Order arrived yesterday and unboxed today. I ordered the works and so here is a pic and my initial impressions:
So this one is a bit different than I expect (in general and from Paul Carmody). For one, unlike most of his work, it is not on his website but there is good information about it on diysoundgroup.com. I was thinking it was a bit bigger than it is but in itself is not a negative.
The Baltic birch flat pack seems nice and the woofer is a real surprise. Since I left some wrapping on, the item at the top is the an adjustable port tube. At its shortest length, it is ready to go. Just under it are the inductors. Both are air core. The woofer one is a Jantzen and the smaller is a Dayton. Just under that is a Wavecor dome tweeter that have not used before, but the datasheet indicates it is pretty good.
Since I ordered the crossover pc board, did not get a schematic, but the overall topology is 2nd order electrical for the woofer and 3rd order for the tweeter. The 4.5 inch Denovo carbon-fiber woofer is just above it and is very substantial for a little woofer and hopefully has minimal break up as the it carries most of the midrange duty as crossover is at 3000 Hz. Did not find a datasheet for it, so will do some measuring myself. The chassis is cast and motor structure is impressive. Here is a pic:
Above that are some terminal blocks and the screws. Likely will skip the terminal blocks and solder external wiring directly to the board. On the right is the bag with quick-connects, caps and resistors. The woofer caps are Audyn (red ones) and the rest of the components are Dayton brand. Not to big a surprise as PE is just up the freeway from diysoundgroup.
Not pictured are the other tweeter, woofer and port tube. There is also a single sheet included with the details about crossover component placement. Other instructions are available on website. Not included are the damping, binding posts or any wire (have them all anyway). Preferred damping is light polyfill or foam lining. Will probably use foam, but will see what works best when cabinet is together and crossover mounting location is chosen.
Am still wrapping up second XL-S Encore, so these parts will likely sit for the rest of the week. Looks like really straightforward build so expect will not take much more than a weekend to assemble. Stay tuned!
So this one is a bit different than I expect (in general and from Paul Carmody). For one, unlike most of his work, it is not on his website but there is good information about it on diysoundgroup.com. I was thinking it was a bit bigger than it is but in itself is not a negative.
The Baltic birch flat pack seems nice and the woofer is a real surprise. Since I left some wrapping on, the item at the top is the an adjustable port tube. At its shortest length, it is ready to go. Just under it are the inductors. Both are air core. The woofer one is a Jantzen and the smaller is a Dayton. Just under that is a Wavecor dome tweeter that have not used before, but the datasheet indicates it is pretty good.
Since I ordered the crossover pc board, did not get a schematic, but the overall topology is 2nd order electrical for the woofer and 3rd order for the tweeter. The 4.5 inch Denovo carbon-fiber woofer is just above it and is very substantial for a little woofer and hopefully has minimal break up as the it carries most of the midrange duty as crossover is at 3000 Hz. Did not find a datasheet for it, so will do some measuring myself. The chassis is cast and motor structure is impressive. Here is a pic:
Above that are some terminal blocks and the screws. Likely will skip the terminal blocks and solder external wiring directly to the board. On the right is the bag with quick-connects, caps and resistors. The woofer caps are Audyn (red ones) and the rest of the components are Dayton brand. Not to big a surprise as PE is just up the freeway from diysoundgroup.
Not pictured are the other tweeter, woofer and port tube. There is also a single sheet included with the details about crossover component placement. Other instructions are available on website. Not included are the damping, binding posts or any wire (have them all anyway). Preferred damping is light polyfill or foam lining. Will probably use foam, but will see what works best when cabinet is together and crossover mounting location is chosen.
Am still wrapping up second XL-S Encore, so these parts will likely sit for the rest of the week. Looks like really straightforward build so expect will not take much more than a weekend to assemble. Stay tuned!
Last edited:
Really needed as my usual method uses much larger and longer screws than is needed for this kit’s thinner plywood.
