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Gosh, it’s been years since I last built a pair of speakers. Admittedly, wood working is not my forte but I like to think with each build, I’m getting better. \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since we moved to this house a year ago, I bought a TV for the first time in 15 years. Didn’t bring over the CRT TV (my younger colleague doesn’t even know what is a CRT TV.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So finally bought a TV few months back and what it needs is a proper TV cabinet plus proper playback system. What’s good with video when the audio sucks? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But then I don’t want TV cabinet plus 2 speaker boxes and a subwoofer, and all the attendant wires. How about combining the speakers into the TV cabinet? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus I set about on my quest for a TV cabinet cum 2.1 sound system. This means… I have to scale the mountains, reach the top and consult speaker guru Gabriel… who then blessed me with a 2.1 system cum TV cabinet. And thus, the coolie starts work…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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First, timber strips were glued to form panels, then sawn, sanded and glued together.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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As any wood worker will tell you, you will never have enough clamps. Thus have to bring in all the weights. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Front panel almost ready.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Front panel ready and DCA4 holes cut out.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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On the bottom is a downward firing 10″ driver. This is a Beyma 10B-60 which I bought 15 years ago!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Stained, lacquered and ready to go! Please forgive the fat tummy in the reflection. I have on idea who is that…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Amplification is done by this 2.1 TPA3116 Class D amplifier. Damn, it has everything I need, adjustments for subwoofer volume, frequency, stereo channel frequency, master volume control…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Yeah! <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Very pleased with the sound! Good design Gabriel!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2.1 amp allows a lot of adjustment on the cutoff frequency and balancing both volumes, so it’s really easy to adjust and get good sound. I didn’t need to adjust much at all. Hey, even a tone deaf fella like me can do it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All in all, this 2.1 approach can work very well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How do you approach your TV setup? Do leave comments. Thanks!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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