Ikea Kallax to Mid Century Modern HiFi Console

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Handles are stained with the Ebony Minwax.
Rosewood Door Adhesives from Panyl.
Acoustone Speaker Grille Cloth, #1003.
Inspired by this console by Madison Ave.

 

Any reason you didn't do the lower doors in rosewood?

 

That was the original plan, and I ordered enough to do it. But in the design phase, I was finding I liked the more subtle look of the top row only.

 

Brilliant idea, and very well executed!

I also like that you kept the rosewood only on the top level.

 

Wow that's Nice! well done.

 

Nice work, did you spend much more in the detailed work?

 

cool

 

I believe I've put in about $300 total, for legs & hardware, plywood, Panyl Rosewood door adhesives, speaker fabric, handles. The Kallax & doors from Ikea run about $200. So $500. Which is a very substantial sum for me. It was something I really looked forward to trying and the kinds of consoles I love being made now are in the thousands, like Atocha or Madison.

 

For anyone interested, here are the final touches on the HiFi cabinet. My Totem Dreamcatchers are rear ported, so I wanted to have the back of the speaker cubby open. I removed 2 sides of the Kallax door insert and just left a bit of the 3rd panel so I could still attach the door to the Kallax wall. To help out with echo / vibration, I lined the cubby walls with Sonex Audio Tiles, cutting a bit out of one tile for the speaker. The speaker sits on 4 Square Fat Dots from Herbie's Audio
Lab. I didn't like how during the day the light shined in through the back of the cubby and out the front speaker grille cloth, so I built some wood frames and lined them with some black Acoustone Stretch Fabric. This way the light is kept out but the rear ported Totems have some room to breathe. The frames just pop in, the fabric gives it a snug fit. So, if I'm going to keep the speakers inside the cabinet, I think I've done what I can. It sounds real nice.

 

Great!

 

You dont get any resonance, or feedback problems from the speakers being mounted on the same console, and so close to the turntables?

 

No, everything seems OK, thankfully.