I bought a house! Time to build!

[davidallancole]

As the title says, I have bought a house. Now its time to build and experiment. I have been drawn to the idea of a single fullrange speaker because it seems simplistic the way I like to be and like to build.

But I have to figure out what would be good in my house and be able to play the music I like. My living room is where I will put these speakers. I believe the room is 18'x20' or something around there.

Here are two ideas I have floating around in my head from all that I have read on this here fine forum:

1) Get a Visaton B200 and run it open baffle down to 70 Hz and throw a few 15" woofers into a dipole woofer run 70 Hz down.

2) Get a FE166E and throw it into a BIB.

I can push the BIB up against the back wall, but not corner load them.

The kind of music I listen to often is this: Metallica, Dragon Force, Avenged Sevenfold, Slayer, NOFX, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Tilt, and a few others like Sublime, The Slackers, and The Black Keys.

So what I am asking for is comments from anybody that has built or heard these speakers with these types of music. (or at least some encouragement)

Thank you for your time.

 

[neutron7]

if you have a basement use part of it as the enclosure for a subwoofer
should do nicely for those bands!

 

[davidallancole]

Good idea. I was actually thinking of doing that because my basement is kind of small and useless anyways.

 

[Colin]

Or an adjoining room - and go properly infinitely baffled!

 

[audionut]

how do you use a basement as enclosure for a subwoofer...i'd be interested...

 

[ErikdeBest]

here you go

http://home.comcast.net/~infinitelybaffled/

 

[EC8010]

Whatever makes you think you have the time or money to indulge in loudspeakers any longer? In buying a house, you have gained the opportunity to learn all about things like roof felt, fink trusses, tongue and grooved flooring, etc, etc. I assure you that you won't have time for loudspeakers.

 

[andrewmc]

Are there any DIYers near you? You might benefit from listening to your music on a few different speakers to hear how they handle it. It might make your decision a little easier.

 

[jackinnj]

there's nothing like buying a house (aka money-pit) to incentivize you to work harder -- and fill it up with small two-legged things.

 

[davidallancole]

Are there any DIYers near you? You might benefit from listening to your music on a few different speakers to hear how they handle it.

I actually have never met anyone else that has an inserest in this stuff. Maybe I will have to make a call out to all the diyers in Regina on this forum.

 

[AdamThorne]

Now that you've got a house you can start thinking about larger tools to help you make the construction easier. Making things out of wood became much easier for me after I my house purchase allowed me space to own a table saw.

=)

 

[davidallancole]

I might be able to get a bunch of stuff from my dad. He has two of every tool. If I started to do more complicated boxes, I would just hire him to build them, tho it may take 5 years to get one speaker out of him.

 

[Theli]

I may not be in regina..but am close by, only 2hr drive

 

[davidallancole]

What kind of speakers have you got Theli? My parents live in Outlook plus I have cousins and a sister in Saskatoon so i am in the city once in a while.

 

[davidallancole]

Does anybody know where I would put a general thread calling out to everybody in Saskatchewan who may have a BIB, IB or OB.

 

[EC8010]

This seems as good a place as any.

 

[Theli]

What kind of speakers have you got Theli? My parents live in Outlook plus I have cousins and a sister in Saskatoon so i am in the city once in a while.

Right now, I have a set of these:

http://www.rjbaudio.com/Extremis/extremis.html

and building this at the moment:

http://www.adireaudio.com/Home/KIT261.htm

and finishing up a ~11ltr ported system using the CSS FR125S.

No OB, BIB, IB but you always can BYOB

 

[davidallancole]

I heard those FR125S are some nice little drivers. I might try one of them in a BIB or OB.

 

[AndrewT]

Hi David,
we have a listen in coming up midyear in the UK.
Maybe you could hear our speakers, if we turn it up loud enough.
Just spend your air miles and join us.

 

[davidallancole]

Sounds like fun Andrew. That seems a little far away seeing as how I have barely even left the province let alone the continent.

I might just have to start a diyfest with me , myself and Theli.