$50 in drivers, $4k+ in laser and accessories. Love it. 😁 Awesome build, you should market those. They'd make killer desktop speakers. Put a few LEDs inside and the gamers would eat them up!
Wow, absolutely impressive - your setup is missing a CO2 fire extinguisher, and remember to always keep wood/mdf cutting dust or condensate from acrylic laser areas ! That's a huge fire hazard. Very cool laser !
I and some other commenters are actually quite interested in the design process itself. I would love to see how you come up with designs while maybe giving some tips as you go. I imagine these kinds of videos being low effort (compared to your usual, super well produced videos) but still very high value for the whole speaker building community, since there is still a lot of bulls**t out there and quite little people with nearly as much knowledge as you. I would even be interested in partnering up, to reduce the workload on you, if time is what's keeping you from producing such videos. I am starting a small video production company in Austria so if you are interested feel free to get in touch by answering to this comment!
I'll take a hard guess and tell you that its 1.2 meters (around 4ft) long canal starting from 1.4 liter (around 0.03 cu-ft) compression chamber with 2.4cm (1 inch) opening and ending with 8 to 10cm (4 inch) diameter mouth. The diameter means round shape, you can "press" it to square shape at your will as long you do not change the area square units.
Keep the videos coming. The production and projects keep getting better and better! I found you years ago with the original 3D printed subwoofer enclosure.
What software do you use for the acoustic engineering? I'd love to start designing much more complex enclosure types like this, but none of the books or software I've come across really give much insight or ability. These enclosures are gorgeous, and they sound amazing! Cheers!
first of all genius and aswesome build as always ... but one question i didnt see you wearing laser glasses .... the glas lid ontop of the printer looks like ordanary glass ... is it laserproof or not ? i mean granted ... when the laser uses an invisible wavelenght then the "blocking" wavelenght of the glas would also be invisible right ? anyway just curious
The first sound demo sounded a bit weird but the room listening really brought the speakers to life. Insane from such a small driver. The "Room" that Sophie was stating was dead on. Then the car test stunned me. So smol yet so much power. They do say the smaller the thing the more louder the personality.
As always world class top of UA-cam quality video, and I tip my hat to your design skills. Most impressive small driver for me was 5F/8422T01 from Scan-speak in 1liter closed, its a 2" driver. I got fooled and thought I was listening to a 5" Revelator, well the song didnt push excursion and more played into its obvious abilities like strumming a guitar, but still it did that with great substance and detail, but like any fullrange it rolled off at the top a bit early. Another is the B3N from Hivi which is a 3" which provides great bas, but breaks up early for such a small driver. Thank you for the immaculate video.
@HexiBase, long time follower and watcher, not from the very first but close. I use your Hexi Oho and Theorem, love it, TY! However - any chance You can point me to flac/lossless versions? I'd really appreciate it. Thanks and keep up the great work!!!!
@@HexiBase Oh that is so great to hear! I really look forward to it, I'm sure others will. How will I know if/when you tackle that?? Cheers from the US! West coast ;)
I'd love to see a long-form video essay detailing how you go about designing these enclosures; the software, the maths, and (academic) theory involved. If I remember correctly, you've worked with audio like this professionally for ages, so it'd be interesting how deep the rabbit hole goes when it comes to getting the most out of a space, driver, and enclosure combination. I cannot believe how much presence those little speakers have in that enclosure, especially in the casual mid-field demo. Listened with Hifiman Sundaras running through a Behringer Xenyx Q502USB interface, with a tacticle transducer/bass shaker attached to my chair (scuffed, I know lol). Oh, and I am insanely jealous of your new toy 😄
Now you got me wondering if sealing the horn and adding a 10" passive radiator would add the punch back to the low end response. Beautiful build and good use for the office to fill the small rooms.
Can you make the same design with one or two tang band w5-1138sm? they are afordable on ebay. Also, It can be interesting to have a video of comparaison of all your subwoofers. Thank you for your impressive woork
Never in my life would I have thought someone would be able to run a pair of 2" subwoofers in their vehicle. I've been an car/home audiophile since I was 13. I am now 51. Step up to 4-4" run by a pure 100w rms amplifier @0.05%thd. Transmission or horn loaded enclosure with fiber optic lighting built-into the enclosure common chamber. I'm just wondering how small of subs/amplifier and enclosure it could achieve 135 db? I see your gf/wife helped which makes the project much more enjoyable. Keep playing/thinking outside the box. No pun intended............isobaric, 4th order motorized port FQ enclosure. Awesome video.
I was about to complain about you advertising a cheap dangerous Laser cutter, but good job, this one is really safe and high quality. The newest Videos from Makers Muse really show what a huge health hazard the cheap ones are. I am still at 1/3 of the Video, but I am sure the results will be amazing!
I'm really curious where could i find more resources on design of horn enclosures, I don't know if I'm not searching deep enough but it seems like more of the in-depth knowledge on the topic is not really common...
Bose uses four 2-1/2" woofers in a large vented box under the floor of the Cadillac CT6. I bought a box removed from a wrecked vehicle and connected my own amp, and it works really well for being so small.
