Saturday, February 19, 2011
Reality Check
As I stayed up late one night learning all about off axis frequency response, crossover points and how they relate to the center to center distance between drivers, and all sorts of other technical soundwave physics stuff I realized my design had some pretty serious flaws in it and was destined to not be as good sounding as I wanted them to be. Also the use of premade "generic" crossovers is not the way to get some really great sounding speakers, you might get some ok sounding ones, but I would be disappointed with that. So I decided to build someone elses design that has been built a thousand times and has gotten some really great attention as some excellent sounding speakers. They are the "TriTrix" speakers designed by Curt C. You can buy a whole kit with all the parts needed for them from parts express (including the cabinets if you want) for $120 (not including cabinets). It's a relatively easy build with a simple crossover so my soldering skills won't be stretched too far. This is a great beginner project that I am sure to learn a lot from and then I can move on to bigger more complicated things. Pictures and results to follow.
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so can you still use the parts you ordered? while it's fun to learn and design you are smart to go with a proven design on your first project. reminds me of building up my first fly rod, tonnes of choices to make on components and methods of construction
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