What do you guys think?

Hey guys, I dont want to seem like im whoring pictures around to brag or anything, but I've been doing some things lately that I think have turned out real nice and want to know what you guys think. Please let me know good or bad. I know its a lot of pictures, I'm sorry.

My first set of ported boxes! 12 years in the biz and these are my first ported boxes, crazy.

Some pictures of the diamond room I built. The D9's are actually in an enclosure and the grill snaps in place. They sound incredible.

Some pictures of the home theatre room I have been working on. Just picture everything that is now in vinyl as lame, red laminate and all speakers, recievers and tv just sittin on wood shelves. The suede inserts cover up the seams created by the seperate pieces of wood.

my favorite new thing, raised suede. This sign goes above the tv in the home theatre room.

CA&E readers will recognize this, it was in last months issue. I slightly modified it to suit my taste. The ipod fits so snug that I can turn it upside down. This is a display unit and I have sold 2 since it has been done for about a week.

Thanks alot guys for taking the time to look through these. I really appreciate your input.

I like them. I always appreciate clean work. What did you use under the suede to raise it and what kind of adhisive. I seem to have a problem with my adhisive staining the suede.

Thanks, I am known for taking longer than i quote on jobs but also for being worth the wait.  I used 1/8" foam.  I was kind of on the fence about whether to use foam or vinyl.  The foam definitely pops more but the vinyl would have been eaier to lay over.  This is going in a big room so it need to pop so I used the foam.  I use landau contact adhesive.  Spray it on the board and then spray it lightly and from a distance on the suede to prevent bleed through.

This is what the second picture of the d9 component display was supposed to be.  You can see how the grill snaps in place now.

Nice work. I can apreciate the time and effort, well worth it. Nice to see others who also take pride in thier work.

Couple questions, on some of the ported enclosures the port is blocked. Is this for any kind of function such as making it a sealed enclosure, or just decorative and it gets removed? Jus curious.

And is that 1399.99 the price of the speakers or a sku number? lol, way out of my league if thats a price.    ; )

Thank you guys very much.  I am a perfectionist when it comes to this and I'm glad to see that it shows a little.

The ports aren't actually blocked, there is the vinyl beauty panel that goes over the whole box and the port hole in the panel is covered in grey grill cloth.  Its acoustically transparent, just for looks and so I would have somewhere to put that little flying d.  You should see that thing bounce around, its awesome.

Yes, that is the price tag, I would never pay that either.  I can get those right now though for a ridiculously low price so I'm thinking about doing it.  They sound so good in an enclosure.

Your welcome. Once again great job..I like those port panels, they look good.

I might be concered as even though you state acoustically transparent that doesn't mean it will have no effect on the air flow. But you said they sound really good so that's what counts.

They better sound good for that price..and do my dishes as well..lol

Wish I could afford the really good stuff like that but gotta wait. I am working diligently to get to that point but right now my prorities can only afford me beer pockets, Champaign taste,

Take care.

I forgot to post this picture before, its the inside of the box before one of the side panels and the baffle were put on.  What do you guys think?

Excellent work.

Love the rounded edges on the slot port. I wonder how many others pay that much attention to detail, including the details no one can see.

Kudos again.

Thank you very much, thats very reassuring.

Heres a couple of pics of that home theatre suede sign hung.

The suede on the sign matches the suede on the panel inserts. I'm pretty happy with it and the room is almost done.

I just started  a new topic asking for suggestions on something but hey, why not ask here too?

So, first set of suede wrapped door inserts.  I'm pretty happy with them but im wondering what suggestions you guys might have for getting out those folds next time around.

The port design on the box looks alot like a transmission line enclosure to me. How did you figure out the sizing to get it all to work. I've been working on a few T-L boxes lately and either I end up with limited range and mad output, or incredible range and no output. If you could let me know how your box performs as far as sq or spl we might be able to swap some ideas as far as your displays go. And again great work and keep it up.

Yeah I think it is a TL.  As I said before it was my first, i guess first four, attempts at ported boxes.  The dimensions were given to me directly from diamond, so there was no guess work whatsoever.  Thanks for the compliments though.

Check this out guys, I just got done recovering the headliner of that car I did the door inserts in.  Iam really proud of this, it came out very well I think.

before

After

I think the contrast between the two colors is just awesome.

Thank you guys very much for the support, it means alot. 

I tried doing the front doors on this car today, thats a bit of a different story.  Pain in the a**.  I just wish I had found out about the stretchy suede before I started so I could've used that on the doors.  Whats the general opinion on that stuff anyway?  I've talked to one guy on here that has had luck with it.

"dimensions were given to me directly from diamond"

any chance of you sharing these dimensions?

some great work, looks like time and effort gets put into everything you do.

I guess I made myself sound more important and special than I meant to when I said they were given to me.  We have this big book at work from diamond that gives info on all their products, thats where I got it from.  It is also available on their website here, https://www.diamondaudio.com/products/pdfs/Single%2010%20in%20Vented%2005.pdf

Thank you very much for the compliment.  I typically spend all night thinking about my project for the next day.  It kinda wizes my girlfriend off but by the time I actually build something, I've already built it 100 times, 3 different ways in my head.  Its tedious and sometimes nerve-racking but the end result is something I can be proud of.