Cool project indeed and surprised with in car sub performance. But my favourite is the clear sides design showcasing the horn shape, definitely a cool piece to have in home setup. Well done. And that laser cutter looks proper good too
Slaps laser on side, hah. Most impressive small drivers? Exciters coupled to a insulation foam board, or TEBM35C10-4, very wide dispersion and even sound.
There is only one type of build left for you to conquer and reinforce that you are the real soundman. A sub enclosure with 1 inch tweeters reverse mounted in one of your rear-loaded horn enclosures.
@@HexiBase Open back tweets might be a tough one, but have you ever thought of doing a video with some exciters? theyre fairly cheap from dayton, and can be used with MANY different materials to make a loudspeaker- just food for thought!
AC infinity does make a good product as well. Kinda awkward hearing that name here though. I suppose if one is great at what they do. Cross exposure would eventually happen.
These videos are always great because I am fascinated with audio (especially audio design) and I love playing with lasers! I was listening through a pair of BeyerDynamic DT770 PRO headphones from the headphone jack of my phone and the bass from little drivers really speaks volumes to the design of the enclosure. I may look into getting that laser next, I was super impressed all around
Impressive for 2” drivers but to be honest, if that space constraint and a 50Hz bottom end are real targets, I’m thinking much more can be accomplished with larger drivers in the same or less space and with a far simpler enclosure design. Impressive demonstration of what horn loading can do, though. I enjoy watching each and every one of your builds.
true. on the other hand, if weight is considered, not space, this might be the way. Also, frequency response alone is nothing, as it can be equalized out. Loudness at lows is the primary constraint of small designs. And it's difficult to convey loudness over a youtube video. So i'm having a hard time appreciating how good (or not good?) this design really is.
@@victortitov1740 good points, however, if low weight is a primary objective (in a car for example), eliminating the subwoofer altogether makes the most sense. Also, you cannot equalize-in more driver displacement. 😉
@@HexiBase I thought so, I'm looking for a double din HU with centre volume control for the van, figured if you were using it, it would have decent performance, all the similar Pioneer and Kenny HU's have really low RCA voltage outputs, may have to go oldschool used. Cheers mate, love your work, been watching for years, still remember the "guess the sub size" vids, golden. Those wave guide cabinets you're making are works or art.
Smallest audio subwoofer I was impressed with.... Polk C4 subwoofer (4 isobaric 6"X9") and the Bose acoustic wave in the FD Mazda RX-7. For home the tiny Cambridge Soundworks sub is about 1/6" the size of a Bose acoustics module and performs very well in comparison. All this said, none are a good a an 8" or larger driver in properly designed enclosure.
I dont know if this is just me but it was very helpful when you talked during the demo to give more context to the volume and hear just how loud these speakers are getting. Great video!
I made a somewhat decent ported speaker system for my old computer using some K. Tone 1.5" 10w drivers a while ago, I wasn't as much an audio person back then but I remember them sounding great and I still have the drivers laying around for if I make any new projects. (Video of the exact drivers ua-cam.com/video/gFodjKV2Jo8/v-deo.html)
@@HexiBase I was very tempted to do so as well, they were interfering with one of my box designs which was literally a dodecahedron (discord cdn link to a picture cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/671875796872331264/1035607657635135529/1666978501344.jpg )
that Gweike Cloud is AMAZING!!!!! do you get to keep it??? I have my fingers cross that you do because it is SO AWESOME!!!! I could just buy one of those and start and entire business around what it can do!!!! just being able to engrave pretty much ANY materiel is enough to start a custom engraving business around.... but the fact that it is powerful enough to cut through the wood you showed us AT JUST 50% POWER IS MIND BLOWING!!!!! I HAVE TO check it out and do some real thinking about getting one!!! Depending on the price I just might have a good idea for going into business for myself and setting up my own future!! Taking control of your own finances is the AMERICAN DREAM!!!! And something like this is an INVESTMENT THAT CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN!!!!! :D
This is how to wave guide ;) Amazing! As for your question? The first, smallest speakers, I was impressed with? The headphones of a Sony Walkman 😁 Cheers from Texas! 🤟😺🤟
i love my dayton audio 4" woofers. I put 4 of them ($10 each) in 2 cu.ft. slot ported enclosure from MDF. I believe I was able to get it to play down to about 32 Hz. I since then put them in a smaller custom sealed box so that they hit low with less volume. It works better for my system to have them sealed
Hey I'm doing a build using ADAudio design for a 6.5 sub. I hope it's ok but I had a comment asking where I got the design from. I gave ad credit as well as directed them to your channel, cheers! Also loved this build!
Dude! They sound pretty amazing on video. I know it's hard to tell and not the same as in person, but if you are a person who enjoys music clarity and bass you can kind of get a gauge. IDK, maybe I'm imagining it but this was a great video man. Wish I knew how to use something like this or afford one for that matter. Lol cheers 🍻
As always, impressive do not start to cover it! The tiniest speakers that I'm impressed with, are the ones in my HP Zbook laptop. Don't know what brand/type they are other than "BO" is labeled on the laptop. But the sound is impressive!
