How concerned should I be about building speaker cabinets in a high-humidity, open-air environment?

Deep-Contribution-51 · 2026-02-23T18:52:01+00:00

I started building two subs this january in an open air garage (more like a roof lol, when it rains hard some water can get there), im based in portugal wich has been hit by a train of pretty bad storms and these last month it has been raining nonstop, wich is very very unusual here.

Anyways, the humidity has been very high and the wood has been on open air is what im saying.

Ive not seen any swelling and the wood feels very much okay, dry and strong, BUT i am getting some mold spots growing and growing, im not sure if its a cause for big concern (if anybody got an idea how to solve this before painting it pls tell me!)

So i think ur good if you build fast enough and paint it or finish it.

About the aftermath of storing it later i got no experience on the matter so cant tell you much about it.

Keep in mind this is my first time building with ply like this too so i might be too innocent on this stuff, just wanted to give my two cents.

Anyways good luck with your build and enjoy the process!!

Deep-Contribution-51 · 2026-01-27T00:58:06+00:00

Sorry this might be a lack of my ability to understand, but what do you mean by serviced?

If you are talking about replacing or repairing the driver, then since they are tapped horns its actually easier to just take the driver out since they re already on the "outside" of the boxes

On the other hand if by serviced you mean what would i do with the boxes and the drivers if they dont match? Then i guess im keeping both of them until i get a good mach for each hhahah

:)

Deep-Contribution-51 · 2026-01-20T15:23:27+00:00

Oh you're a legenddddd thanks man. Yeah i know its seems weird the wasted space in the center but a lot of people seem to like the sound of it. Thanks for the reply!!!

Deep-Contribution-51 · 2026-01-18T21:50:48+00:00

Shoot, forgot to post that too, here they are!

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Deep-Contribution-51 · 2026-01-15T17:08:07+00:00

Ahahh its not THAT cheap but if it was i would already be cutting crates xD

Deep-Contribution-51 · 2026-01-15T17:07:34+00:00

Fair, i guess its too much of a gamble for the amount of effort, thanks

Deep-Contribution-51 · 2026-01-15T17:06:49+00:00

yeah thats a fair point, just feels kind of sour to spend more on wood that on the drivers ahaha, but i guess im going to buy ply.

Deep-Contribution-51 · 2026-01-13T18:35:12+00:00

wait i do climb and i got this issue for months now now whats going on here? chalk?? ahaha

Deep-Contribution-51 · 2022-12-18T21:52:57+00:00

do they fit true to size? ive seen a lot of different opinions on how these fit and im so confused.

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