The front speakers in action...

 

The surrounds

SA3250HD

A nicer picture

Well to match the TV and other furniture we went with black on the front speakers and the rear surrounds should match the book shelf they will sit on.

Doing the black was tough, I mean geeze every little blurb jumps out at you. I wanted to keep the grain showing through the solid color so I used one coat of oil base black and multiple coats of satin clear.

Almost....

 

MP's & DHTs Veneered

 

DHTs naked

 

Lydia's new furniture

Lydia got this new furniture so I'm going to do a finish that will blend with the look...

Morel-Peerles crossover

All the goodies

here's all the goodies. I'm partway into the crossovers now and waiting on the veneer.

The sub is about ready, It needs the slot port tuned-up a bit of work on the back side.

The Sub

Here's the Dayton 240w plate amp and the Quatro 10 inch driver.

The DHT surrounds taking shape

Baffles

I spent a little time this evening cutting the baffles and sanding..

Trimming the box edjes...

Here I'm useing the flush trim bit to clean up and square off the edjes. Next I'll use the palm sander to get them looking nicer.

I've been holding off on my order because the sub I was going to get is out of stock. Since I'm not sure when It'll be in, I've decided to build one. If I use the 10inch Quatro driver I should be able to get enough veneer out of one 4 x 8 sheet. Now you can look forward to more pictures of MDF ;)

Taking shape :)

 

Rounding over the ports

 

The Ports

 

Progress report

I got the boxes and stands started . I tried hot melt glue on the ports , It worked very well. The last set of speakers I built I was fussing around waiting for the glue to dry.

Cutting the boxes

 

Lydia's MDF

Time to get started cutting :) 

Oops

That last post really freaked out the page... Oh well. Gotta go to home Depot now.

My Parts Express Order (W/O shipping)

Contents of shopping basket
Part Number	In Stock	Description	Qty.	Price	Ext. Price	Remove
004-6	Yes	DAYTON DNR-6.0 6 OHM 10W NON-INDUCTIVE ..		$1.25	$2.50
004-8	Yes	DAYTON DNR-8.0 8 OHM 10W NON-INDUCTIVE ..		$1.25	$2.50
016-68	Yes	68 OHM 10W RESISTOR ..		$0.39	$1.56
027-324	Yes	2.2uF-100V NON-POLARIZED CAPACITOR ..		$0.35	$0.70
027-336	Yes	6.8uF-100V NON-POLARIZED CAPACITOR ..		$0.50	$1.00
027-418	Yes	DAYTON DMPC-3.0 3.0uF-250V POLYPROPYLEN..		$1.67	$3.34
027-420	Yes	DAYTON DMPC-3.3 3.3uF-250V POLYPROPYLEN..		$1.77	$3.54
027-424	Yes	DAYTON DMPC-6.8 6.8uF-250V POLYPROPYLEN..		$2.25	$4.50
027-436	Yes	DAYTON DMPC-20 20uF-250V POLYPROPYLENE ..		$4.95	$9.90
027-440	Yes	DAYTON DMPC-30 30uF-250V POLYPROPYLENE ..		$7.88	$15.76
240-725	Yes	SPEAKER CABINET TOE SPIKES 4 PC SET 3/8..		$2.50	$5.00
260-300	Yes	2 CONDUCTOR SPEAKER TERMINAL ..		$0.49	$0.98
260-301	Yes	NICKEL PLATED SPEAKER TERMINAL ..		$1.95	$3.90
260-335	Yes	GRILLE CLOTH YD BLACK 70" WIDE ..		$6.90	$6.90
260-773	Yes	RUBBER CABINET FOOT 1-1/8" DIA. x 1/2" ..		$0.65	$5.20
266-360	Yes	1.5mH 14 GA. PERFECT LAYER INDUCTOR ..		$16.59	$33.18
275-055	Yes	DAYTON DC25TS-8 1" SHIELDED TITANIUM DO..		$15.60	$31.20
277-030	Yes	MOREL MDT-20 1-1/8" SOFT DOME TWEETER ..		$28.76	$57.52
005-3.5	Yes	MILLS 3.5 OHM 12W NON-INDUCTIVE RESISTO..		$3.50	$7.00
027-415	Yes	DAYTON DMPC-2.2 2.2uF-250V POLYPROPYLEN..		$1.54	$3.08
027-427	Yes	DAYTON DMPC-6.2 6.2uF-250V POLYPROPYLEN..		$2.15	$4.30
297-632	Yes	PEERLESS 850122 CSX 6-1/2" WOOFER ..		$43.23	$86.46
295-301	Yes	DAYTON DC130BS-8 5-1/4" CLASSIC SHIELDE..		$14.70	$29.40
255-028	Yes	JANTZEN .30mH 20 GA AIR CORE INDUCTOR ..		$2.04	$4.08
255-206	Yes	JANTZEN .15mH 18 GA AIR CORE INDUCTOR ..		$2.21	$4.42
255-238	Yes	JANTZEN .70mH 18 GA AIR CORE INDUCTOR ..		$3.50	$7.00
255-242	Yes	JANTZEN .80mH 18 GA AIR CORE INDUCTOR ..		$3.67	$7.34
255-254	Yes	JANTZEN 1.20mH 18 GA AIR CORE INDUCTOR ..		$4.82	$9.64
329-045	Yes	MAGNETIC GRILL GUIDES 3/8" DIA x 3/16" ..		$4.88	$19.52
300-634	No	DAYTON 12" 150 WATT POWERED SUBWOOFER ..		$138.60	$138.60
Subtotal:					$510.02

Wayne's Crossover for the DHT

Rear speaker crossover network 

Wayne's MP Crossover

For the Peerless - Morel design.

The left and right front Channels

When Lydia asked me to build her speakers, she asked for something "small". I was hoping she didn't mean really small... because I hate to build stuff that sucks.

Anyway, I've been very pleased with the "Morel-Peerless" project that I built for Shelli & I. They sound great as a stand-alone stereo pair and also blend nicely with a sub. So I e-mailed Lydia the measurements and got the thumbs up.

The DHT rear surround speakers

I chose the DHT's as the rear surrounds, nice size, nice sound and nice price.

Here's Lydia's current entertianment center.