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$28 worth of parts, re-cycled cabinet materials, lousy plot, great sound

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OK, I'm sure if I took them from PC rig downstairs to the good stuff, they'd be on the edge of suck. But the result with $5 PE closeout Peerless India 8" and $2.50 Philips domes is just amazing. Moreso because the cabinets are made from nearly hollow core cheap-ass bookshelf material I salvaged.

Best I could get from WinISD was with a 1.3 cu ft box tuned to 38Hz

The best part is the materials

and less than 10 bucks in the 1st order crossover.

No, really the best part is the tone and texture I'm getting playing from my D drive through Windows Media Player. So this is how speaker designers get great sound and big prices from cheap drivers? LOL

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RE: $28 worth of parts, re-cycled cabinet materials, lousy plot, great sound - Ozzy 03:07:13 05/16/12 (2)
"OK, I'm sure if I took them from PC rig downstairs to the good stuff, they'd be on the edge of suck"

You might be surprised. I have a pair of 25+ yr old Polk speakers upstairs hooked up to a cheap Yamaha receiver. When I take them down to the big rig, they sound like very good 1K speakers. Nothing like good equipment to wake up some lazy sounding speakers.

Oz

Don't worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you.
- Winston Churchill
- RE: $28 worth of parts, re-cycled cabinet materials, lousy plot, great sound - LoveMyFurry80lbWoofer 09:45:42 05/16/12 (1)
  Inspiring!
  
  I have been 'making do' with an old set of tiny tinny computer speakers for far too long. Perhaps I should 'follow your leader' and add something with a bit more 'breadth' to the system.
  I would imagine the highly resonant enclosures may be adding a necessary additional amount of mid-bass to perhaps a rather weak-on-low-end minimal wattage computer amp?
  
  Purely, one of life's simpler pleasures, no doubt.
  
  moderation in everything, especially moderation
  - Check out my recently posted portable computer speaker system... - willkayakforfood 10:56:42 05/16/12 (0)
    Not from homemade parts, but quite an improvement over the previous "2.1 in a box" computer speaker system.
    
    See link to the post, below...
    - My new computer speaker system (Open in New Window)
What did ya cut that woofer hole with? A knife and fork? - Mr. Dick Hertz 14:21:51 05/15/12 (0)
Just kidding. Ain't speaker building fun?
RE: $28 worth of parts, re-cycled cabinet materials, lousy plot, great sound - caspian@peak.org 11:12:44 05/15/12 (0)
Have you posted this design at the PE forum yet? Looks like you're competing nose-to-nose with Johnny Richards in the "cheapskate" category!

Seriously, I think you HAVE discovered "how speaker designers get great sound and big prices from cheap drivers." This is a perfect example of "it doesn't suck near as bad as it should."

Hmm. I wonder why nobody ever used that as an advertising slogan?

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