Hi everyone!
First of all im New to speaker building business 🙂 so look forward to some real dumb questions. Anyway I decided to build a a set of 2.1 for home. Mainly for music. Right now I have a Köenig 2.1 360w. Not a big sound quality but still better than the bloody laptop speakers. So main aim is to surpass that 😛
so I was reading around in the past few days and as I'm on a tight budget I decided on the following.
For the 2-way shelf speakers I'd go for a pair of Visaton MR130 as midrange
MR 130 - 8 Ohm
And a pair of Visaton TW6NG tweeters
TW 6 NG - 8 Ohm
Since these are closed back ones I don't have to worry about box design.
As for the woofer I picked a 30 cm Visaton W300.
W 300 - 8 Ohm
For this one the manufacturer was kind enough to state what size to f box I'll have to make. I'm going for the 70l closed box since as I red so far its more noobproof than a vented box.
As you can see all drivers have the same 8 ohm impedance. But now comes the part where its getting confusing for me. The crossovers. I'd like crossover points at 1000 and 5000 because from what I heard this is the band where we do most of our hearing and its not too god to have any disturbance in that range. S here come the questions. Is it worth to do this or its pointless? Also I don't really get how its done. First I have to use a low pass for the woofer and send the rest to the shelf speakers where I use a band path to the mid and a high pass to the tweeters?
Also I'll have to buy an amp for these. I heard it should be between 1.5-2.5x the rated wattage of the speakers/ channel. Does this mean in my case that 2x60w (tweet) +2x 80w (mid) + 160w (sub) = 440w x 1.5 = I need an amp with at least 660w rms?
Thanks in advance and any tips at welcome 🙂
First of all im New to speaker building business 🙂 so look forward to some real dumb questions. Anyway I decided to build a a set of 2.1 for home. Mainly for music. Right now I have a Köenig 2.1 360w. Not a big sound quality but still better than the bloody laptop speakers. So main aim is to surpass that 😛
so I was reading around in the past few days and as I'm on a tight budget I decided on the following.
For the 2-way shelf speakers I'd go for a pair of Visaton MR130 as midrange
MR 130 - 8 Ohm
And a pair of Visaton TW6NG tweeters
TW 6 NG - 8 Ohm
Since these are closed back ones I don't have to worry about box design.
As for the woofer I picked a 30 cm Visaton W300.
W 300 - 8 Ohm
For this one the manufacturer was kind enough to state what size to f box I'll have to make. I'm going for the 70l closed box since as I red so far its more noobproof than a vented box.
As you can see all drivers have the same 8 ohm impedance. But now comes the part where its getting confusing for me. The crossovers. I'd like crossover points at 1000 and 5000 because from what I heard this is the band where we do most of our hearing and its not too god to have any disturbance in that range. S here come the questions. Is it worth to do this or its pointless? Also I don't really get how its done. First I have to use a low pass for the woofer and send the rest to the shelf speakers where I use a band path to the mid and a high pass to the tweeters?
Also I'll have to buy an amp for these. I heard it should be between 1.5-2.5x the rated wattage of the speakers/ channel. Does this mean in my case that 2x60w (tweet) +2x 80w (mid) + 160w (sub) = 440w x 1.5 = I need an amp with at least 660w rms?
Thanks in advance and any tips at welcome 🙂
I would recommend a W 130S for midrange.
The crossover frequency should not be set to 1000Hz and 5000Hz.
The crossover frequency should not be set to 1000Hz and 5000Hz.
Hi,
Your way off base on on driver choice, x/o points and amplifiers needed.
I'd suggest : Amplifier - used Pioneer A300X, speakers -
https://sites.google.com/site/undefinition/diy/amiga
That will crush your current 2.1 system.
rgds, sreten.
Your way off base on on driver choice, x/o points and amplifiers needed.
I'd suggest : Amplifier - used Pioneer A300X, speakers -
https://sites.google.com/site/undefinition/diy/amiga
That will crush your current 2.1 system.
rgds, sreten.
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