What an inteligence, knowledge and experience. Just the fact how you guard the speaker with your hand, so you dont puncture a hole init, while screwing it in, amazes me... Beautiful outcome!
35 seconds in and I can tell what kind of channel this is. The amount of work involved in this video is not lost on me, listening on a pair of Blue Lola's on an amp.
Ehrmahgerd, I bend pipe for a living (HVAC, copper for A/C) and I understand why you do it (sand in the aluminum) but man, who would notice. I guess that's the difference between rough work and enthusiast passion.
Turned out amazing! My only one thing I wish you had done differently is the screws you chose to fasten the 3" speaker on top. Everything else is perfect!
Fabulous. I've never seen such a thing. How a skilled artisan. Everything absolutely sharp. Impressed wirh the precision. Please let us hear your sound. You must bem good in chemistry, acoustic, electrics and Engineering. Congrats
Honest, very well thought out builds with great consistency. Love your work, I hope you enjoy (on top of the build itself) making these videos as I'm sure all subscribers will agree, we enjoy watching them.
This is inspirational and Awesome..I miss building Subwoofer boxes. It really was a get away for me and the best part was the finish product...You get the sense of pride like you just created LIFE!...AWESOME VIDEO please keep it up..🖒🖒
I know what you mean when you said they sound distant. I would think vocals would lack as there seems to be an issue with high end treble. Great work. You're a craftsmen and an artist.
Thanks man. Yes, I would have liked to spend more time on the crossover. The project got a bit rushed towards the end and some fine tuning is necessary.
WOW they look great and sound good over You Tube. The only thing I would change is / are the screws you used to fasten the speaker to the white part of the enclosure.
You do the same thing I do when using a screw gun to install speaker drivers. I've seen more then a few people poke holes in their brand new speakers when the drive bit accidentally slips off the screw. Oppsy. This build looks interesting. They turned out nice.
Building high end set of speakers right now using fountek's neo ribbon tweeter, glad I watched this now, may use your fabric base idea.. fantastic bud. Have used the FE83's and 85's, big fan of Fountek.
as ingenuity and concept you done superb job, but believe me for best sounding speaker nothing fancy is ever needed, its always good quality paper cone drivers and lots of good quality wood in a form of box.
Awesome build, my only criticism (constructive) is to use hex head screws/bolts for the top 3" driver. I think that'd really finish off the look nicely, and sit flush with the gasket foam. Great build!
I love the disign. great sound and very nice to display. only one thing, Why didn`t you use Flathead screws. These are "sunken" screws we named it in the Netherlands. anyway you did a marvelous job. I admire your craftsmanship.
Great craftsmanship and awesome design. I would high up the stands and put half a sphere under it so the low frequencies from the woofer benefit from the same omnidirectional technology as the mid.The top sphere could easy house more of that tiny tweeters . Four of them placed on every 90 degrees(or why not, one extra on top) would create a true omnidirectional experience and enhance the high frequencies and overall powerhandling .The weak point of this speaker in my opinion is the spheres suspension rod that can easy enhance low frequencie resonation of the woofercabinet and pass it trough the sphere on higher volumes. What are your experiences and point of view on this ?
Thanks! I think all of your ideas are plausible and it can certainly be done. It will make for a more complex build and is outside of my capability in terms of tools and materials right now (and the reason I kept the design as simple as possible). Even though I would love to take on more complex projects, I am often limited by time, tools, materials and funds. The rod holding the sphere is fairly sturdy, but filling it with something to counter any possible resonance could solve any possible interference. Thanks for this comment, I love that you have given it some thought that can spark some new ideas!
Fabulous blog, great flow, good content. Well done. I recognize your accent as South African. Cape Town, I suspect. Fly the flag high Mate. Great work. Mark, Johannesburg
The skills with making such a lovely speaker are amazing. They look really impressive but maybe you should change the screws holding the speakers in, they do not look as good as the rest of the project. Simply brilliant design and build apart from that.
Subscribed, love your work dude, very inspiring/motivating. I had similar feelings about the mid-screws however i love that you handled the comments regarding them with humility. keep up the good work boss.
The tweeter really only covers the very most upper high frequncies, where there is not much energy, so they cope just fine at higher volumes and remain clear. Thanks!
