I’m interested in building a new DIY sub and in particular was looking at the CSS Quartet 12B. I’ve previously built a 200 liter ported Tempest and a 55L sealed Shiva. My use will be for 2-channel music (90%) and 2-channel movie/game use (10%). The rest of my system is a Musical Fidelity...

Hi everyone, I recently picked up some Klipsch Quartets that I am going to upgrade with the Crites Speakers crossovers. I've seen some folks bracing on similar speakers like the Fortes. I haven't seen anything specific about what it means to brace and what strategy to employ while doing it...

Hi All, I'm picking up some Klipsch Quartets and am thinking about updating the crossovers, diaphragm and adding sound damping materials. I've seen a little information on bracing, and very little on damping. Can anyone share with me what the benefit of bracing would be; and if use Black Hole...

Hello, I'm looking for some input on redoing a CSS Quartet 12 kit: http://www.creativesound.ca/pdf/Quartet12B_Subwoofer_Kit.pdf. Back story. A couple years ago I got the kit from CSS. It includes a Trio 12 driver and 2 APR 12 passive resonators. The kit is meant to go into a 20" cube. It was my...

My Quartet10 kit had been sitting in boxes, antagonizing me, for a couple months now. I finally got around to building the box and getting it all setup. I have to say, I'm not impressed and I want to know if I got a bad kit and how to diagnose my issue. I based my build off of Mike P's build...

Hi. First time builder here. We've got a family room where we watch tv and movies and listen to a bit of music. After a year and a half of our current setup it was time for a small upgrade. Have a panasonic panny plasma (awesome) and a low end Yamaha 5.1 receiver with the Cerwin Vega CMX 5.1...

Hi. I am new user of Room EQ Wizard. I have Infrasonic Quartet sound card in my PC. I connected OUT 1/2 to IN 1/2 with TRS <---> TRS cable. Then I started calibration. I have tried much options, but the result is not good (as I red in PDF manual). My settings in Quartet Control panel is here...

I decided to go with tall slender cabinets for my subs. That's what will fit best in my room. The CSS kits are cubes so I want to make them taller and narrower. Since these will be placed in a corner can I mount the driver on the bottom and the passives on adjacent sides instead of opposite...

Hi all, I went to a Kronos Quartet concert last night at the University of Kansas, and it was totally wonderful. For those of you who aren't familiar with them, they do contemporary classical music from composers from all over the world. Very eclectic. I've heard their music for years here...

I finished up the build and have just been testing it the last couple of days. Two thoughts. 1st - The amp seems to rattle. 2nd - It doesn't seem to have much output before the amp goes into clipping. I've placed it next to a 10 year old Mirage 10" I have wanted to replace and it honestly...

During my CLD Dynamics builds I had the idea of building a sub to complete my DIY HT setup. While doing some research on what I would build, I came across a slightly used HPSA 1000 plate amp for a great price. Since the Quartet 15 kit...

i am looking to move to the next leval in a sub. my system is a onkyo tx-sr606 7.1 system with 6 polk r50's and a cs400 center. my room is 20x25x8 tall and open to other rooms.i can get a definitive super cube 1 for $ 750 or should i go with the css quartet 10. i can only have one sub because...

I pick up the Quartet 10 kit from CSS on Jan 26 2009. I decide since this would be my first build I would stick to the recomended box size a 18" cube. After a week of work about 14 hours total the box is done painted sealed and running. All I can say is wow this little sub blew me away. Even...

Hi Everyone, I just received the kit. :-). I would like ask for your advices. First, I want to alter the dimension of the box to : Width = 14 inch, Height = 18, Depth = 24 while keeping the same internal volume. I want to place the two passive drives at the bottom. In fact, i want to have my...

Hey all, I've been a long time reader of this forum, however this will be my first post. So why not make it a build post:banana: I was ready to pull the trigger on a PB-13 Ultra and call it a day. But there was always that voice in the back of my head saying, "If you build it, BASS will come"...

So I'm looking to add a small, musical sub to supplement my good old Adire 281's that I built a few years ago and recently bumped into the CSS sub designs. The TRIO12 driver peaked my interest and I'm seriously considering ordering one of the Quartet12B/H kits, but I'm not sure what the sonic...

Hi All, I am starting my first DIY project and I have chosen CSS's Quartet 10 kit. I am looking for options on how to build a grill for it. I really like the look of the grill on DefTech Supercube. I've been to parts express looking for material to build a grill frame. But I didn't see...