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Behold...a rare species of THT.

This was supposed to be a twin build (two 12"-loaded slims), but the building supply co. messed up the order of BB, thus I ended up with only enough material to build one cabinet for now.

Nice, clean build Radian!

Clean!

Thanks! More info and pics on the way...

Great looking cab... i like the slim profile.

I could imagine how this would look in a black / off white piano finish.

nice looking cab!!! what a diference from my full width THT . i sure does look a lot more
manageable, mine is heavy as hell ?
keep the nice pic's coming

greetz ketoet

A little further today. Access panel drilled and driver installed. So far, a quick low-level check reveals it does indeed make bass. Tomorrow, I'll put the spurs to it after a thorough leak check and impedance sweep. Then it's back outside for cosmetic finishing.

I really like the looks of that. I'll be curious to know how it performs since I think that's the first slim THT I've ever seen. It'd make a slick coffee table.

I'm definitely interested in some war volume SPL charts in whatever your listening room will be.

As always, a well done build from Radian

What a beautiful color (clearcoat? ), great proportions.

Drey Chennells wrote:What a beautiful color (clearcoat? ), great proportions.

That's just the raw birch wood for now. It certainly is pretty. I haven't applied any finish yet. The GF and I have been discussing what we were going to do about that. Although the pictures might not indicate, the sides of the panels are peppered with screw holes that require filling. Between spackle compound and PL, I'm a little concerned how this might take a stain. Satin black lacquer would be a match for the rest of my system...just unsure at this point.

Running a 30 Hz tone through it this morning, I discovered a leaky driver gasket. In the gap, between the segments. Naturally, right at the point where I stopped with the RTV sealant. At least I found it. Buttered up the area, and re-installed the driver, but waiting for the stuff to cure is a drag.

It would be nice if these Dayton drivers came with a one-piece spacer/gasket like the MCM's and older Eminence...that, or none at all.

Radian wrote:

Drey Chennells wrote:What a beautiful color (clearcoat? ), great proportions.

That's just the raw birch wood for now... Between spackle compound and PL, I'm a little concerned how this might take a stain. Satin black lacquer would be a match for the rest of my system...just unsure at this point.

Yep I see it's raw I thought maybe a clearcoat for that natural color would be in it's future But the matching satin black may be the way to go after sand/fill. The bolt/screw holes in the gaskets are a bit thin, we just seal it all as well. Nice!

Speaking of the other half...

She was not a happy camper the day we moved on from our previous horn sub. Of course, she wouldn't dare say anything positive regarding it's sonic attributes when we actually owned it.

Perhaps a good method to convince the misses of using a big subwoofer cabinet might be to actually build one, play it for a while, listen to her gripe about it and agree verbally with her concerns about the intrusive size, then get rid of it one day entirely on a whim.

Now she's been looking forward to this cabinet as much as I have!

if you want a "natural" finish, mix some of your sawdust with ordinary woodglue and use that to fill your cracks and screwholes. will never look perfect from real close but should be a close match. Used it on an antique table at my grandmothers house...