Description
Our SL7-SD cabinets are precision CNC machined from 15mm MDF and have rabbet joints to make them easy to put together. They are specifically designed for the Markaudio Pluvia 7.2HD and Alpair 7MS drivers. As these drivers have the same number and position of fixing holes, these drivers can be used inter-changeably with these cabinets.
We also sell high quality ready-made cables and a DIY cable kit that you can use to make cables to connect your speaker to your amplifier.
Pre-Built Cabinet
If you choose a pre-built cabinet, we will glue the cabinet together and stick acoustic wool felt to the inside. We will give the cabinet an initial sanding, but depending on the level of finish required, you may need to do some additional sanding. The driver, recessed terminal cup, and port tube will not be fitted, and this is something that you will need to do yourself. We will however build a 30 cm internal cable that you can use to connect the driver to the terminal cup rather than supplying the component cable and crimps. If you require a fully finished (veneered or painted) speaker, please contact us using this form, as this will be a bespoke build that we will need to quote for separately based on your requirements.
Instructions
1) Test assemble the cabinet to ensure that you understand how the cabinet goes together before you glue it.
2) Glue the back, top, bottom and sides of the cabinet together. Fit the front baffle without using glue and clamp together. It is important to ensure that you don’t glue the front baffle to the cabinet at this stage as it will make it impossible to stick the acoustic wool felt to the inside of the cabinet. Leave for at least an hour and ideally overnight.
Wood glue is not included with this kit, but is available here.
3) Cut the acoustic wool felt into suitably sized pieces for the front baffle, back, top and bottom and sides of the cabinet. Spray the inside of the cabinet and one side of the acoustic wool felt pieces with contact adhesive. Leave for a few moments to allow the solvent in the contact adhesive to evaporate. Fit the pieces to the inside of the cabinet. Cut out part of the piece on the back panel so that the port tube and terminal cup can be fitted.
Contact Spray adhesive is not included with this kit, but is available here.
4) Glue and clamp the front baffle in place. Leave for at least an hour and ideally overnight.
5) Remove all excess dried glue by rubbing with a damp cloth and then sand the joints until the desired finish has been achieved.
6) Paint or veneer the cabinet.
7) Cut the port tube to a length of 82 mm using a hacksaw (or similar). To ensure a consistent length around the circumference of the cut, wrap some tape around the port tube to act as a guide. Tap the port tube into place with a rubber mallet. Optionally, a small bit of blu tack can use under the lip of the port tube to improve the seal.
8) Build the cable to connect the terminal cup to the driver, using the supplied cable, crimps and insulating boots.
9) Attach the cable to the back of the terminal cup and fit the terminal cup to the cabinet using the included screws.
10) Attach the other end of the cable to the driver and fit the driver to the cabinet using the screws supplied with the drivers.
11) Happy listening!
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