Hello
I'm very new to this DIY speaker thing. When I was a teenager I did make a few loudspeakers in my parent's garage based on the speaker stacks you would see at rock concerts. I also made a pair of Rogers LS5a from plans a few years ago from Kef drivers I think).
I was motivated to make a pair of speakers to increase my knowledge base and experiment with some ideas I have with Bluetooth self-powered devices. I'm a fairly competent electronics engineer and DIYer.
The look and aesthetics of the speaker are very important to me, having seen images of small slim designs on the internet I came up with the design shown below.
I have based the driver and crossover design on the Bantams (thanks Tom Z) except for a larger Passive Radiator
The main features being slimmer, taller, and deeper with a larger side mount passive radiator (which I think looks better in the larger space). The front and top will have rounded edges. To keep the design as slim as possible I have made the sides of 12mm MDF the rest being 18mm MDF with an 18mm brace from side to side. The volume is about 1.5 liters. A small metal box will house the electronics (more of that later). The finish will be a real wood veneer all around. The drivers and crossover components are on backorder due for despatch at the end of May.
While sonic performance is important it also has to look right as well.
I hope my design doesn't compromise the original Bantams design by TomZ too much. Would appreciate any comments
Thanks for having me here on your forum
TomF


I'm very new to this DIY speaker thing. When I was a teenager I did make a few loudspeakers in my parent's garage based on the speaker stacks you would see at rock concerts. I also made a pair of Rogers LS5a from plans a few years ago from Kef drivers I think).
I was motivated to make a pair of speakers to increase my knowledge base and experiment with some ideas I have with Bluetooth self-powered devices. I'm a fairly competent electronics engineer and DIYer.
The look and aesthetics of the speaker are very important to me, having seen images of small slim designs on the internet I came up with the design shown below.
I have based the driver and crossover design on the Bantams (thanks Tom Z) except for a larger Passive Radiator
The main features being slimmer, taller, and deeper with a larger side mount passive radiator (which I think looks better in the larger space). The front and top will have rounded edges. To keep the design as slim as possible I have made the sides of 12mm MDF the rest being 18mm MDF with an 18mm brace from side to side. The volume is about 1.5 liters. A small metal box will house the electronics (more of that later). The finish will be a real wood veneer all around. The drivers and crossover components are on backorder due for despatch at the end of May.
While sonic performance is important it also has to look right as well.
I hope my design doesn't compromise the original Bantams design by TomZ too much. Would appreciate any comments
Thanks for having me here on your forum
TomF
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