Well, I finally have pictures of what following my nice guide in the Finishing Tips section may net you.
I've been blasting the hell out of these speakers in the middle of the day when my apartment block is relatively empty to wear them in. First, I haven't managed to get them to slap the cones yet (except with power-off boom :*o), my ears start hurting before the speakers do. My earlier problems with differing timbre seems to have worked itself out for the most part. Now that I've got them on either side of my LCD panel (instead of the one side), I get excellent stereo imaging. It's truly unreal how well these do games for 2.0 speakers.
So, on to the eye-candy. Apologies about the poor image quality. The camera I said I'd get wound up being my flatmate's Sony phone. High resolution, but the lens is scratched. And miniscule. The combination of a crappy image to begin with and lots of grain from the amplification makes for some ugly photos, but they give you an idea.
First, I call this one "2001", for obvious reasons. :) It gives a nice idea of the colour, though it's a lot darker than normal here, so even this is a bit light. To be fair, my desk is in a dark corner, lit by a sole light bulb.
Next, a good side-view of the right speaker - if you look closely you can see the nick I created while wearing down the inside of the tweeter slot, as well as my failure to black the inside of it. You can also see the dust. Oh the dust. I love those old-school sprayed plaster ceilings, I do. The eagle-eyed may also notice that I wasn't kidding when I said I was into spraypaint(that's one batch of tins :).
This is without a flash - gives the best impression of colour (this is what I see ten hours a day), and also shows off the shininess a bit. Again, apologies for the terrible image quality.
Back view, displaying my nicely mounted RCA-cable speaker wires, as well as my phono amps.
Overview showing them in use in a DJ application (Mixxx).
Well, that's the summary. They look like hell in these photos due to the graininess of the pictures and the flash. They're much darker, much shinier and much more forgiving in the flesh. :) Still, I think it gives you the idea that you can actually get something very nice looking in a custom colour using good consumer spraypaint.
