This looks like a great kit! I see precision cut boards, plenty of bracing, high quality components, easy to assemble crossover, and it can be built at whatever level of perfection the buyer is capable of achieving. Yes, I might have done a few things different, but that's the love of a kit. This easy build looks very solid, nicely finished and I'm sure it sounds awesome. Thank you Parts Express for the video, and the kit!

@mamertosorrab177

5 жыл бұрын

Uncledoug bb

Quite a helpful video for someone like me who is starting out in diy speaker kits . Wish there were more like it.

I love the binding posts!

Great making brother

Jeff is a great guy with a plethora of knowledge in Loudspeaker design.

The dome on those woofers looks awesome

Thank you for the video well done, lots of interesting comments LOL. Cant wait to see their video's.

@MichelLinschoten

6 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same all these internet warriors...

Nice job! Good skills!

Wow! I like that '80ties disco look!

you did a great job

Nice... finally, DIY doing MMT, instead of those horrible MTMs. Let's hope a trend develops, and MMT and TMMT will be seen much more. After watching this again, I have to say what I didn't the first time... I would have turned those black baffles with the points at the top. Narrower part with the tweeter placed there.

Good morning, my friend, congratulations for the beautiful work! What was the blade that you used to cover the boxes?

Simplemente espectacular. Excelente

I love the look of the backside of those woofers. Love to be able to test and review those! No shots of the tweeter though. Ill look it up :)

Its a Very satisfying video

so beautiful

Great looking speakers.

hey know of any other projects within the spheres of assemblies that I can run with to make good margins as well as a bridge into components manufacturing (looking for exposure; Iron sharpens Iron)?

MDF drinks glue like a sponge. I spread the glue out with an acid brush, wait a minute and re-apply. Also glue both mating surfaces, butt joints have no mechanical locking and a good glue job can eliminate the need for screws, which makes finishing the surface easier. Just my 2c.

How was the veneer put on? Was it sticky back or did you used contact cement?

where to buy the bronze Philips head 2ba screw for mounting the speakers? thanks,

How do these magically get veneered?

So nice

Very good

what Phillips bit was that used to screw in the speakers?

Nice job ! But one question: Why not inverse the front cap and placing the tweeter to get less diffraction surface ?

I wish u guys would do vids on crossovers you sell I want to start building speakers but have a hard time finding info that helps

That's some pretty ropey soldering!

This looks very good and the parts look to be of high quality. I would like to build a set and compare them to retail/commercial speakers costing the same amount of money to see if it is a good value, in comparison.

Very nice speakers!! Could you do a sound test video? Thank you

is there anybody has an idea about insulation filling quantity calculations?

Like the part when the veneer was installed.

@sandergjertsenstvold1051

4 жыл бұрын

Very in depth

a 2 mm PCB thickness will be perfect "I think is 120 mm x 90 mm or more" to make a nice crossover design and looks really good in wood, imagine a nice layout for it in PCB :)

why you don't make it in MTM (D'Appolito) configuration ?

At 3:34 How do I create those circles? I have router machine.. Can anyone tell?

Que solda é essa? Todas fora do padrão

What is the name of the background music?

Did you put a veneer on MDF before you apply the Poly? thanks.

@PartsExpressOfficial

7 жыл бұрын

Yes

Bitchin- really dig the “krinkle-like” black material you applied. Good looking set of towers....

o que sao esses fios e componentes?

Nice

Would these towers outperform the elac debut 2.0 b6 2's? (Looking for all around but mostly music)

@fish7436

3 жыл бұрын

late reply but yes these will greatly outperform the b6s

How to make a crossover according my need??

Too many negative comments for no reason. this video was obviously for demonstration purposes only. It was meant to show the basics of how to build this particular kit, which is an amazing speaker kit btw...

@zososldier

6 жыл бұрын

If it was a good how to, it would show the proper way to do things. I wouldn't watch a pro baseball player trying to teach me how to throw using a soccer ball.

@jayweb702

6 жыл бұрын

You see that's where your'e confused a little. This isn't a tutorial on how to build it... It just shows how it goes together for the purpose of selling the kit. Basic carpentry skills should automatically be the initial requirement before even considering building this or any speaker kit. have a nice day!

@zososldier

6 жыл бұрын

Negative. By your own words "show the basics of how to build this particular kit". Stop contradicting yourself. Some questionable stuff happened in this video. Better that people point them out in the comments so others don't make the same mistakes.

@jayweb702

6 жыл бұрын

Right...the basics.

