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Notice that many of my photos have since disappeared from their hosting sites so this thread may have some holes in it. However, I just ran across a site called Hollilla that apparently mirrors forum boards like AVS and seems to have every single picture I had in this thread! Strange, but ok! This one seems to work at the moment:
http://www.hollilla.com/s.php?keywords=curvy+1099&searchmode=img
Hello everybody! Welcome to the home of my Elusive (Tux) 1099 build. This will be slow going as I've got a number of other house projects to finish before I can really jump into the cabinet build for these. For now, I have a pair of kits that I'll be using for mains in my living room style home theater. In a month or so, I will be ordering a 3rd kit with the center channel configuration to complete my LCR. For a more immediate "I MUST BUILD SOMETHING NOW!!!" fix, I have a pair of Volt 10's with the slanted flat packs on the way for surround duty. Those I will be able to build quickly since they are designed with care to maximize AIY success!
For just a quick background on how I got to this point, over the course of 2011-2012, I bought a complete Polk Audio monitor series setup in addition to a (new at the time) Onkyo TX-NR808 receiver; all through Newegg, all on sale. This setup was replacing the 15 year old super cheapo Yamaha bookshelf speakers, cheapo JBL center channel and no surrounds situation that I had found myself in. With the Polks, I ended up with Monitor 70's for fronts, a CS2 center channel, Monitor 30's for surrounds and a PSW505 12" sub all in cherry except for the sub. And I was very happy with this setup for about 2 years. They looked nice, sounded ok and were a huge step-up from where I had been. I eventually got to thinking about adding a second PSW505 and then I started hanging out in the DIY forums here at AVS and over at HTS
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. As the story goes, it was all over from there. As word of the Stereo Integrity HT18" grew, and I kept up with all the development updates, I was finally ready to take the plunge and put my name on 2 of them during the first pre-order in the November/December time frame of 2012. You can see the results of that here: http://www.hometheatershack.com/for...7838-stereo-integrity-18-d2-curved-build.html
Just for the record, I have two more of them waiting in their shipping boxes for me to build into rear subs.....but that's a different thread for a different time.
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I've followed the development of the Tux-1099 from the beginning and knew that this was the SEOS design that I had been waiting for. Watching Fatshaft's build progress and then reading all about the final impressions, I couldn't wait for my turn! Finally, after selling my entire Polk system (5 speakers plus the sub) in March, I was able to order up my first pair.
My plan is to make a pair of Tux towers with an overall height of ~54" which will put the waveguides at ear level for me in my room. For now, the only progress toward the cabinet builds are a couple of sketches on paper.
What I have made some headway on though are the crossovers. I haven't built any crossovers since high school, so please be kind!
The layouts, which I think look great:
The ugly:
The bottom sides are no showroom beauty queens, but they are solid, functional and correct. I will be hot gluing all the jumpers down tonight which will also help the appearance a bit.
I am grateful for Tux, Erich and the many, many others that make this community possible!
Stay tuned!
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http://www.hollilla.com/s.php?keywords=curvy+1099&searchmode=img
Hello everybody! Welcome to the home of my Elusive (Tux) 1099 build. This will be slow going as I've got a number of other house projects to finish before I can really jump into the cabinet build for these. For now, I have a pair of kits that I'll be using for mains in my living room style home theater. In a month or so, I will be ordering a 3rd kit with the center channel configuration to complete my LCR. For a more immediate "I MUST BUILD SOMETHING NOW!!!" fix, I have a pair of Volt 10's with the slanted flat packs on the way for surround duty. Those I will be able to build quickly since they are designed with care to maximize AIY success!
For just a quick background on how I got to this point, over the course of 2011-2012, I bought a complete Polk Audio monitor series setup in addition to a (new at the time) Onkyo TX-NR808 receiver; all through Newegg, all on sale. This setup was replacing the 15 year old super cheapo Yamaha bookshelf speakers, cheapo JBL center channel and no surrounds situation that I had found myself in. With the Polks, I ended up with Monitor 70's for fronts, a CS2 center channel, Monitor 30's for surrounds and a PSW505 12" sub all in cherry except for the sub. And I was very happy with this setup for about 2 years. They looked nice, sounded ok and were a huge step-up from where I had been. I eventually got to thinking about adding a second PSW505 and then I started hanging out in the DIY forums here at AVS and over at HTS
Just for the record, I have two more of them waiting in their shipping boxes for me to build into rear subs.....but that's a different thread for a different time.
I've followed the development of the Tux-1099 from the beginning and knew that this was the SEOS design that I had been waiting for. Watching Fatshaft's build progress and then reading all about the final impressions, I couldn't wait for my turn! Finally, after selling my entire Polk system (5 speakers plus the sub) in March, I was able to order up my first pair.
My plan is to make a pair of Tux towers with an overall height of ~54" which will put the waveguides at ear level for me in my room. For now, the only progress toward the cabinet builds are a couple of sketches on paper.
What I have made some headway on though are the crossovers. I haven't built any crossovers since high school, so please be kind!
The layouts, which I think look great:
The ugly:
The bottom sides are no showroom beauty queens, but they are solid, functional and correct. I will be hot gluing all the jumpers down tonight which will also help the appearance a bit.
I am grateful for Tux, Erich and the many, many others that make this community possible!
Stay tuned!
