My first set of speakers. Two transmission line, well quarter wavelength, bookshelf speakers and a TL center channel. Wish some of the cut outs were better but considering I was free handing with my router I guess I'm not so bad. They sound awesome and I'm making a set of main floor standing speakers, TL speakers again, and a small set of TL floor standing speakers. Having a blast. Want to make a custom subwoofer but I already have a working budget Sony subwoofer so I guess I'll pass for the time being. What do you all think?
They look good for a first attempt and my woodworking skills are far inferior.
Which drivers are you using?
Which drivers are you using?
Main drivers are Tang Band W3-881SJ 3" and the ribbon tweeter is Beston RT002A. I really like the little speakers, they need a subwoofer to fill in the boom on the bottom but have been working great so far. The cross over is at 2500 hz.
I used them on this set also, which I just finished. They are a set of powered speakers for my daughters. I painted them with car paint when it was in the low 40's high 30's. I know better than to paint when it is that cold but was anxious to get it done so the paint ended up running. My youngest likes the look, I do not. I think she's being nice.
I used them on this set also, which I just finished. They are a set of powered speakers for my daughters. I painted them with car paint when it was in the low 40's high 30's. I know better than to paint when it is that cold but was anxious to get it done so the paint ended up running. My youngest likes the look, I do not. I think she's being nice.
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I've never heard of them, but I can see that the W3s have a flat resspponse down to 100Hz although it maybe impacted by the enclosure.
I thought about using a line (8) of similar drivers in an open baffle design to try and simulate the Aeons electrostatic panels because I do love the sound of dipole speakers.
I thought about using a line (8) of similar drivers in an open baffle design to try and simulate the Aeons electrostatic panels because I do love the sound of dipole speakers.
You can pick up a circle jig pretty cheap these days. If you're doing cutouts with a router anyway, it'll clean things up.
There are others out there, and you can probably piece one together from stuff lying around your shop if you're handy, so this is just an easy-to-find example.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Milescr...outing-Small-and-Large-Circles-1219/301768841
I have a circle jig now. The problem I had was going back and cleaning up the veneer with the router, nowhere to center the jig. But I just switched to using a sharp razor on the speaker cuts.
Another approach to that issue is a bit with a bearing attached for flush cutting. There are ones for veneer that downcut also.
https://www.rockler.com/piloted-flush-trim-bit-1-4-shank
https://www.rockler.com/piloted-flush-trim-bit-1-4-shank