I love nd65s they surprised me in 1L (each) 60Hz tunned chamber the bass was so pleasent and in room it is going down to around 35Hz but the treble is weak and need a dsp in full range config
As for impressed with my own DIY per say, I have some large size mid range Sony bookshelf speakers - themselves a good 20/25 years old (linked to my 1989 Technics SU-600 'New Class A' Integrated amp (serviced & maintained). Anyway, the drivers were getting old and sounded rough, and standard, would tail off at around 60/65 Hz. So, I bought had a quirky idea... I bought some Pioneer A6990F 6x9s, bought some 10mm MDF sheet, made a fresh new face plate (cut to size, with a 6x9 cut out, port cutout and painted black to match the rest of the housing), reinforced the bookshelf speaker housing, rewired them with better terminals and leads etc, bolted and sealed the new face plates to the existing chassis, inserted some sound material, installed the A6990Fs and new ports, and now, they sound great! Clear, rich, full, and now tail off around 40hz! I will get myself a sub to assist with getting lower, but what a difference already!
Nice Video!!!....but for "tweaking" I would be testing it with my Samsung Android phone with the built-in Dolby Atmos 2-Channel engaged along with VLC, EQ pink-noised flat and then using another processor called "°SOUND° Beautifier" which I would term a "Compander". Pretty Stunning Results!!! Took me a good bit of time to finalize on this audio "toolchain" configuration!!!
Hii! Really good videos. Ty for that. I'm planning on building speakers with 3 or 4" full range drivers. No cross over or nothing. Just back loaded horn labyrinth. Currently stying how to use winISD. For anyone reading, resources to study this things would be truly appreciate. The maker space you are creating for yourself is amazing. Congrats and enjoy!
I'm curious to know how much output you can get if you keep expanding that horn into something the area of a doorway, not that you can't get more output with a bigger driver in a more compact offering, but seeing the performance limits of a 2" driver is pretty cool. You made a Bose Wave radio. Now the other thing would be to make an enormous box with a 12/15/18?
There are 2...the first one was a 6in subwoofer in a MASSIVE box in the back of a truck putting out close to 120db...second is the beats pill...have ALWAYS been impressed
I think the most impressive speaker I ever experienced was an 8 inch sub. Power Bass USA xS-84D. I built a sealed box for 4 of these subs in a 2005 jeep Cherokee. I had never experienced mid bass like that but also as a fluke the cabin resonance in that car really enhanced the low freq experience. Total fluke that I built the box just right to experience this.
Indeed the USB A to A cable situation is annoying, but it seems that's the standard for Ruida DSP controllers for lasers, which the Gweike probably uses. For my Ruida based laser, I used a raspberry Pi that Lightburn has created an image for, to use the laser through the wireless network, Actually, it's faster than using the USB connection for big engravings and projects with a lot of cuts.
Most fun small driver for me is 70mm full-range in the Sony XB1000s. Crazy laugh out loud. Have been looking for a suitable replacement for an empty headset I have here. Any recommended drivers bass friends?
Only if you knew how to build enclosures. 🤦♂️ Obviously I am kidding. I could only imagine trying to build anything that you have done. With a nice set of headphones on, these drivers sound amazing. Keep up the amazing work.
I have a 6.5" subwoofer and 2 passive radiators in a enclosure tuned to 45hz and it does really well for that frequency. But now I really want to push that sub in an enclosure down to 33hz.. I'm thinking about making a passive radiator 4th order enclosure to achieve it.
Incredible.. absolutely awesome.. the stuff you make changes how I look at what is possible.. I want bass in my 2006 f150 split door and I have VERY little space and not only would this be cheaper in every way than what I have looked at it wouldn't take up all of the available space either which completely blows me away What volume do you get in the 40s hz range does it putter out down there I have 6" speakers in my door that wimp out hitting the lowest notes its there just not loud at all
Have you ever thought about print/cutting a line array? Or something goofy like a displacement replacement driver array? (8" sub equivalent area + displacement)
Absolutely awesome Im simple at heart this way to time consuming and technically for me 😁😁how much$ for unassembled kit??? I can build it just not make it 😅😅
Try dual ported speaker to make the sound feel like more airy, in front and back (or 4 tubes). For example Spatial audio Lab speakers are alot better for real instrument without boxy sound. Would be nice to find something better between traditional box speaker and open dipole.
