Thank you Peter.
My confusion was not aided by my eyes and brain fooling me initially into thinking that the window latches were attached to the white thing!
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I quite like it neat n’ tidy as you have done it. Bet it sounds amazing!
Many thanks 
I think that with that speaker placement (up against the wall and one speaker in a corner as well) it will probably be difficult to avoid bass boom with most floor standing speakers. Probably a stand mount speaker would work better.
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Very nice!
Yes
it has some foam which presses the boards down.
I’ll take the lid off and take some pics of the 12 tomorrow.
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Kinda on topic. Ish. Here’s the new listening room, but without system and prior to renovation and redecoration.
Here’s the speaker wall. One speaker either side of a new, to be installed, log burner.
And here’s the left wall from listening position. The door you see opened will be bricked up and a new set of double doors will be in the middle of this wall…
And here’s the right wall, the one with a window!
I’ll update when the room is eventually rejuvenated and the system then installed. It’ll be a long wait given lead times on builders. I’m already 3 weeks into my no hifi situation which is not fun. Good job I’m exhausted anyway;at the end of every day with all the house moving stuff…
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Looks like a great project. Would you like to open a new thread so that we can follow it?
Thanks Mike. Unfortunately, I think it might be a pretty dull thread as, unlike my last dedicated listening room, this one will be a dedicated sitting room with a HiFi in it. I have to say (spoiler alert to all ye who crave your own dedicated listening room) that whilst the HiFi sounded great in that room, it was a pretty soulless place to sit - not helped by it being a room with no view and very little natural light. For many years I’d always thought that perhaps something like a cellar might be the perfect listening room. No glass, perfectly symmetrical and how could you possibly get more solid walls and floor? Well, Acoustically, perhaps it could be true, but if you share sensibilities similar to mine, you’d quickly become depressed by being trapped in a dungeon with a truly unsettling Chi . I’m looking forward to letting the HiFi do its thing in a real room. I’ve a strong hunch I’ll enjoy it more 
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As an experiment I moved my speakers to the other side of the room. The improvement is astounding! I knew they weren’t performing their best where they were but clearly I had no idea!! Removing the side walls has opened the sound up and the soundstage is literally holographic. With my adjustable bass section I had this dialed in quickly with absolutely seamless integration and nice and tight low end. Also my 50 hz hump has gone! They are here to stay! The wife wants the TV to stay on the other side so I guess we will have to get a sound bar for it. Now I just need a nice comfy listening chair.
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Gorgeous room and speakers look proper
David
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Love that slab and the polished concrete floor, very elegant and clean looking.
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Indeed. Well said. I want the sound of my system to be as good as possible but I also need the comfort and feel of the room to contribute to the experience. Good thing I have a gorgeous partner with impeccable interior design flair who has dealt with the introduction of the Titan 606 better than I ever imagined she would! 
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I had a dedicated room for a short while (first picture) and concur, it was quite a lonely experience and made worse by lack of a view - the deal breaker was my system sounded truly terrible due to room construction….
I moved it to a different room and it’s a nicer, brighter place to sit although the Kanta 2’s are a tad big and can boom regardless what I do with placement. Now reflecting on options - Neat Explorer, Shahanian Obs or kudos 505/606.
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I found this too. The boominess was the only thing that was an issue, otherwise they are superb. Wish Focal could fix this…
Lovely room and view
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Wow. You guys are loaded. You have beautiful homes.
Back on the other side of town.
My Naim 12 pics for those who like vintage Naim.
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Yours is like mine - the knife edge connectors for the Phono boards have been updated to the later pins to allow later phono boards to be fitted, and the DIN for the GRAM input has been changed to a pair of RCA Phonos. AFAIK, the rubber foot covering the empty DIN hole was not a factory standard update though… 
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You should try stuffing the rear port with some damping materials like acoustilux. Make a tight dense roll to start with and if that takes away too much bass then cut some off to allow more air flow. That should have the effect of reducing the room gain from the rear port.
Those speakers look very special in that stunning room. You’ve done a mighty fine job building them!! Really look the part, and no doubt sound it!
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