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But my mind can change. As of right now, my plans are to build a speaker set that will go in my garage, but with the capability (read WAF) to be able to be moved indoors to my Living room. In order to have the speakers fit the first objective, they must be fairly efficient, as a garage set is not doing their job unless the neighbors windows are rattling. In order for the speakers to fit the second one, they have to have a small profile. They can be tall and deep, but they cannot be real wide, so an 8" driver or less is probably the way to go.
My listening habits are fairly diverse. on any given day I can listen to Beethoven followed by Garth Brooks followed by Prince followed by Dream Theater, but being completely honest, the music that I listen to the most is Classic Rock and Progressive. I like my Bass, and I feel that Bass should be fairly pronounced in any speaker.
The Third requirement that I have is the speakers must be inexpensive. This is my first project, and probably not my last. I will be learning as I go with this little excursion of mine. The wife wants me to have a hobby (I'm a stay at home dad), but she doesn't want the hobby to cost anything. I asked her if she wanted a pet Unicorn too, and, although I got random household goods thrown at me, I got the point across, and have some leeway as far as price goes, but $200, give or take is about what I would be able to spend on parts. The Cabinet supplies I can get as needed, thus it is easier to hide those costs.
At any rate, I've been doing a bunch of reading over the last month, played around with WinISD and PCD and looked at about a million designs, give or take. At some point, I just have to do it in order to learn, as reading can only teach so much.
From what I can tell, the Amiga's fulfill three of my requirements. They have a slim (Ish) profile. They have a good Bass Response, and they are fairly inexpensive. They do not, from the reading that I have done, play very loudly. For reference, right now the main speakers that I use are some Cerwin Vega AT-8's from the early 90's (I think), and they play plenty loud, and are rated somewhere around 94 DB.
Anyway, the question I have is can anyone suggest an alternative that will more fit the loudness aspect that I am looking for? Maybe a parallel wired MTM Amiga, or something along those lines?
My listening habits are fairly diverse. on any given day I can listen to Beethoven followed by Garth Brooks followed by Prince followed by Dream Theater, but being completely honest, the music that I listen to the most is Classic Rock and Progressive. I like my Bass, and I feel that Bass should be fairly pronounced in any speaker.
The Third requirement that I have is the speakers must be inexpensive. This is my first project, and probably not my last. I will be learning as I go with this little excursion of mine. The wife wants me to have a hobby (I'm a stay at home dad), but she doesn't want the hobby to cost anything. I asked her if she wanted a pet Unicorn too, and, although I got random household goods thrown at me, I got the point across, and have some leeway as far as price goes, but $200, give or take is about what I would be able to spend on parts. The Cabinet supplies I can get as needed, thus it is easier to hide those costs.
At any rate, I've been doing a bunch of reading over the last month, played around with WinISD and PCD and looked at about a million designs, give or take. At some point, I just have to do it in order to learn, as reading can only teach so much.
From what I can tell, the Amiga's fulfill three of my requirements. They have a slim (Ish) profile. They have a good Bass Response, and they are fairly inexpensive. They do not, from the reading that I have done, play very loudly. For reference, right now the main speakers that I use are some Cerwin Vega AT-8's from the early 90's (I think), and they play plenty loud, and are rated somewhere around 94 DB.
Anyway, the question I have is can anyone suggest an alternative that will more fit the loudness aspect that I am looking for? Maybe a parallel wired MTM Amiga, or something along those lines?
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