It's been a while since my last post, and I have completed many projects since then. Now I'm pondering if I should try to make a set of near-field studio monitors for my home project studio. I've been working part time at a studio as a musician, and listening in the mixing booth on the monitors they use has opened a whole new world for me. I never thought monitors were necessary for my home studio projects, but hearing how easy it was to find problems in the mix and get it balanced on those monitors were worlds apart from the fiddling I do through my cans.
So I thought I would buy me some monitors. But after reading stuff online and hearing what people say, I have learned that unless I can fork out some serious cash, I'm not going to get anything near what I saw in the studio. I would be better off saving my cash and buy it when I can afford it.
Well since I'm married, and my wife would never in a million years let me spend the cost of our yearly family vacation on speakers, I thought I'd build some.
I have a bunch of stuff laying around, and I thought I maybe could use them. After reading, I discovered that the high end monitors rarely use high end speakers, they are more engineered towards a flat frequency response.
So I will try to use some of the parts I allready have, the object here is to get the best out of what I've got.
I have a bunch of woofers 8" with the following specs:
Frequency Response: 42 - 5000hz
Recommended crossover: <3500hz
Impedance: 8ohm
Sensitivity: 87db
A couple: 20mm Dome Tweeter
Resonany Frequency: 2200hz
Frequency response: 2000 - 45000hz
Minimum Impedance: 5.7ohm
So how do I go about designing a crossover for these two components?
I also have a selection of chip amps. I was thinking of putting in two TDA2030s in a sort of bi-amp'ed design, or is it better to do a passive crossover and build a power amp into the cabinet?
Thankful for any input,
DocZ
So I thought I would buy me some monitors. But after reading stuff online and hearing what people say, I have learned that unless I can fork out some serious cash, I'm not going to get anything near what I saw in the studio. I would be better off saving my cash and buy it when I can afford it.
Well since I'm married, and my wife would never in a million years let me spend the cost of our yearly family vacation on speakers, I thought I'd build some.
I have a bunch of stuff laying around, and I thought I maybe could use them. After reading, I discovered that the high end monitors rarely use high end speakers, they are more engineered towards a flat frequency response.
So I will try to use some of the parts I allready have, the object here is to get the best out of what I've got.
I have a bunch of woofers 8" with the following specs:
Frequency Response: 42 - 5000hz
Recommended crossover: <3500hz
Impedance: 8ohm
Sensitivity: 87db
A couple: 20mm Dome Tweeter
Resonany Frequency: 2200hz
Frequency response: 2000 - 45000hz
Minimum Impedance: 5.7ohm
So how do I go about designing a crossover for these two components?
I also have a selection of chip amps. I was thinking of putting in two TDA2030s in a sort of bi-amp'ed design, or is it better to do a passive crossover and build a power amp into the cabinet?
Thankful for any input,
DocZ