Just completed Home surround system. I have been using ELAC FS207A as main speakers, and wanted to have matched center speaker, so bought ELAC CC203 used in last year September. However, its 330 mm of depth doesn’t fit to my livingroom layout, since there is a TV set in front of the sofa. So eventually I ended up developping my own designed speaker housing. The box was designed to have roughly same cavity volume, and shortend the depth and expanded the width. I added a step behind the housing to fit to the frame of the screen and minimize the dead space. I bought cheap plywood board with 15 mm thickness and used cutting service at hear by DIY shop. Made unit holes by myself with circular cutter on the drill. Had build the housing with adding many reinforcement inside using small piece of plywood, and fixed them by pouring epoxy bond inside of the housing. Finish of bottom and rear side are quite rough. There are mismatches of the board end for ca. 1 mm, but it’s OK as far as there is no air leakage. Front, Top and sides are finished with sealer and polished with an electric sander. Spray can was used to cover overall surface with gloss white. Finally polished with fine water-proof sand paper. Speaker units were assembled, and the original glass wool was filled, then it’s completed! As seen in photos, it just fits into the tight clearance below the screen. When TV monitor is set in front of the speaker, the sound is expected to come through the gap by the TV stand. The JET3 Tweeter commonly used in the main speakers must achieve perfect sound balance, I believe. It took half year as I was so slow and lazy, but now I’m really satisfied.
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