
darien87
Audioholic Spartan
Hey folks,
I bought the pre-cut pieces of wood for this sub from a guy on the Polk Audio forums about 6 months ago or so. I finally got around to putting it together. The box is a 27" x 27" cube. It will have a CCS 15" sub and 2 18" passive radiators powered by a Behringer EP2000.
I guess I miscalculated on the size of this thing. It's enormous! My Rythmik sub as about 24" tall, so I thought, "Cool this thing will only be a few inches bigger." Sure, it's only a few inches taller, but it's twice as wide, so this thing is about 3 times the size of the sub I have now. Needless to say, the wife is none too happy. I told her I would put it behind the couch when we get our new house in September. This seemed to placate her a little.
I was just going to paint it black, but when I went to Home Depot to buy paint, I saw this really cool color called Hammered Bronze. It looks pretty much black, but when the light hits it, you see that it is actually dark brown with flecks of gold in it. Pretty cool.
On to the pics!
The cherry box in the upper left corner with the plant on it is the old sub. The new one is WAY bigger! Yikes.
Braces
I put wheels on the bottom because this monster is going to weigh about 200 lbs when I get the woofer mounted.
Close up of the finish. This is after 2 coats of paint.
These next few pics are to show some of the imperfections in the paint job. This was my first time painting something of this size with a paint brush. Usually I just spray paint stuff. I've got some streaks and some areas that aren't so smooth. I'm tempted to hit it with one more coat of paint to see if I can smooth these areas out. But I'm planning on hitting it with a couple of coats of satin varnish tonight. I'm wondering if the varnish will help to hide some of the imperfections?
Also, I'm supposed to lightly sand in between coats of varnish right?
Streaks below woofer hole.
Bubbly area
Should I even bother with trying to give it another coat of paint? After all it's just a sub and it's probably going to go behind the couch anyway.
I bought the pre-cut pieces of wood for this sub from a guy on the Polk Audio forums about 6 months ago or so. I finally got around to putting it together. The box is a 27" x 27" cube. It will have a CCS 15" sub and 2 18" passive radiators powered by a Behringer EP2000.
I guess I miscalculated on the size of this thing. It's enormous! My Rythmik sub as about 24" tall, so I thought, "Cool this thing will only be a few inches bigger." Sure, it's only a few inches taller, but it's twice as wide, so this thing is about 3 times the size of the sub I have now. Needless to say, the wife is none too happy. I told her I would put it behind the couch when we get our new house in September. This seemed to placate her a little.
I was just going to paint it black, but when I went to Home Depot to buy paint, I saw this really cool color called Hammered Bronze. It looks pretty much black, but when the light hits it, you see that it is actually dark brown with flecks of gold in it. Pretty cool.
On to the pics!

The cherry box in the upper left corner with the plant on it is the old sub. The new one is WAY bigger! Yikes.

Braces



I put wheels on the bottom because this monster is going to weigh about 200 lbs when I get the woofer mounted.

Close up of the finish. This is after 2 coats of paint.
These next few pics are to show some of the imperfections in the paint job. This was my first time painting something of this size with a paint brush. Usually I just spray paint stuff. I've got some streaks and some areas that aren't so smooth. I'm tempted to hit it with one more coat of paint to see if I can smooth these areas out. But I'm planning on hitting it with a couple of coats of satin varnish tonight. I'm wondering if the varnish will help to hide some of the imperfections?
Also, I'm supposed to lightly sand in between coats of varnish right?


Streaks below woofer hole.

Bubbly area

Should I even bother with trying to give it another coat of paint? After all it's just a sub and it's probably going to go behind the couch anyway.