How to build a nice looking sub enclosure
My current DIY sub works just fine, but it's an eyesore. It's built completely out of MDF, and has a black matte finish. It just looks like a black box sitting in the living room. All of our wood furnature is oak and I'd like to build a sub enclosure to match it.
I'd like to build an enclosure that looks just like an end table/cabinet with fake doors on the front. You'd never know by looking at it that it was a sub, unless you saw the plate amp on the back.
I'd like to build the enclosure itself out of double walled MDF. This will make it incredably stiff without having to use internal bracing. The part I lack experience with would be finishing the outside to make it look like real oak. I'd probably want to cover it with some type of veneer, plywood, or formica. What's the best way to go about this? Thanks.
find a good woodworker or veneer person
I have a Velodyne HGS18 sub with a gloss black finish. it was shiny but always look dusty, i put some cherry veneer on the sides and i made a custom table top out of cherry for it so i can use it for a endtable by my couch. I put a layer of dynamat down to help with vibrations. ( I have the top screwed to the subwoofer box from the inside out.
i get no vibrations whatsoever on the tabletop and the sub disappears in my living room. I used 6 coats of danish oil on it and wow does it look pretty. matches up with my klipsch reference series cherry finish nicely
just keep in mind you void your warrenty when you do stuff like this.
I got the HGS off a rich married couple that didnt know what they had.
i got the SUB for only 500 bucks. deal of the century or what.