new speakers i built

[Aharami]

Danny Ritchie is selling some av123 kits for cheap. Bought a set of X-CS encore for my father in law. Finally finished building them a couple weeks ago

Finished product

tweeters installed

woofers going in

solder

Final resting place

 

[rbk123]

They look excellent. How happy are you with how they sound?

 

[Aharami]

very happy. i think they sound excellent. i prefer the warmness of Danny's kits. sorry, not an audiophile...so can't come up with the proper adjectives to describe the sound. But dialogue is a lot clearer and music is, well, music to my ears
For the price I paid - $400 for all three kits + MDF, veneer, glue, etc...i think it's a really good value

 

[Anubis]

where might someone find out more info on these kits, looking for something new to play with.

those looks really nice BTW, great job on the finishing

 

[sdifox]

where might someone find out more info on these kits, looking for something new to play with.

those looks really nice BTW, great job on the finishing

av123 is waaay out of business so I don't know what this is about, maybe left over?

 

[Kaido]

av123 is waaay out of business so I don't know what this is about, maybe left over?

I'd like to know as well...those piano-gloss Rosewood cabinets were gorgeous :wub:

AV123 had a pretty epic shutdown history too...

 

[donfm]

Nice looking speakers. You put on the veneer as well....you did a very good job! Looks like a professional job.

 

[Anubis]

im well aware or AV123s epic collapse - but i figured he hadn't been sitting on these for that many years, however i could be wrong

 

[Soundmanred]

I always love MTM designs.

 

[Howard]

Solid-core wiring. Amateur.

 

[funboy6942]

Look great. Sound great to you, thats all that really matters
Plus you can take pride in knowing "I built them".

 

[Plugers]

They look great.

 

[Aharami]

where might someone find out more info on these kits, looking for something new to play with.

those looks really nice BTW, great job on the finishing

forgot to include the link
http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=90911.0

danny was the designer behind many of the av123 speakers. When they closed their doors, the builder, Santiago, jn Colombia, contacted Danny about selling the leftover kits.

thanks for the compliments. This was my 2nd time building speakers. Built myself 7 speakers and 2 subs using Dannys kits for my basement HT. But the finish on these speakers came out much nicer

 

[Aharami]

I'd like to know as well...those piano-gloss Rosewood cabinets were gorgeous :wub:

AV123 had a pretty epic shutdown history too...

these are kits, so you'd have to build abd finish your own cabinets, but I think he is selling finished speakers too. Check the threads here
http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?board=16.0

 

[Anubis]

kinda annoying that audio circle requires you to be a registered user, with registration being disabled

 

[reallyscrued]

Pro.

They're beautiful.

 

[Aharami]

Solid-core wiring. Amateur.

elaborate

 

[yhelothar]

Why two woofers? From my understanding, that creates interferences that requires special techniques to prevent it.

 

[Howard]

elaborate

No biggie. Stranded is just easier to deal with. In certain applications, solid-core can cause attached components to fail due to fatigue (solid exerts much more force), but this is not one of them.

 

[Jinny]

Why two woofers? From my understanding, that creates interferences that requires special techniques to prevent it.

i'm assuming you are referring to the d'Appolito arrangement of the woofers and tweeter.
woofer-tweeter-woofer

i dont believe multiwoofers have interference generally

 

[Howard]

i'm assuming you are referring to the d'Appolito arrangement of the woofers and tweeter.
woofer-tweeter-woofer

i dont believe multiwoofers have interference generally

They do, but MTM can be useful because for a certain range they have narrowed vertical directivity. Good for low ceilings.

 

[Aharami]

Why two woofers? From my understanding, that creates interferences that requires special techniques to prevent it.

wonder what you'll think of these speakers then ;-)
(no they aren't mine)

 

[mmntech]

Was going to say you did a beautiful job on the cabinets till I read it was veneer. A little cheating but still a fantastic job.

 

[Aharami]

building the cabinets out of solid wood (oak/maple/birch/etc) would get pretty expensive fast. Also solid wood isn't as acoustically dead as MDF. Which is why most speaker DIYers build their cabinets out of MDF and then wrap veneer to make it aesthetically pleasing. But thanks for the compliments!

 

[vi edit]

Was going to say you did a beautiful job on the cabinets till I read it was veneer. A little cheating but still a fantastic job.

It's not cheating. It's still easy to f'up a veneer. You still have to get the grains to matchup on the edges and stain/finish it well.

Speakers look great Aharami! The X-CS is a very clear speaker but at the cost of almost being...clinical? I don't know how to describe it. The encore tweeter is much more forward and bright than the older style X-speakers.

They are beasts though...they weigh like 35 pounds each.