Love it I would love to be able to do a folded horn/ wave guide. under the back seat of my 2020 F150. I love the idea of doing more with less in terms of speaker size.
awesome work dude, however i am thoroughly surprised that you dont have a more "high end" head unit in your car. like one of the sony XAV options or a pioneer NEW model
I was in the electronics business my entire life at one point I had a store in Washington DC and I had a big section that was empty. I decided to do car audio I carried everything from Soup To Nuts at one point I decided to build the system for my son and the pyramid woofers looked great for the money they were all different grades of pyramid I decided to go with two 12-in woofers in a big ported box that was pre-manufactured the woofers were rated at 800 watts RMS each I knew that they were always overeating them some of them sounded good some of them sounded like garbage it was a crap shoot knowing that I could return it if there was a problem I put it together and got myself a nice Cadence 3,000 watt monoblock amp everything was wired properly I installed everything into my son's car I gave the woofers a chance to break in I played them at a low volume for about 24 hours as soon as I started to increase the wattage I started to smell the voice coils burning and then sure enough no sound at all when I try to move the woofers with my hand they were sealed tight needless to say I remove them return them to the manufacturer and never came near another pyramid woofer in my life. I used to sell them but I never use them personally you're telling me that you had one that you didn't have any problems with and you weren't able to blow it I can tell you something you just so happened to get one that was a miracle woofer it was pyramids job to produce the least expensive components basically for Clip Joints for instance run by syrians or Israelis then moving on to flea markets but they have always been garbage I remember when they first came to the states they had these little 1-in equalizers that were being imported from China back in the day nothing was made in China in any case once it got here the people at the factory were taking these little gold stickers and putting them on the box anything they felt fit 200 Watts 500 watts 800 watts it didn't matter all they were looking to do was sell the product and then have a big sign by the register no refunds what I'm trying to say is I'm Amazed that you got your money's worth out of a pyramid product you got very lucky.
@@Mr.Robert1 that's an interesting story. I was maybe 14 at the time playing around didn't have a car hooked it up to home audio components. Do you remember Urban audio works subwoofers? Hello what made them unique was the purple color and then the cone was convex then concave. If you had the one with the big magnet it was awesome in the later years they went with the smaller magnet and wasn't nowhere near as good. If you remember the company aluma pro the 12-in bandpass box where are the box was made for the sub and the sub was made for the box. It was an amazing speaker a pair would produce over 160 DB at 250 watts each. The company still in business it's a small family-owned company and they're main focus is on high quality factory speakers for German cars but they still make those bandpass 12s and 10s and I'm waiting to get my hands on one right now
Another super cool build with small speakers! My most impressive small speaker story; I used the Tectonic 1 1/8" Speaker you featured in a previous build, in some BIB enclosures that I made. They are about 24 inches tall and 2 inches wide. Fun speakers on a small computer desk.
wait wait wait, are you saying you can take light, and just .... cut shit with it? Next you are gonna tell be the world is round and birds aren't real.
And it's always been a dream of mine to build and listen to music in such a way that you're doing I think it's amazing and was wondering where you were located
$50 in drivers, $4k+ in laser and accessories. Love it. 😁
Awesome build, you should market those. They'd make killer desktop speakers. Put a few LEDs inside and the gamers would eat them up!
Just admit it Peter. You are from the future. Untouchable professionalism
You know, I'm tempted to believe you if I hadn't seen the birth certificate myself! 🤣 Cheers!
Nothing better than startin out your day to a hexibase video. Thank you for this gem.
Wow, absolutely impressive - your setup is missing a CO2 fire extinguisher, and remember to always keep wood/mdf cutting dust or condensate from acrylic laser areas ! That's a huge fire hazard.
Very cool laser !
I and some other commenters are actually quite interested in the design process itself. I would love to see how you come up with designs while maybe giving some tips as you go. I imagine these kinds of videos being low effort (compared to your usual, super well produced videos) but still very high value for the whole speaker building community, since there is still a lot of bulls**t out there and quite little people with nearly as much knowledge as you. I would even be interested in partnering up, to reduce the workload on you, if time is what's keeping you from producing such videos. I am starting a small video production company in Austria so if you are interested feel free to get in touch by answering to this comment!
I'll take a hard guess and tell you that its 1.2 meters (around 4ft) long canal starting from 1.4 liter (around 0.03 cu-ft) compression chamber with 2.4cm (1 inch) opening and ending with 8 to 10cm (4 inch) diameter mouth. The diameter means round shape, you can "press" it to square shape at your will as long you do not change the area square units.
Keep the videos coming. The production and projects keep getting better and better! I found you years ago with the original 3D printed subwoofer enclosure.
What software do you use for the acoustic engineering? I'd love to start designing much more complex enclosure types like this, but none of the books or software I've come across really give much insight or ability.
These enclosures are gorgeous, and they sound amazing! Cheers!
Yeah I also would love to know how does he simulate the response based on the waveguide design
Yep, cool builds, but i vould like to learn more about how to design these. The audio judgement guy on yt shares at least some tricks.
It's really hard to believe that those sounds are coming from a 2 inch speaker. WOW. Thanks for sharing
The power of horn loading
2.5", but yeah...
first of all genius and aswesome build as always ... but one question i didnt see you wearing laser glasses .... the glas lid ontop of the printer looks like ordanary glass ... is it laserproof or not ? i mean granted ... when the laser uses an invisible wavelenght then the "blocking" wavelenght of the glas would also be invisible right ? anyway just curious
Wow.. that 2 inch drivers do work, but definitely not a subwoofer IMO. Next should be an isobaric subwoofer 😍👍. Thank you.
The first sound demo sounded a bit weird but the room listening really brought the speakers to life. Insane from such a small driver. The "Room" that Sophie was stating was dead on. Then the car test stunned me. So smol yet so much power. They do say the smaller the thing the more louder the personality.
