Call for DIY Speaker Cab links.

[Thor]

Put your hands where I can see them.

BACK AWAY FROM THE PLYWOOD. SLOWLY!

 

[IHeartAmpeg]

Nice forum. Let's add an often overlooked component, the wiring. I can't tell you how much fuller my signal became, once the connections "burned in" (takes about 10 hrs. of playing).

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[Thor]

I reviewed the link. What part of this site would be of interest to a bass speaker cabinet builder or useful in such a project?

 

[MNAirHead]

I'm concerned of any site that shows dimensions and plans.

I can't tell you how horrid some of my junk has been before fitting the exact physics of the box to the exact drivers.

When I was young and dumb I used to make high power boxes from others plans..

T.

 

[seamonkey]

For those adventurous types, there's a paper on near field line arrays
http://www.audioroundtable.com/misc/nflawp.pdf

You should balance reading this with the Meyers paper at:
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Understanding these you can put together something similar to Bose PAS, or Fishman SoloAmp for a lot less cash.

Line arrays also explain why stacking cabinets like two 2x10's vertical is best.

 

[Thor]

Thanks, there is a new technical discussion section in the sticky, I'll get them in the right spots when I get a minute.

 

[fdeck]

My humble offerings: I admit that I have an odd compulsion where I have to understand how all of my gear works. Most of the details that I provide are probably unnecessary for routine speaker design. Another motivation was that people would discuss speakers, and somebody would make a claim based on "physics." That got me wondering: What physics? I decided to find out. Here are three pages on the physics and math behind Thiele-Small theory:

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Notes and free tools for response measurement:

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The irony is that after all of this effort, the speaker design that I chose is really pretty mundane.

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But I learned a lot. The hardest two things for me were understanding what a speaker can and can't do, and deciding what I wanted.

 

[billfitzmaurice]

I reviewed the link. What part of this site would be of interest to a bass speaker cabinet builder or useful in such a project?

None. The mere reference of Skin Effect on a site other than to debunk it removes it from any serious consideration IMO. As for the concept of wire 'burn in', absolute total bloody piffel.

 

[Thor]

None. The mere reference of Skin Effect on a site other than to debunk it removes it from any serious consideration IMO. As for the concept of wire 'burn in', absolute total bloody piffel.

 

[Thor]

I have updated the FAQ's with most of the suggested links.

That is a nice addition to the FAQ section, thanks for the
suggestions.

Any more?

 

[Thor]

Bumparoni...

Any more suggestion from the DIY crowd on builds, build resources, design discussions and so forth that have not already been listed?

 

[seamonkey]

Save wood, prototype your cabinet design in Free Google Sketchup:
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You can find speaker cabinet examples under File->3d Warehouse

One you've drawn your cabinet, you can calculate the internal volume using one of the "Volume" calculators at:
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Hint: Temporarily plug the end of ports so they won't be considered in the calculated volume.

To derive a cut list for plywood and other wood components take a look at "Cut List" plugin.
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[greenboy]

Hi Thor,

greenboy's fEarful™ 12/6 & 15/6 bass enclosure designs - FREE! should be next to my "download the blueprints" page which is already linked in your FAQ section. This is where I try to keep all discussion and details, as well as any related efforts by others for crossover design, etc.

 

[Thor]

Hi Thor,

greenboy's fEarful™ 12/6 & 15/6 bass enclosure designs - FREE! should be next to my "download the blueprints" page which is already linked in your FAQ section. This is where I try to keep all discussion and details, as well as any related efforts by others for crossover design, etc.

GB, I am not seeing the second link, which section is it in and what is the link title?

 

[greenboy]

GB, I am not seeing the second link, which section is it in and what is the link title?

Here, just paste the below into Resources for DIY Speaker Cabinet Builders Including Builds by TB Members, Useful links and Speaker Design Freeware:

greenboy's fEarful™ 12/6 & 15/6 bass enclosure designs - FREE! - the discussion thread
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[Thor]

Done, thanks!

 

[abarson]

18 Sound - Only PA, no instrument cab designs.
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B&C - Only PA, no instrument cab designs.
http://www.bcspeakers.com/page.php?id=22

Beyma - Complete design catalog, primarily PA-centric. Individual .pdf or .cad files can be found at the second link.
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Ciare - PA, guitar and bass specific designs.
http://www.ciare.com/consumer_en/guide_progetti_professional.htm

Fane - Only PA, no instrument cab designs.
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P.Audio, Peavey, Pyle, Radian - No desgins, as the make and sell their own enclosures.

RCF - Only two suggested subwoofer designs.
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[kraigo]

NICE. I'm currently in research mode, looking to build a small (1x10 neo) cab for church. Here's a few links I've gathered so far.

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The article was from 1994, but it looks like he's updated a few times

I have one of the "Len's Cabs" that I built. I long ago fried the woofer. This week I dropped an Eminence BP102-4 in place of the eight ohm speaker that has been in there for the last five plus years. The eight ohm was well suited to the cab, but not the crossover. The BP102-4 is well suited to both. I like the speaker better this was than with the eight ohm. I didn't really have that much time with the original Peerless before it got fried to say better or worse. The point is moot. You can't get the Peerless anymore, at least not easily. The BP102-4 is a good woofer for the cab and given there are few alternatives, I highly recommend it.

KO

 

[D.M.N.]

Not sure if it's super relevant here, but I know of some guys (myself included) who are using plans supplied from Conrad Sundholm to make Sunn cabinets. You can contact him through his site here:
http://www.conradamps.com/www.conradamps.com/Welcome.html

 

[kraigo]

I've got a pair of Eden cast frame four ohm 12's that I'd like to find a home for. There are no T/S parameters to be found. I found this site when looking for a way to get enough of the T/S parameters that I can get the low end.

This site had some interesting stuff:

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KO