i  n  t  e  r  e  s  t  s      p  a  s  t  .  .  .
          s  p  e  a  k  e  r      b  u  i  l  d  i  n  g     
   
                                                                                            
      
 

Believe it or not, I wasn't alone! There's a small but passionate hobbyist contingent out there building their own stereo loudspeakers... There even used to be a magazine catering to us, Speaker Builder Magazine—which of course I subscribed to.
 

Building speakers was definitely my biggest interest at one point... In fact, I seriously considered beginning my own business designing, developing and manufacturing stereo loudspeakers.
 

It really appealed to me how one endeavor encompassed a variety of rewarding disciplines... To wit:
 
      
This unfortunately is the only picture of my flagship project. That big speaker is half of the stereo pair I built with twin 15" woofers, 6" midranges, & horn tweeters.
 
(The small square is actually a Funky Winkerbean comic strip panel with the bandleader saying "Great music should always be played loud!")
 		     
 
 
 
bullet Electrical (circuits, filters, crossovers, resistors & capacitors, etc.)
 
bullet Acoustical (theory/behavior of sound waves, standing waves, sound cancellation, audible frequencies, etc.)
 
bullet Enclosure Technology (closed/vented box, transmission line, folded horn, etc.)
 
bullet Driver Technology (resonance, sensitivity, "Q", frequency response, voice-coil technologies, etc.)
 
bullet Industrial Design & Functional Design integrated together
 
bullet Woodworking & Finishing (although perhaps my least-favorite; notice that my biggest speakers ever [photo above] went unfinished)
 
bullet Stereo 'Magic' (soundstage, imaging)
 





   Coming next: some pictures of speakers
   I've built as well as some radical designs
   in the works...







a great book which
  I "graduated" to after
  beginning with David Weem's
  book as a primer.
 

 


     Misc. Links

   Speaker Builder Back Issues

   A "Recovering" Speaker Builder

   SpeakerBuilding.com


 
 

     audiophilia
  
 
   
      Building speakers—and especially the evaluation thereof—
      led also to the "audiophile years."  More to come about that,
      soon, on an additional page...


        The Absolute Sound

            Stereophile



  
     
 



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