1st demo almost like out of phase !
Something like these would be cool to have but I don’t have $3k laying around for the lazar cutter. Any thought of selling these in kit form?
Can we get the lightburn design file to cut or an svg? Which driver did you use?
As always world class top of UA-cam quality video, and I tip my hat to your design skills. Most impressive small driver for me was 5F/8422T01 from Scan-speak in 1liter closed, its a 2" driver. I got fooled and thought I was listening to a 5" Revelator, well the song didnt push excursion and more played into its obvious abilities like strumming a guitar, but still it did that with great substance and detail, but like any fullrange it rolled off at the top a bit early. Another is the B3N from Hivi which is a 3" which provides great bas, but breaks up early for such a small driver. Thank you for the immaculate video.
He is back 🎉 good video
Massively missed you, glad you are back!
To answer your question smaller speaker that impressed me used to be the Genelec 6010a but now it is the IK Multimedia Iloud micro monitors
Nice!! Maybe Next time countersink the screws on the plexiglass: more contactarea and nice and flush mounting.
That is some incredible output from 2" drivers, horns are magic, there's no other conclusion
@HexiBase, long time follower and watcher, not from the very first but close. I use your Hexi Oho and Theorem, love it, TY! However - any chance You can point me to flac/lossless versions? I'd really appreciate it. Thanks and keep up the great work!!!!
@@HexiBase Oh that is so great to hear! I really look forward to it, I'm sure others will. How will I know if/when you tackle that?? Cheers from the US! West coast ;)
I'd love to see a long-form video essay detailing how you go about designing these enclosures; the software, the maths, and (academic) theory involved. If I remember correctly, you've worked with audio like this professionally for ages, so it'd be interesting how deep the rabbit hole goes when it comes to getting the most out of a space, driver, and enclosure combination. I cannot believe how much presence those little speakers have in that enclosure, especially in the casual mid-field demo. Listened with Hifiman Sundaras running through a Behringer Xenyx Q502USB interface, with a tacticle transducer/bass shaker attached to my chair (scuffed, I know lol).
Oh, and I am insanely jealous of your new toy 😄
@HexiBase you should cencor the package inscription for shipping
Now you got me wondering if sealing the horn and adding a 10" passive radiator would add the punch back to the low end response. Beautiful build and good use for the office to fill the small rooms.
Can you make the same design with one or two tang band w5-1138sm? they are afordable on ebay. Also, It can be interesting to have a video of comparaison of all your subwoofers.
Thank you for your impressive woork
@@HexiBase thank you for your reply, as I understand, not all driver can get the same benefits😮 thank you very much
Never in my life would I have thought someone would be able to run a pair of 2" subwoofers in their vehicle. I've been an car/home audiophile since I was 13. I am now 51. Step up to 4-4" run by a pure 100w rms amplifier @0.05%thd. Transmission or horn loaded enclosure with fiber optic lighting built-into the enclosure common chamber. I'm just wondering how small of subs/amplifier and enclosure it could achieve 135 db? I see your gf/wife helped which makes the project much more enjoyable. Keep playing/thinking outside the box. No pun intended............isobaric, 4th order motorized port FQ enclosure. Awesome video.
I was about to complain about you advertising a cheap dangerous Laser cutter, but good job, this one is really safe and high quality.
The newest Videos from Makers Muse really show what a huge health hazard the cheap ones are.
I am still at 1/3 of the Video, but I am sure the results will be amazing!
I'm really curious where could i find more resources on design of horn enclosures, I don't know if I'm not searching deep enough but it seems like more of the in-depth knowledge on the topic is not really common...
You just need to write a custom FEM-software (Finite Element Method) for enclosure design.
Not hard in theory.
Close to impossible in practice.
People usually pay for that kind of information. They don't like to give it out for free. + Google is completely useless to find things anymore
Bose uses four 2-1/2" woofers in a large vented box under the floor of the Cadillac CT6. I bought a box removed from a wrecked vehicle and connected my own amp, and it works really well for being so small.
You always impress. The design of the box outstanding.
Cool project indeed and surprised with in car sub performance. But my favourite is the clear sides design showcasing the horn shape, definitely a cool piece to have in home setup. Well done. And that laser cutter looks proper good too
Slaps laser on side, hah. Most impressive small drivers? Exciters coupled to a insulation foam board, or TEBM35C10-4, very wide dispersion and even sound.
those Tectonic drivers are amazing, and TINY! I've used them also.
To answer questions at the end... It's the Bose videowave subwoofer, those were surprisingly good
incredible. I may try to reassemble your .stl files to make this 3D printable.
There is only one type of build left for you to conquer and reinforce that you are the real soundman. A sub enclosure with 1 inch tweeters reverse mounted in one of your rear-loaded horn enclosures.
@@HexiBase Open back tweets might be a tough one, but have you ever thought of doing a video with some exciters? theyre fairly cheap from dayton, and can be used with MANY different materials to make a loudspeaker- just food for thought!
is this similar to the design of a bose wave radio in a sense?
