Troel's DTQWT

[neil_kaye]

I was wondering if anyone has direct experience with Troel's DTQWT? I am considering building a pair and was hoping for some feedback?

Cheers
Neil

[Zen Mod]

ask Steen directly - if he doesn't reply here ;

lately he made pair of pretty decent spks in collaboration with Troel , so there is a chance that he hear DTQWT

[ipppe]

Hi...

I just stumbled across this thread when i searched for DTQWT posts... Anyway, Ive recently built the DTQWT speaker... (DTQWT by Ilpo/Sweden on Troels website)...

My building pictures...

If you have any questions I'll be glad to try and answer them... I'm running my DTQWT speakers with Cambridge Azur 640a amplifier and all I can say is that they sound absolutely fantastic...

[Zen Mod]

simply great ipppe

[blue934]

those are amazing ippe! hope they sound half as good as they look. in your listening room pics, they seem quite close to rear walls, how do the rear firing drivers like that?

david

[ipppe]

Currently they have 20 cm to the rear wall from the "centre" of the driver (Troels recommends a minimum of 20-25cm)... I have moved them forward to about 30-40 cm but I couldnt tell any difference so I guess they are fine...

[d to the g]

yowzers! thats a nice looking setup. great pics of the build as well.

[Dr.EM]

Really nice build ipppe!

I see you have a real wood front attached to an MDF enclosure. Is there any precaution one must take when doing this to prevent cracking/splitting due to expansion of the wood? I plan on doing exactly this and am concerned it might cause problems for me. Is it glued on?

Sorry if a bit off topic!

[Ronmeister]

Great build, great photographs Ippe! Congratulations!

It should mean something when Troels says "To my ears, this is the best speaker I've ever made"...

[ipppe]

Originally posted by Dr.EM
Really nice build ipppe!

I see you have a real wood front attached to an MDF enclosure. Is there any precaution one must take when doing this to prevent cracking/splitting due to expansion of the wood? I plan on doing exactly this and am concerned it might cause problems for me. Is it glued on?

Sorry if a bit off topic!

Yes the whole thing is glued on, but it's not a whole piece of solid wood... I dont know whats its called in english but the piece is made of several boards glewed together... If the whole thing was one solid piece of wood I think cracking and splitting would be a bigger issue...

I dont think there is any danger for expansion, but the opposit may occur, shrinking... To prevent this I chose to wax my front like any solid wood furniture would be to prevent cracking and splitting... But I dont have any guarantees that its gonna stay perfect for 10 years, only time will tell... But the doors on my "tv-bench" is made of the same material and they are pushing 5 years now without any signs of cracking or splitting...

hope I got it right... my english isnt what it used to be