Hi, sorry if this is in the wrong area of the forum, move around as you please =)
A few months ago I bought a set of home theatre speakers (8" splits) from a garage sale for $10, one worked the other didn't
(Get what you pay for I spose).
I pulled my dad's old Luxman L-30 out of the garage and set the one up, sounded great (drivers are AKAI).
However since only one of them worked I went into Jaycar and bought two new drivers (http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView.asp?ID=CW2196).
They sound really good, except with the new driver's I have realised one of the speaker box's is stuffed and is letting air out somewhere it shouldn't as deep bass through them sounds disgusting (however the other box is beautiful).
So then that leads me to building new vented box's for them!,
I've been reading a lot of stuff on the internet about speaker box design's etc, but thought I should ask for a specific opinion given my case...
Okay here's the questions:
1. For the boxes MDF or Marine Grade Ply? 18mm? 22mm?
2. Should I stay with a 2 way setup? or is 3 way better? I could buy the 4" of the same speaker. (I listen to all sorts of music, but do love bass, so getting low dirty amounts would be good..
)
3. I have put it all into WINISD and it gives you a recommended box size and port length, gain, phase plot etc, what should I be looking for on those graphs? or any good websites to explain it all?
4. If I chose a 3 way setup, and given they are all 8 Ohm speakers, and my amp is a 2x50w (4 ohm) or 2x40w 8ohm, What would be the best way of wiring it? Would running a 3 way crossover in parrallel damage my amp (by dropping it to 2 ohm) or because it is a crossover is this not a problem?
Any help will be appreciated since I want to do a proper job and build some speakers that will last a long time!
If you need anymore info to help please ask
Cheers,
Felix.
A few months ago I bought a set of home theatre speakers (8" splits) from a garage sale for $10, one worked the other didn't
I pulled my dad's old Luxman L-30 out of the garage and set the one up, sounded great (drivers are AKAI).
However since only one of them worked I went into Jaycar and bought two new drivers (http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView.asp?ID=CW2196).
They sound really good, except with the new driver's I have realised one of the speaker box's is stuffed and is letting air out somewhere it shouldn't as deep bass through them sounds disgusting (however the other box is beautiful).
So then that leads me to building new vented box's for them!,
I've been reading a lot of stuff on the internet about speaker box design's etc, but thought I should ask for a specific opinion given my case...
Okay here's the questions:
1. For the boxes MDF or Marine Grade Ply? 18mm? 22mm?
2. Should I stay with a 2 way setup? or is 3 way better? I could buy the 4" of the same speaker. (I listen to all sorts of music, but do love bass, so getting low dirty amounts would be good..
3. I have put it all into WINISD and it gives you a recommended box size and port length, gain, phase plot etc, what should I be looking for on those graphs? or any good websites to explain it all?
4. If I chose a 3 way setup, and given they are all 8 Ohm speakers, and my amp is a 2x50w (4 ohm) or 2x40w 8ohm, What would be the best way of wiring it? Would running a 3 way crossover in parrallel damage my amp (by dropping it to 2 ohm) or because it is a crossover is this not a problem?
Any help will be appreciated since I want to do a proper job and build some speakers that will last a long time!
If you need anymore info to help please ask
Cheers,
Felix.