I am willing to build a pair of small desctop speakers for my pc. I already have built a nice tripath ta2024 to drive them.
So an option is the μfonken, but i dont know if my fe83en will be ok for this project, and i am not willing to pay 100e for another pair of 3inch ..
Any other suggestion? For lets say 2-3max lts cabinet?
My target is a mild speaker, not aggressive and pleasant to listen for hours.
So an option is the μfonken, but i dont know if my fe83en will be ok for this project, and i am not willing to pay 100e for another pair of 3inch ..
Any other suggestion? For lets say 2-3max lts cabinet?
My target is a mild speaker, not aggressive and pleasant to listen for hours.
You mean the recomended cabinet by fostex? Well i havent heard so many good thoughts about these default cabinets.
Any other thought?
Any other thought?
You may want to go to the FullRange forum for this. People there might be able to help you better if you want to stick with a FRer. Zaph has a 5" two way kit sold through Madisound that looks pretty good. It was just recommended for the same purpose on another forum yesterday.
Good Luck,
Dan
Good Luck,
Dan
I did some sims. This driver sort of works in uFonken but rolloff is pretty ugly and xMax is exceeded long before 1 W input (2nd sim -- the well behaved curve is FF85).
2-20 litres sealed would be my recommendation... these sim pretty close, you get a slightly smaller bump at rolloff with the bigger box (1st sim).
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Dave - look like you have some kind of box sim that works on the Mac - is this freeware that I can get a cop of ?
Guys everybody makes the same mistake.. I asked for a small speaker, maximum 2-3liters, so any option with 4 or 5inch drivers simply will not do! i want to place them right-left to my monitor, and so, i dont want to cover all my desk with 2 larger speakers.
μFonkens i think that are the best for this job.. but i find it strange that there is no design using a 3inch woofer for example and a small tweeter..
μFonkens i think that are the best for this job.. but i find it strange that there is no design using a 3inch woofer for example and a small tweeter..
I'm not particularly. Main issue is that a 3in woofer is essentially an oxymoron; you can't beat the laws of physics. It will either have a high Fs, adequate sensitivity & miserable power-handling, or a low[er -these things are relative] Fs, greater power-handling (again, these things being relative), but miserable sensitivity.
When you get down to 2in - 3.5in sized drivers, IMO, there is little benefit to going 2-way, viz. a very small midbass + a tweeter. A high quality wideband driver of that size will do pretty much everything the equivalently proportioned 2 way would. On the bottom end it will have almost exactly the same compromises, but no XO means no attendent issues related to such devices, and less components = potentially reduced costs.
I use a pair of uFonkens for exactly these duties myself; they're as good as anything I've heard for this purpose, better than most, and even make handy micro-monitors. Annoyingly good actually, within the obvious limitations that you would expect of course.
When you get down to 2in - 3.5in sized drivers, IMO, there is little benefit to going 2-way, viz. a very small midbass + a tweeter. A high quality wideband driver of that size will do pretty much everything the equivalently proportioned 2 way would. On the bottom end it will have almost exactly the same compromises, but no XO means no attendent issues related to such devices, and less components = potentially reduced costs.
I use a pair of uFonkens for exactly these duties myself; they're as good as anything I've heard for this purpose, better than most, and even make handy micro-monitors. Annoyingly good actually, within the obvious limitations that you would expect of course.
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Is there a Ufonken design for the FE103en? That's a 4 in but the cutout is 3.5 inches, give or take.
if you realy want it as small as 2 liters, then the CT222, using the Omnes Audio BB3.01 would be a good candidate.
btw: 4" does noet mean huge cabs, for example my "Black Beauty" with the Markaudio CHR70 is only 4 liters (inside), and you could make them even a little bit smaller if you realy want.
btw: 4" does noet mean huge cabs, for example my "Black Beauty" with the Markaudio CHR70 is only 4 liters (inside), and you could make them even a little bit smaller if you realy want.
Dave, send me a mail with cost of the mFonken plan and maybe just one unmeasured pic. so I can see what it looks like.
No cost for the mFonken plans. email me. Chris just finished veneering the mFonken103, i'll need to reassemble before pictures. They are the same size as all the other millis thou.
dave
dave
I noticed the highlight but no link at P10 and google said a small fee so that's as far as I got.
Check your mail. Plus No rush on the build so I'll be interest to see whatever pictures you post.
Check your mail. Plus No rush on the build so I'll be interest to see whatever pictures you post.
I was doing a VERY comprehensive set of paid plans (free with drivers) but for the Fonken that got scuttled with discontinuation of FE127, FF85.
dave
Hi,
i get bored with these lazy threads that read like advertisements for the
vendors that consistently chase them up, do a search, there is loads
of information on this subject I cannot be arsed to repeat.
😎 /Sreten.
i get bored with these lazy threads that read like advertisements for the
vendors that consistently chase them up, do a search, there is loads
of information on this subject I cannot be arsed to repeat.
😎 /Sreten.
Hi,
At least they are sensible, because it seems to me ignorance is being exploited.
Some diy types seem to prefer pointless exotica over sensible engineering.
And they never point to alternatives to give a choice.
Its why there is a seperate fullrange forum, on its own legs it cannot stand.
Seems you get so used to agreeing with yourselves you cannot see reality.
All I'm telling the person to do is proper research.
😎 / Sreten.
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