Tapered Quarter-Wave Pipes

[snoogins]

These are a set of quarter-waves pipes that I built (with the help of my awesome grandfather) from the design at Argos Loudspeaker (http://members.optusnet.com.au/~gradds55/index.html). These serve as my front speakers on a 5.1 system, powered by a Sony home-theater-in-a-box amplifier. I used cabinet-grade oak ply, and didn't wind up having enough in the single sheet, so the back panel is solid pine. I used a cherry stain with polyurethane and pummel stoned for a semi-glossy finish. Speakers are Vifa, and I don't really know much about the crossover.

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[solacedagony]

Cool construction! They look beautiful.

How do you like the sound?

[cargodz]

Those are definately an attention getter :)

[colemanyoungerinalaska]

yeah how do they sound ive always wanted to build some of these but never have gotten around to it

[snoogins]

They sound really good with standard usage (tv, movies, etc), but they really shine when powering them in 2-channel stereo with music. It took a good break-in period to get them sounding great, but I'm really pleased with the outcome. Thanks again for the comments, guys!