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It's an interesting idea, and probably beats inserting styrofoam blocks to shrink the interior. After revisiting the options, I'm leaning towards an MTM configuration. I've never made one before, so it would be new ground for me, and it would also make the most of the volume available...

Thanks for the input, Isiberian. If I used the Dayton 8" RS225-4, I had planned on porting the boxes. Doubling up sealed in an MTM is definitely an option, and one that is still somewhat inexpensive. The Dayton Audio RSS315HF you mentioned would definitely blow my budget, especially once I...

If I drop to 8", Dayton RS225-4 for $58 looks like a good fit ported. Advantage over the Goldwood above is I can cross over above 2K, making tweeter integration an less dicey affair. This might be as good as it gets in this price range. The question now is whether it's worth recycling the cabs...

I have a pair of old speaker 3-way cabinets that seem a waste to throw out. Approximate internal volume is 1.75 cu ft each. I'm looking to retrofit them into mid-fi 2-ways with a price point around $250 or so for woofers/tweets. Willing to consider porting as well. After all these years, there...

Thanks, that's good stuff! Time to start looking seriously into these and start figuring out where I want to be.

It's ALL about the sound! LOL

Ah, thanks for clearing that up for me. That finished curved cabinet design is good looking and compact, which makes it a good candidate for my friends who are not audiophiles, and possibly as KICK *** computer speakers for me. ;)

Hi, thanks for the response. My problem is the pricing structure shows that by far the best deal is the fully finished cabinet with minimal assembly required, which is what set off my instictive B.S. alarms. Comparatively, there's very little discount in buying just the components alone, which...

Most of my speaker building and design has been relegated to subwoofers. I have several friends who are in need up upgrades to their non-existent or woeful home systems, and I'm looking at the kit market as the best compromise between value and time. Aside from the components, what is the...

Hey Billyo, I haven't done much with passive radiators so I can't help you directly. Have you bought the Scanspeaks yet? The reason I ask is that you may be able to find the Peerless used. Years ago, I started two sub boxes utilizing NHT's, but had only bought one of the two drivers I needed...

I love it when a plan comes together! Sounds like you'll be quite pleased when the tubes are finally installed, because most ported speakers sound like a** without their tubes. Have you settled on an amp yet? I had picked up a new Crown XLS amp at less than half price when they phased out...

I had a WICKED ground loop hum in my setup when I tried to mix a pro amp with a Denon pre-amp. No amount of cable trickery worked, so I had to finally had to pick up a ground isolator. It did the job, and I've been hum free ever since. It's a $20 option worth checking into. Nice finishing job...

Definitely agree on not fixing the 20 year old pre-amp. I'm going to put it out there that most of today's pre-amps are probably up to the task and then some.

Well? Did you hook it up to your receiver yet? How did it sound? I'm still digging the whole look of this suitcase boombox. What a creative, wild and whacky idea! Aside from power and efficiency, the next difficulty - I mean challenge - will be the fact that even a hardside suitcase will...

By the way, Annunaki's point is a good one on efficiency. Not only is the 90dB based on a larger enclosure with a passive radiator, but it could very well be achieved mostly through the tweeter and mid. The woofer itself could have an efficiency much lower. If I were to make a boombox, I...

Interesting project ya got there. Definitely a fan of a single subwoofer with enough air volume behind it rather than cramming two without enough space. I would spend some time looking at power supplies, and make sure you choose one that has the right parameters no matter if it claims to be...

Hi Ernesto, and welcome! Speaker "foam surround" repair kits are sold for super cheap, so there's absolutely no harm in trying. At worst, you'll end up ditching subs you were going to ditch anyways... And at best? You have EVERYTHING to gain! As far as the odds go, my experience has...

...and if you can't return it, I think it's important to keep things in perspective: Bose is the brand we all love to hate. It's not that Bose flat-out sucks or is worse than the bargain brands you can find on the cheap. It's closer to the mid range. It's just that Bose markets...

Ok, we had a batch of warm days and I was able to get two coats of polyurethane on, so it's GO TIME! I stuffed the boxes very conservatively with polyfill, then moved on to what I thought would be a fast finish. Alas, the 1/4" terminal connectors I had weren't big enough for the wire...

Uhm.... Actually, it's been in the 50's. Too cold to polyurethane, but I guess I can stop complaining now. I'll be in Montreal in December, so I'll get my comeuppance in cold soon enough.