Techabhi basically the waves will hit the ball and reflect outwards in accordance with the shape of the sphere. this somewhat directionalizes the sound to prevent it from simply scattering into the room. basically it is a better omnidirectional design than just firing the speaker up.
Hey boet I have just found your chanel and I'm really enjoying the videos I have seen so far. This is a great design and build process to create an original looking set of speakers. Thanks for taking the time to share. Keep up the good work.
Sorry, don't have plans for these. I was not 100% happy with the final outcome, but might revisit these in the future. It was too much of an experimental build.
You deserve more subscribers man! Your videos are so satisfying to watch. That is a nice and clean build. I am more satisfied with the sound test in the end. Keep it up
Hi, I've sent my comments on how impressed I am with these speakers. I am however curious how you came to chose a ball to reflect sound into a 360 degree pattern. Have you tried other materials or a tapered cone at the base to reduce figh frequency cancelation? Was it too bright? I think you did an outstanding job with this design and it's just curiosity that begs these questions. I would like to have the opportunity to hear your thought on the matter. Thanks Chris G
Any chance of a video or info on the crossovers you made also do you have any links or recommendations for the speakers you used as I cannot find the ones you used in the UK. Thanks josh.
Right now this is V1.0 of the crossover and I would most likely make changes after having listened to it for a while now. It's a matter of finding time though, so no video on this in the near future. You should be able to find these at loudspeakerfreaks.com
SoundBlab thanks for the reply, checked out the website it's great! Thanks so much, I love these speakers so much I think I'm going to build some myself! Thanks.
Hey you install your speakers like I do. Your hand can heal but the soft surround of the speaker won't. Your kind of taking a chance with rounding off the corners of your cabs after using brads to assemble them though. What country do you live in? It looks like the quality of your MDF is better then here in California. We use to get a good product but not so much any more. The stuff we get today takes on moister so it swells and shrinks making it rather difficult to achieve seamless lacquer finishes. It can be done but there is a lot of work involved to do it right.
Never had any problems with the brad nails and router. They really just skim the tops, if at all. I live in South Africa. The MDF here is not bad, but I still get slight shift in them that reveals a line at the join underneath the lacquer on occasion.
Not for this one, no. It was really only an experimental build, and I was not entirely happy with the results, and I don't want to sell something that is I am not 100% happy with. Maybe someday I will revisit this, but it's not on the cards in the immediate future.
Thanks. This build was very much experimental, and did I not feel comfortable putting out details of this unless it was resolved as a project that I am sure I was happy with the final result. Maybe I will revisit this project someday though.
It would be great if you could share the measured response is for this speaker. I have tried this configuration with a ball over the mid-range driver and there were large dips and peaks in the frequency response. Maybe you solved this with the specific size ball and driver used.?
I don't have that on file, but I can say that I did not have the same problem with this design. The response was very usable and made the crossover design fairly straight forward.
I had an 11 inch sphere about 2 inches above an 8 inch driver and it made a wide 8dB bump in the response at about 700 Hz. I copy every measurement into a Google doc or take a pic with my phone of the config and response so I don't have to repeat stuff all the time. Your sphere is smaller and farther from the cone so the bump may be at a higher frequency and a lower amplitude so as to not be noticeable.
There are many factors that could cause that , and I am only speculating here. Without details of the specific driver it is difficult, but it could be that the driver has a natural rise at those frequencies and the application amplifies that. In addition it could be the baffle that it is mounted in and the size and shape of it. Also, I would suggest that your reflective object, in this case the ball is not larger than the driver surface area in diameter. You could implement a crossover that compensates for the rise and gives you a flat response.
This is not your first rodeo. Excellent execution and craftsmanship. Take a bow.
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Excellent. Designed more beautifully, more innovative than many commercial speakers in the market. Amazing!
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What an inteligence, knowledge and experience. Just the fact how you guard the speaker with your hand, so you dont puncture a hole init, while screwing it in, amazes me... Beautiful outcome!
Thank you!
ive done that before. screw driver right through the surround. kills me everytime lol
35 seconds in and I can tell what kind of channel this is. The amount of work involved in this video is not lost on me, listening on a pair of Blue Lola's on an amp.
