Pick up the thread

August 10, 2011 - that's when I finished building the Phase IVs - was 1690 days (or 4 year 7 months) ago. But today I took the first concrete steps in the next phase; I bought some of the wood I need for the Phase Vs.

The woofers AC 250F1s I've had for 4 years. I was going to use Hiquphon OW1 tweeters but at $250 a pair I decided instead to go with the Vifa D27TG-45-06s, the same ones I used in the Phase IVs since I bought 6 of them during the last build (not sure why).

I had been thinking about the AC 130F1 for the mid driver but they didn't seem, on paper anyway, much better than the Scan Speak 15m-4624 I already have (from the MkIII project). First, it's cheaper to get a second Scan Speak than two AC130s and the Scan Speak has a circular chassis which makes routing it into the baffle much easier. 

So what was once going to be a no-compromise final build has turned into a more incremental evolution (though I know it will probably be the last iteration).

I'm experimenting with panels made of plywood glued to fiberboard.  I need to figure out how not to damage the veneer on the panels while I'm building the enclosures. Other than that next weekend it's off to the races.      

About time

It's about time I started work on the Phase Vs. I have an all-wood design completed, and an idea for how I will build them; I just need to buy the wood (and the tweeters) and make a start...