DIY Floorstanders

MarkLP said:
Making some floorstanders has quite caught my eye, I've had a bit of a search and found some truly amazing designs and research to go with them but It's all abit too far for what I want.

Ideally I'd like to make something similar to your normal size/shape, I don't mind something slightly different but not keen on making some of these architectural masterpieces.

Has anyone here made any before? Or could give me some information on good speaker combinations. I don't intend to get mega technical working out graphs etc for crossovers.

Ideally I'd like to make some that I can then add to later on for my home cinema, build centre/rears/sub.
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I built a pair of Ergo IX speakers, as designed by James on PinkFishMedia.. Pop over to the DIY room there if you want to get into hifi DIY properly.. Both my systems (other than the NUC) are homebuilt/customised.. And spank the Naim/Neat setup I used to run.
 
I'll probably try and post something a bit more informative while at work tomorrow. But the best drivers to use (without spending £1000s just on drivers) are by SB Acoustics.

http://www.sbacoustics.com/index.php/products/midwoofers/5-sb15nrxc30-8/

I have used this great driver in my desktop actives. They are a fantastic driver and some of the best around. SB Acoustics drivers are made in India I believe. I think the story goes Scanspeak (they make the best drivers in the world) sacked some engineers then they started or started working for SB Acoustics making awesome drivers. The build and audio quality are phenomenal at their price point.

So I started messing around with speakers at about 12. Wanted to do a kit at the age of 15 but ended up just learning how to make them and then just over a year ago I did some complete actives. Amplifiers, crossovers and PSU all built in. For the woofer I have two LM3886s bridged into 8R giving about 130W and one LM3886 for the tweeter. They also detect when audio is present so just turn on instantly when audio is there and turn off after half an hour of no audio. These are the back plates, I designed the electronics from scratch.

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The wiring isn't as neat as I would have liked but I didn't exactly know where everything was going when I designed the main PCB.
 
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GSWAudio said:
I'll probably try and post something a bit more informative while at work tomorrow. But the best drivers to use (without spending £1000s just on drivers) are by SB Acoustics.

http://www.sbacoustics.com/index.php/products/midwoofers/5-sb15nrxc30-8/

I have used this great driver in my desktop actives. They are a fantastic driver and some of the best around. SB Acoustics drivers are made in India I believe. I think the story goes Scanspeak (they make the best drivers in the world) sacked some engineers then they started or started working for SB Acoustics making awesome drivers. The build and audio quality are phenomenal at their price point.
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I had looked at SB acoustics on a website I found the prices of the drivers seemed very reasonable. Your board looks very professional. Did you make it from scratch?

Would you mind if I sent you a trust/email and maybe you'd be able to give me some info on the WinISD? And other suitable drivers from SB acoustics.

Thanks
Mark
 
MarkLP said:
I had looked at SB acoustics on a website I found the prices of the drivers seemed very reasonable. Your board looks very professional. Did you make it from scratch?

Would you mind if I sent you a trust/email and maybe you'd be able to give me some info on the WinISD? And other suitable drivers from SB acoustics.

Thanks
Mark
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Yep, 100% my own schematic and layout.

Yeh sure go for it!
 
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