I am planning a new project. In my main living room I have some old diy speakers with a subwoofer I want to replace. The speakers sounds good enough but I want to build something nicer and remove the subwoofer.
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I am lucky to have a dedicated sound threated listening room where I can put my massive speaker projects ( like this: https://www.htguide.com/forum/showth...y-Utopia-Build ). For the living room I need a speaker with higher WAF. I have a few leftover drivers not in use. Among these Scan Speak 6600 Air-Circ tweeters, Accuton C173-6-191E 6,5 woofers and Seas Excel W26 10” woofers (I also have some Vifa Pl26 10inch 8 ohms woofers). This time I am planning to try to use an active crossover (Hypex DLCP). My wife will also object if the speakers are put more than about 2 feet from the wall. I have played a bit in cad using these drivers in a narrow enclosure with a side mounted bass (W26). I plan to use a closed box design for the C173 of about 6 liters. With the design the picture I ended up with only about 50 liters for the W26. This is not enough for a vented box with the W26. With a closed box the F3 is about 45Hz. Maybe ok if the speaker is placed near to the wall. I know Jed used the Seas W26 driver in a closed box for the “Tombstones” build many years ago with success (https://www.htguide.com/forum/printthread.php?t=29944 )
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The other option would be to buy something else like two Seas CA18RNX or U18RNX and then use a vented box. Of course 4 Wavecore SW182BD01 6.5” woofers would be nice but I want to keep the costs down.
What do you think?
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I am lucky to have a dedicated sound threated listening room where I can put my massive speaker projects ( like this: https://www.htguide.com/forum/showth...y-Utopia-Build ). For the living room I need a speaker with higher WAF. I have a few leftover drivers not in use. Among these Scan Speak 6600 Air-Circ tweeters, Accuton C173-6-191E 6,5 woofers and Seas Excel W26 10” woofers (I also have some Vifa Pl26 10inch 8 ohms woofers). This time I am planning to try to use an active crossover (Hypex DLCP). My wife will also object if the speakers are put more than about 2 feet from the wall. I have played a bit in cad using these drivers in a narrow enclosure with a side mounted bass (W26). I plan to use a closed box design for the C173 of about 6 liters. With the design the picture I ended up with only about 50 liters for the W26. This is not enough for a vented box with the W26. With a closed box the F3 is about 45Hz. Maybe ok if the speaker is placed near to the wall. I know Jed used the Seas W26 driver in a closed box for the “Tombstones” build many years ago with success (https://www.htguide.com/forum/printthread.php?t=29944 )
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The other option would be to buy something else like two Seas CA18RNX or U18RNX and then use a vented box. Of course 4 Wavecore SW182BD01 6.5” woofers would be nice but I want to keep the costs down.
What do you think?
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