New pair of Alpair 11ms

I've just upgraded my Pluvia 7s to the 7MS in my WAW system (8" mid woofer). They sound very nice 🙂

I just started a similar swap, but there will be some issues fitting the A7ms in the A7.3 cutout. I will make it work.

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A11MS XL my way

I can see that everyone likes SF Stradivari design, Troels does (PMS), member Stal does and myself too. So this is my version of that design (plagiarism does not sound nice). It is designed somewhere between MLTL an BR (or some combo of those two ..), anyway, these loudspeakers are going to stay in my setup for next very long period if not my final loudspeakers.
I am too much satisfied with sound and appearance and WAF is very high. It is driven with T-amp as I am not satisfied with EL156 SE that is in my possession at the moment
 

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It's almost three months that these speakers are in constant use and I must say that on the wide front baffle these drivers are sounding much better than in narrow one. Tried them in narrow and smaller boxes but this is much better.
Yes, they do sound bigger and more voluminous sound.
Plans are done by hand and in situ during production, but in a day or two I can put some here as plans are not with me at the moment
 
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Here the old and the new. The big speakers were recycled cabinets. The new ones where made by kjf audio in England, from velcromat
 

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A11MS XL my way

I can see that everyone likes SF Stradivari design, Troels does (PMS), member Stal does and myself too. So this is my version of that design (plagiarism does not sound nice). It is designed somewhere between MLTL an BR (or some combo of those two ..), anyway, these loudspeakers are going to stay in my setup for next very long period if not my final loudspeakers.
I am too much satisfied with sound and appearance and WAF is very high. It is driven with T-amp as I am not satisfied with EL156 SE that is in my possession at the moment
Love the look of these speakers, where would I get the plans?
 
Thanks for your encouragement Scott, and I have to add that my son (not easily impressed) was indeed impressed with my current build. Whoever said that the 11MS drivers only needed 10hrs of break in was wrong (in my view), yes they improve but really need much longer to reach peak performance (subjectively speaking, sorry).
I just put together a kjf kit - very near the same as your - with the 11ms. Only a few hours on them... but at the moment I feel like im hoping for a miracle that the low end appears... I play an 80hz tone and it's not very audible.... I guess I target a good 30 hours or more before I get back to judging this.
 
Alpair 11MS in medium Nostromo cabinet - listening impressions - Part 2.

Last night I fired-up the valve amp, and I must say that the speakers sounded better balanced, had greater depth but with no loss of detail - listening to tracks such as Angel by Massive Attack, and Morph the Cat by Donald Fagen - compared to my solid-state amp. I've no idea what the output impedance of my (DIY) valve amp is but certainly greater than the other amp. Would this difference account for the changed (for the better) sound?
I'm keenly catching up on your posts, logic800. I have mine powered by the new hypex ncx500. About 380w 8ohms... so I will break them in and then connect up my PP el34 18w 8ohm for that warmth.