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Review from a total noob review by Sterling on 11/9/2023I got these speakers several months ago, and due to living in an apartment with very little outdoor space to construct and paint, these took me much longer to get together than I wanted. I also jumped into this project with next to no woodworking, painting, or soldering experience, so getting my LCR together and looking passable was a huge learning opportunity for me, and I made every mistake you can expect! Once I got everything put together, however, I'm happy to report that my home theater sounds better than ever, and these amazing speakers are showing me what other components in my system need updating.
For other newcomers like myself, let me recommend a few things.
1. If you're looking for a nice, even paint coat, don't mess around with spray paint or rollers. I was flying through cans of spray paint when I tried that approach. Eventually, I ended up getting an inexpensive paint gun from Amazon, which made the whole experience so much faster and easier. Make sure you have plenty of drop cloths!
2. Count the number of clamps you think you need, and then double it. I got the cheap clamps from harbor freight, and they're just fine for this.
3. Get a router to make the edges nice and smooth, and go slow! I ended up marring some of the MDF and had to fill in marks with bondo and sand it down flat
4. Seal the edges of the MDF with wood glue. Get a cheap roller, thin the glue with water, and do a few coats over every exposed edge (excluding the edges for the waveguide, woofer, and ports. These will not be visible for the finished product.
5. Get some decent saw horses. I cheaped out on this, and one collapsed and dropped a cabinet on the concrete, ruining my day.
6. Recycled denim insulation is almost impossible to find these days, I used Rockwool and I'm very happy with the result.
Putting these together was definitely work, but if you're handy enough it won't cause any issues. Interestingly, painting them was by far the most time consuming step of the process. Gluing, routing, sanding, and soldering the components was a breeze in comparison. I'm pleased to report that the hard work was well worth it, and getting hammered with three of these whenever I watch movies now is an awesome experience. Next up are some decent subwoofers! -
Extremely happy! review by SRober on 10/24/2023
I purchased 3 HT-12s with the flat packs and circuit boards for my LCR in a 27’x17’x10’ dedicated theater room. These will eventually end up behind an AT screen, so the finish is just a rough matte black paint. That being said, they command a presence in the front of the room, and they sound absolutely incredible! I’m especially impressed by the level of detail from the compression driver, which has been amazing for movies with the family. Still can’t believe the quality of the front soundstage for the price paid. The value of these speakers is very hard to beat!
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Excellent directivity and dynamics from an easy to build, cost effective kit review by KevinC on 6/28/2022
Have a set of four used for surround duty, and they keep up with the QSC SC-2150 LCR and multiple full Marty 18" subwoofers at reference. Build is simple enough for a novice with a great community of people willing to support via various internet forums. Excellent directivity and dynamics, which are the name of the game for home theater, but these also excelled in some limited stereo music trials during post-build testing. These are an unbeatable value in my book.
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Great Speakers - Easy Build review by DanO on 12/30/2021
I use these for home theater as well as music and couldn't be happier. Paired with 18" subs, these sound great and plenty loud enough for my basement H.T. room. The build was easy as well taking me about 2 hours to have two assembled, including soldering the crossovers. Would definitely recommend.
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Excellent Speakers review by Howard on 9/11/2021
I built two of the HT-12’s a couple of weeks ago for my L/R in my home theater. I have nothing but good things to say about Erich, as well as the assembly and performance of these speakers. They went together phenomenally, and when completed, provide a sound that speakers MANY times more expensive would have trouble matching. They are on the warm side to my ears, coming from klipsch RP280-f’s, but you don’t lose that sparkle and clarity at all. There are no trade offs with this speaker if you have the subs to keep up. Also, don’t worry about powering them with 400 watts, they can handle that much power, but I have each on 80 watts RMS and love very loud volume levels, and these can provide crystal clear movies and music at uncomfortable levels for me, with no detectable distortion. You knocked these out of the park guys, thank you for providing an excellent product. And if you’re on the fence, please get these speakers. I promise you won’t regret it.
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Blown Away review by Jon on 3/13/2020
Purchased as the beginnings of a mixed use setup with a bias towards music. Started with mains to pair with two V.B.S.S. and it's been amazing thus far. The clarity is unlike anything I've heard before and the pairing sounds wonderful for music. With extreme toe-in there's a large sweet spot with the constant directivity. Like Matt has mentioned in some threads there is a slight bump in the mids that I enjoy.
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Excellent speakers review by TimW on 10/30/2019
We built these to use as the main pair in a stereo music setup. Wow, great sound! The highs are sparkly without any kind of harshness, and while you do miss the subby lows, the low-mids are tight and clear. Paired with a sub these are killer!!!
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Audiophile Quality review by CG on 10/16/2019
WOW! I initially bought 4 of these to use as surrounds. But dang! They sounded so good, I hijacked 2 of them to use in my own room as my main stereo speakers now. I haven't enjoyed music like this for a long time now. They blew almost everything I have heard of before in terms of just pure sound quality. And on top of that, they'll fill your entire room with a wall of sound with just a pair. I also got a couple of Volt-8s to test out, and they also sounded really good. I am surprised how much volume those little fellas can put out. I am going to use them as my atmos speakers now.
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Amazing speaker review by BL on 8/23/2019
This speaker makes its presence known, both In stature and in sound. Same goes for this speaker as the 8’s I have reviewed, just many times louder. Just running it off of an AV receiver I can reach levels that physically hurt to stay in the room, with no distortion that I can hear I might add. If you have a large area that you watch tv or listen too music in and are thinking of getting a pair don’t wait, you won’t be disappointed. By far the best BANG for your buck.
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These are amazing review by Bryce on 6/10/2019
I just finished building these yesterday and did some listening and was amazed at the clarity and output of these. They are replacing PSA mt110s, which are very strong speakers, but I have to say these blew them away. I'll be testing these out with more movies and music soon, but I can already tell how great these are going to be.
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