@zososldier

6 жыл бұрын

Again, start with crap basics end with crap results. It's a guide since it showed almost all the steps (minus the lamination), so it should be correct. If it isn't a guide (which it is) then the dude is just showing off bad practices and lack of basic knowledge. Either way, not a great source for the uninitiated and is open to scrutiny due to being public online.

good video friend

How does these sound? Bet it sounds good with those drivers. This kit is a value you would pay 2-3 times for a branded setup like this.

Nice build and video but for that price point, I built the X-LS Encore's from GR Research with all the upgrades. Still amazed after 2 years in....

Very star trek looking. Nice.

What size clamps should I use

In the beginning it looks like the wood is MDF but then later in the Video it appears to be a plywood or oak and is finished nicely. Are the sides of the kit MDF or an Oak or plywood type of wood?

@PartsExpressOfficial

7 жыл бұрын

All of the panels are MDF. The finished enclosure was wrapped in Band -It mahogany veneer (www.parts-express.com/band-it-mahogany-veneer-24-x-96-paper-backed--260-044), and the baffle was painted with Black Duratex (www.parts-express.com/acry-tech-duratex-black-1-quart-roller-grade-cabinet-texture-coating-kit-with-textured-3-r--260-111).

@MrBigZN323i

7 жыл бұрын

thats very misleading

@bjostad

7 жыл бұрын

I was wondering if I missed them gluing the veneer on. nope... it appears magically! The product page is the same way! Shows MDF but finished speaker surface is vaneer...

Hola buenas tardes!! Me podrían proporcionar por favor el correo electrónico de parts express?? El que tienen en su página no funciona. Gracias!!

Where’s the narration of what and how your doing it?

From Were you buy the speaker

Very cool, how about some open baffle designs and kits??

Great work...! I need to get in touch with you

WOWhobra maestra!!!!!

Show parabéns

what is that black paint? how do you get that structure? very nice!

@PartsExpressOfficial

6 жыл бұрын

www.parts-express.com/brand/acry-tech-coatings/608

Très belle enceintes

What's the sensitivity on these?

Nice build, wish you would have given a sound demonstration..

At what point in my build do the speakers magically veneer themselves?

@PartsExpressOfficial

7 жыл бұрын

Sorry. "Fixed" :) kzread.info/dash/bejne/oGmjmLuIpsLamtY.html

Nice Smokestack Lightning background music

Why not do this mtm style? Btw they look great!

Do you export to Brazil?

Хорошие колонки получились! Молодец!

Faltou mostrar a parte do revestimento em lâmina madeira ,acabamentos etc ,e no mais, pra q os encaixes na madeira e a prensagem com ferramentas se vc revestiu as caixas ¿???poderia ter parafusado é colado TD, teria menos tempo de trabalho não achas ?????

This Solstice its for a specific speaker's and tweeter or can be changed with another 6" speaker?

@steevee1945

7 жыл бұрын

You could substitute another 6 inch speaker but it would likely have different electrical characteristics, which would change the bass response and possibly the midrange, as well.

@edrickmendez7978

7 жыл бұрын

steevee1945 🤔..ooh..ok thanks! 👍😄

Good lord do you crows on a wire have anything GOOD to say about this video? I've been thinking about building a set just like this but doubt I could improve on the ELAC Debut 6. I found the video informative and I did notice some rookie errors but geez do we all need to pile on?

@deydrm

6 жыл бұрын

Elac debut 6? Not many people know about Morel drivers. The Elac won't begin to compare to what this speaker is going to sound like. The bass drivers cost $245 each and would go into speakers costing over $3k. The Elac's barely compete with the likes of Wharfedale, Klipsch,or lower line Polks. The Solstice will blow away the Polk Lsim 705 costing $3500. The tweeter is better,way more powerful (200 watts,when's the last time you saw a tweeter as powerful as this),more detailed,and huge soundstage. The Elac debut series may be a fine budget speaker,but make no mistake,it's a budget speaker. Speakers with Morel driver's,like Merlin,cost 3,000 for a bookshelf two way!

@justkiddin1980

6 жыл бұрын

deydrm okay i guess you havent heard the debut 6 then.....hook em up to a high end amp have a sit and listen...for the price mind you....you will be hard pressed to find anything better...

@justkiddin1980

6 жыл бұрын

deydrm and yeah morel is high end ...but is over priced...

@bryanedewaard858

5 жыл бұрын

The big advantage of DIY is the ability to skew the budget in favor of the drivers by doing the work yourself. In a mass-market speaker, the goal is generally to make a low-cost driver sound good. A lot of people are criticizing the crossover coil orientation, but the way it is will work fine. The biggest no-no is lining up the holes/cores with each other which creates a transformer.

