Overnight sensation speakers

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• Quick, economical construct that delivers surprisingly immense sound expend a little box
• 1/2” Sea birch cabinets have antique precisely CNC cut implication perfect fit-and-finish
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When Paul Carmody first listened to interpretation Overnight Sensations

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In this post I’ll be building Paul Carmody’s Overnight Sensation DIY speakers from a kit. The Overnight Sensations are an extremely popular DIY bookshelf speaker for a few different reasons. One, cost; they are a mere $120-140 a pair at the time of this writing. Two, they sound great. It’s hard for me to recall hearing such dynamic sound from a diminutively sized form factor. Three, the build is super easy. If you have some basic tools and know how to solder, you’re all set. This post is going to be written for a beginner in mind, so if you are already experienced feel free to skip along.

There are three places I know of to get a kit. Partsexpress which includes the full kit with wood panel flatpack and accessories, MeniscusAudio which does not include the flatpack but comes with tweeters with screw-in frames, which I feel is preferable should one need to replace them down the line, and DIY Sound Group, which appears to have a similar kit to Partsexpress.

A typical Overnight Sensation kit

What will you need besides the kits? Each one is a little different, so pay attention to the parts list, but you will likely also need a set of binding posts, 5/8” black wood screws, sandpaper, wood glue, wood filler, and solder. Optiona

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What? You mean I'm not done with the Overnight Sensations? OK, so here's the story. Back when I designed the Overnight Sensation MTM, I knew some folks were going to want to make towers out of them--and there are plenty of excellent examples out there. However, my mind would always play around with the cabinet shape, wondering what else was possible. For some reason TMM towers are almost always more pleasing to my eyes than MTM towers; maybe they create less visual impact in the room, maybe they look less like they might tip over, maybe I can just sense the Spouse Approval Factor.

TMM are certainly no panacea though, and in my opinion are much harder to get right in the crossover. However, I don't mind the challenge once in a while, and I have always been curious what kind of deep bass I could get out of the B4N if they had a lot more cabinet volume to play into. So I decided that the only way I could sleep at night is if I finally just tried this design for myself. And I'm so glad I did. What a fun way to round up this series!

The Overnight Sensation TMM is available as a kit from Meniscus.

I wanted to keep the same general layout and dimensions as the original Overnight Sensations and OSMTM so that a family resemblance would be instantly ap