Finished Towers

The towers are finally done--well as of a couple of months ago actually, but this is the final description and photos of the finished product.  Once we had all of the wiring done and the sound dampening foam installed, we cut the hardboard for the front, top and back and nailed it on.  We puttied and sanded each box and moved to the next crucial step of painting.  After taping the oak sides and trim off, we applied three coats of spray primer and then finished with three coats of semi-gloss black spray paint.  Next, we put two coats of stain--we ran into a slight problem here, due to how cold it was in the garage, it was taking a very long time to dry.  We ended up moving the speakers into the house and put a small space heater on them to aid in drying.  Once they were ready, the got three to four coats of spray polyurethane clear coat.  Josh chose a semi-gloss and I sprayed mine with a full gloss.
           Now it was time to wire the speakers and mount them in place.  After a little few minor adjustments, everything was in place.  We installed the terminal and four rubber feet and they were done.  Now the real test came when we finally fired em up.  First off, they sound amazing.  With the four Dayton 6 1/2" drivers running these speakers produce quite a bit of bass.  The Tang Band bullet mid ranges produces warm tones, and the HiVi tweeters hits crisp highs (I really like this tweeter, it adds the perfect amount of  treble to a bass overloaded system).  Overall I am really pleased with the results, they sound good with music as well as movies which was exactly the intent.