4345 Monitors

[saeman]

I finished building these some time ago but have been lazy editing the pics and getting some of them posted. I will soon have charge coupled networks installed in them but for now I'm using factory networks. I have the network installed in the right channel and will maybe do the left tomorrow. Then it's fire-up time for some listening.

Some of my plans are posted in an earlier DIY 4350 Monitor thread and Giskard also posted them in the System Information area. Anyone interested can find the plans there.

They are built EXACT to factory dimensions and with the grilles on look the same. The satin laquer black ash baffles were just something I had been wanting to do. You can only have so much JBL baffle blue.

I'll let you know how they sound when the new networks are installed.

Rick

[saeman]

more pics

[John W]

Great job Rick! I like the black baffles, especially next to the rosewood horn lenses.

[saeman]

more pics

[yggdrasil]

Great Rick. Keep 'em coming.

[timc]

I want a pair

[macaroonie]

LOVELY

[messengerman]

Really like the grain too on that side panel. Lovely bit of carpentry.

I've looked at a few of these DIY threads and find them very inspiring. I'm sure I'm not the only lurker who appreciates the time you guys take to post on these builds.

I've been searching for a good pair of JBLs for nearly two years now. But here in London they come to the market so rarely and Andyoz always gets there first!

So importing just the drivers & xover but making my own cabinets appears to be the answer I'm looking for. The cabs look relatively straightforward too, well at least compared to some of the Tannoy designs.

I'll try and post on my efforts too.

Ken

[rs237]

hello Rick
again once more an excellent work. I think for being acted the Riessen Speaker soon more expensively than JBL Speaker.

regards
juergen

[Andyoz]

I've been searching for a good pair of JBLs for nearly two years now. But here in London they come to the market so rarely and Andyoz always gets there first!

Don't despair, my buying days are over for now (I think)

[spwal]

outstanding

[johnaec]

Those look great!

What is the significance of cutting off the corners of the top 4 lens plates, and how did you determine what to cut off?

John

[hjames]

Riessen - gorgeous work, as always ... what an inspiration!
you have such a subtle masterful vision - and the follow through ... exquisite!
Love the wooden lenses and the grain of the black baffleboards!

.. Are those your 4341s with the white cones in the one picture?

BTW - Thanks for all the info you have posted here on 4341s - you really helped inform me and helped make my mind up for our recent purchase.

[saeman]

Those look great!

What is the significance of cutting off the corners of the top 4 lens plates, and how did you determine what to cut off?

John

Hi John:

"I don't know" Surely not the answer you were hoping for, but I don't know why the corners are cut off. If I were to make them I would have made all the plates the same.

I found these on a Yahoo Japan web offering, and bought a pair. I suspect that the guy who made them was simply copying a pair of lenses that he had seen somewhere, maybe someone other than JBL and in some other material like plastic or metal.

Good news is - they look neat and I haven't noticed any corners missing from my music. Bad news is that there aren't any more that I know of and they're kind of pricey anyway.

Rick

[Robh3606]

Those look great!! I like those black fronts

Rob