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Fast Eddie D said:
As some of you know, I recently got a cat. I thought my house was cat proof but she's quite energetic and frisky. Anyway, I have old "hi-fi" speakers on stands by my computer. They're great but they have to go. Kitty sits on them and has started to claw the grill cloth when they're playing. So I need the floor space back and I will put up another Kitty Condo where one speaker was. This is right by a window which is why she's so interested in it.
I'm not ruling out building a pair but I don't think I can beat these for the price. https://www.abt.com/Polk-Audio-Sign...Home-Theater-Pair-3003621400005/p/169216.html Any other recommendations are welcome. Small with clear audio, acceptable without subwoofer is the criteria. I'd consider a worthwhile design for DIY too. That price is about the top of my bracket too, but I would consider anything worthwhile.

Thanks.
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If you want to take a chance on a sub-$100 the pair passive pair, this loss leader from Dayton boasts an AMT tweeter:

https://www.parts-express.com/Dayto...okshelf-Speaker-Pair-with-AMT-Tweeter-300-451

I have a business acct. with PE, so I don't know what your price might be, but it could be under $100/pair with shipping almost anywhere.

They do have an MBG...

Check it out!

john
 
#22
dangus said:
I was very pleased with the sound of a pair of Audax AT100M0 4" full-ranges in sealed boxes. I picked them because they were magnetically shielded (important in the days of CRT monitors) and had decent bass response without resorting to ports. Unfortunately they had foam surrounds... and have been discontinued. There must be something similar out there, though. For nearfield, fullrange or a coincident tweeter like KEF's Uni-Q seems like the way to go. Right now I"m using Minimus 7's, but they don't have the same "solid" stereo image that the fullrange Audaxes did. And need a crossover upgrade, which is waiting for me to wind a couple of 1 mH air-core coils.
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Here's a 5-inch Audax full-range...

https://www.madisoundspeakerstore.c...25al-5-full-range-paper-cone-with-phase-plug/

And, MISCO has several interesting full-ranges. Here are the 4-inch ones... there are many others.

https://store.miscospeakers.com/products/full-range-wide-range?size=5941

I myself have had good luck with car-audio speakers, but car woofer-mid coaxials require crossovers.

Best of luck!

john
 
#23
Those Dayton bookshelf speakers look nice for the price. I looked at Dayton Audio but missed those. I haven't heard AMT tweeters (not sure I could hear them) but they always seem spl limited in the specifications. Not an issue in this application, but sure would be in my main application. That's why I used these tweeters https://www.parts-express.com/Dynavox-TD2801XL-1-1-8-Silk-Dome-Tweeter-275-200 Haven't blown one yet.
 
#24
Fast Eddie D said:
As some of you know, I recently got a cat. I thought my house was cat proof but she's quite energetic and frisky. Anyway, I have old "hi-fi" speakers on stands by my computer. They're great but they have to go. Kitty sits on them and has started to claw the grill cloth when they're playing. So I need the floor space back and I will put up another Kitty Condo where one speaker was. This is right by a window which is why she's so interested in it.
I'm not ruling out building a pair but I don't think I can beat these for the price. https://www.abt.com/Polk-Audio-Sign...Home-Theater-Pair-3003621400005/p/169216.html Any other recommendations are welcome. Small with clear audio, acceptable without subwoofer is the criteria. I'd consider a worthwhile design for DIY too. That price is about the top of my bracket too, but I would consider anything worthwhile.

Thanks.
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Metal speaker grills?
 
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