socratous
26th July 2010, 03:01 PM
Hi guys, first posting outside of the g'day section!
I was at the Adelaide T&WWW show yesterday discussing speakers and other bits n pieces with a few people and 2 of them suggested that I join this forum and share my experiences.
I have been into making speakers for a little while now, its the hybrid child of my high school love of electronics and woodwork. I've made a few sets for family and friends over the past 18 months, but seeing as I have had a bit more interest from other people and not actually having anything to show them (never built myself a pair that I kept for very long) I thought it time to make something pretty decent.
Basic specs of the system are as follows;
5.1 (well, will be when I get time to finish the sub!)
centre and rear channels use 2x 5.25" peerless PAE drivers and a vifa tweeter in a ported enclosure
front main channels use 1x 8" peerless PAE driver for a woofer, 1x 5.25" peerless PAE driver for a mid and a peerless HDS tweeter in a semi transmission line enclosure
sub will be 1x 12" peerless resolution driver in a hybrid ported/transmission line enclosure
I am making the enclosures out of 17mm tasmanian oak veneered mdf with mitred edges for a seamless design and a hand applied oil finish. The internal braces and baffles are a combination of 16 and 18mm mdf pieces, pocket hole jointed into position. For the crossovers, I have tried a series design, as opposed to the more traditional parrallel design.
The build process so far looks like this...
*special note to the pic in the clamping stage, proof you can never have too many clamps, regardless of what the girlfriend says! lol
I was at the Adelaide T&WWW show yesterday discussing speakers and other bits n pieces with a few people and 2 of them suggested that I join this forum and share my experiences.
I have been into making speakers for a little while now, its the hybrid child of my high school love of electronics and woodwork. I've made a few sets for family and friends over the past 18 months, but seeing as I have had a bit more interest from other people and not actually having anything to show them (never built myself a pair that I kept for very long) I thought it time to make something pretty decent.
Basic specs of the system are as follows;
5.1 (well, will be when I get time to finish the sub!)
centre and rear channels use 2x 5.25" peerless PAE drivers and a vifa tweeter in a ported enclosure
front main channels use 1x 8" peerless PAE driver for a woofer, 1x 5.25" peerless PAE driver for a mid and a peerless HDS tweeter in a semi transmission line enclosure
sub will be 1x 12" peerless resolution driver in a hybrid ported/transmission line enclosure
I am making the enclosures out of 17mm tasmanian oak veneered mdf with mitred edges for a seamless design and a hand applied oil finish. The internal braces and baffles are a combination of 16 and 18mm mdf pieces, pocket hole jointed into position. For the crossovers, I have tried a series design, as opposed to the more traditional parrallel design.
The build process so far looks like this...
*special note to the pic in the clamping stage, proof you can never have too many clamps, regardless of what the girlfriend says! lol