Good 2nd effort on the rope caulk. I'm doing some research and have been planning on building speakers since 1992, lol. I came across some building products for soundproof wall/ceiling applications, that may help. It's a green "soundproof" caulk, or in a tape roll...might also do the trick and save a step.
I know I’m late to the conversation but how does the total build compare with factory made units in terms of cost. It seems you’ve used higher quality components and I’d be interested in learning how much profit the Klipsch company makes even though yours use better components.
There really no way to make that comparison, in the sense that they are paying labor, have production overhead, advertising cost and whatnot. However, this cost me about 5k Canadian, with about 2/3 of that being the component cost. But there’s a lot of labor involved, which cost me 0. I know that mine outperform the similar factory models.. they sound better in every way, though there’s nothing wrong with the stock La Scala. I’ve not heard the newest models, so I can’t comment on those.
Hi Victor, no, I didn’t forget the seal but I may not have captured on video. In actual fact, the original has a putty type substance much like plumbers caulking. I actually used that product, sourced from Parts Express, but fount it to be too stiff to compress properly. I swapped that out for closed cell foam. Thanks for watching!
The nuts are T-nuts (or in my case, I used Hurricane nuts - same idea) so they are directly mounted on the motor board. The woofer is installed through the bottom as seen in the videos and the bolts put in by hand. No need to reach the inner not as it is directly fastened to the wood and won’t turn. Incidentally, I recommend t-nuts over the hurricane nuts, and would use those if I were to do this again.
Yes. That is consistent with the original K33. The cast woofer won’t fit without modification to the frame or cutting a recess inside the chamber walls, which I would not recommend.