AC infinity does make a good product as well. Kinda awkward hearing that name here though. I suppose if one is great at what they do. Cross exposure would eventually happen.
These videos are always great because I am fascinated with audio (especially audio design) and I love playing with lasers! I was listening through a pair of BeyerDynamic DT770 PRO headphones from the headphone jack of my phone and the bass from little drivers really speaks volumes to the design of the enclosure. I may look into getting that laser next, I was super impressed all around
The fact you can hear bass recorded from a microphone played through a phone DAC to studio headphones is kinda insane
Hey can you make simple, easy to build, and good at sound enclosure for 3" subwoofer ? A humble req to you
Impressive for 2” drivers but to be honest, if that space constraint and a 50Hz bottom end are real targets, I’m thinking much more can be accomplished with larger drivers in the same or less space and with a far simpler enclosure design.
Impressive demonstration of what horn loading can do, though. I enjoy watching each and every one of your builds.
true. on the other hand, if weight is considered, not space, this might be the way.
Also, frequency response alone is nothing, as it can be equalized out. Loudness at lows is the primary constraint of small designs. And it's difficult to convey loudness over a youtube video. So i'm having a hard time appreciating how good (or not good?) this design really is.
@@victortitov1740 good points, however, if low weight is a primary objective (in a car for example), eliminating the subwoofer altogether makes the most sense. Also, you cannot equalize-in more driver displacement. 😉
those speaker are awesome whats the smallest you could make the enclosure ?
Totally random question, but what head unit is that in the car? Kenwood/JVC?
@@HexiBase I thought so, I'm looking for a double din HU with centre volume control for the van, figured if you were using it, it would have decent performance, all the similar Pioneer and Kenny HU's have really low RCA voltage outputs, may have to go oldschool used. Cheers mate, love your work, been watching for years, still remember the "guess the sub size" vids, golden. Those wave guide cabinets you're making are works or art.
I'm trying to make my own design with a similar driver. Hornresp is not cooperating. ☹️
Not my favorite speaker! They're all going to be sold out now..
I made a 4 inch subwoofer output twice as much Bass with just a passive radiator
Little ninjas back in action kicking the air like you wouldn't believe. Horns tutorial loading soon maybe?
Smallest audio subwoofer I was impressed with.... Polk C4 subwoofer (4 isobaric 6"X9") and the Bose acoustic wave in the FD Mazda RX-7. For home the tiny Cambridge Soundworks sub is about 1/6" the size of a Bose acoustics module and performs very well in comparison. All this said, none are a good a an 8" or larger driver in properly designed enclosure.
hear me out. . . how about 12inch subwoofer box but with lots of 2" woofer. . . does it sound the same?
I dont know if this is just me but it was very helpful when you talked during the demo to give more context to the volume and hear just how loud these speakers are getting. Great video!
Would these pair with the good 'ole 3d printed dual reflex 3" sub?
next hexi base will make a enclosure for a 1'' tweeter with even longer ports
The hose hanger you made. Care to share or sell that Stl? I see a good use in my garage for them.
What sound levels were you driving them at in your mid-field demo? They sounded great through a Schiit Fulla and AKG K371 headphones. ❤
Always such a fun time viewing your creative work. Thaks!
I made a somewhat decent ported speaker system for my old computer using some K. Tone 1.5" 10w drivers a while ago, I wasn't as much an audio person back then but I remember them sounding great and I still have the drivers laying around for if I make any new projects. (Video of the exact drivers ua-cam.com/video/gFodjKV2Jo8/v-deo.html)
@@HexiBase I was very tempted to do so as well, they were interfering with one of my box designs which was literally a dodecahedron (discord cdn link to a picture cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/671875796872331264/1035607657635135529/1666978501344.jpg )
1:47 Hexi, you linked the wrong driver from parts express. It's ND64-4, as seen in the timestamp, not ND65-4.
All I can say is Oh my 'Gosh' - ua-cam.com/video/qOqT02LV8Es/v-deo.html
that Gweike Cloud is AMAZING!!!!! do you get to keep it??? I have my fingers cross that you do because it is SO AWESOME!!!! I could just buy one of those and start and entire business around what it can do!!!! just being able to engrave pretty much ANY materiel is enough to start a custom engraving business around.... but the fact that it is powerful enough to cut through the wood you showed us AT JUST 50% POWER IS MIND BLOWING!!!!! I HAVE TO check it out and do some real thinking about getting one!!! Depending on the price I just might have a good idea for going into business for myself and setting up my own future!! Taking control of your own finances is the AMERICAN DREAM!!!! And something like this is an INVESTMENT THAT CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN!!!!! :D
This is how to wave guide ;)
Amazing!
As for your question?
The first, smallest speakers,
I was impressed with?
The headphones of a Sony Walkman 😁
Cheers from Texas!
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Could you also get away with a smaller amp? Or how does that work? On the other side I am impressed with how much power they can take!
i love my dayton audio 4" woofers. I put 4 of them ($10 each) in 2 cu.ft. slot ported enclosure from MDF. I believe I was able to get it to play down to about 32 Hz. I since then put them in a smaller custom sealed box so that they hit low with less volume. It works better for my system to have them sealed
You are the Bob Ross of schilling
Hey I'm doing a build using ADAudio design for a 6.5 sub. I hope it's ok but I had a comment asking where I got the design from. I gave ad credit as well as directed them to your channel, cheers! Also loved this build!
