OT: Designing Loudspeaker Enclosures

[David Halliday]

Also, check out http://www.madisound.com/

These people have been in business for a long time and are an excellent
resource for components and designs.  They carry a number of kits, bare
components and books ( including the two Dickason ones that Eric mentions )



-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: owner-synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl
-> [mailto:owner-synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl]On Behalf Of Eric
-> Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2000 1:58 AM
-> To: Tom
-> Cc: synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl
-> Subject: Re: OT: Designing Loudspeaker Enclosures
->
->
-> At 10:49 PM 12/30/00 -0000, you wrote:
-> >Does anyone know any decent sites that cover the design of
-> Sub-Woofers
-> >(mainly Boxes) for Club Sound systems?
->
-> Get Audioxpress magazine. www.audioxpress.com
-> They publish the Loudspeaker Design Cookbook by Vance
-> Dickason--recommended.
->
-> >And, if for a domestic (home) system would it be possible
-> to build a Single
-> >Sub-woofer and run it off the same amplifier which powers
-> the main 2-way
-> >speakers? Would this arouse issues of impedance?
->
-> Not recommended, because the extreme lows require much more
-> power than the frequencies above 100 Hz.  Use separate amps, please!
->
-> >Oh yeah.... does anyone agree that the theory behind
-> "Bi-wiring" (not
-> >Bi-amping) does not make sense? Can anyone *please* explain
-> the logic to me?
->
-> Audiophile practice, typical of the things that tweakers do
-> "because it sounds better". It can have a very slight
-> effect, mostly in very low bass and upper freq. detail,
-> due to lower cable impedance. You can always tell a serious
-> audiophile speaker, it has two pairs of binding posts for
-> biwiring. Waste of money, imo. But audiophiles are important
-> guys, so how dare I criticize them.
->
-> Eric Barbour
-> METASONIX
->