Ehrmahgerd, I bend pipe for a living (HVAC, copper for A/C) and I understand why you do it (sand in the aluminum) but man, who would notice. I guess that's the difference between rough work and enthusiast passion.
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I tried bending it without the sand, but it just kinked. The sand solved it.
Turned out amazing! My only one thing I wish you had done differently is the screws you chose to fasten the 3" speaker on top. Everything else is perfect!
Thanks. The screws is what I had at hand, and they can be changed easily. As a matter of fact I have changed them already.
Fabulous. I've never seen such a thing. How a skilled artisan. Everything absolutely sharp. Impressed wirh the precision. Please let us hear your sound. You must bem good in chemistry, acoustic, electrics and Engineering. Congrats
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Honest, very well thought out builds with great consistency. Love your work, I hope you enjoy (on top of the build itself) making these videos as I'm sure all subscribers will agree, we enjoy watching them.
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I've never seen anything beautiful as this!
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Excellent, I do not know what they really sound like but your imagination and creativity is really inspiring!
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This is inspirational and Awesome..I miss building Subwoofer boxes. It really was a get away for me and the best part was the finish product...You get the sense of pride like you just created LIFE!...AWESOME VIDEO please keep it up..🖒🖒
Thanks man, I am glad you liked it. I also find it relaxing to do this work and the results are always satisfying.
Не могу оценить звук, но дизайн и работа на высшем уровне👍
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Uitstekende werk!! Ek hou van die 'dual-tone' kleur kombinasie.
Dankie!
i love watching you do the woodworking parts. i also really like the fabric application on the lower half.
Thanks man!
I know what you mean when you said they sound distant. I would think vocals would lack as there seems to be an issue with high end treble. Great work. You're a craftsmen and an artist.
Thanks man. Yes, I would have liked to spend more time on the crossover. The project got a bit rushed towards the end and some fine tuning is necessary.
WOW they look great and sound good over You Tube. The only thing I would change is / are the screws you used to fasten the speaker to the white part of the enclosure.
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I don't know if they sound as good as they look but they certainly look great.
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You do the same thing I do when using a screw gun to install speaker drivers. I've seen more then a few people poke holes in their brand new speakers when the drive bit accidentally slips off the screw. Oppsy. This build looks interesting. They turned out nice.
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It was great watching the build! I would love to actually listen to them live. They would look great anywhere in the home! Thank you for the video!
they sound and look GORGEOUS
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they would sound a lot better if he had used a 45 degree cone instead of a sphere .
Why if I may ask?
Building high end set of speakers right now using fountek's neo ribbon tweeter, glad I watched this now, may use your fabric base idea.. fantastic bud. Have used the FE83's and 85's, big fan of Fountek.
Thanks, good luck with the build!
They look nice. Jamming with the death star.
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Wow they look really really nice
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10:40 i love those panasonic!!!
speakers made by the very best, like no one ever was
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You make it look easy but the attention to detail and bulid quality are amazing. Great video.
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Unusual looking speakers, very nice build.
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Brilliant build and amazing quality products.
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Bravo! Those speakers are beautiful.
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I bet the Ball really changes the wave from the mid/woofer. Idk for the good or bad, looks great
Why should you dislike this... Amazing work dude!!
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Timoo FR This is simple. These 57 whos put dislike thumbs are represents people without any talents😁
Superb build they look amazing
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as ingenuity and concept you done superb job, but believe me for best sounding speaker nothing fancy is ever needed, its always good quality paper cone drivers and lots of good quality wood in a form of box.
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Nice job. Ever think of doing a subwoofer bucket with globes?
Awesome build, my only criticism (constructive) is to use hex head screws/bolts for the top 3" driver. I think that'd really finish off the look nicely, and sit flush with the gasket foam. Great build!
Thanks man!
Pragtig, jou handewerk inspireer! Duime op!
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Maybe you will be lead designer at Bang Olufsen some day :)
super creative. stunning. I would buy them .
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That is a really cool little build and turned out looking very professional!
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Works of art!
Beautiful mate.
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love em mini death Star edition
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Those are great fun! Beautiful work.
