Any 6.5" 2-way budget designs?

[ba123]

I am looking to build a pair of 2-way bookshelf speakers to use in my garage but after much searching haven't come up with much. I want to spend no more than about $150 for the drivers and crossover parts and would like a 6.5" or larger driver but haven't found any that fit these two requirements - everything seems to either use smaller woofers or costs more due to better drivers/crossovers. Does anyone know of any designs that would fit? Again it is only in a garage so it doesn't have to be great, I would just like it to play at an average level and have a small bit of bottom end extension. Any ideas? Thanks.

[Hdale85]

Not really too many "budget" designs here. Cheap and DIY don't really go together much as most of us over build and what not. 30% of DIY is overkill

Anyways I don't know of any that are 150 for a pair. 150 each yes.

[Hdale85]

The Microbes might be able to come close... But they are 5" mids.

[Jed]

http://www.zaphaudio.com/BAMTM.html

This comes close but is an MTM and costs about $175.

[DPA101]

Dayton BR-1 kit sounds like a good fit.

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&Partnumber=300-640

[ba123]

Thanks for the great replies. I did look at the microbe, but I would like something with a little more displacement if possible. I would love to build the BAMTM or one of the RSS180 based speakers - Modula, RSS180/Seas, Cryolite etc - but unfortunately they are just a bit more then I would like to spend and would probably be a bit overkill for my garage.

I had forgotten about the BR-1 though. If I order the drivers and crossover parts separately using the MurphyBlaster revised crossover that would fit in my budget. That might be a good option... Do any of you know the driver layout on the baffle or port dimensions?

[DPA101]

This document should have it.

http://www.partsexpress.com/pdf/300-640.pdf

[servicetech]

You could do a set of Dayton 8's or Dayton II's

I am one of the few that is more into the "budget projects", but I choose to stick around here because most of the people are more knowledgeable than I am. It's hard to learn from people that know less than you do I've been building low budget systems since I was a 16.

One day when the kids grow up and the wife goes back to work I'll able to afford a $1,000 speaker system, but until then I'm just gonna experiment and learn.

[Emprov]

http://www.zaphaudio.com/BAMTM.html

This comes close but is an MTM and costs about $175.

Actually it's a bit more than that. Seas raised the price of the tweeters by $11-12 in Feb so it kicked up the price of the parts by $25 or so. Just the Madisound order came to around $125 or so before shipping. DA175's were $78 before shipping, plus terminals and acoustic stuffing. It's coming out closer to $225 before shipping and cabinets. I just ordered the parts last night and I'll be starting on the cabs tomorrow or Saturday.

For a project costing almost half that, check out Wayne's Dayton Budget Project. I made a pair for my parents and they sound really, really nice. Not a ton of bass but they're very pleasant sounding, not fatiguing at all and they'd work really well for background party music or if you just want to kick back and check out some tunes. With a sub, they'd make fantastic mains for small to medium sized listening rooms when placed correctly.

Edit: Just saw the 6.5 requirement, Wayne's DBP has a 5.5. The BR-1 may be what you're looking for. Check out the Dayton II's in the post above for a modded crossover.

[owdi]

I'm surprised there aren't more WT designs out there with the DA175-8. It looks like it's easier to work with than the RS180-8, and costs half as much. It's impedance and response is so close to the L18, I'm tempted to drop one into my Zaphaudio L18/27TBFCG speaker, adjust the tweeter LPAD, and see what happens.

Dan

[Hdale85]

But doesn't perform as well as the RS series as far as distortion goes.

[peter_m]

Dayton BR-1 kit sounds like a good fit.
http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showd...number=300-640

an option for the same drivers with a tweeked x-over: http://murphyblaster.com/content.php?f=pe_br1.html

I'm surprised there aren't more WT designs out there with the DA175-8

I am looking to build a pair of 2-way bookshelf speakers to use in my garage but after much searching haven't come up with much. I want to spend no more than about $150 for the drivers and crossover parts

Not perfect but close: http://zaphaudio.com/audio-speaker19.html

Peter

EDIT: out of all the suggestions I would vote for the BAMTM. Little more money but the tweeter is unbeatable and two DA-175 per side will allow you to play things louder and cleaner!

[Turn2]

I'm surprised there aren't more WT designs out there with the DA175-8. It looks like it's easier to work with than the RS180-8, and costs half as much. It's impedance and response is so close to the L18, I'm tempted to drop one into my Zaphaudio L18/27TBFCG speaker, adjust the tweeter LPAD, and see what happens.

Dan

Silver Als

This 2-way with the DA175 and the Dayton silkie would fit.

[Geoff Gunnell]

For inexpensive garage speakers I'd use car audio componets like these 6x9 two ways:
http://www.crutchfield.com/S-zS2ILmN...0SPS69C2&tp=91.
There is a DIY aspect: You'll need to build your own enclosures. Those little wedge shaped prebuilt 1/8th cubic foot 6x9 enclosures are way too small. I've built speakers like this couple of times and around 1 cubic foot works well with 6x9's.

[Hdale85]

Build the TriTrix MT's I think they said about 120 in parts.

[DPA101]

Build the TriTrix MT's I think they said about 120 in parts.

Forgot about those. They should sound much better than the BR-1 although you'll need to build you own cabinets (which is a good thing if you can).