I’ve posted more pictures and more explanation on the Lii audio FB forum.

Shomei, Those are so cool looking, I love it!

What cross over point did you use?

Those are very cool.  Have you tried them with no crossover just wired in parallel?

I’ve started using crossovers from Lii; they kindly sent me their Liionidas crossovers for the cost of shipping. Really nice folks. I’m now building my own following the plans from Leon with better parts.  Have not yet tried bi-amping but plan to. Any suggestions about best ways to do this would be welcome.

I saw these on Facebook, and commented that these were as nice as I’ve seen. Once again, fine job and you should be very proud of these!

Best,

Geno

Nice job. Very striking appearance. How thick is the English Elm? Looks like you took good precautions of wood expansion and contraction.

Finally! Someone who didn't take a raw slab of wood, and cut it into a rectangle! Rather, you went With the wood and followed it. Turned out as it should.
I like that you mounted the drivers from the rear and then compensated with the roundover on the front. The one thing that I did notice however, is while the top driver wood mounts are cut inline with the grain (assuring that they won't break in half), the lower driver is supported by the same type of wood mounts, but cut Across the Grain. They are inherently weaker in this cut orientation.

Figured that I would give an update when I had more done on this project. Just a shot of it upside down so you can see what is inside. Still waiting on some parts.
To be sure, those gears are not plastic, but aluminum. And they operate in mono, so even the volume controls are separate from each other.

Wiring complete. Just getting the right knobs is the last step. These are way too big for the chassis.

I'm not much for plates, logos, adornments, etc.  I like a clean simple look myself, but did want to say nice job!  Cool project and very clean looking build.
I've been thinking of making a switch box but hesitant to add a device into the signal chain.  I don't switch sources very often.

I was bored so I made some speakers.

I am tempted to get into the woodshop, but the rain has been nearly constant as opposed to what we are used to here. Cleaning out gutters on the house and shop, trying to get the lawn mowed and a few other chores are keeping me from fun for the time being.

 Donnie, what did you use for backing board of the crossovers?  I was lucky to have some scraps of Corian that worked well for me.

Nice! I see the caps match the color scheme!

You make that oak look pretty.

Glad to see you back posting!

"These speakers have crossovers, I have crossed over to the "Darkside"."

But you already are on the "Darkside" because of your solid state Zkit60.  So are you now on the "Darker" side?  Like blacker than black?

Good to have you back


Dan

Nice work, as always, Donnie.
Glad to see you back around!

Let's see if I can get lucky and post some more images.

Donnie, I really like that oak with the oil finish. I'd leave them like that.

I bet they will sound more than good, great for your planned use of them on vacay. Kudos!

Nice looking cabinets Donnie. How big of a passive radiator for the bottom? I bet they'll sound sweet.

HK

Well I have been keeping myself off of the mean streets of Forsyth Illinois this week by finishing my "Vacation Speakers".

By mean streets I'm talking about roving bands of families riding around in golf carts visiting the lemonade stand that the kids down the street have set up.
Yeah, quaint upper middle class neighborhoods are filled with lawlessness such as unregistered places of business manned by underaged workers.  I'm sure ice cream trucks won't be far behind.

Anyway I spent the week slathering various concoctions on the sanded oak body of my project speakers.

Four, count em', four coats of Tried and True varnish oil that were buffed out with steel wool between each coat as prescribed in the instructions provided by the manufacture of said poultice.

I then put on four coats of Minwax Wipe on Poly, oil based, in a warm gloss finish. Sanding between coats with 600 grit, well because I thought that if I used 1000 grit it would just be silly.  
I didn't follow the directions provided because it said to use 220 grit and I didn't have any that rough.
I do have 3000 grit because the crib at work was throwing it out. I may or may not be the manager of the crib and allegedly control what is stored in there.

After the wipe on stuff I went for the kill with Bee's wax.
I've been milking the stingers of a secret "Honey Pot"  of bees for years to get my secret recipe of waxes and pollen for wood finishing. Or I might have ordered it from Amazon, my memory of such things isn't what it used to be.
Only two coats of the wax went on because it was 90 in my garage and sweat started running down my butt crack.

I then put in my binding posts, hooked up my wires and bolted everything into place.

They are playing right now, and no they are not as dynamic as my Troels Gravesen SBA-761's or my CSS Criton's and you know that my Open Baffles wipe the floor with them.....
But they serve a place in my line up as something portable that I can take to a beach house and listen to music while staring far out to the horizon while trying to regain some semblance of inner peace in my deeply warped psyche.

So after babbling on and on, here are some "after" pictures.



A little "P" car flexing while I'm at it!

Thanks Tony!

They sound, by my best reckoning, 42.24% as good as they look.

They are not big time bass monsters, especially when cranked up.
There is only so much you can do with a small driver in a small box.

I just need to keep my eye on what the end use is, just something small enough to take on vacation to enjoy music while relaxing.

Though I haven't gave them any time to break in yet, so things may change for the better.
The passive radiator can also be tuned up, maybe for the better.

Obligatory action shot:



As you can see, I'm not short on speakers at this time.
There are even more scattered around my place.
It is a sickness.

Time is a funny thing in regards to speakers.

I've been playing my little "Vacation" speakers every day for the last few weeks and they have kinda grown on me.

Perhaps they have bloomed a bit, but the lack of slamming bass doesn't seem to be a problem anymore.

There was a little more weight attached to the passive radiator, maybe that put some poop in the bottom end, hard saying for sure.

But these little devils are really intoxicating to listen to. There must be something to this single driver magic deal.

The speakers completely disappear into the music, sound just comes out of thin air.

So I guess that I have that going for me now.

Kind of like Carl Spackler who was told by the Dalai Lama that "When you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness." So I got that goin' for me, which is nice.

What they say of Donnie: "The man has skills."

Agreed.
Donnie I love how the finish of the top and sides meet. Nice!

I really like the bare wood. I have been painting so much in my building, I just roll on "truck bark" we call it (roll it on thick and it has bumps in it, hardens to a strong MF coating, like the bed of a work truck) and slide it across the bar floor.

The maple is beautiful!

That funny Texas thing, I can tell you as someone born and raised there, there exists a reflexive property from some native Texans.
Couldn't you guys find a longhorn and a mesquite branch anywhere?


I'm guessing this guy will be very pleased with his little Daytons!
Outstanding!