Truncated Pyramid miniMonitor with Boston Acoustics 705 + ApexJr Ribbon

Photo 1: 1/2" medite boxes Photo 2: Boston Acoustic 705 and original tweeters Photo:4 with Cherry "veneer" front Photo:5 with Cherry "veneer" back Introduction The boxes were cut out in 1982. I assembled them in late 1999 and installed a Boston Acoustics 705 5.25" plastic cone with paper whizzer FR. The initial no-name tweeter was replaced with an ApexJr ribbon. Whizzer cone treated with puzzle-coat Marc Wauther's 98 cent Lowther trick 3.3 uF cap on ApexJr ribbon 0.34 mH choke on mid-woof They sound pretty good so far. Photo 3: MiniMonitor with BA 705 and ApexJr Ribbon in developmental guise Back from Chris's where they were given a cherry skin. VERY pretty. They don't sound quite as good -- suspect that the doubling of the wall size brought cabinet resonances down to where they are being excited. I have to go in an add some bracing... i may well do something a little more radicle as well -- stay tuned. Photo 6: MiniMonitor with BA 705 and ApexJr Ribbon in Cherry on stands Unfiltered response of the Boston 705 (red) and the ApexJr Ribbon (measured with LMS -- thanx Aaron) in unfinished box

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