before I took the plunge to make this speaker I reviewed pretty much any build I could find which helped build excitement towards getting started on this project. So in hopes that this will help anyone else in their build here is my speaker I worked on over the past few months:
I have plans to create the whole Statement II family but I didn’t want to start with the towers. One reason is they cost double the price of the center and the other reason is I wanted to work on my speaker building/finishing skills before I went all out on the towers. Also as these speakers will be 70/30 home theater/music I feel like I will get a lot of immediate use and benefit out of an upgraded center.
I bought the components as a kit through Meniscus Audio and had them assemble the crossovers since I figured they would do a much better job than I would. Well I was right and their crossovers looked and worked great. Money well spent! Having the crossovers prebuilt also made the project a lot shorter to complete. I wanted to do a shout out to them as well, it was my first time working with Meniscus and they were super helpful.
I finished the speakers with automotive paint and clear coat. The finishing process took just about as long as the rest of the build. I sanded the clear down with 1500, 2000, 3000, and 5000 grit wet sand paper and followed that up with a 3 stage polish system. The end result is incredibly smooth and glossy. I couldn’t be happier with how it turned out.
As for the sound it’s as good as I hoped for, and I had some high expectations for the speaker. Admittedly, I currently have some pretty entry level components and I could tell right way that my receiver isn’t up to the task of powering this thing. I hooked it up to my brother’s giant amp and it brought the speaker to life. So needless to say I think a nice amp is going to be my next audio purchase in order to power this and the Statement II towers that will be built shortly.
I wanted to that Jim and Curt for the work they have put forth in creating these speakers and in supporting them through these forums!
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