New guy from Ohio

[old skool junkie]

Hello everyone! I am so excited that I found a forum that is so informative in regards to enclosure design. I am very intrigued by the sheer overload of information there is here regarding complex enclosures (my main interest), and most certainly I am humbled by being here. I look forward to learning from all of you, and I thank you for having me!

-Don

[jackinnj]

Welcome Buckeye!

[Cal Weldon]

Hello Don and welcome aboard.

[c2cthomas]

Hello Don - and Welcome to diyAudio!!!!

[planet10]

Welcome to the forum Don, it is fun isn't it

dave

[old skool junkie]

Thanks guys. And yes, very fun. A lot to absorb still... but fun!

[c2cthomas]

Originally Posted by old skool junkie

Thanks guys. And yes, very fun. A lot to absorb still... but fun!

Nah - juz give it about 5 years to sink in and then it all starts to make a little bit of sense. THEN - juz about when you think you have it figured out - well it's time to build something and realize ya know about 2% of what you actually need to know. What to do - what to do????? Study moooooooooooore or juz dive in and see what happens???? I would suggest starting out with a proven design that you think will best match up with your listening desires - there are a lot of proven designs around to start with - of almost any style. Later on you can try getting creative with something of your own simply because I think it's kinda fun to mess around - but that's just me.

The most important lesson before starting out - define what you are after - and what you can afford. That will help keep things from "growing" to unmanageable size and expense. Second most important lesson - have fun while you are playing around.

Some of the OB (Open Baffle) designs are very nice and also affordable - and the "Econwave" build is a nice and easy low cost way to get going too. Planet 10 (Dave) has some very sweet single driver designs.

[Gluca]

Hey! Welcome. Where in OH? I am in Sin-sin-nasty

[old skool junkie]

Originally Posted by c2cthomas

Nah - juz give it about 5 years to sink in and then it all starts to make a little bit of sense. THEN - juz about when you think you have it figured out - well it's time to build something and realize ya know about 2% of what you actually need to know. What to do - what to do????? Study moooooooooooore or juz dive in and see what happens???? I would suggest starting out with a proven design that you think will best match up with your listening desires - there are a lot of proven designs around to start with - of almost any style. Later on you can try getting creative with something of your own simply because I think it's kinda fun to mess around - but that's just me.

The most important lesson before starting out - define what you are after - and what you can afford. That will help keep things from "growing" to unmanageable size and expense. Second most important lesson - have fun while you are playing around.

Some of the OB (Open Baffle) designs are very nice and also affordable - and the "Econwave" build is a nice and easy low cost way to get going too. Planet 10 (Dave) has some very sweet single driver designs.

Thanks a ton! I'm definitely into creating my own designs (or trying to lol), and single driver designs are among my fav. Good info!

Originally Posted by Gluca

Hey! Welcome. Where in OH? I am in Sin-sin-nasty

Lol. I'm in Columbus

[trondareo]

I started out with a Tangband W4 fullrange in a TQWT box. Or you could build an open baffle on the Dayton Audio 220, or its little brother. Both of these have an excellent price to wow effect ratio. If you are interested in tube amps I learnt a lot by working through Fred Nachbars Miniblok design. He has great descriptions of the build.