Looking to build first 2 way and want it to be above average but not really SOA. Willing to spend about 500-600 on drivers. My neighbor is cabinet maker but only looking for basic box. Would also like to entertain an 8" driver maybe 7" if better to extend down some. Will be used in large space also more than likely an active design using active crossover at least to start with. Really would like to try out something highly regarded in tweeter more like ring radiator or the like. I think that is enough to start. Let the feedback begin.
Who is to design a crossover filter then? You sound like as if this all boils down to selecting drive units.
Well I m asking about drivers to start with, i would think that to be very important. As I was saying I have everything for using an active crossover for testing and playing with. Once I figured out what I thought was best I could then look at a passive if I thought that was the way to go. Do you know of a good combo of woofer tweeter??
Is it just me or do the new folded ribbons I hear these days do not have any air or extended high frequencies. Haven't heard the expensive ones though
For a ring dome start with the Satori TW29R or if you want something a little more budget friendly the SB Acoustics SB29RDNC-C000-4.
If you want to build someone else's existing design, which is a good choice a lot of the time, Google search for designs using either of those two tweeters.
You may not find an 8" though, as two way 8" speakers are challenging.
For a more complicated cabinet, which might be fine if you have a cabinet maker, check out the Kalasan design...https://www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/sb-acoustics-satori-monitor.220330/
There is so many good combos that naming some would only reveal my personal choice.
And your personal choices would be exactly what I would like to hear about. So where this is coming from is years ago 15 or so I came across I think at Madisound something called proven pairs if I remember correctly. It was all about woofers and tweeter that were so complimentary that the natural roll offs of the two would let you get away with very simple crossovers. Anyway would like to use DSP bc I have all that already, at least to start. So it sounds like I would be better off with the 6.5 to maybe 7" woofers then.
I don't know of a "conventional" 2-way driver-pair that is high fidelity ~40hz-15khz at sweet spot and domestic SPL (hardly SOTA), that doesn't involve a great fullrange driver or very large cabs suitable for 3-way or else cost $$$$. So I'm waiting for recommendations too!
(Satori TW29R/MW19TX-8 great from 60hz.)
(Satori TW29R/MW19TX-8 great from 60hz.)
I believe @hifijim has just finnished a project that will leave you with a pair of awesome speakers that are based on most currently known knowledge from this forum.
Also I will find an awfully long thread with lots of equally good bets of which some might suit you better. I havent read and If I should I would arm myself with a physical notbook along with using the forums note system extensively.
Also use a tweeter from Augerpros 3D printed wavegude thread. Have someone print and the resst of the building wont be more complicated than with an ordinary Ring or Ribon radiator.
Cheers!
Also I will find an awfully long thread with lots of equally good bets of which some might suit you better. I havent read and If I should I would arm myself with a physical notbook along with using the forums note system extensively.
Also use a tweeter from Augerpros 3D printed wavegude thread. Have someone print and the resst of the building wont be more complicated than with an ordinary Ring or Ribon radiator.
Cheers!
OK Going thru this would be torture. Sorry!
https://www.diyaudio.com/community/...-high-spl-low-distortion-with-a-2-way.334757/
https://www.diyaudio.com/community/...-high-spl-low-distortion-with-a-2-way.334757/
No, an 8" 4 ohm unit paired to a waveguided tweeter could meet your demands, frequency and sensitivity wise.
An SB23 NBAC S45-4 has favorable parameters for a high quality vented loading. You'd need a steep low pass filter
to cross it properly though.
You decide on the HF solution. Count on a driver being able to cross low and not die while turning the volume up. PA perhaps?
I know the older SR 71 was all the rage at one time is that still viable? What about the GR Research models. Any thoughts. So now opening this to available 2 way kits. What are some good ones to consider.
This is a two way I made over the summer.
https://www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/tall-thin-2-way-for-workshop-pc.402268/post-7426447
They sound good. I would not go so far as to call them Awesome, but they sound good. A couple of things about them:
1) they look goofy to most people, because of the wide spacing between woofer and tweeter. Acoustically it works well, but visually it bothers some people.
2) They are a sealed box design, which provides a tight bass with great clarity and definition, but it is not a deep bass. They have an F3 of 70 Hz and an F9 of 50 Hz. In a small speaker, I am willing to trades some bass extension to get the tight definition of sealed box bass. But others may prefer a vented box design.