like the title says this is my first speaker from the ground up, i have built a few of other peoples speaker designs and i wanted to learn to do my own. Im hoping to get some feedback on the process if i did it correctly and the design if it looks ok. i built the boxes a few years ago so i don't have any pics of them being put together. I used OmniMic v2 to measure the drivers i didn't do a near-field measurement so in the pictures below 500-600hz isn't accurate. then i extracted minimum phase. i used xsim for the crossover, i couldn't get the graphs to line up perfectly while trying to figure out the offset, the picture shows as close as i could get it.
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If the LCR at the amp end is for the tweeter Fs, it should be across the tweeter. I'm not sure otherwise why you have that. Can you explain?
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The graphs look great but I'm sure you can do this with less parts. Sent from my SM-G920P using Tapatalk" To me, the soundstage presentation is more about phase and distortion and less about size. However, when you talk about bass extension, there's no replacement for displacement". Tyger23. 4.2015
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Results look pretty good. There are two things I wonder about
1. I am not sure what the notch between amp + and ground is accomplishing. Sometimes those are used to flatten the overall impedance of the speaker, but your impedance plot is far from flat. How much difference does it make if you get rid of that notch?
2. How is the tonal balance? There are a lot of swings below 600 Hz, so it is a little tough to see what the baseline output level of the woofer is relative to the tweeter. The response through the crossover region and above looks great.
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The 4.5 mH coil on the woofer seems large. The woofer must also carry a portion of the midrange. IMO, for 2-ways having good quality drivers, it's best to get the most out of the woofer by making the series coil and air core coil. A 4.5 mH air core coil will run a lot of money. Try cutting back on the coil value. I presume it was high to address BSC?Live in Southern N.E.? check out the CT Audio Society web site.
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the lcr from the amp + to ground is to flatten the peak in the impedance and to bring the impedance phase up. i added a picture with out the lcr. i only have one speaker up and running with parts i had laying around, im waiting on a few parts to get the other one going so i can listen in stereo1 Photo
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Nice. You sure picked some good drivers to work with. How do you like the one speaker's sound so far? Of course it won't be fair to evaluate them until you have the pair going in stereo, which will significantly impact the bass performance.
I don't expect switching to an air core inductor would actually have an audible effect, but, I'll have to test that for myself someday to be certain."...this is not a subwoofer" - Jeff Bagby ;)
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Originally posted by joe_bernardi43So far it sounds pretty good, maybe a touch heavy on the low end. Once I get the other one going I may need to adjust the bsc. I forgot to give details about the cabinet, it's about .5 cubic ft tuned to around 32hz"He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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Check your software to see what the transfer function on the woofer looks like. In your sim, you could try a notch across the woofer to help with BSC. You would then need a smaller coil on the woofer. Maybe you could post the raw measurements of the woofer, and the transfer function for us to look at.
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