Boominator MINI (development thread)

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   As you likely know, it is very hard to describe sound quality in words. Additionally people have different tastes. In my case I spent quite a lot of time listening to my mini, generally at lowish volumes, indoors, listening to classic rock, acoustic, pop, and classical music in an office environment and in my shop.   I found the sound a bit tiring at times.    My opinion might have been different if I had judged it by letting my son listen to EDM or had been listening outside.  I guess this is all just a long way to say the design works and may will met your needs wel and sound good to you.  
In my opinion (everyone has one and it's likely worth exactly what you're paying for it):
1) is likely to be satisfying for many people
2) was a fun build
3) it falls a bit short of its potential due to changes in the driver specs and performance. 
4) seems to sound better with my miniDSP active crossover but I have not listened to my current implementation nearly as much as I listened to the original. But it adds a lot to the cost  and requires a lot larger electronics compartment. 

In the end, only you can make the decision whether to wait or not.  This is after all DIY and I have learned more because I wasn't completely satisfied than I would have if the performance was spot on my expectations out of the box.  

One thing I will say is, if you do build it make sure you really stuff the box.   I was surprised how much poly fill it took.  

EDIT:  Corrected spelling, gramer and structural issues.

Edited by Aterren - 15 February 2015 at 11:26pm