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12-19-2006, 12:16 AM
After listening to all the noise about these speakers I finally went and got a pair.
Not bad looking. Cabinet a little on the light side. Impressive gloss baffle bezel. Banana terminals insulated.
Played them for about 2 hours and agreed that for $21/ ea. they are a steal. Imaged nicely and only an occasional honk. Wife loved the way they looked and complimented the living room.
So I took them apart.
The sidewalls were light from the bending technique used so I filled them with Olympic wood filler. An entire 8 oz. can per side using the Best Buy gift card I purchased the Insignias with. The bottom got an added 1/2" mdf layer and I also added 1/2" mdf over the existing baffle. Sound deadening panels and insulation added.
The cabinet will now be used upside down with the port hole serving as a tweeter cutout and the speaker terminals are now towards the bottom where they should be.
Covered the outside with D-c-fix Cherry contact paper. Excellent quality from Germany avail at www.berlinwallpaper.com
A 1 1/4" port is intalled behind the tweeter. The interior volume is around .30 cf. so I used a Dayton ES180. Chose the RS28A tweeter.
All in all a fun project that only took a few days. Sounds great and doesn't need a sub for most music. And wife loves the way they look...which is a bonus.
Not bad looking. Cabinet a little on the light side. Impressive gloss baffle bezel. Banana terminals insulated.
Played them for about 2 hours and agreed that for $21/ ea. they are a steal. Imaged nicely and only an occasional honk. Wife loved the way they looked and complimented the living room.
So I took them apart.
The sidewalls were light from the bending technique used so I filled them with Olympic wood filler. An entire 8 oz. can per side using the Best Buy gift card I purchased the Insignias with. The bottom got an added 1/2" mdf layer and I also added 1/2" mdf over the existing baffle. Sound deadening panels and insulation added.
The cabinet will now be used upside down with the port hole serving as a tweeter cutout and the speaker terminals are now towards the bottom where they should be.
Covered the outside with D-c-fix Cherry contact paper. Excellent quality from Germany avail at www.berlinwallpaper.com
A 1 1/4" port is intalled behind the tweeter. The interior volume is around .30 cf. so I used a Dayton ES180. Chose the RS28A tweeter.
All in all a fun project that only took a few days. Sounds great and doesn't need a sub for most music. And wife loves the way they look...which is a bonus.