CHR 70 Contraption

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Round the corners,....

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and create a front reflex.
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The bits...
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And then some internal pieces of wood as per the design.
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What a mess!

And this is the power supply and Amp.
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At this stage I plumbed it all in temporarily and had a listen.

WOW! I was so impressed. I have been running in the speakers for a few days on some laid-back jazz on low volume in their original packaging.

The detail is phenomenal. Vocals and acoustic guitars sing out with clarity.
A wonderful sound image in front of me.

This is when I really started to wonder what I was doing. The speakers are not finished and they sound amazing. I wonder how they would sound with decent separation and positioning in a room.

As I backed across the room away from the speakers some of the clarity certainly went away. Anyway - lets finish it first.
 
And another question....

Do people have an opinion on whether I should put in a pre-amp (volume control)?

I expect the input to be a phone and I can use the volume control of the phone.
I have also tried input from a laptop.
Or is there a better way?

I have seen a DAC with a volume control built in that takes a USB cable from the phone. I suppose that would sound better than a 3.5mm plug!

I think the CHRontraption deserves a quality source.

Your opinions and advice please.
 
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