I'm a newbie at DIY and......

[tardog]

I am looking for plans on a 2 way front ported bookshelf speaker that sounds good. What are some good drivers and tweeters and parts for this that will sound good? I do want one with a soft dome tweeter.

Thanks

[cjd]

budget? Size?

Sooo many options.

Port location can almost always be adapted to the front. Modula MT or my MTM at ~$250ish mark would be my off-the-cuff suggestions, though the Natalie P or Mark K's RS225 based 2-way or... sooo many options. We need more info on what you expect out of these.

C

[tardog]

budget? Size?

Sooo many options.

Port location can almost always be adapted to the front. Modula MT or my MTM at ~$250ish mark would be my off-the-cuff suggestions, though the Natalie P or Mark K's RS225 based 2-way or... sooo many options. We need more info on what you expect out of these.

C

I would like to spend $200-$300 for everything. These will be for a 2 channel set up for my bedroom, so for radio and cd's, if that is what you mean by what I expect out of these.

[cjd]

Well then, my initial suggestions stand.

C

[JoshK]

Well then, my initial suggestions stand.

C

I imagine its pretty hard to top this suggestion.

[tardog]

budget? Size?

Sooo many options.

Port location can almost always be adapted to the front. Modula MT or my MTM at ~$250ish mark would be my off-the-cuff suggestions, though the Natalie P or Mark K's RS225 based 2-way or... sooo many options. We need more info on what you expect out of these.

C

Can you get me a link for the plans of Mark K's RS225 as well as the others?

Thanks

[dyazdani]

Can you get me a link for the plans of Mark K's RS225 as well as the others?

Thanks

The Nat Ps and Modula MTs are both "sticky" threads atop the DIY section. Here is a link to Chris' MTM.

I don't have the RS225 link, sorry... 8O

[dyazdani]

I found Mark K's project here.

[tardog]

Chris's MTM is more than I want for a speaker. I just want a one 6 1/2 woofer and one soft dome tweeter design with a front port on it. And I want plans on building the box for it. Also would like them to be 8 ohms and effecient. Thanks for the links dyazdani, those are not the ones I am looking for.

[dyazdani]

Also would like them to be 8 ohms ...

Any particular reason?

[cjd]

Also would like them to be 8 ohms and effecient.

You're getting into territory of "not gonna happen".

The Modula MT with Seas 27TDFC (think there's a version for these two) is going to be what you're asking for, except perhaps for sensitivity. You just can't defeat physics - higher sensitivity would require more mid-woofers or stepping into drivers that are themselves higher sensitivity - such drivers tend to lack many of the other attributes folks around here like to see in a driver though.

C

[tardog]

Does it have a rear port on it? If it does could it be changed to a front port?

[cjd]

Does it have a rear port on it? If it does could it be changed to a front port?

I addressed that in my first post. Any design with a rear port can usually be adapted to a front port setup. If you build the Modula MT ported, it can be moved to the front.

C

[ThomasW]

The port needs to be located away from the tweeter. So below the woofer is the best place on the front baffle.

[tardog]

Where are the cabinet plans for the Modula MT?

[ThomasW]

Read the Modula MT stricky thread...