My bk xls300 attempt

[leedude03]

thought i would build myself a couple of bk xls300pr as i have a couple of peerless xls 10s kicking around, all i will have to buy is a couple of bk plate amps and 2 passive radiators and some 25mm mdf. i needed the subs to be smallish thats why i chose the 300 to copy, i already have there xls200 wich is good for a small sub, i am hoping to achieve a little better result with 2 xls 300's, just wondering if anyone has 2 of these runing together and if so what do they sound like. I will up some photos later.

just added a couple of photos of the cabs primed ready for top coat, should be ready for about mid week will post a couple of pics of finished items.

one of the cabs is now finished and has turned out very well and sounds pretty good even if i do say so myself, it will be nice to get the other one done so i can compare the difference between 1 and 2 subs running.

what dya think,

[leedude03]

I must admit that of all the tasks on this project, the painting of the cabs was by far the most traumatic, but well worth the effort.

[MitsiTurbo]

Looks great! Kinda missing the grille though. I would love to have the space to do that. How do you go about rounding the edges and corners off?

[leedude03]

used a router with a corner bit they come with a different sized radius, i know where you are coming from about the grill, this will be my next task but not decided how to go about this yet.

[BikeNutt]

Nice work there! I have a gloss black xls300 and it looks nigh on identical - even the 'monolith' feet.

Your plate amp looks to be a different model though. Mine has the gain/phase etc. controls mounted vertically on the left.

[albriscoe]

Hi Lee

they look really pro mate, I wish I could do summat like that but you really need all the joinery tools for such a project.

As to the grill, I looked on ebay a while back and found a bloke who made them out of perforated steel, you know little holes all over it. He folded the edges as well so no nasty edges and if you wanted powder coated them, about £15 each mate so not that expensive and they look fantastic.

Anyway great job, can you build me a pair of SVS jobbies, you know summat nice and massive

cheers Al

[leedude03]

Bike nut you are correct about the amp, it is actually a xls 200 amp modified by bk themselves and apparently it is the same amp as the xls 300 when the mods are done apart from its physical looks. The feet i machined out of ally,
Albriscoe thanks for the tip for the grill will have a look and see.
and thanks for the kind words.

[IronGiant]

Nice work

from an old DIYer

Dave

[deansocial]

looks great mate,

you paint it yourself?

[leedude03]

I did all the work myself apart from making the amp mods, BK did this when i purchased them. All that is remaining for me to do is sort a grill out, i would like to make the grill a little unusual so am still working on that.

[leedude03]

I have now done the grills on this what dya think, was going to do them red but left them black,

[king blaze]

love the paint job. what paint did you use?

[leedude03]

i started off with 5 coats of pva watered down 3 to 1 light dry flat with 600s in between coats, then 2 coats of high build primer flated in between coats with 600s but this time wet, then 3 good coats of celulose wet flat with 1000s then another 3 coats flated with 1500s and finished with fine compound and t cut then wax.

forgot to add these photos can anybody guess what its for

[danmc_82]

Not a magnet is it for the rear of a speaker?

Excellent Job you have made on the sub by the way.

[gregmcquaid]

Im assuming that you are using them to add additional mass to the PR's.