Dude! They sound pretty amazing on video. I know it's hard to tell and not the same as in person, but if you are a person who enjoys music clarity and bass you can kind of get a gauge. IDK, maybe I'm imagining it but this was a great video man. Wish I knew how to use something like this or afford one for that matter. Lol cheers 🍻
As always, impressive do not start to cover it!
The tiniest speakers that I'm impressed with, are the ones in my HP Zbook laptop. Don't know what brand/type they are other than "BO" is labeled on the laptop. But the sound is impressive!
Bang & Olufsen. Usually great products.
I love nd65s they surprised me in 1L (each) 60Hz tunned chamber the bass was so pleasent and in room it is going down to around 35Hz but the treble is weak and need a dsp in full range config
The Elon Musk of Audio, or more accurately put, Elon Musk is the HexiBase of Electric cars. Imagine if you had your own clones too?
Stop messing about, that car needs a 15" Bass reflex sub, horn loaded, it has the room.
@@HexiBase Now you're talking, low fs and vas is the challenge. I look forward to seeing it.
As for impressed with my own DIY per say, I have some large size mid range Sony bookshelf speakers - themselves a good 20/25 years old (linked to my 1989 Technics SU-600 'New Class A' Integrated amp (serviced & maintained). Anyway, the drivers were getting old and sounded rough, and standard, would tail off at around 60/65 Hz. So, I bought had a quirky idea... I bought some Pioneer A6990F 6x9s, bought some 10mm MDF sheet, made a fresh new face plate (cut to size, with a 6x9 cut out, port cutout and painted black to match the rest of the housing), reinforced the bookshelf speaker housing, rewired them with better terminals and leads etc, bolted and sealed the new face plates to the existing chassis, inserted some sound material, installed the A6990Fs and new ports, and now, they sound great! Clear, rich, full, and now tail off around 40hz! I will get myself a sub to assist with getting lower, but what a difference already!
Nice Video!!!....but for "tweaking" I would be testing it with my Samsung Android phone with the built-in Dolby Atmos 2-Channel engaged along with VLC, EQ pink-noised flat and then using another processor called "°SOUND° Beautifier" which I would term a "Compander". Pretty Stunning Results!!! Took me a good bit of time to finalize on this audio "toolchain" configuration!!!
Hii! Really good videos. Ty for that.
I'm planning on building speakers with 3 or 4" full range drivers. No cross over or nothing. Just back loaded horn labyrinth. Currently stying how to use winISD. For anyone reading, resources to study this things would be truly appreciate.
The maker space you are creating for yourself is amazing. Congrats and enjoy!
I'm curious to know how much output you can get if you keep expanding that horn into something the area of a doorway, not that you can't get more output with a bigger driver in a more compact offering, but seeing the performance limits of a 2" driver is pretty cool. You made a Bose Wave radio.
Now the other thing would be to make an enormous box with a 12/15/18?
There are 2...the first one was a 6in subwoofer in a MASSIVE box in the back of a truck putting out close to 120db...second is the beats pill...have ALWAYS been impressed
I think the most impressive speaker I ever experienced was an 8 inch sub. Power Bass USA xS-84D. I built a sealed box for 4 of these subs in a 2005 jeep Cherokee. I had never experienced mid bass like that but also as a fluke the cabin resonance in that car really enhanced the low freq experience. Total fluke that I built the box just right to experience this.
Indeed the USB A to A cable situation is annoying, but it seems that's the standard for Ruida DSP controllers for lasers, which the Gweike probably uses. For my Ruida based laser, I used a raspberry Pi that Lightburn has created an image for, to use the laser through the wireless network, Actually, it's faster than using the USB connection for big engravings and projects with a lot of cuts.
When I was 13 I bought a stereo from Costco that had 6.5" woofers. It was a Sharp brand 200watt stereo. That was 20years ago.
Most fun small driver for me is 70mm full-range in the Sony XB1000s. Crazy laugh out loud.
Have been looking for a suitable replacement for an empty headset I have here.
Any recommended drivers bass friends?
Only if you knew how to build enclosures. 🤦♂️ Obviously I am kidding. I could only imagine trying to build anything that you have done. With a nice set of headphones on, these drivers sound amazing. Keep up the amazing work.
You really are a whiz. It’s fun watching you do what you do. Also, your wife is a keeper..helping you with your hobby/passion.
I have a 6.5" subwoofer and 2 passive radiators in a enclosure tuned to 45hz and it does really well for that frequency. But now I really want to push that sub in an enclosure down to 33hz.. I'm thinking about making a passive radiator 4th order enclosure to achieve it.
