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Excellent! In that case your project should be a major success right from the start! After all my years of speaker building, I still don't propose to know everything about speaker box building (and I have built far more than most), so you must have some very serious experience going for you...

It doesn't really matter how you do it to be honest - as long as the end result is all in phase and  nothing is causing any trouble.  This is one of the major reasons you need to use a microphone to take measurements with which the crossover is then developed. The acoustic center of the drivers...

Like what?  The only one I can think of is that it generally needs a larger enclosure. Sure - there is no accounting for taste after all  ;) This is utter nonsense I am afraid, and you don't need to be Einstein to understand why.  This is the typical blanket type statement which doesn't...

I spent a huge amount of time today working myself to death and somehow didn't really achieve too much.  Don't you just hate it when that happens?  :ticked: Anyhow, herewith the progress report: I chamfered and sanded all these sticks so they now look like this: Next I applied a good...

Wilson Audio Sasha: Building a set of speaker cabinets which is a reasonable look-alike of a Sasha isn't too difficult really - it will just take some patience.  The difficulty is getting what you build to sound good, and therein lies the serious difficulty I am afraid. Perhaps look at some...

Right, it's time to take a look at what we have made!  Here it is: Close-up: Kind regards, Ian.

Just when you thought all this gluing and clamping is over with - guess what: MORE GLUE and MORE CLAMPS Hmmm......      :sulky: ...now:  it could start getting interesting when these clamps come off    :rubhands: Kind regards, Ian.

*** Some of the images will display larger if you click on them *** Here are the boards after removing them from the clamps: ...and here is what they look like after sanding: Close-Up: Next, getting ready to resaw some more Walnut: Sawing done: After sanding: In...

Hi Felix, Only saw this post now,  hence my late response.  I am very glad you are happy with the speakers  :2thumbs: Out of interest - are you using them with or without the foam plug now they are played in a bit more? Kind regards, Ian.

Looks interesting  :)  In the right build I am sure they will work real well! Thank you very much!  The honor... It's nearly too much to handle  ;)    :thumbs: So, back to the mystery build then.  At this point I reckon the mystery will only deepen as the upcoming work is shown  ;D       ...

:whistler: :popcorn: Kind regards, Ian.

There is a saying that covers this well:  There is no substitute for cubic inches. In plain English: you need big drivers to make big bass.  The modern idea that a loudspeaker can have good bass using a 6.5" driver is just plain nonsense.  If you want bass then use the biggest bass driver you...

Hmmmm...  :thinking: .....  :rubhands: Kind regards, Ian.

In the world of HE drivers you can only get real bass out of very big drivers.  A 10" is a midrange  ;) ...therefore if you want bass, you go with 15" or larger. Kind regards, Ian.

All very good information, but perhaps a bit much for someone who is literally starting from 0. My advice:  Learn everything you can, and where you can (including doing your own experiments), and then come back here later on and re-read what the guys have said - it will most likely make more...

Skin with fibreglass works perfectly.  Only problem is that it isn't the most enjoyable of jobs... Kind regards, Ian.

:ROFLMAO: Rated power is down to around 500W rms per channel with difficult loads, and transient power much higher.  If that can't do the job then I had better just call it a day  :dop: Thanks Ingvar.  I will do my best  :mates: The older I get, the more I tend to think things through before...

Yes you can use them with different sensitivities like that.  Let's take a look at what happens: Bass: because of baffle step losses, your bass driver will typically be around 3dB less efficient in 4pi space, therefore your bass is really only 92.8dB (at best). Midrange and tweeter can be...

Never!  The dipole will be HE all the way :2thumbs: Not 100% sure of what and how to do it yet, but if possible then definitely double folded reducing quarterwave.  Space is of no concern.  My subwoofer is 2.5m tall after all... Many, many of the threads and builds I have read around ripole...

I have been very happy with my large and imposing HE speakers for many years now.  So happy in fact that they are still raw wood  :giggle: Anyway, as these things sometimes work out they have been provisionally sold which now leaves me with the need to build myself something new. The question...