Hi, i don't know if this is the right place to put my question in but i want to know if there is a company who makes custom speakers for a reasonable price? I mean i found some manufactures but they only sell to companies in big masses. I want a custom 2 inch woofer for a diy portable speaker. I already have the ciare 2.25 but compared to the tangband w2-2040s it would be fun to have something in between those specs!
Is this about building according to an existing plan with a detailed drawing of the cabinet and a diagram of the xover? Or are your asking for someone to design a loudspeaker system from scratch?
I'm talking about making a loudspeaker driver. I already tought it was to expensive and the driver i want to use is the best i can find on the internet. I can use it as a fullrange and with dsp i can make it flat how i want. The second driver, the w2-2040S, is 3db more efficient and has twice the Xmax but i have to put a tweeter with it and it only have 10 watt power handling vs 30 watt. So this makes the ciare a better option unless i find a way to make the w2-2040s handle 30 wattts.
Ask Misco. They do small runs, but the fewer that get made the higher the price.
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Also sb acoustics do small runs as well. I know because I Inquired about it. Also the Eminence speaker company. I talked to a ln engineer there and they do small runs (If I remember right from along time ago?).
Also parts express has there own group of people who help you start and build your own drivers. I don’t know the quality you need or how much it cost? I know a few manufacturers who did this and it ended up costing them thousands because they had to keep making adjustments to the speaker drivers. I was told it was very expensive and Exhausting with almost 2 years of more from shipping and testing and shipping back in forth before the final product was done. Am not trying to discourage you at all. Am just giving you the facts so know and what I went through and finally gave up due to family and money. The best is to look for a driver close to what you want and Go from there and start building around it. I could go into futuer detail but, I tied to be as short as possible. Also I know it’s hard finding a driver on the market that’s why I was going to get my owe drivers built. Good luck 😁👍.
Also parts express has there own group of people who help you start and build your own drivers. I don’t know the quality you need or how much it cost? I know a few manufacturers who did this and it ended up costing them thousands because they had to keep making adjustments to the speaker drivers. I was told it was very expensive and Exhausting with almost 2 years of more from shipping and testing and shipping back in forth before the final product was done. Am not trying to discourage you at all. Am just giving you the facts so know and what I went through and finally gave up due to family and money. The best is to look for a driver close to what you want and Go from there and start building around it. I could go into futuer detail but, I tied to be as short as possible. Also I know it’s hard finding a driver on the market that’s why I was going to get my owe drivers built. Good luck 😁👍.
A small factory can be interested in a small run, but:
* minimum practical run is 100 of anything
They might take an order for, say, 10 units, but they will charge you for 100
Not a cheat at all, simply setup fees, it takes exact same time to set up , say, a lathe, for 1 or 100 parts, actual production time (for that particular operation) will pale by comparison.
* it should be reasonably similar/close to a product they regularly make, so no expensive new dies needed which will each take, say, 10000 (yes, 10k) units to spread cost between (similar to cost amortization or investment return)
So the above suggestion to get something close enough is on the spot.
* minimum practical run is 100 of anything
They might take an order for, say, 10 units, but they will charge you for 100
Not a cheat at all, simply setup fees, it takes exact same time to set up , say, a lathe, for 1 or 100 parts, actual production time (for that particular operation) will pale by comparison.
* it should be reasonably similar/close to a product they regularly make, so no expensive new dies needed which will each take, say, 10000 (yes, 10k) units to spread cost between (similar to cost amortization or investment return)
So the above suggestion to get something close enough is on the spot.
Thanks for the reply. I already tought it was to expensive and i'm not in a way a professional, so it's not doable for me i guess but the idee of making your own custom driver makes me smile a bit because it sounds really interesting if you want a portable speaker as loud as possible.
I already mentioned the w2-2040s and this driver is almost perfect with added DSP. It reach up for a small low fs tweeter (2000hz), high BL and high Xmax. The only reason i wanted a improved driver is because of the RMS rating at only 10 watts. If i read online, the power handling has to do with voice coil lenght and width followed by the top plate and T part( i don't remember this part but it was something with T bin or something). If i compare it to other drivers with the same voice coil width and Xmax it is a bit low. The Dayton nd91 is rated at 30 watts with 4.6 mm Xmax and a 1 inch voice coil but it is a vented voice coil and the 2040s is not! To get all the xmax i need 30 watts RMS and amplifiers with DSP are easy to find in this range.
Maybe you have more insight in the power handling of the w2-2040s. If you do i really like to hear from you about it!
Here is a guy who is probably putting 30 watts RMS to it.
https://www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/stereo-to-mono-for-sub.264924/post-4123554
Thanks for the reply. That's probably much more money then i wanted to spend on it!