@buzzcrushtrendkill

5 жыл бұрын

Pedants can never pass up an opportunity to annoy others with their ostentatious display of overly finicky and fastidious concern with pointing out corrections in unimportant details. Being showy of ones knowledge in a boorish manner.

These look like good speakers. I'm sure they work very well. The only comment I would make is that the Parts Express webpage describes them as transmission line speakers, which they are not. These are a bass reflex design.

@bigrat598

4 жыл бұрын

Incorrect. Mass Loaded Transmission Line.

@thethirdman225

4 жыл бұрын

@@bigrat598 So show me where the transmission line is. There is no fold back, just heavy reinforcement.

@bigrat598

4 жыл бұрын

@@thethirdman225 Do your own research.

@thethirdman225

Жыл бұрын

@@bigrat598 I have. That’s why I’m saying what I’m saying. Now you please show me where I’m wrong.

want those morel 6 inch drivers in my car

I would like to see the sound up close so I can see the quality

Интересные коннекторы под провода. Где такие же купить?

Whats the difference in sound quality between this and a klipsch for example?

@thethirdman225

6 жыл бұрын

You would have to listen and see for yourself. DIY speakers usually put out a sound equivalent to a speaker many times the cost of a kit.

Being one cannot demo the end results, if you were to compare these to factory built speakers what comes to mind of these?

Хорошая работа столяра снято хорошо ну вообщем и всё .

What is the black paint you put on the front wood? Love the texture.

@PartsExpressOfficial

5 жыл бұрын

Check the description.

@gprn3

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you... was blind last day, sorry ^^

Guaauuuuu!!!

I do not understand! Where is gluing veneer?

these comments are truly inspiring. I'm sure it will encourage more videos so we can all see the cool shit they sell.

Sơn gì đấy bạn

Where is the line in this "Transmission Line" design?

What kind of paint you use the black.

@PartsExpressOfficial

3 жыл бұрын

Exohyde or Duratex.

Where's the internal damping???

WOW 🥰👍👍

Good

Your workshop in canada

What mayonnaise did you use?

@miheadhurts

4 жыл бұрын

Titebond 2

I would like someone to build a 7.2 channel home theater setup.

Α question no one seems to address. How they sound?

@zarrdoss

4 жыл бұрын

I built these and have to say that Jeff is spot on in his description on how they sound above.

Requesting Soundtrack Title 😯 please!

I'm not really a fan of the Duratex or whatever of a high-end speaker. More for PA or car audio IMO, but that's just a preference. Also I didn't see the part in assembly where he added a veneer?!? Or does the MDF come that way?

@PartsExpressOfficial

2 жыл бұрын

I dont see a veneer? He polyurethaned the cabinet and used what looks to be Exohide on the black areas.

@BARBELLS-AND-BUDS

2 жыл бұрын

@@PartsExpressOfficial Arent these knock down MDF enclosures? I see wood grain?

@PartsExpressOfficial

2 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure why it shows wood grain. It also shows that on the website. Possibly it is veneered already or maybe that is just editing. I will find out the correct answer.

exelent 5+🖒

what is that huge inductor resistor circuit?

@hastingb

6 жыл бұрын

It's called a crossover. It filters the audio, sending the higher frequencies to the tweeter and the lower frequencies to the woofers.

There's definitely some room for improvement which nearly costs nothing and is no extra effort: a separate closed chamber for the crossover, putting the upper strut in between the two woofers without having to cut it out for the woofer, a round bass reflex port in the middle of the enclosure facing sideways near the front instead of the small slot at the end, adding an internal Helmholtz absober at one end agaist the stationary wave in between top and bottom, putting each coil in a 90° angle to all others, using MOX resistors and allowing air flow around them (they can easily reach 200°C = 400°F!) and because the panels are CNC milled the edges could be produced with a 45° angle to achieve an edgeless surface and equipped with holes for biscuit joiners for an easier installation. The most important things to know for me to be able to decide if I would by this kit is a plot of the frequency response and the crossover frequency. The Morel woofer is great but their tweeters seem to lose their ferro fluid sometimes that there has to be an adequate distance between the resonance frequency of the tweeter and the crossover frequency. Otherwise each tweeter needs to be checked before assembly.

Quanto valor do par

Great Narration. I Understood Everything you said. And that's not say much.

What kind of paint that you use for the black texture...?

@PartsExpressOfficial

6 жыл бұрын

www.parts-express.com/brand/acry-tech-coatings/608

@wiramarko8900

6 жыл бұрын

Tnks...

which is the best board type for speaker box? MDF or Particle Boards?

@franciszekkolby20z

6 жыл бұрын

mdf

@rainbowcomputers212

6 жыл бұрын

is it a good idea to use mdf in a high humidity area.

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