Jon
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
Set up
Lafayette el84 power amp , Audio note M1 pre , Tannoy Sterlings, Garrard 301 , SME 3012 , puresound P10, Ortofon SPU, Cambridge CXN streamer
Micro mega Duo 3 cd transport ,
I will try to get a pic up here linking to the dutch forum....once that succeeds it will make life easier...
These are the xXx-heads (if you can see them)
Most of the work is inside...
I used different sizes of layers and saw particular shapes....
The diamond tweeter got his own chamber.
Veneer in Birds-Eye Maple (mind you not bookmatched but ONE piece meaning a lot of veneer is used and selected to acquire this!!!!)
Leather Baffle with a Felt diffraction shield/frame into the surroundings (yes into instead of on-to, lot of extra work)
Around 10 layers of Rustin Oil handrubbed and polished after each layer to get the woodpattern "alive".
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This gives an idea about the different woods (chaotic resonance instead of dominant resonance)
Here a pic of the xXx-mids.
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Inside a xXx-mid
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xXx-Head and xXx-Mid finished
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xXx-Bass cabinet walls filled with a mixture of sand and leadshot.
Making the total weight per speaker round 250 kg....
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xXx-Filter....(for Head and Mid)...
Encasing multiple wood and lead shielded all around finished in solid ebony and "Abalone" (Mother of Pearl inlay)
Filter parts selected designed and built by "Kharma".
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xXx-Bass Cabinet Finished
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