Hi all can some one please help me. I have been into hifi now for about 30 years and i have allways wanted to build my own speakers.But the problem i have is i have no idea how to work the design out but im very good at wood work, I really fancied building a pair of TL speakers and have found a pair of bass units on ebay if some one could check them out for me to see if thay would make a good speaker that would be great. I dont want to spend much money on this project as its my first. But any help would be great. At the moment i am useing MISSON M71I thay sound so big for a small speaker but i would like a more extended bottom end. SORRY HERE IS EBAY ITEM NUMBER 200385306370
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Googled the driver & couldn't find a speck of info on it. Personally I'd look for driver(s) more respected in the diy world. I could list some suggestions, but without knowing what exactly you're looking to build the possibities are endless. If I were to build a TL on the cheap this unfolded TL would be the one, although they drop like a brick below 40hz.http://www.t-linespeakers.org/projects/martin/MLTQWT/index.html For the most part a manageable size speaker with dynamic low end (say down to 30hz flat) is not going to be cheap even diy.
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Thanks STEVIEDON. Yes that would be ideal as it as a high spl but dont full range speakers lack the bass clout unless you use a subb. The sony drivers on ebay did get a good review at there time but that was in the the cabs thay were designed for. At the moment im useing a 41HZ AMP 6B that is only 25 watts and a modded MERRANTZ 63 sounds very good but i would like more bass than my MISSIONS M70I are giving
At the moment im useing a 41HZ AMP 6B that is only 25 watts and a modded MERRANTZ 63
sounds very good but i would like more bass than my MISSIONS M70I are giving
Well, then you would need bigger amp too
Maybe better look at building a sub with plateamp
But its not cheap to do properly
I just bought a pair of McGee horn and driver, very cheap
From a quick listen I think they have great potential
No shout or other nastiness
Mated with nice 12-15" woofer it may turn out very nice
Though, if you want to be certain of the result, find a proven design
Only, you may have to build it before having heard it, which also holds some uncertainty
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Hi again all thanks all for your help. I do like the little missions but i have allways wanted to build my own speakers and i wanted some thing with a bigger bottom end but for a first project i dont really want to spend loads of money. I dont really want a seperate subb as i have had one before and i was allways altering the phase and level it never seemed to sound right. But this speaker building is not as easy as it sounds to work out a box design you have to be a real maths boffin
I have a pair of 10" McVoice on the way
At 27EUR they are really cheap
But no specs, so I take chances with this
Will be mounted in my old Lowther Acoustas
If you are very short on money it seems like a risky adventure to design your own
Though, the old KEF drivers were quite good quality
Maybe they would work in a quaterwave
At 27EUR they are really cheap
But no specs, so I take chances with this
Will be mounted in my old Lowther Acoustas
If you are very short on money it seems like a risky adventure to design your own
Though, the old KEF drivers were quite good quality
Maybe they would work in a quaterwave
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Well, then you would need bigger amp too
Maybe better look at building a sub with plateamp
But its not cheap to do properly
I just bought a pair of McGee horn and driver, very cheap
From a quick listen I think they have great potential
No shout or other nastiness
Mated with nice 12-15" woofer it may turn out very nice
Though, if you want to be certain of the result, find a proven design
Only, you may have to build it before having heard it, which also holds some uncertainty
Where did you pick up those McGee Horns?
Thx!
Where did you pick up those McGee Horns?
Thx!
In Denmark, but I could also get them in Germany
But I have searched to find specs
Didnt find much
But it seems they are made by ZOMAX
The cheap screw mount driver I bought, also looks exactly like a ZOMAX, but then it cost quite a lot more
Bull...
Woofers are from a German seller, on a 50% discount
Theres 12" and 15" too
http://www.ts-audio.biz/tsshop2/WGS/6647/Sonstige_Tieftoener.htm
Hope it helps
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Hi again all i have got a chance of some kef b200 large magnet and wondered if thay would make a good start for some TL speakers. I have read that i would need a line of two and half meters does this sound right. Any advice would be great
What is the SP#?
http://t-linespeakers.org/drivers/b200.html
SP1039 & SP1022 are better for TL (used in the Fried H & M). SP1054 is likely to work better in something else.
dave
The SP1014 is the standard small magnet B200 that KEF sold to constructors. It worls well in a TL... not real small thou.
I'd plug the numbers into Martin King's tables to give a 1st pass design. I did this for the Jordan JX150 and got a box exceedingly close to a "classic" designed TL i did in the late 70s... don't know how well that one would faire under scrutiny of the new modelers.
The IMF TLS50 is a classic TL that used this woofer and worked well.
dave
I'd plug the numbers into Martin King's tables to give a 1st pass design. I did this for the Jordan JX150 and got a box exceedingly close to a "classic" designed TL i did in the late 70s... don't know how well that one would faire under scrutiny of the new modelers.
The IMF TLS50 is a classic TL that used this woofer and worked well.
dave
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