Tweeter faceplate as part of the cabinet

[kingdaddy]

Try the link I provided, the pictures are huge. this is the best I could do, changing the DPI did not help.

 

[Bill Fitzpatrick]

Try the link I provided, the pictures are huge. this is the best I could do, changing the DPI did not help.

Actually, I did use the link you provided. For some reason I thought it was the Sonus site. Color me stupid. Anyway, it was a 90K pic. So how did it grow to 270K?

 

[Bill Fitzpatrick]

Is this what you were trying to show? 25K

 

[kingdaddy]

The picture I was trying to scale down was 2.3M it's the forth picture on the thumb list in the link provided, it shows just the top portion of the speaker with the tweeter and mid and part of the baffle. You have to save the pic to your HD first to tell how big it is, cant right click.

 

[kingdaddy]

Is this what you were trying to show? 25K

Yes

 

[gary f]

This is what i call a tweeter mounted without faceplate

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[Ed LaFontaine]

Continuance

gary f, You have posted an example of what I had thought of in my #1. A nice one at that, I'd never seen it.

http://www.4sptech.com/ is the location of an interesting twist on my journey. They use an "impedance matched" waveguide for the tweeter. This would be an extension of my original interest. Their description discounts the use of compression drivers, saying they operate outside of the "linear" region of air as a compressive medium. (Jeez, I'll try to do this without too many $3 words). They also refrain from explanating several claims they make because it is "beyond the scope" of the discussion. Just the sort of thing that raises a red flag for me...and spurs me to continue looking...elsewhere.

My progress on the single driver website has led me to download the JBL Sound System Design Reference Manual found here:
http://www.jblpro.com/pub/technote/ssdm_99.pdf

It is ONLY 104 pages, and I haven't jumped into it yet. JBL does horns...Oh Yeh! So that ought to be interesting.

 

[Ed LaFontaine]

Yes, it already exists

Karoliina is on a very interesting quest which I've been following. New open source loudspeaker design project. Found here: http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=29030

I posed a query to her and with her help found the Amphion website here: www.amphion.fi/
Their speakers include tweeter waveguides. The Krypton is an oustanding example of what I'd like to build. Karoliina says they use a proprietary version of the Seas 25TAC/GW.

 

[HiSPL]

Probably not whatyour looking for but I removed the face of a Dayton silkie and "frenched" it into the baffle. Glue the faceplate in, fill with bondo, sand, fill sand, paint (or veneer). Worked like a charm for me.

This assumes that the faceplate is flat on the surface though.....


BTW, the speaks were built for my daughter . she loves 'em.

 

[Nuuk]

BTW, the speaks were built for my daughter . she loves 'em.

I've got to hand it to you - they're great!