DIY Speaker Kits, a good idea?

@bdp24 

I think the retail now is $3900.  I paid $1300 and, given how they sound, that seems nearly free.  I figured at that price I could move them along if they didn't work for me, but, they're not going anywhere, anytime soon. The previous owner drove them with a CJ pre and amp around 70 watts, so they haven't been pushed hard. 

I sent an email to Bruce to ask a couple questions and he got back to me in a few hours.  

After looking at the wood trim on the panels, I think I'm going to make a new set and make them a little wider so the wood stands wider than the grill edge(sort of a visual accent).  Should be very easy, they're just straight sticks of wood. I asked Bruce about the potential width(increased from stock by 1/2 to 3/4 inch) and whether they would negatively impact the sonics.  He said the width would be fine as long as I round the outside edges with a 1/2 round over bit.  I'm considering designs and wood species now.

I had an audio friend over today to hear them and he thought they were amazing.

..and the beat goes on..

The LFT-8b retailed for $2499 when I bought my pair. I ordered them with painted black wood trim rails; I figured I'd be listening to them with the grill cloth/frame removed, and painted black they kind of disappear.

A rough idea of what the re-frame might look like.  The oval on top would probably a carving of some sort.  I'm thinking maybe a walnut / bordeaux wine color dyed cherry mix.

aesthetics is in the eye of the beholder.

Like 'Go Faster' Stripes showing their dominating presence on a Vehicle, creating the sham, this thing in a speed king.

Will the Speaker be improved or any more bearable as an object with or without the intricacies added.    

Like 'Go Faster' Stripes showing their dominating presence on a Vehicle, creating the sham, this thing in a speed king.

@pindac 

When and where I grew up, go-fast stripes were a manufacturer's go-to way to making a humble sedan into a nimble sports machine. That, a pair of fog lights, a displacement bump all the way to an awesome 1300 cc, ridiculous rear-wheel camber and you were set.

Haven't thought about those bestriped family sedans in ages. A few of them were actually legit fast, but most were donkeys in race horse drag.

Kids would swap the stock carb for a double-barrel from the junkyard and claim phenomenal performance increases that existed only in their heads. But the engine would foul plugs and sputter and miss at idle like a real Italian sports car, so there was that.

The more it changes...