Recycling parts from my old open baffle surround channels for the new house setup which requires surrounds to be up off the floor and mounted. Decided I had just enough room either side of the sofa to make some sort of in/on wall hybrid. The outside wall column has less depth available than the inside column, so I had to get creative and make the baffle extra thick to accommodate the depth of the Ascendant Audio Poly 6.5. Ended up with 4 layers of 1/2" cheap plywood glued up and coated with Duratex. First time using it and I'm impressed! Goes on smoothly and bumps up to a nice, consistent texture using the supplied roller.
I purchased a set of NXT desktop speakers off of Ebay out of curiosity and had hoped that they'd be suitable as a mid/high driver. They look nice and would have complimented the design better, but the old Neo8 easily beats them for smoother response and lower distortion, so I've got to figure out a mounting method. I'm thinking I might open the NXT to rip out the guts of the panel and there should be enough room to fit the Neo8 inside.
My entire system is active, mains running on Hypex Fusion 3 way dsp/amps. The surrounds will be bi-amped with the old Behringer DCX2496 and an Outlaw Audio amplifier.
I purchased a set of NXT desktop speakers off of Ebay out of curiosity and had hoped that they'd be suitable as a mid/high driver. They look nice and would have complimented the design better, but the old Neo8 easily beats them for smoother response and lower distortion, so I've got to figure out a mounting method. I'm thinking I might open the NXT to rip out the guts of the panel and there should be enough room to fit the Neo8 inside.
My entire system is active, mains running on Hypex Fusion 3 way dsp/amps. The surrounds will be bi-amped with the old Behringer DCX2496 and an Outlaw Audio amplifier.
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I would baffle the tweeter in flush with the front of the woofer baffle, and then round the edges gradually to meet the edges of the column, thus reducing discontinuities. The top can be rounded back too, perhaps a little felt above it.
