Hi
I'm looking for recommendations to improve my PC sound (currently just headphones). I am looking to build small stereo speakers powered by a D class amp (smsl, topping or similar).
Can anyone recommend a good build to get me started, I have some tools and am reasonable with woodwork so the cabinet should be OK 🙂
I've been looking at full range drivers due to the size, but happy to consider other options too. So far I researched Mark Audio, Fostex, Peerless but its tricky as a beginner at this to identify which will offer the best sound for my situation.
Thanks in advance,
Mat
ps - any recommended suppliers in the EU? I've found lots in the USA but the import duties and shipping almost double the price.
I've been on hifisound.de/, falconacoustics.co.uk/ and ebay
I'm looking for recommendations to improve my PC sound (currently just headphones). I am looking to build small stereo speakers powered by a D class amp (smsl, topping or similar).
Can anyone recommend a good build to get me started, I have some tools and am reasonable with woodwork so the cabinet should be OK 🙂
I've been looking at full range drivers due to the size, but happy to consider other options too. So far I researched Mark Audio, Fostex, Peerless but its tricky as a beginner at this to identify which will offer the best sound for my situation.
Thanks in advance,
Mat
ps - any recommended suppliers in the EU? I've found lots in the USA but the import duties and shipping almost double the price.
I've been on hifisound.de/, falconacoustics.co.uk/ and ebay
You could build a Lance or Bloodhound with the Fostex FF85wk or Alpair 5.2 or with the same drivers you could build the smaller uFonkenWK or uMar-Ken5.2. There is also a slighter larger uFonkenPlus that provides a bit more bass.
If you want a good amplifier that will actually kick those little speakers in the behind, go with the Emotiva miniX. A lot more detailed clarity and dynamic slam and just plain more fun to listen to.
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The mini Karlsonator with a single Vifa TC9FD would make a nice PC Speaker
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/full...sonator-0-53x-dual-tc9fds-16.html#post3722988
12 in tall x 6 in wide x 6.5 in deep
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/full...sonator-0-53x-dual-tc9fds-16.html#post3722988
12 in tall x 6 in wide x 6.5 in deep
Those are favoured drivers around here for desktop use. I am currently listening to uFonkenPlus in the big room (with dual push-push SDX10 helper woofers)
Wilmslow is the Fostex distrib in the UK (althou you may find better pricing in mainland Europe) & Mark Audio can be had from Oak Audio
The TC9 is a reasonable cheap driver, but we were quite dissapointed with ours after all the hype they got. The Fostex and MA are in another leauge (and easily worth the extra £ IMO)
dave
Thank you all for the replies, I've been reseaching for much of the day,
I do like the look of the Fostex and the Mark Audio drivers and now have a whole evernote notebook full of pictures of possible plans 🙂
ps - this forum needs a like/thanks button!
I do like the look of the Fostex and the Mark Audio drivers and now have a whole evernote notebook full of pictures of possible plans 🙂
ps - this forum needs a like/thanks button!
hehe, we had one but it was so popular, it took away from the intent.
ie: Candy is good but too much gives you a tummy ache.
ie: Candy is good but too much gives you a tummy ache.
Ok I really like the look of the ufonkenWK plans,
Also like the look of the Mark Audio CHR-70's does anyone have plans to put these two together successfully?
Also like the look of the Mark Audio CHR-70's does anyone have plans to put these two together successfully?
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In the same box?
If you are looking at the CHR70 you should consider the new Pluvia Seven/CHS-70. It takes the CHR up just a notch.
dave
Was thinking ufonkenWK cabinet with CHS70's - has anyone done this?
CHS70 are the same price as CHR70 in the UK, can't find the Pluvia Seven available here yet...
Thanks!
The uFonken size is to small for the P7/CHS, but they do fit into a millSize box which is like a uFonken on Steroids.
Optimally the P7 wants a larger box, but they will work in this small a box.
dave
Optimally the P7 wants a larger box, but they will work in this small a box.
dave
Personally, I'd go for the Pluvia 7/ CHS 70, Alpair 6P, or Fostex FF85, or 105 WK a small desktop build; sorry, Mark, but I think the current version of the A7P fell a bit short of what some of us had hoped for
I've done 3 pair of the lance with ff85wk drivers and a fourth is on the way. Everybody just likes them and they are an easy build. I us an SMSL SA60 amp wth them and they play nicely. If I were downsizing my living space I could live with that setup as my man system, maybe with a small sub but that complicates things.
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Try Europe-audio and intertechnik for drivers and components. You get nailed on delivery but they have a much better range than any UK suppliers. Also, why fullrangers? There are tiny 2 way designs in 6 inch high cabs...
Why multiways when you can avoid an XO? This is a niche where a good FRer will usually kill a multiway.
dave
dave
I am not a complete full range convert either but it is very difficult to beat a good 3" driver in a proper small cabinet for desktop use. 4" drivers are starting to get too big. The Ascend Acoustics HTM-200SE is a very nice small 2-way speaker but it is bigger than a uFonkenPlus. Its very difficult to get big quality sound out of a small box.
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mat- two things you need to ask yourself is "just how big a space do these damned things need to fill & how loud to play?" As I'm typing this, sitting at my work computer, my little desktop speakers ( Fostex FF85WK / microFonken / Topping TP30) are sitting about a foot further away than arm's length - for those who haven't met me, that's still well under 1 meter, and they play more than loud enough.
As Dave and others will likely pipe in on, this is exactly the type of application where a 3-4" FR driver can shine - I've already posted my short list of favorites. I've heard the little Vifa that always pops up in these threads, as well as the much more expensive ScanSpeak 10F - while both measure well, neither particularly excited me, and I've gleefully accepted that few folks will necessarily give a rat's a$$ about why I do or don't wax rhapsodic over a piece of audio gear.
there are more important things in life - ask someone living with a cancer survivor
As Dave and others will likely pipe in on, this is exactly the type of application where a 3-4" FR driver can shine - I've already posted my short list of favorites. I've heard the little Vifa that always pops up in these threads, as well as the much more expensive ScanSpeak 10F - while both measure well, neither particularly excited me, and I've gleefully accepted that few folks will necessarily give a rat's a$$ about why I do or don't wax rhapsodic over a piece of audio gear.
there are more important things in life - ask someone living with a cancer survivor
would appreciate recomendations for desktop driven by tpa 3116? like pinpoint, depth, soundstage, speakers to dissapear? i guess i want it all..small bafflle? OB? karlsonator? fostex, alpair? like all music genres, ht, i have subwoofer..Thanks!
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