Enclosure design

audiobahnkid592 · 13th April 2007, 04:49 AM

Whats everyones take on enclosures for sound quality and reproduction of voices....sealed or vented?

mashaffer · 13th April 2007, 04:51 AM

For voices... easy... no cabinet at all.

mike

audiobahnkid592 · 13th April 2007, 04:54 AM

depending on the speaker no cabinet? I've heard some with none and they sound horrible.

OzMikeH · 13th April 2007, 06:00 AM

This is like asking "what vehicle is best?"
for some a bicycle, for others a tip truck.
We need more information:

How much space do you have?
How good is your hearing?
how much do you want to spend?
How important is the appearance of the speakers?
How much power does your amplifier have?
Do you listen to country/techno/rock/folk/pipe organ/piano/classical/jazz music?

Cloth Ears · 13th April 2007, 06:15 AM

Bose

!

Sorry, it's Friday... the 13th...

audiobahnkid592 · 13th April 2007, 06:26 PM

Should of thought about this before asking totaly didnt think about how the speakers themselves mean alot.....I asked because I have a low end set of pioneer 5 1/4 book shelfs that sound good are a vented but I built a set of book shelfs using a set of 5 1/4 car compenents in a sealed box and the reproduction is more life like.

mashaffer · 13th April 2007, 09:34 PM

I didn't say no baffle, just no cabinet.

Seriously as long as Q isn't silly small an OB is fabulous for voice. Only a really good bass singer is going to get much below 70Hz (I go mid 60ish). Add a nice sub for the rest of the music and it is heaven. I have tested the theory with my ghetto OBs.

mike

OzMikeH · 14th April 2007, 04:58 AM

Car speakers I would expect would be more suited to an open baffle than a sealed enclosure. They are also meant to be listened to in a relatively confined space, so I don't know how their bass response would be in an open room.

do you have space for some open baffles? They are dead easy to make.

I have seen some made from three panels of wood joined by piano hinges. they are compact, self supporting and you can fiddle with the side panel angles. You can fold them in a triangle and stuff them in the corner when not listening.

If they are a relatively balanced speaker they should sound pretty good.
The bigger the better with an open baffle. There is losts of information around the forum about open baffles.

djn · 14th April 2007, 06:25 AM

So my alpine car speakers with a Q of .83 would work well in an OB? Cheers.

mashaffer · 15th April 2007, 06:02 AM

Bee's Knees djn... assuming that they are otherwise decent drivers with not too high of fs.

mike

13th April 2007, 04:49 AM	#1
audiobahnkid592 diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2007	Enclosure design Whats everyones take on enclosures for sound quality and reproduction of voices....sealed or vented?

13th April 2007, 06:15 AM	#5
Cloth Ears diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Melbourne, Australia	Bose ! Sorry, it's Friday... the 13th... __________________ Jont. "It is impossible to build a fool proof system; because fools are so ingenious."

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13th April 2007, 04:51 AM	#2
mashaffer diyAudio Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Indiana	For voices... easy... no cabinet at all. mike

13th April 2007, 04:54 AM	#3
audiobahnkid592 diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2007	depending on the speaker no cabinet? I've heard some with none and they sound horrible.

13th April 2007, 06:00 AM	#4
OzMikeH diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2007	This is like asking "what vehicle is best?" for some a bicycle, for others a tip truck. We need more information: How much space do you have? How good is your hearing? how much do you want to spend? How important is the appearance of the speakers? How much power does your amplifier have? Do you listen to country/techno/rock/folk/pipe organ/piano/classical/jazz music?

13th April 2007, 06:26 PM	#6
audiobahnkid592 diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2007	Should of thought about this before asking totaly didnt think about how the speakers themselves mean alot.....I asked because I have a low end set of pioneer 5 1/4 book shelfs that sound good are a vented but I built a set of book shelfs using a set of 5 1/4 car compenents in a sealed box and the reproduction is more life like.

14th April 2007, 04:58 AM	#8
OzMikeH diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2007	Car speakers I would expect would be more suited to an open baffle than a sealed enclosure. They are also meant to be listened to in a relatively confined space, so I don't know how their bass response would be in an open room. do you have space for some open baffles? They are dead easy to make. I have seen some made from three panels of wood joined by piano hinges. they are compact, self supporting and you can fiddle with the side panel angles. You can fold them in a triangle and stuff them in the corner when not listening. If they are a relatively balanced speaker they should sound pretty good. The bigger the better with an open baffle. There is losts of information around the forum about open baffles.

14th April 2007, 06:25 AM	#9
djn diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2004	So my alpine car speakers with a Q of .83 would work well in an OB? Cheers.

15th April 2007, 06:02 AM	#10
mashaffer diyAudio Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Indiana	Bee's Knees djn... assuming that they are otherwise decent drivers with not too high of fs. mike

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