Having been stimulated by the Gov't, I decided I'd use the money to build a pair of Zaph Audio ZRT towers. I have a small, bright room, short ceilings, highly reflective walls and floors, so it'll never be a perfect environment - but this design seemed like I could make it work. I'm forced to shove the speakers right against the wall, and I figured the xovers could be easily tweaked to compensate.
I built my own cabinets, and used Makore (African cherry) veneer, which has a wonderful deep color and some nice mottling, but nothing too crazy. Baltic birch, otherwise, and to the sizes recommended by John. Got the kit from Madisound, and was really hoping they'd perform - because these aren't cheap components!
I'm very pleased with them so far, haven't tweaked anything yet, as the response is surprisingly close! Plenty of base, an awesome transparent quality, and a surprisingly good soundstage - even in my stupid room. All the crap on top is simply to keep the cat off of them. Driving them with a Bob Latino ST70 "Dynakit", and my old noisy Carver preamp. I'm eagerly awaiting new input selector, tone control, and phono preamp from Schiit audio (months of waiting, grrrr).
I built my own cabinets, and used Makore (African cherry) veneer, which has a wonderful deep color and some nice mottling, but nothing too crazy. Baltic birch, otherwise, and to the sizes recommended by John. Got the kit from Madisound, and was really hoping they'd perform - because these aren't cheap components!
I'm very pleased with them so far, haven't tweaked anything yet, as the response is surprisingly close! Plenty of base, an awesome transparent quality, and a surprisingly good soundstage - even in my stupid room. All the crap on top is simply to keep the cat off of them. Driving them with a Bob Latino ST70 "Dynakit", and my old noisy Carver preamp. I'm eagerly awaiting new input selector, tone control, and phono preamp from Schiit audio (months of waiting, grrrr).