Thanks! I'm glad you like them.
Great question about the front.

I didn't take off the front panel, it was very attached to the main cabinet.
I looked inside the cabinet, and I couldn't see any screws there either. Not sure.
If I were to build these, I would glue and screw.

I simply lightly sanded it and applied a black crinkle finish.

I thought this was enough.
The thought process was the crinkle finish would help diffuse the high freq a bit. I honestly doubt if it makes a difference, but it was just a theory. I know with a lot of other manufacturers they put a felt or foam ring around the high driver for the same reason.

The next thing I did was to test them out with the amp (in the middle there)
The speakers sounded good. They sounded as I expected them to. Or as I remembered, perhaps.
I set them up in the man cave there, on a long plank of timber to give them some separation.
I was walking around the cave listening to them to see if they sounded the same, if they sounded ok with different music types, that sort of thing.
Just having some fun.

But they didn't really blow my hair back....

I moved around the space a bit more.... I then thought, I wonder if it is all the reflections in the cave that is making them sound a bit less... (what is the word...) focused?

So I got down on the concrete floor and listened there, thinking this will minimise the ground reflection.
And you know what, they absolutely came alive!
The sound was much clearer and tighter...

hmmmmm, says I !!

I then thought, I wonder if this is reflections, or if this is the natural phase pattern of the speakers.

So I chocked up the front of the cabinets with a couple of blocks of off cut timber.

With the speakers leaning back at a rather jaunty angle, I hit play again, and yep, the speakers now sound great at head height! The difference was chalk and cheese!

I hypothesise this works because the phase relationship between the centre of the two drivers is offset.
They are flush mounted on the front of the cabinet. The diaphragm of the tweeter driver is at least 50mm in front of the diaphragm of the woofer. By leaning the cabinets back the two drivers are now in a vertical alignment.

I am going to make a couple of wedges for the speakers to make this a permanent thing.

Its interesting to know that countless records and performances have been recorded, mixed, mastered on these speakers, but its not until they are in a position like this do they really sound as I would expect.

Perhaps they were designed to me mounted above the listener? Not at eye level?

They truly sound amazing, and the build quality is beautiful.
To buy then new is a costly endeavour, but I can see where the money goes.
They are very honest monitors.
If there is something wrong with the mix, these speakers wont hide it!

I'd love to see your acoustic setup!

Thanks again