Speaker Design Book

[Twexcom]

Hello.

Does anyone know of any speaker design books? (one that explains how to design cabinets)

I am having a hard time finding one. I keep finding electronics design books, and acoustics books, but only a couple speaker design ones with bad reviews.

I really need one.

Thank you for your time.

 

[Swerd]

The best book I know is Speaker Building 201 by Ray Alden.

Speaker Building 201: A Comprehensive Course in Speaker Design: Ray Alden: 9781882580453: Amazon.com: Books

There are many ways to build wooden cabinets for speakers, and the methods vary widely depending on what tools and experience you have. As a result, I don't know of any books that are useful for a newcomer on how to build wooden cabinets for speakers.

Because it's not different from woodwork and cabinet making in general, you might find something if you explore books about those subjects. Maybe you can take a course on introduction to woodwork.

 

[Swerd]

You can get a slightly better price for that book from these sources:

The Madisound Speaker Store

Speaker Building 201 Book 500-044

Madisound , Parts Express, or Meniscus Audio are three good internet sellers of speakers and parts for DIY builders in the USA. I don't know what costs may be added for shipping to Jamaica.

 

[j_garcia]

Loudspeaker Design Cookbook: Vance Dickason: 9781882580477: Amazon.com: Books

 

[Twexcom]

Hi. I was just about to say that I got the Loudspeaker Design Cookbook.

I also got this one, which is free: Cardinal Scholar: Speaker building theory and implementation

Thank you both.

 

[Twexcom]

I take that back, the Loudspeaker Design Cookbook PDF is barely readable.

 

[agarwalro]

This is a great resource thread on the PE boards, The Speaker Building Bible, with links dedicated to box design and woodwork skills.

 

[Twexcom]

This is a great resource thread on the PE boards, The Speaker Building Bible, with links dedicated to box design and woodwork skills.

VERY helpful. I think that is just what I needed.

Thank you!

 

[agarwalro]

Thank you!

You're welcome.

I'm in the studying phase. Next summer I'm diving into the DIY side of this obsession .

 

[Twexcom]

You're welcome.

I'm in the studying phase. Next summer I'm diving into the DIY side of this obsession .

Cool. Unfortunately I dive too early sometimes, but i'm trying.

 

[Sylar]

The best book I know is Speaker Building 201 by Ray Alden.

Speaker Building 201: A Comprehensive Course in Speaker Design: Ray Alden: 9781882580453: Amazon.com: Books

There are many ways to build wooden cabinets for speakers, and the methods vary widely depending on what tools and experience you have. As a result, I don't know of any books that are useful for a newcomer on how to build wooden cabinets for speakers.

Because it's not different from woodwork and cabinet making in general, you might find something if you explore books about those subjects. Maybe you can take a course on introduction to woodwork.

Looking for some subwoofer design reading material. Any recommendations?
Is this book catered to speakers only?

 

[everettT]

Looking for some subwoofer design reading material. Any recommendations?
Is this book catered to speakers only?

For subs I'd just use molding software since no other drivers or crossover is needed. I use the next version up from this, but this the least expensive

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BassBox 6 Pro Software CD-ROMBassBox Pro proves that a professional box design program can be both easy to use and affordable. With powerful features like a "design wizard", interactive driver parameter verification, external filter modeling, an advanced database with information on thousands of...

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Freeware

WinISD - Linearteam

WinISD is freeware speaker designing software for Windows environment. You can design Closed, Vented and Bandpass boxes with this program. It also allows you to calculate few different types of filters. NOTE! WinISD is still in betaversion, so please be patient with errors that may occur. Most...

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You need the T/S parameters if they are not in the databases of both (most manufacturers provide them). I bought the dayton woofer tester to generate my own as there can be varying parameters from batch to batch.

 

[ryanosaur]

As has been suggested previously, buy a couple books on woodworking... especially cabinet building and joints. Also, finishing... @Swerd has previously recommended the Flexner book on finishing wood.

Both the Alden and Dickson books have chapters on subwoofers. But remember: a subwoofer is really no different than the bass cabinet of a standard speaker. All rules still apply!

 

[Swerd]

Looking for some subwoofer design reading material. Any recommendations? Is this book catered to speakers only?

As ryanosaur said above, the principles for designing a cabinet for a woofer are the same. It doesn't matter if you're making a sub-woofer or a woofer along with other drivers.