Westminsters

[daveskis]

Nice work Simon and great progress. More photos please.

[simonms]

Hope to be finished by Easter....


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Cheers Si

[Reid Malenfant]

Keep up the superb work Simon Now I can see how to bend MDF panels, though it has been described to me on another occasion - it's nice to "see" how it's done!

Lovely work fella

[simonms]

Cheers Mark,

Going too deep with the cuts can cause raised lines on the flat surface so as shallow as you can get them to form the necessary curve is the way to go for a clean finish.

Cheers Dave for your excellent thread and lets hope they sound ok as i have read mixed feelings on room size, obviously the bigger the better i would have thought but i have an average size room i guess 18x14ft so am hoping they work in my space-we only rent so not a total cock up if they don't but its been great fun building them!

Cheers Si.

[Puffin]

I am only about 35 miles from you, can I come and hear them when they are finished, please please please

[simonms]

I am only about 35 miles from you, can I come and hear them when they are finished, please please please

PM sent-no probs!

Cheers Si

[daveskis]

Nice job on the curves Simon. How did you hold the shape. Have got support under there.
The cabinets will work fine in your size room(about the same size as mine)however they will work so much better in a larger room where you can move them out from the rear wall and have the space to move them apart.
I am taking delivery of a Audio Research LS26 in the next day or so, can't wait to hear the change in my system. Hopefully better.
What amp pre-amp combinations are you intending to use Simon. Vinyl?

[simonms]

Nice job on the curves Simon. How did you hold the shape. Have got support under there.
The cabinets will work fine in your size room(about the same size as mine)however they will work so much better in a larger room where you can move them out from the rear wall and have the space to move them apart.
I am taking delivery of a Audio Research LS26 in the next day or so, can't wait to hear the change in my system. Hopefully better.
What amp pre-amp combinations are you intending to use Simon. Vinyl?

Very much the same as what you did Dave, 3 supports top and bottom, I have a Well Tempered GTA / dynavector xx2 as source which i really liked through my old set up but am still pondering on amps-I am not going to spend huge amounts as for me the fun is getting top results for under 3k (not inc record player which is the one thing i am finding hard to sell from my old kit)-so Leak S20/croft pre is what am intending for starters with a mm cart maybe a Decca if i can squeeze it into budget.

Have you still got the Pass amps as i e-mailed Nelson and had a funny reply regarding Tannoys and tooooo much bass-I was considering a F5 up until that point as he was on the money with the X250 for my Shahinian set up.

...I think you will like the AR by the way!

best Si.

[daveskis]

Eh um er, Nelson is wrong(gee, I don't like to mention it) the F5 are quite lovely with the Westminsters........when could you ever have too much bass. They will cost you next to nothing to build....."kitchen table stuff" with the same budget.
I will let you know when I plug in the AR mate.

[aquapiranha]

Eh um er, Nelson is wrong(gee, I don't like to mention it) the F5 are quite lovely with the Westminsters........when could you ever have too much bass. They will cost you next to nothing to build....."kitchen table stuff" with the same budget.
I will let you know when I plug in the AR mate.

I have heard a Pass F3 (DIY) and I thought it sounded wonderful (with Impulse H2's) and have considered building one but the thread over on DIYaudio is so long and complicated I wouldn't know where to start!