The speaker kit and tools arrive

My Parts Express shipment showed up two days ago in a variety of boxes. Whoo-hoo! I'm one happy guy :) Here's a picture of the BR-1s:



To my surprise, the cabinets were already assembled, as was the grill. Nice! They came with all of the electronics, the drivers, and acoustic foam for the interior of the boxes. Everything has a solid, quality feel and look to it. The kit looks like it should take a solid afternoon of work to finish. I need to learn how to solder before I attempt creating the crossovers. I already have the stands designed for them too (picture in the previous post). I'm moving into my new apartment in a couple weeks and I'm planning on mounting the speakers on stands in my bedroom and putting the rest of the equipment on a chest of drawers. I'm putting the bulk of the project on hold for a couple weeks because I have a work project that I need to complete ASAP.

The banana jacks for the amps are actually out of stock, so those won't be in for another month or so :( Kinda bummed about that, but it actually works out with the timing of my project at work. Other parts I ordered including Helping Hands (alligator clips + magnifying glass on a stand), a wire cutter/stripper, and 50 feet of 14 gauge Sound King speaker wire (man it's good stuff!).