Hi, first post here - thought I would share my Duane Brown's "Dayton 4's" i built around this time last year.
I had been wanting to build some bookshelf's for a while and had Paul Carmody's Overnight sensations on my list for some time after a friend linked me to Jeremy Young's build. The other one that jumped out was the Parts-Express C-Notes.
However when i added all the parts to the cart, with shipping it came to ~$290usd (~$470nzd) which put both of those options out of my price limit I had set of around $300nzd. Eventually I found out about the D4's (and the "deluxe" version) - which were specifically created with a small budget in mind while promising to still be decent. And at ~$280nzd landed they certainly fit the bill (this excludes the cost of the wood, which I had on hand).
I had some Rimu I had saved from doing some renovations that I thought would look nice as the fronts for them
And I adjusted the original box dimensions a bit so I could add some square stock for more gluing surface while keeping the original internal volume
(probably wasn't required, but it gave me piece of mind).
I 3d printed the ports (again because I'm cheap - but I have the tools, so I couldn't see why not)
The faces were routed out using some temporary jigs with the rimu double-sided taped down to some old mdf
The body's were primered and then spray painted with Honda champ white (I had it in stock 😉 ), and the front faces were waxed
Here's the tweeters and woofers going in:
Ports and posts installed:
Crossover in place:
And all done:
Super happy with them, I listen to them almost every day. They sound so big for little speakers!
My gainclone amp I threw together from parts I had sitting around many years ago has since given up the ghost driving these, so I will need to rebuild it properly at some point. And a friend has offered me some JVC "woodcones" for free, so I'm going to have a crack at designing my own box and crossover for them next.
I had been wanting to build some bookshelf's for a while and had Paul Carmody's Overnight sensations on my list for some time after a friend linked me to Jeremy Young's build. The other one that jumped out was the Parts-Express C-Notes.
However when i added all the parts to the cart, with shipping it came to ~$290usd (~$470nzd) which put both of those options out of my price limit I had set of around $300nzd. Eventually I found out about the D4's (and the "deluxe" version) - which were specifically created with a small budget in mind while promising to still be decent. And at ~$280nzd landed they certainly fit the bill (this excludes the cost of the wood, which I had on hand).
I had some Rimu I had saved from doing some renovations that I thought would look nice as the fronts for them
And I adjusted the original box dimensions a bit so I could add some square stock for more gluing surface while keeping the original internal volume
(probably wasn't required, but it gave me piece of mind).
I 3d printed the ports (again because I'm cheap - but I have the tools, so I couldn't see why not)
The faces were routed out using some temporary jigs with the rimu double-sided taped down to some old mdf
The body's were primered and then spray painted with Honda champ white (I had it in stock 😉 ), and the front faces were waxed
Here's the tweeters and woofers going in:
Ports and posts installed:
Crossover in place:
And all done:
Super happy with them, I listen to them almost every day. They sound so big for little speakers!
My gainclone amp I threw together from parts I had sitting around many years ago has since given up the ghost driving these, so I will need to rebuild it properly at some point. And a friend has offered me some JVC "woodcones" for free, so I'm going to have a crack at designing my own box and crossover for them next.
Thanks. They are not perfect - the camera is just forgiving 😀.
I filled in any defects with a thin amount of body filler and sanded (probably 240 grit), then primed, then lightly sanded the primer to flatten it, before giving it a couple of top coats with some 1k / arcrlyic paint I had in a rattle can for my car. I didn't bother with a clear coat because I wanted a more matte finish, but if you wanted a glossy finish then ~3 coats of clear followed by a wet sand with ~800grit to flatten any orange peel, then a cut/polish would make them super shiny.
Awesome work timondrius. They look great. NZ home reno = infinite salvageable and beautiful heart rimu. Put in a new kitchen subfloor in my bungalow last year and have a near lifetime supply for speakers.