Yepo.. you got it dudes... (and dudettes) I have a little more cash, and really need to get my towers finished.. 😛
http://home.iprimus.com.au/jlstanley/Speakers/Index.html
I am going to use the Peerless tweeters I already have, and each tower contains two 8inch cheap Venom subwoofers... now I need a midrange to fill in between... (and a cheap, decent one at that)
the woofers are 88dB efficient... wired to seperate channels of the amp.. (I hope) and I plan on passively filterin the mid and tweeter from the one channel of the amp.. (per side, if ya know what I mean)
anyway... I have looked at the dai-1chi drivers, but am not sure of the quality... (yes, I know I am using cheap, woofers.. 😛) and I could either get them locally, and pay like 3 times as much, or try and get them from WES for cheaper, and have to wait, and pay for postage.. 😛
http://home.iprimus.com.au/jlstanley/Speakers/Index.html
I am going to use the Peerless tweeters I already have, and each tower contains two 8inch cheap Venom subwoofers... now I need a midrange to fill in between... (and a cheap, decent one at that)
the woofers are 88dB efficient... wired to seperate channels of the amp.. (I hope) and I plan on passively filterin the mid and tweeter from the one channel of the amp.. (per side, if ya know what I mean)
anyway... I have looked at the dai-1chi drivers, but am not sure of the quality... (yes, I know I am using cheap, woofers.. 😛) and I could either get them locally, and pay like 3 times as much, or try and get them from WES for cheaper, and have to wait, and pay for postage.. 😛
Hey skinny,
This summer I made 3 trips to the beer store scoring over $70 a trip (canadian...). It was pretty cool cause they were all my brother and his friend's bottles (well like 1/3rd were mine only). Anyway I put the money into my upcomming wedding.
Anyway, whatever you do, make sure you go active on the crossovers. Although you've already stated you're going passive. Ok, so make sure you get good components. Crossovers make or break speaker systems people.
I scored a couple of 5-1/4" midrangers for $7.50 each from partsexpress awhile back. They're incredible! They measure down to about 40Hz and then drop off. I had passive crossovers on them before (1st order). The parts were the 'basic' components from parts express (cheap coils...) anyway. Once I went active I was totally happy even though the amps I'm using are really crappy... So get really good crossover components. If you can find some cheap drivers like I found it might be worth experimenting with them. You may get lucky!
Pete
This summer I made 3 trips to the beer store scoring over $70 a trip (canadian...). It was pretty cool cause they were all my brother and his friend's bottles (well like 1/3rd were mine only). Anyway I put the money into my upcomming wedding.
Anyway, whatever you do, make sure you go active on the crossovers. Although you've already stated you're going passive. Ok, so make sure you get good components. Crossovers make or break speaker systems people.
I scored a couple of 5-1/4" midrangers for $7.50 each from partsexpress awhile back. They're incredible! They measure down to about 40Hz and then drop off. I had passive crossovers on them before (1st order). The parts were the 'basic' components from parts express (cheap coils...) anyway. Once I went active I was totally happy even though the amps I'm using are really crappy... So get really good crossover components. If you can find some cheap drivers like I found it might be worth experimenting with them. You may get lucky!
Pete
well.... I am kinda making an 8 channel amp... but until that is done, I'll probably run my towers from 3 seperate amps... hehe.... hence the passive filtering on the tweeters and midranges... although I am not sure how well this will work... but I guess its worth a try... (its either 3 seperate amplifier, or wire the woofers in series (as they are 4 ohms) and get like 30 watts to each woofer.. 😛
I didn't collect these cans btw... the students at the University of Adelaide did.... they just collected all the beer bottles and cans from a few events they had throughout the year.... left them in a garage.. dad asked them to move them like 2 months ago.. they didn't, so dad asked me to move them.. 😀 20 minutes to load them into a trailer, and I was done.. lol
no, I don't drive, my friend did, he got the trailer too, thankyou very much... 🙂 it was payment for fixing his amp mentiioned in another thread..🙂🙂 hehe
I PLAN (money money money) on making a seperate active crossover to my amplifier... the 8 channel amplifier will be JUST an amplifier.. 😛 the active crossover kit Jaycar sells looks pretty good.. 🙂 but..... rack mount cases are soooo expensive..
I think I typed toooo much. 🙄 🙄
I didn't collect these cans btw... the students at the University of Adelaide did.... they just collected all the beer bottles and cans from a few events they had throughout the year.... left them in a garage.. dad asked them to move them like 2 months ago.. they didn't, so dad asked me to move them.. 😀 20 minutes to load them into a trailer, and I was done.. lol
no, I don't drive, my friend did, he got the trailer too, thankyou very much... 🙂 it was payment for fixing his amp mentiioned in another thread..🙂🙂 hehe
I PLAN (money money money) on making a seperate active crossover to my amplifier... the 8 channel amplifier will be JUST an amplifier.. 😛 the active crossover kit Jaycar sells looks pretty good.. 🙂 but..... rack mount cases are soooo expensive..
