Tannoy gold 12" cabinets

Hello PK and forum,

Came across this post and wondered how you made out with your tannoy cabinet project.

I recently received a pair of Tannoy 12" monitor golds from a friend who had them around unused from the 70's.

They are in furniture style cabinets (about 24"x24") with castors and non-removable grilles with a wooden lattice design. I quite like the vintage look but from what I've read online it seems like the sound can be improved with different cabinets.

Any suggestions or advice would be appreciated - especially if any one has had success in modifying the existing cabinet to retain the original look.

Thanks in advance - mm

BTW, I am in Vancouver. 

Thanks for the info, I will be interested in hearing how you like your Tannoys once the cabinets are completed. My existing cabinets are approx. 22" x 22" 16" (outside measurements) and look like these:

https://www.canuckaudiomart.com/details/649427451-tannoy-monitor-gold-12s-with-stuart-cabinets/image...

Building new cabinets myself is not really feasible for me, but I would be willing to have some modifications done if I thought the improvement would be worth it.  Perhaps raising them up and making the grilles removable would be worthwhile.