Project: Center Channel (finished)
OK I finished up my center channel today. I started with sealing the speaker baffle with clay on both sides, I managed to form the clay on the front side to make the front opening shaped like a horn:
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Back side:
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Then I took the vents out and covered them. Thanks for the encouragement about this guys, I knew it needed to be done was just eager to get it done. So here is what it looks like now:
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VERY "stealthy" right?
At this point I realized that I can not access the retaining clips behind the vent grills to remove the center vent in case I ever need to service the speakers, so I tried installing my center channel without them, turns out that the vent is lodged in the very good and I was able to remove the metal retaining clips.
From there I cut about a 1/2" off the back side of the duct. I didn't want the speaker terminals interfering with the air ducts. I then cut a plug for the rear from a plastic cutting board, glued it into place and added clay to the joint and surface of the duct to reduce any resonance that may have happened otherwise.
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You can also see the nuts & bolts i used to make my speaker terminals. I wired the speakers together in series making the Ohm load 8 Ohms and 30 W RMS, I will be powering 100 W RMS to them, I like head room.
Stuffed some poly fill into the enclosure and taped the two halves together with Gorilla tape. Color the "-" nut with a Sharpie this is what the back looks like:
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I have been able to audition my creation by hooking it up to my home theater right channel. Gave it a listen for a little bit sounded really good, actually it sounded better than the KLH speaker that I am using for my home theater. Noted this for a possible set of H/T speakers. So I know that this at least sounds decent at 80Htz and above because that is what my H/T speakers are x-over'd at.
Add my 30 bands of digital EQ as well as 2 para-metric channels I THINK I should be able to make it sound incredible.