Over the years of building speakers cabinets, there are several things that I have learned about the process. The first is that woodworking is never as easy as it seems in magazines or YouTube videos. Good tools definitely make a difference your quality, but it takes time and experience to get really good at it. Flat-packs can help make building the cabinet much easier, but you’re still left with the issue of putting a finish on them. So today’s post covers some different finishing options for our flat-packs. I’ll cover these in the order I ease of application. Duratex The easiest option is definitely something like Duratex (or other textured coatings like truck bed liner). Duratex is great
Let’s be honest, passive radiators add a whole lot more to the cost of a system than a standard port, even though they both work on the same principles. Now, you might hear some say that a passive radiator system acts more like a sealed box, but that is an audio myth. Passives tune a box the same way a port does. They act as a resonance system coupled to the air spring inside the box and resonate based on their tuning. For both passives and ports, the box volume plays a role in that tuning and output. For passives, the weight added to the passive helps tune it to its final level, whereas a port is tuned using the surface area of the opening and length. Given that both play the same role in s
