Would this make decent surrounds?

[russforrest]

I am thinking of making surround speakers for my home theater. It is a 5.1 system and the couch is up against the back wall based on space in the room. The design I was thinking of was a rectangular box maybe in the 8"w, 8"d, and 11" - 12" tall range. Could be slightly larger if the space is needed in the box.. and it might be I don't know. Anyway, the drivers I would like to use are 1 - 5.25" Dayton Classic and 2 - 1.125" Dayton Silk Dome Tweeters from PE. The part of the speaker facing the front of the room would contain the driver and the adjacent side facing toward the listening area would contain a tweeter and most likely a small port. Does this sound like a decent design? How would you build the box?

The layout for the room would be:

RS COUCH RS



SW FR CEN FR

I think this design might help the surrounds sound like they are fully behind because they will fire in that direction with one driver.

[oneplustwo]

I (and most everyone else on this board) would recommend you look at the designs that are already complete. There are plenty of designs out there that would meet your needs. No need to design from scratch both the enclosure and the crossover. Do a search for zaph audio ZA5 or look through the missions accomplished thread to find a design with drivers and enclosures that might be a good fit for what you are looking for.

[numberoneoppa]

Look up the tritrix MT. Seems to fit what you want quite well. No need to have two tweeters.