I recently bought a used pair of 4310 in walnut, alnico drivers, and the cabinets are pretty beat up. This is not a problem, cabinetmaking is one hobby and profession of mine. Thinking about all the versions made, and their popularity still, I got to wondering if there would be any desire for replacement cabinets? A friend has a very modern CNC based woodworking business with finishing line, and has been branching out into loudspeaker cabinets for a few customers over the past two years with my input.
So, my question today for the forum:
Which version would be most popular in a cabinet? Personally, my version would be a hybrid, combining the full lip around the front of the 43xx series, but no aluminum logo shield, instead a full grill frame with cloth, but the same size as the L100 foam grill, so that any one wanting the L100 look could still get 95% there. Obviously, the external dimensions would be the very, very close to the originals too.
Cabinets would be miter/folded of walnut veneered MDF, with dados machined for the front and rear baffles, pretty much like the originals, but the density of the modern MDF is higher, I'm pretty sure.
I suspect they could ship unfinished, and the buyer could oil them, but there would also be available some very nice stained and laquered options.
Pricing is going to be partially determined by the size of the run, hence my post today-trying to see if there is the possibility of getting a limited run made.
Thanks,
John Halliburton