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I love the disign. great sound and very nice to display. only one thing, Why didn`t you use Flathead screws. These are "sunken" screws we named it in the Netherlands. anyway you did a marvelous job. I admire your craftsmanship.
Great craftsmanship and awesome design. I would high up the stands and put half a sphere under it so the low frequencies from the woofer benefit from the same omnidirectional technology as the mid.The top sphere could easy house more of that tiny tweeters . Four of them placed on every 90 degrees(or why not, one extra on top) would create a true omnidirectional experience and enhance the high frequencies and overall powerhandling .The weak point of this speaker in my opinion is the spheres suspension rod that can easy enhance low frequencie resonation of the woofercabinet and pass it trough the sphere on higher volumes. What are your experiences and point of view on this ?
Thanks! I think all of your ideas are plausible and it can certainly be done. It will make for a more complex build and is outside of my capability in terms of tools and materials right now (and the reason I kept the design as simple as possible). Even though I would love to take on more complex projects, I am often limited by time, tools, materials and funds. The rod holding the sphere is fairly sturdy, but filling it with something to counter any possible resonance could solve any possible interference.
Thanks for this comment, I love that you have given it some thought that can spark some new ideas!
good god that's an AWESOME design. Really modern and cool looking, great work!!
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Truly amazing build.
Extremely inspiring.
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nice work and very cool design
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Don't know how they sound, but dam those r bad ass looking speakers!!!!!!!
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They look awesome I would love a couple of them.
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definitely a conversation piece......would have loved to head it though
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Looks great, nice design.
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Fabulous blog, great flow, good content. Well done. I recognize your accent as South African. Cape Town, I suspect. Fly the flag high Mate. Great work. Mark, Johannesburg
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looks great...Mini cute unique very best video thanks...
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The skills with making such a lovely speaker are amazing. They look really impressive but maybe you should change the screws holding the speakers in, they do not look as good as the rest of the project. Simply brilliant design and build apart from that.
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Best work its something with a different look
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I’m glad I got to hear them
Subscribed, love your work dude, very inspiring/motivating. I had similar feelings about the mid-screws however i love that you handled the comments regarding them with humility. keep up the good work boss.
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Did you ever release plans for this? Seeking an omnidirectional build for my next one. Even just your x-over plans.
No, I have not. Not sure when an omni will come across my path again though.
Greetings from Turkey man :)
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Good just sound in beautiful looking speaker
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That is work of talented brain. Big like
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Good one, my friend 🥰👍
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Beautifully made!
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Wow awesome beautiful art work wow
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How did the tweeter sound at higher volume? The poke balls are really cool!! Really cool as a collectors item..😮
The tweeter really only covers the very most upper high frequncies, where there is not much energy, so they cope just fine at higher volumes and remain clear. Thanks!
@@SoundBlab thanks, gonna use them, i have bought them already and set the crossover at 7000hz, the detail is amazing :)
you're an artist!
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they look so sick man very well made sir jelly of your skill sir :)
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Great work!! These are gorgeous speakers! I don't see the build plans for purchase on your website though.
Thanks. Don't have build plans for these.
man i always love your fantastic speaker builds
Thanks Jette!
Really, really beautiful work!
Thanks so much man! Appreciate the support!
SoundBlab It's pleasant to watch your speaker build process, but what is the function of the round shaped material?
Techabhi basically the waves will hit the ball and reflect outwards in accordance with the shape of the sphere. this somewhat directionalizes the sound to prevent it from simply scattering into the room. basically it is a better omnidirectional design than just firing the speaker up.
Hey boet I have just found your chanel and I'm really enjoying the videos I have seen so far. This is a great design and build process to create an original looking set of speakers. Thanks for taking the time to share.
Keep up the good work.
Is there any chance you could do a video on more detail on the cross over you made?
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Josh.
I love the look and build of these speakers I'd really love the build plans but i can't find them on your website...
I don't have build plans for this design.
SoundBlab silly me... I misread the link in the description...
Nice work! Was the green cloth overlap in the bottom part removed after the final assembly?
Gorgeous, just would have gone with flush mount screws for mids, or rear mount if possible.
great design
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These are phenomenal. I’ve looked for the plans via the link, but this particular speaker isn’t there. Are they available?