I think I typed toooo much. 🙄 🙄
Skinnyboy
I once suggested to a young friend that he offer to take the other neighbor's cans at 1/2 the return rate...
They were happy to give them to him.... By the summer, he was driving his route on his own lawn tractor, pulling a nice trailer, and the lawn work made him even more money.
When he graduated from school, he actually sold the routes.
I once suggested to a young friend that he offer to take the other neighbor's cans at 1/2 the return rate...
They were happy to give them to him.... By the summer, he was driving his route on his own lawn tractor, pulling a nice trailer, and the lawn work made him even more money.
When he graduated from school, he actually sold the routes.
Hey skinny boy, all I'll say is that if you go too cheap they may sound worse than if you keep them as a two way! I know how bad cheap mids can sound, having owned a few!!!!
Found a midrange which could have been suitable, but couldn't find the price...... did a google search and turned up $44US 🙁 your not considering mono are you 😉
http://www.d-s-t.com/peerless/data/821615.htm
http://www.wescomponents.com/peerless/821615.pdf
Oh well....... I guess if you can find another 900 bottles and 368 cans then it could be a goer 🙂
Regards,
Tony.
edit: or maybe this http://www.wescomponents.com/peerless/850488.pdf but at $31US still a bit over the budget......
Found a midrange which could have been suitable, but couldn't find the price...... did a google search and turned up $44US 🙁 your not considering mono are you 😉
http://www.d-s-t.com/peerless/data/821615.htm
http://www.wescomponents.com/peerless/821615.pdf
Oh well....... I guess if you can find another 900 bottles and 368 cans then it could be a goer 🙂
Regards,
Tony.
edit: or maybe this http://www.wescomponents.com/peerless/850488.pdf but at $31US still a bit over the budget......
x. onasis said:
umm.. I'll pass... I can just steal the bottles and cans from other peoples yards.. 😀 lol
some guys from school got fluro orange vests, like the counsel workers wear, and drove around with a trailer collecting cans and bottles from peoples recycle bins.. lol 😀
Hmmmm, obviously exchange rate isn't the only factor!!!! And yes they would be hard to rebate! So would the other one I just added, and based on the price for the 4" I reckon it'll be about $60 odd.......... I've just been looking on ldsg, and there really isn't anything other than tangband listed as recommended thats really any cheaper than those peerless drivers,
Have you looked for pricing on a vifa P13WH-00-08?
Regards,
Tony.
Have you looked for pricing on a vifa P13WH-00-08?
Regards,
Tony.
wintermute said:
locally its $83.30 from the same place as the other price I gave, but I think I can get them abit cheaper...
Ive got one of those enclosed midrages you said were 85 bucks lying around, still brand new. Want it for 40 
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postman said:Ive got one of those enclosed midrages you said were 85 bucks lying around, still brand new. Want it for 40
one?? lol
one??
ONE!?!?!
no thanx.. lol 😛
One is better than none 😛 You never know you may find some1 else you has only one and wants to sell it for $23.40 and thatll be within your budget 😉 🙄
please don't hit me...
I bought some "midranges" heh
Digitor brand.... 4 inch, open back.. (it sucks)
I bought some "midranges" heh
Digitor brand.... 4 inch, open back.. (it sucks)
Hey skinny, instead of buying the whole set of drivers (mid and tweet) and placing your T down under your ear lvl why didn't you bought some extended fullrange unit like Tang Band??? It would have been a bit higher and they're reknown speakers and they're cheap as well.
Just my two cents😉
Just my two cents😉
well skinny if the $10 mids u have work as well as you can stretch your money then you will have some good speakers 🙄
good luck, ill come round and listen when ur done
good luck, ill come round and listen when ur done
skinnyboy,
it might be too late now but some of the cheaper vifa drivers are very good value for money. You could look at the vifa logic drivers, there is one you can get at jaycar I think it is $50, but if you know where to go you can get them for as low as $30
Tangband are also apparently very good value for money - you can get their W4 4" aluminium driver for about $50 shipped or the 3" version for about $40
The problem with a lot of cheap drivers is their response is so bad, that it is very difficult to design a crossover. It's a false economy to get drivers that are too cheap and nasty as you might end up spending more on the crossover.
cheers,
Paul
it might be too late now but some of the cheaper vifa drivers are very good value for money. You could look at the vifa logic drivers, there is one you can get at jaycar I think it is $50, but if you know where to go you can get them for as low as $30
Tangband are also apparently very good value for money - you can get their W4 4" aluminium driver for about $50 shipped or the 3" version for about $40
The problem with a lot of cheap drivers is their response is so bad, that it is very difficult to design a crossover. It's a false economy to get drivers that are too cheap and nasty as you might end up spending more on the crossover.
cheers,
Paul
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