Csw

[eyekyu]

love that zebrawood? that is nice!!
great lookin theater you got here

[Hammie]

GOOD GOD!!!!

They are sexy as h3ll!!

Nice job on them.

[Beta Man]

Great theater, and yes.... the bar is great! I love theaters with bars at the back, so you can eat some wings and mozzy stix while watching the game! (and beer of course)

Your kitchen is absolutely beautiful..... those cabinets, and the island are great!

[JamesN]

Originally Posted by csw

Just completed the cabinets on the new speakers. I thought I would try a stab at building instead of buying this time. See what you think. The speakers are a 2way design that will incorporate all SEAS components. They are going to be a sealed enclosure with seperation inside the cabinet. The finish on the cabinet is a high gloss South African Zebrawood. I think these will replace my current speakers in the theater, depending on how they sound. If they sound anything close to how they look it will be Killer!!!

The cabinets look great! Can you explain what you mean by the "finish" being zebrawood? Is it actual zebrawood wood, laminate, or finish?

[SeanMF]

Love the diy speaker finish. Impressive to say say nontheless!

[Fors*]

No kidding, that finish looks as beautiful and well done as your home theater....great job all around!

[Rob71]

Originally Posted by csw

The finish is a faux finish. The cabinet is made from 1inch MDF then covered with Wilsonart laminate (High Gloss Zebrawood). Truth be told, I think it would have been cheaper to go with the real thing. I had the same guy that built all of the theater cabinets build the speaker set.

Do you know if he used vertical grade laminate? I used a gloss piano black laminate on some cabinets a few years ago and it was a pain to work with. One speck of trash under the laminate and you can see it from across the room. Regardless, they look amazing. I didn't know Wilsonart had a Zebrawood finish.

[Rob71]

Originally Posted by csw

I'm not sure on the vertical part, but he did say it was a HUGE! pain to work with. If the area is not virtually lint and dust free, it's all for not. The specks apparantly can be seen pretty clearly. To his credit, the finish looked like they could have been demo's at an audio store. The laminate is called "Madagascar". Was originally going with a high polished Gold, but changed my mind as soon as I saw the zebrawood finish. Thanks for the comments.

Thats vertical grade.

It's about half the thickness of regular laminate and anything that finds it's way under it before installing it shines right through. The main plus is once you router and file the edges, they look very clean. Much better than the horizontal grade for this type of installation.

[mrjackolanterns]

Originally Posted by csw

The finish is a faux finish. The cabinet is made from 1inch MDF then covered with Wilsonart laminate (High Gloss Zebrawood). Truth be told, I think it would have been cheaper to go with the real thing. I had the same guy that built all of the theater cabinets build the speaker set. In fact, a good friend of mine will soon have the same speakers in Gold Dust Laminate. We both collaborated on the project and it turned out much better than expected. We purchased a kit from Madisound that included the seas components and crossover parts. A little wiring, soldering and stand building and I have a new set of fronts.
The sound on these new DIY speakers are amazing. The details and control when placed under high watts is just astounding. I don't make it a habit of visiting too many high end audio specialist, but I would pit these up against any sub 1K speaker out there. Could not be happier with the way they turned out. Makes my old NHT's sould like an Emerson clock radio. Not really, but you get the picture.

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