Need tips for a good, cheap and easy TL design

lurer · 20th May 2009, 10:09 AM

Hi!
I am looking for my first DIY project and im looking for a good TL-design that is quite easy to build and that doesnt exeed $350 for drivers and crossovers.

I'd like 5" drivers or larger.
I have browsed and googled the net and have found many different designs but this is the best one so far: http://www.iplacoustics.co.uk/s3tlm%...0Magnesium.htm.
Its £200 or $250 for drivers and crossover parts. So they are cheap and should be pretty good after what i have read.

Is there any other projects or kits out there that can satsify my love for TL-speakers? I quite like my current TL-speakers and love the rolloff at 20hz. Im not counting on that in the new kit though

Espen

maynardg · 20th May 2009, 01:45 PM

http://www.geocities.com/cc00541/Tritrix_pg_1.html
http://www.htguide.com/forum/showthread.php4?t=29626

Very good. Way, way better than the investment would suggest.

lurer · 20th May 2009, 02:13 PM

Thanks, this looks very interesting.
the price here is unmatched i would think, so ill just check availability in Norway. Guess ill have to buy the stuff online anyway.

I still want other examples if anyone has got some more.

PeteMcK · 20th May 2009, 10:34 PM

Visation have a few designs that might be worth looking at:

http://www.visaton.com/en/bauvorschlaege/index.html

Bigun · 21st May 2009, 03:05 AM

I haven't heard these, but the guy that runs this company makes amazing amplifiers so he knows a thing or two about sound...

http://www.aksaonline.com/products/p...s_Vsonics.html

lurer · 21st May 2009, 08:00 AM

Thuis last kit looks good, and im sure they are good too. Price is a little bit more than i can take atm.

If i decide to find a set of speakers that should replace mye current speakers, then i will consider the Vsonics.

We move to a new apartment in a couple of months, so maybe my needs wil change by then

Renron · 21st May 2009, 05:50 PM

Holly Crossover Costs Batman!

Those Vsonics work out to $1,017 US dollars and you still have to buy the drivers and cabinet materials! That's one expensive crossover!

After buying the wood and drivers, your in Thor territory....

Ron

Andrewbee · 21st May 2009, 06:06 PM

I too am looking for a TL design to try, never heard one but hope to soon. I was looking at the IPL site as posted in earlier post, price I think is quite reasonable.

I remember seeing a few months back a design on someones website for a VIfa powered TL. I am going to try to find it again and if I find it I will post it.

I have a pair of Scanspeak 18W/8546 (?) drivers (7 Inch Kevlar I think from a pair of Scanspeak Monitors I built many moons ago that I could also "repurpose".

There is also an Alpha TL design brief around. I need to look at that again as well.

Andrewbee · 21st May 2009, 06:09 PM

Whadaya know! OOOPPPPS here it is linky

planet10 · 21st May 2009, 06:14 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Andrewbee
a pair of Scanspeak 18W/8546 (?) drivers (7 Inch Kevlar I think from a pair of Scanspeak Monitors I built many moons ago that I could also "repurpose".

... Alpha TL design brief

Do you have T/S data for the scanspeaks?

The Alpha TL generates a not wholly optimum box. Plug the ScanSpeak data into MJKs tables and you'll be way ahead. I like to use the fairly heavily tapered ones... that helps the terminus low pass function so you can get more bottom out of a smaller line.

dave

20th May 2009, 10:09 AM	#1
lurer diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2007	Need tips for a good, cheap and easy TL design Hi! I am looking for my first DIY project and im looking for a good TL-design that is quite easy to build and that doesnt exeed $350 for drivers and crossovers. I'd like 5" drivers or larger. I have browsed and googled the net and have found many different designs but this is the best one so far: http://www.iplacoustics.co.uk/s3tlm%...0Magnesium.htm. Its £200 or $250 for drivers and crossover parts. So they are cheap and should be pretty good after what i have read. Is there any other projects or kits out there that can satsify my love for TL-speakers? I quite like my current TL-speakers and love the rolloff at 20hz. Im not counting on that in the new kit though Espen

20th May 2009, 01:45 PM	#2
maynardg diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: FL	http://www.geocities.com/cc00541/Tritrix_pg_1.html http://www.htguide.com/forum/showthread.php4?t=29626 Very good. Way, way better than the investment would suggest. __________________ MG

20th May 2009, 10:34 PM	#4
PeteMcK diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Sydney	Visation have a few designs that might be worth looking at: http://www.visaton.com/en/bauvorschlaege/index.html __________________ ‘today… there lives alongside the twentieth century the tenth or thirteenth. A hundred million people use electricity and still believe in the magic power of signs and exorcisms” Trotsky

21st May 2009, 03:05 AM	#5
Bigun diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: K-W Ontario Blog Entries: 2	I haven't heard these, but the guy that runs this company makes amazing amplifiers so he knows a thing or two about sound... http://www.aksaonline.com/products/p...s_Vsonics.html __________________ "The test of the machine is the satisfaction it gives you. There isn't any other test. If the machine produces tranquility it's right. If it disturbs you it's wrong until either the machine or your mind is changed." Robert M Pirsig.

21st May 2009, 05:50 PM	#7
Renron diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Sacramento	Holly Crossover Costs Batman! Those Vsonics work out to $1,017 US dollars and you still have to buy the drivers and cabinet materials! That's one expensive crossover! After buying the wood and drivers, your in Thor territory.... Ron __________________ "If it doesn't work properly, hope it catches on fire"- Nelson Pass @ BA3 "I fired up the prototype. Literally." The Prophet Pass.


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20th May 2009, 02:13 PM	#3
lurer diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2007	Thanks, this looks very interesting. the price here is unmatched i would think, so ill just check availability in Norway. Guess ill have to buy the stuff online anyway. I still want other examples if anyone has got some more.

21st May 2009, 08:00 AM	#6
lurer diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2007	Thuis last kit looks good, and im sure they are good too. Price is a little bit more than i can take atm. If i decide to find a set of speakers that should replace mye current speakers, then i will consider the Vsonics. We move to a new apartment in a couple of months, so maybe my needs wil change by then

21st May 2009, 06:06 PM	#8
Andrewbee diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Cayman Islands	I too am looking for a TL design to try, never heard one but hope to soon. I was looking at the IPL site as posted in earlier post, price I think is quite reasonable. I remember seeing a few months back a design on someones website for a VIfa powered TL. I am going to try to find it again and if I find it I will post it. I have a pair of Scanspeak 18W/8546 (?) drivers (7 Inch Kevlar I think from a pair of Scanspeak Monitors I built many moons ago that I could also "repurpose". There is also an Alpha TL design brief around. I need to look at that again as well. __________________ None of us are leaving this world alive. Enjoy it responsibly as you may.

21st May 2009, 06:09 PM	#9
Andrewbee diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Cayman Islands	Whadaya know! OOOPPPPS here it is linky __________________ None of us are leaving this world alive. Enjoy it responsibly as you may.

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