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Message: <blockquote data-quote="96civ" data-source="post: 4694308" data-attributes="member: 564776">Finally got some good progress/pics on this build so far. Everything's been going smoothly, but I'm a little scared about the crossover... kind of wish I would've taken the time to learn how to trace boards and the such, but I hope it'll work: I'll explain further.Anyway, after receiving the speakers I was really impressed on the quality of each of the speakers. The speakers look downright sexy. <img src="http://i325.photobucket.com/albums/k377/scowentz/PICT0028.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />After initiating the build, it's understood that the box must have separate compartments for the 2 12" drivers and the TangBand 6.5", thus one has to build a box inside of a box as seen here. The compartment for the TB will be sealed once I place the front of the box on, etc.<img src="http://i325.photobucket.com/albums/k377/scowentz/PICT0030.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />For the front/face of the box, I used a router and a homemade circle jig made out of 1/4" plexi to route the holes needed to mount the 12" drivers. I then continued to use a jigsaw to cut the holes for the tweeter, TB, and ports. If you notice the white/pink color around the hole for one of the ports and the TB, you're probably wondering wth that is. For some reason I **** at using a jigsaw and cut holes too big. I then used bondo and poster board to reconstruct a circle that's big enough yet small enough.<img src="http://i325.photobucket.com/albums/k377/scowentz/PICT0029.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Here's a sneak peak of what the project is going to look like at the bare minimum. I think I'm going to continue with much sanding and painting (probably black) once I get some odds and ends finished. I bought some 3/4" diameter dowel rods for bracing and glued them, so it should be a little more sturdy tomorrow.<img src="http://i325.photobucket.com/albums/k377/scowentz/PICT0034.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Now on to the crossover. From what I can see, and assuming I don't eff anything up in the crossover, Mr. Kuzma, the designer, did a heck of a job on designing the crossover with the money/time invested. The frequency response, according to his data, is fairly flat. Should sound nice after all is done.<img src="http://i325.photobucket.com/albums/k377/scowentz/PICT0031.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />As you can see above, the x-over looks pretty organized and actually aesthetically pleasing. The board I used is just 3/4" birch ply, and I wish I knew how to trace boards and the such. That would make my job a hell of a lot easier because the following pictures looks UGLY. I wanted to keep the inductors as far away as possible to eliminate interactions between the magnetic fields of each inductor. Problem is, I used 14 gauge wire to hook up each lead to each component. I hope this route (i.e. using the wires to connect each lead) works, if you know it doesn't let me know; it will save some headaches later in the build, even though I'll be kicking and cussing if you say so //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif. I mean, it seems like I've soldered everything so that each connection is pretty strong. I used something like a distribution block to make it easy to wire the speakers, the input source, and the ground. Seems like it might all work out.<img src="http://i325.photobucket.com/albums/k377/scowentz/PICT0032.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />I was thinking about getting the Behringer A500 for the source, but now I'm leading more towards the QSC GX3. It seems like a more reliable product, but then again I've never had any experience with either. If you have had some experience, or know of a product that will work fine for this (300wRMS @ 8 ohms), let me know!</blockquote>

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