Wayne Ernst
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About 5 months back, I purchased a pair of Shiva drivers and begun the process of building 85L cabinets based on the Shiva plans from the Adire site. After getting the cabinets approximately 90% complete, I realized there was no way my wife would allow two of the beasts to go in our family room. I then changed directions and worked up some sealed cabinets with 30L of volume.
So far, these cabinets and drivers have had about two months of good use, so they are properly broken in. Today, I located some Bass Mekaniks CDs, so I could properly test out the subs with the waves and my RS SPL meter.
The pair of Shivas are driven by a Nady XA-1100 pro audio amp. Overall, I am quite pleased with the results. Lately, it seems like my mix is 90% music and 10% movies, so the smaller cabinets are a benefit in that area.
The cabinets were made out of 3/4" MDF material. The cabinets were finished to make them blend a bit better by applying the following process:
1) Applied 2 coats of primer
2) Applied 2 coats of Sears "Cinnamon" semi-gloss paint
3) Dry-brushed streaks of black Rustoleum paint onto the surface.
4) Dry-brushed streaks of gold Rustoleum paint onto the surface.
5) After all paint had a good chance to dry, I then applied a coat of oil based stain to the overall surface and wiped it good with a cotton rag to allow some of the paints to "blend" a bit and give it a more consistant appearance.
On to the pictures:
A plot showing the results of my testing:
So far, these cabinets and drivers have had about two months of good use, so they are properly broken in. Today, I located some Bass Mekaniks CDs, so I could properly test out the subs with the waves and my RS SPL meter.
The pair of Shivas are driven by a Nady XA-1100 pro audio amp. Overall, I am quite pleased with the results. Lately, it seems like my mix is 90% music and 10% movies, so the smaller cabinets are a benefit in that area.
The cabinets were made out of 3/4" MDF material. The cabinets were finished to make them blend a bit better by applying the following process:
1) Applied 2 coats of primer
2) Applied 2 coats of Sears "Cinnamon" semi-gloss paint
3) Dry-brushed streaks of black Rustoleum paint onto the surface.
4) Dry-brushed streaks of gold Rustoleum paint onto the surface.
5) After all paint had a good chance to dry, I then applied a coat of oil based stain to the overall surface and wiped it good with a cotton rag to allow some of the paints to "blend" a bit and give it a more consistant appearance.
On to the pictures:
A plot showing the results of my testing: