A customer ordered four 15s and I am just about done with the first so I took a few pictures along the build process :

* Rear triple joint glue and ring - the ring is smaller than the gap and centered so can go down into the gap at extremely high rearward throw.

* Close-up of the glue.

* Spider pack is pressed with a laser cut steel plate and a Z v.2 motor to ensure good bonding of the glue between the frame and spider layers.

* Terminals have a locking toothed washer

* Soldered - and a dab of glue added to the stud on top of the nut and washer for long term safety.

* Special surround glue - dries flexible and won't hurt the surround material.

* Finished cone to spider joint.

* Top triple joint ring initial placement.

* Some glue added.

* Final glue bead.

* Leads fully encapsulated.

* Leads placed into the cone - care taken to allow adequate slack for high excursion.

Suffice to say the NS v.2 is put together quite well.

Obviously this does not cover EVERY step of the process But you can get a good idea of what goes into it !

very nice. keep up the good work!

Sweet looks TOUGH!

i gotta gettem

nice pics, can wait to see mine in person!

Very nice pics there. Love the close-ups!

this is like watching how its made, i love it.

By chance are these mine you're building?

Very nice! I like the attention to detail and the quality of the glue joints! Sundown ftw!

By chance are these mine you're building?

Yep ! I started on the 3rd one today.

Brandon is tied up building a bunch of woofers for Russia so I'm working on yours myself.

Very nice! I like the attention to detail and the quality of the glue joints! Sundown ftw!

We've really spent alot of time on improving glue joints -- it's very critical in this type of woofer. We gained alot of experience with different methods on the v.1 Nightshade -- some worked and some didn't... it was really a huge learning experience in how to make woofers take more abuse.

Also, big thanks in order, I spent some time studying the work of David Moore (FixMySpeaker / PSI) down at SBN and took away some good tips from him -- having built thousands of speakers he was a great resource to learn from. I have alot of respect for Dave and his custom work and refer customers to him often -- and I am very thankful for his advise!