Hi all, i'm here asking for some advice for my first project, a pair of fullrange for my desk; as the title says, i need them to be compact and cheap (college student), so after some resarch for the speakers i have these candidates:
- Hi-Vi B3N
- Visaton FRS8
- Visaton FR10
- Tang Band W3-665SC/W3-871
- Fountek FE87
Which one do you think is better? Obviously i'm open to anything else, if you know something better under 30 euros please tell me.
I have some indecisions on the enclosure too; there are a lot of projects on the net and it's difficult choosing only basing only on the comments of few people, so i' basing my choices more on the general appeal of one solution compared to an other.
For now i like labirinth style enclosures like this:
Ultra-Fi
Or something simpler like this:
�™Helix H75 ‚Ì�»�ì�`Ž‹’®
Or something like this, the Martello:
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/full-range/175056-martello-enclosure-fr88ex.html
Which one do you think is the best with a budget speaker?
Thanks!
- Hi-Vi B3N
- Visaton FRS8
- Visaton FR10
- Tang Band W3-665SC/W3-871
- Fountek FE87
Which one do you think is better? Obviously i'm open to anything else, if you know something better under 30 euros please tell me.
I have some indecisions on the enclosure too; there are a lot of projects on the net and it's difficult choosing only basing only on the comments of few people, so i' basing my choices more on the general appeal of one solution compared to an other.
For now i like labirinth style enclosures like this:
Ultra-Fi
Or something simpler like this:
�™Helix H75 ‚Ì�»�ì�`Ž‹’®
Or something like this, the Martello:
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/full-range/175056-martello-enclosure-fr88ex.html
Which one do you think is the best with a budget speaker?
Thanks!
When I was looking into building my speakers, I did some youtube searches on speakers and cabinets that I was interested in and made my choice based on that (plus my budget).
If it's desk speakers on a budget you're after, then here's a few general thoughts.
-Any of the drivers you list will probably do the job for you; they're all reasonable for what they are.
-Forget about trying to be fancy with the box. Yes, there's an appeal, but a complex box isn't going to bring any real advantages since you're on a budget, with cheap drivers, and genuine LF output isn't on the cards. A simple vented enclosure will likely do what you want.
-Youtube is about the worst possible place to assess speakers, so don't waste your time trying to draw any conclusions from anything you see or hear there. An unknown speaker is being played with unknown equipment in an unknown room. It is recorded in an unknown fashion with unknown equipment, by an unknown person. It is then compressed with unknown software, to an unknown extent & unknown quality, before being uploaded to the site. You then play it back through your own equipment, with its own characteristics. How accurate a representation do you think you'll get? Not very, right?
-Any of the drivers you list will probably do the job for you; they're all reasonable for what they are.
-Forget about trying to be fancy with the box. Yes, there's an appeal, but a complex box isn't going to bring any real advantages since you're on a budget, with cheap drivers, and genuine LF output isn't on the cards. A simple vented enclosure will likely do what you want.
-Youtube is about the worst possible place to assess speakers, so don't waste your time trying to draw any conclusions from anything you see or hear there. An unknown speaker is being played with unknown equipment in an unknown room. It is recorded in an unknown fashion with unknown equipment, by an unknown person. It is then compressed with unknown software, to an unknown extent & unknown quality, before being uploaded to the site. You then play it back through your own equipment, with its own characteristics. How accurate a representation do you think you'll get? Not very, right?
Hello Dejmattm,
if you can buy Monacor, may be the best full range speaker for low price :
Iris Strassacker, solutions HiFi plus de 500 kits d'enceintes votre choix
bonne écoute !
if you can buy Monacor, may be the best full range speaker for low price :
Iris Strassacker, solutions HiFi plus de 500 kits d'enceintes votre choix
bonne écoute !
There's no such thing as 'best' unfortunately, in speakers or anything else in this life, just a different set of compromises that vary depending on the goals and choices in question.
FWIW, of the units you list, I would be inclined toward the Tang Band or Fountek, but they're all reasonable for what they are (cheap small wideband drivers). That's not to say they'll sound the same, because they won't, but I wouldn't anticipate any big gains across the board from any of them. Probably the weakest units there are the Visatons, although the FRS8M isn't bad.
If you aren't going too loud, the Fountek FE85 sound great - 7 euros each from here. Fountek-Lautsprecher
I can recommend an tml (like the design i linked above) for a full range speaker. It gets you more LF (low frequncy) out with less driver excrusion.
You would be rather impressed if you build this one
You can mount the driver if the middle of the baffle if you prefer.
http://www.coolcat.dk/bjoern/TABAQ BOX Cabinet Plan.pdf
You can mount the driver if the middle of the baffle if you prefer.
http://www.coolcat.dk/bjoern/TABAQ BOX Cabinet Plan.pdf
Well it worked for me. Most of the good recordings have all the technical specs on the page with the video and the room size is evident since it is a video.
I ended up building a BiB enclosure with a Fostex FE166En which preforms most wonderful with my SE valve amp.
I'd found another really neat enclosure I meant to post and now I can't find it for the life of me. It was on a Japanese page. I'll keep searching.
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