Finished My Curvy Changs

[yan6]

Hi there, late last night I was able to finish my curvy changs. I am running a FE207 in them. I only had about 1/2hour to listen to them, but the blow my Solo206' out of the water. They have a very natural sound the bass is just right, the mid-range shout is almost non existent. These have a very wide sweet spot, unlike the solo206'. I cant wait to get the phase plugs installed, its stained the same color as the cabinets.





Cheers,

Ryan

[Godzilla]

Beautiful! Enjoy them! So many great cabinets to choose from (and always growing in number). Curious, how much sound comes from the 'mouths' at the top and bottom? I measured using test tones on my BIBs and found frequencies above 300hz come out the opening.
Godzilla

[yan6]

unfortunately I'm not setup to do any measurements, but it does seem as though alot of the imaging comes from the tops. I'm not sure if this has to do with all the furniture in the room, or if some of the sound is being directed up from where the driver is inset into the side panels. When I stick my head into the vent it seems that mostly lower mid bass and bass are coming out of it.

[edjosh23]

Ryan,
Those are beautiful!
What wood is that? How is it finished?

Josh

[planet10]

Excellent job Ryan... took me a while to relize that the weird stuff at the top of the baffle was reflection... they must be REALLY shiny

dave

[doorman]

Very nice job!
Which Fostex's are those?
Don

[gychang]

Originally Posted by yan6

Cheers,

Ryan

Ryan: what color stain is that?, beautiful.

gychang

[Scottmoose]

Nice... very nice.

[jpbturbo]

Those are really beautiful.

[yan6]

Thanks guys for all the comments, the drivers are FE207's, the wood is birch ply, the stain is brand name Varathane in the Cabernet color. They offer it in a gel stain, it was a pleasure to work with, no runs or drips and nice even coloring. They recomend it to stay on 2-5 min, I wanted it darker so I left it 15 or so. I used their topcoat as well in high gloss. I have previously used Epifanes High Gloss Clear for a car I'm restoring and wanted to use it on these since it has a depth that looks like a sheet of glass, but the budget was already stretched and its seriously expensive (marine grade stuff).

Edit: forgot to mention 320 grit sand between top coats, wiped with naptha to clean

Edit#2: for those interested in seeing the Epifanes here is a thread on some wood work I did with it:
http://www.minimania.com/web/threadi.../msgthread.cfm