After a bit of a wait, I finally found the time to install the Monacor spikes onto the Visaton Clou loudspeakers...so was it worth while, did it make a difference? You bet yer sweet daddio it did!

Finally after many sheets of sandpaper, several coats of paint & 7 coats of varnish - the Visaton Clou speakers are able to do their thing!

Last week I made time to make progress with the speaker project, and the final push on Friday saw them finished.

I've desired a good looking, great sounding pair of loudspeakers for a long time now. Finally after having moved house earlier this year, I'm now the proud occupier of a workshop - its not grand, its a tatty old shed at the end of the garden...but it already feels like home!

After getting the workshop up to speed & in a state that could be used, my first serious project is a set of speakers. After much trawling around the net, I originally planned on building a set from plans - buying in all the components needed & most likely also building the crossovers myself. After a little more research I realised that this wasn't as easy as I'd hoped, mainly due to the lack of decent suppliers in the UK - postage was going to be very heft y & seriously raised the budget required....so plan B.