Incredible.. absolutely awesome.. the stuff you make changes how I look at what is possible.. I want bass in my 2006 f150 split door and I have VERY little space and not only would this be cheaper in every way than what I have looked at it wouldn't take up all of the available space either which completely blows me away
What volume do you get in the 40s hz range does it putter out down there I have 6" speakers in my door that wimp out hitting the lowest notes its there just not loud at all
IIRC a lot of Japanese cars use 2 3-inch drivers in a special enclosure as the subwoofer. AFAIK, they actually sound good and get surprisingly low.
Have you ever thought about print/cutting a line array? Or something goofy like a displacement replacement driver array? (8" sub equivalent area + displacement)
I have a certain skill set,
Hexibase I will find you,
And I will pay you a large sum of money to design my enclosure for my R33 GTR…
Your videos make me reconsider what's possible
@@HexiBase will do lol
there Vids are an ASMR nut's DREAM
Absolutely awesome Im simple at heart this way to time consuming and technically for me 😁😁how much$ for unassembled kit??? I can build it just not make it 😅😅
i rmember seeing more and more 6 inch subs and rmember hearing 8" jl subs absolutly hammer bass out of cars back in the late 90's
Thanks for the great videos. Is there any way to get the track "HB Sequence 004" as MP3 ? Greetings from Germany.
Try dual ported speaker to make the sound feel like more airy, in front and back (or 4 tubes). For example Spatial audio Lab speakers are alot better for real instrument without boxy sound. Would be nice to find something better between traditional box speaker and open dipole.
Love it I would love to be able to do a folded horn/ wave guide. under the back seat of my 2020 F150. I love the idea of doing more with less in terms of speaker size.
awesome work dude, however i am thoroughly surprised that you dont have a more "high end" head unit in your car. like one of the sony XAV options or a pioneer NEW model
Absolutely amazing - Love your videos, your channel is shockingly under subscribed!
What kind of power/wattage can they handle/ produce? Listening via phone. Wondering how impressive they are in person.
For a higher quality build,try HDF instead ;)
Love your videos man,keep up the good work!
1995 six and a half inch pyramid phase 3. I could not kill the speaker remarkably loud and it flexed really good too
I was in the electronics business my entire life at one point I had a store in Washington DC and I had a big section that was empty. I decided to do car audio I carried everything from Soup To Nuts at one point I decided to build the system for my son and the pyramid woofers looked great for the money they were all different grades of pyramid I decided to go with two 12-in woofers in a big ported box that was pre-manufactured the woofers were rated at 800 watts RMS each I knew that they were always overeating them some of them sounded good some of them sounded like garbage it was a crap shoot knowing that I could return it if there was a problem I put it together and got myself a nice Cadence 3,000 watt monoblock amp everything was wired properly I installed everything into my son's car I gave the woofers a chance to break in I played them at a low volume for about 24 hours as soon as I started to increase the wattage I started to smell the voice coils burning and then sure enough no sound at all when I try to move the woofers with my hand they were sealed tight needless to say I remove them return them to the manufacturer and never came near another pyramid woofer in my life. I used to sell them but I never use them personally you're telling me that you had one that you didn't have any problems with and you weren't able to blow it I can tell you something you just so happened to get one that was a miracle woofer it was pyramids job to produce the least expensive components basically for Clip Joints for instance run by syrians or Israelis then moving on to flea markets but they have always been garbage I remember when they first came to the states they had these little 1-in equalizers that were being imported from China back in the day nothing was made in China in any case once it got here the people at the factory were taking these little gold stickers and putting them on the box anything they felt fit 200 Watts 500 watts 800 watts it didn't matter all they were looking to do was sell the product and then have a big sign by the register no refunds what I'm trying to say is I'm Amazed that you got your money's worth out of a pyramid product you got very lucky.
@@Mr.Robert1 that's an interesting story. I was maybe 14 at the time playing around didn't have a car hooked it up to home audio components. Do you remember Urban audio works subwoofers? Hello what made them unique was the purple color and then the cone was convex then concave. If you had the one with the big magnet it was awesome in the later years they went with the smaller magnet and wasn't nowhere near as good. If you remember the company aluma pro the 12-in bandpass box where are the box was made for the sub and the sub was made for the box. It was an amazing speaker a pair would produce over 160 DB at 250 watts each. The company still in business it's a small family-owned company and they're main focus is on high quality factory speakers for German cars but they still make those bandpass 12s and 10s and I'm waiting to get my hands on one right now
Another super cool build with small speakers! My most impressive small speaker story; I used the Tectonic 1 1/8" Speaker you featured in a previous build, in some BIB enclosures that I made. They are about 24 inches tall and 2 inches wide. Fun speakers on a small computer desk.
Awesome video, always glad to see Sophie in the video 🙌
Always happy to be here!! Cheers! 🥰
Thanks for the content. I have wanted to do a project with tiny subs... What would 5 in one box sound like?
wait wait wait, are you saying you can take light, and just .... cut shit with it? Next you are gonna tell be the world is round and birds aren't real.
I had no idea you could get that much sound out of such a small speaker, well done sir 🙂
Girl Friend was also Surprised..... if you know what I mean 😉
Dude the song selection was 11/10 you never stop to amaze me. Much love from Texas 💪
And it's always been a dream of mine to build and listen to music in such a way that you're doing I think it's amazing and was wondering where you were located