Hi
I have been interested in the idea of full range speakers for some time and decided that one day I would experiment with the concept when the time was right.
So, recently one of our respected dealer-members had a sale on some Skytronic fullrangers and I took the plunge and bought a few sets for this purpose.
Problem is that I have limited space and as a result I wanted (...nay needed) to build a fullranger as a bookshelf for use with some of my valve amplifiers. So I decided to build a set of 6,5" bookshelves with 8" passive radiators located in the rear baffles.
These were built with 18mm MDF, clad with 2-ply white oak veneer on the sides, top & bottom. However, I decided to make the front baffle out of 20mm solid white oak, as I wanted to rout the front to nice rounded edges, whilst preserving a natural grain throughout. All Oak surfaces were then treated to several layers of satin polyurethane, until I was happy with the result. The rear baffle is simply spraypainted flat satin-black.
To me, these sound astounding (using as a comparative standard my Devore Fidelity bookshelves, amplified by one of Schalk's fine VA Exclame's). I am as pleased as punch with the results! Herewith some pictures of my first attempt at building my own speakers:
Regards
I have been interested in the idea of full range speakers for some time and decided that one day I would experiment with the concept when the time was right.
So, recently one of our respected dealer-members had a sale on some Skytronic fullrangers and I took the plunge and bought a few sets for this purpose.
Problem is that I have limited space and as a result I wanted (...nay needed) to build a fullranger as a bookshelf for use with some of my valve amplifiers. So I decided to build a set of 6,5" bookshelves with 8" passive radiators located in the rear baffles.
These were built with 18mm MDF, clad with 2-ply white oak veneer on the sides, top & bottom. However, I decided to make the front baffle out of 20mm solid white oak, as I wanted to rout the front to nice rounded edges, whilst preserving a natural grain throughout. All Oak surfaces were then treated to several layers of satin polyurethane, until I was happy with the result. The rear baffle is simply spraypainted flat satin-black.
To me, these sound astounding (using as a comparative standard my Devore Fidelity bookshelves, amplified by one of Schalk's fine VA Exclame's). I am as pleased as punch with the results! Herewith some pictures of my first attempt at building my own speakers:
Regards
