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| zero_koop:
My speakers have arrived and they look really good! The mount and the grill have a really tight fit. Almost too tight really. I have trouble getting them together, but I'm sure I'll get it eventually. Also, they didn't ship with any screws which is kind of annoying because now I have to go back to the home improvement store to buy silly black screws. I went ahead and pre-cut my speaker holes. Hopefully when I assemble the cabinet everything will be in place according to plan and I won't have mis-measured something. |
| zero_koop:
Hey Alfonzotan, I have a question for you. When you mounted the part of the speaker grill that you screw down, did you place it so that the flat end was pressed up against the wood, or did you mount it so that only the edge of the mounting plate was touching the wood. It's hard to explain what I'm talking about, but basically I'm wondering which side was facing the wood and which side was facing the outside. The reason I'm asking is because I thought the correct way to mount them is so the flat side is touching the wood. But I cannot get the speaker grills to slide on from that direction. They only seem to fit together from the other direction. Sorry if that didn't make sense, but I can try to explain again if you need me to. Thanks! |
| alfonzotan:
I'm not 100% sure I understand your question, but in my case I mounted the speaker cones on one side of the board (the inside, behind the marquee and light) and the speaker grills on the other (the outside). So the speakers themselves are not in contact with the grills at all. Of course, there are holes cut out of the wood so you can hear the speakers! I just used a glue gun to fasten the speaker cones to the wood. Crappy ASCII diagram: /\ <- speaker cone ___ ____ <- board the speakers are mounted to ------- <- speaker grill You can see the actual board with the speaker holes cut out here... I didn't take a picture of the interior after I mounted the speakers. http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=111782.msg1187362#msg1187362 It's been nearly a year since I installed them, but I want to say the grills I bought did not have mounting plates; you may have a different model than I do. I just screwed the covers directly to the wood. |
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