I’m looking for help in choosing speakers for my home office/listening area. I will primarily be listening to old vinyl (Empire Troubadour) or streaming music. The speakers will be powered with a McIntosh MC-240. I plan to run the speakers at 4ohms. I have other equipment, but like vintage stuff and definitely want to utilize this amp as much as possible. I want to fill the room with clean music, not loud. I listen to a lot of classic rock, jazz, current music. Typically, no one else is home when I am listening.
The overall space is 16x16 loft that is open to another 16x16 area. It’s an odd space as there is a set of stairs there so my listening chair is off to one side. I’m looking for speaker ideas. My original thought was a pair of magnepans as they would fill sound off the back as well as the front. This may still be a good idea given the space. If I don’t go with the Maggies, I will likely build a pair of speakers. I’ve been considering a MTMW setup, similar to this build: DIY 3-Way Hi-Vi Tower Loudspeaker Project - 1.618 or diVine Audio | Canaiolo
I have never built speakers, and would need to do a lot more planning if that I the way to go. I have picked up David Weems book and have also been reading lots of other articles. For drivers, I am looking primarily at Dayton Audio’s reference series (RS225, RST28F, RS150P). I’m not married to these drivers, but they are at a price point I like. I have not planned crossover’s yet (more to come). I’m comfortable with woodworking and have access to a pretty nice shop.
I’m looking for opinions on the following:
-What speakers would work well in this odd area (open to ideas besides Maggies or current build idea)
-If I build something similar to the MTMW’s I have many questions.
-Thoughts on the drivers listed
-Given my newness to speaker building, would active crossovers make life easier and give me more options (less likely to screw up)
-Keeping the crossovers external (allow me to change as I learn, bi/tri-amp in the future)
-Thoughts on enclosures (ported or vented)
-I’ve looked at several speaker building programs, need help narrowing it down for a newbie
I will continue reading, learning, and as I have more questions asking. If this should be in a different forum, please feel free to move it. Thanks in advance and looking forward to peoples thought.
The overall space is 16x16 loft that is open to another 16x16 area. It’s an odd space as there is a set of stairs there so my listening chair is off to one side. I’m looking for speaker ideas. My original thought was a pair of magnepans as they would fill sound off the back as well as the front. This may still be a good idea given the space. If I don’t go with the Maggies, I will likely build a pair of speakers. I’ve been considering a MTMW setup, similar to this build: DIY 3-Way Hi-Vi Tower Loudspeaker Project - 1.618 or diVine Audio | Canaiolo
I have never built speakers, and would need to do a lot more planning if that I the way to go. I have picked up David Weems book and have also been reading lots of other articles. For drivers, I am looking primarily at Dayton Audio’s reference series (RS225, RST28F, RS150P). I’m not married to these drivers, but they are at a price point I like. I have not planned crossover’s yet (more to come). I’m comfortable with woodworking and have access to a pretty nice shop.
I’m looking for opinions on the following:
-What speakers would work well in this odd area (open to ideas besides Maggies or current build idea)
-If I build something similar to the MTMW’s I have many questions.
-Thoughts on the drivers listed
-Given my newness to speaker building, would active crossovers make life easier and give me more options (less likely to screw up)
-Keeping the crossovers external (allow me to change as I learn, bi/tri-amp in the future)
-Thoughts on enclosures (ported or vented)
-I’ve looked at several speaker building programs, need help narrowing it down for a newbie
I will continue reading, learning, and as I have more questions asking. If this should be in a different forum, please feel free to move it. Thanks in advance and looking forward to peoples thought.
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