Sorry, don't have plans for these. I was not 100% happy with the final outcome, but might revisit these in the future. It was too much of an experimental build.
Beautiful speakers mate!
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You deserve more subscribers man! Your videos are so satisfying to watch. That is a nice and clean build. I am more satisfied with the sound test in the end. Keep it up
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Masterclass performance!
Thanks man!
Inclibe speaker. Congratulation. Iam from. BRAZIL🙋
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Very nice speakers!
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Nice work mate. The speakers look great!
Cheers from Argentina
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very nice build.
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I am now suffering from Skill and Craftsmanshp Envy. Amazing Sir. Audio Art
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Absolutely amazing design. Very inspiring.
Radiation pattern with spheres vs Omni speakers using the common concave cross section cone? Vertical and horizontal polar response?
Hi, I've sent my comments on how impressed I am with these speakers. I am however curious how you came to chose a ball to reflect sound into a 360 degree pattern. Have you tried other materials or a tapered cone at the base to reduce figh frequency cancelation? Was it too bright? I think you did an outstanding job with this design and it's just curiosity that begs these questions. I would like to have the opportunity to hear your thought on the matter. Thanks Chris G
Thank you! The choice of ball was purely aesthetic. I did not try different shapes such as cones etc.
Really beautiful, thumbs up!
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Woow..very nice concept...beautiful...
Very cool looking....
they turned out great
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Any chance of a video or info on the crossovers you made also do you have any links or recommendations for the speakers you used as I cannot find the ones you used in the UK.
Thanks josh.
Right now this is V1.0 of the crossover and I would most likely make changes after having listened to it for a while now. It's a matter of finding time though, so no video on this in the near future. You should be able to find these at loudspeakerfreaks.com
SoundBlab thanks for the reply, checked out the website it's great!
Thanks so much, I love these speakers so much I think I'm going to build some myself!
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Nice job
Thansk
Hey you install your speakers like I do. Your hand can heal but the soft surround of the speaker won't. Your kind of taking a chance with rounding off the corners of your cabs after using brads to assemble them though.
What country do you live in? It looks like the quality of your MDF is better then here in California. We use to get a good product but not so much any more. The stuff we get today takes on moister so it swells and shrinks making it rather difficult to achieve seamless lacquer finishes. It can be done but there is a lot of work involved to do it right.
Never had any problems with the brad nails and router. They really just skim the tops, if at all. I live in South Africa. The MDF here is not bad, but I still get slight shift in them that reveals a line at the join underneath the lacquer on occasion.
Look fantastic. Great job, keep it up.
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Are you going to be putting up the build plans for purchase?
Not for this one, no. It was really only an experimental build, and I was not entirely happy with the results, and I don't want to sell something that is I am not 100% happy with. Maybe someday I will revisit this, but it's not on the cards in the immediate future.
Nice job congratulations, but we was waiting for schematic end elements list for crosssss
Thanks. This build was very much experimental, and did I not feel comfortable putting out details of this unless it was resolved as a project that I am sure I was happy with the final result. Maybe I will revisit this project someday though.
Nice Design 🤙
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It would be great if you could share the measured response is for this speaker. I have tried this configuration with a ball over the mid-range driver and there were large dips and peaks in the frequency response. Maybe you solved this with the specific size ball and driver used.?
I don't have that on file, but I can say that I did not have the same problem with this design. The response was very usable and made the crossover design fairly straight forward.
I had an 11 inch sphere about 2 inches above an 8 inch driver and it made a wide 8dB bump in the response at about 700 Hz. I copy every measurement into a Google doc or take a pic with my phone of the config and response so I don't have to repeat stuff all the time. Your sphere is smaller and farther from the cone so the bump may be at a higher frequency and a lower amplitude so as to not be noticeable.
There are many factors that could cause that , and I am only speculating here. Without details of the specific driver it is difficult, but it could be that the driver has a natural rise at those frequencies and the application amplifies that. In addition it could be the baffle that it is mounted in and the size and shape of it. Also, I would suggest that your reflective object, in this case the ball is not larger than the driver surface area in diameter. You could implement a crossover that compensates for the rise and gives you a flat response.
AWESOME just AWESOME! Thanks so much for sharing!
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Cool design!
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Amazing build!
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