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.
Pre-Built Cabinets
If you choose a pre-built cabinets, we will glue the cabinets together and stick acoustic wool felt to the inside. We will give the cabinets an initial sanding, but depending on the level of finish required, you may need to do some additional sanding. The drivers, Arylic Up2Stream Wireless Plate Amplifiers, and port tubes will not be fitted, and this is something that you will need to do yourself. If you purchase both the drivers and Arylic Up2Stream Wireless Plate Amplifiers in your kit, we will terminate the cables included with the Arylic Up2Stream Wireless Plate Amplifiers rather than supplying just the 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 cabinets to ensure that you understand how the cabinets go together before you glue them, noting the orientation of pre-drilled holes in the front baffle:
2) Glue the back, top, bottom and sides of the cabinets together. Fit the front baffles without using glue and clamp together. It is important to ensure that you don’t glue the front baffles to the cabinets at this stage as it will make it impossible to stick the acoustic wool felt to the inside of the cabinets. 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 baffles, back, top and bottom and side panels of the cabinet. Spray the inside of the cabinets 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 cabinets. Cut out part of the pieces on the back panels so that the port tubes can be fitted.
Contact Spray adhesive is not included with this kit, but is available here.
4) Glue and clamp the front baffles 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 cabinets.
7) Cut the port tubes to 82mm in length using a hacksaw. 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 tubes into place with a rubber mallet. Optionally, a small bit of blu tack can use under the lip of the port tubes to improve the seal.
8) Terminate the cable supplied with Arylic Up2Stream Wireless Plate Amplifier with the supplied crimps and insulating boots. The other end of the cable will already be terminated with a connector for connecting the cable to the Arylic Up2Stream Wireless Plate Amplifier.
9) Attach this cable to the back of the Arylic Up2Stream Wireless Plate Amplifier and fit the Arylic Up2Stream Wireless Plate Amplifier to the active cabinet using the supplied screws.
10) Build the cable to connect the terminal cup to the driver in the passive, using the supplied cable, crimps and insulating boots.
11) Attach this cable to the back of the terminal cup and fit the terminal cup to the passive cabinet using the included screws.
12) Attach the other end of the cables to the drivers and fit the drivers to the cabinets using the screws supplied with the drivers.
13) Follow the instructions supplied with the Arylic Up2Stream Wireless Plate Amplifier to connect it to your network.
14) Happy listening!
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