So Im jumping from car audio into home audio and things are incredibly more complicated. Ive read a lot and feel like I have a fairly decent grasp on the concepts.
I want to build my own speakers and need a little help. I would like to build two floor standing speakers about 4 or 5 feet high. I was thinking something like one 10" woofer, four 4" midranges, and two tweeters, maybe ribbons. The receiver and amplifier arent yet decided so that doesnt really affect the speaker choice right now. My question is that Ive heard that it would be ideal to find speakers that are within 1 db sensitivity to eachother to reduce crossover complexity. Is this true?
Next question, How exactly do I wire these speakers and calculate resistance? How does that affect what to look for in a receiver/amp? And what crossovers should I get and how do I wire them into the system?
Finally, What speakers would you recommend? Ive been looking at eminence, tang band, and peerless mainly. Budget for speakers alone is about $500.
I understand these might be fairly simple questions and might be easily answered if I had everything in front of me, but I like to know exactly what Im doing before jumping into anything.
Thanks for any suggestions
I want to build my own speakers and need a little help. I would like to build two floor standing speakers about 4 or 5 feet high. I was thinking something like one 10" woofer, four 4" midranges, and two tweeters, maybe ribbons. The receiver and amplifier arent yet decided so that doesnt really affect the speaker choice right now. My question is that Ive heard that it would be ideal to find speakers that are within 1 db sensitivity to eachother to reduce crossover complexity. Is this true?
Next question, How exactly do I wire these speakers and calculate resistance? How does that affect what to look for in a receiver/amp? And what crossovers should I get and how do I wire them into the system?
Finally, What speakers would you recommend? Ive been looking at eminence, tang band, and peerless mainly. Budget for speakers alone is about $500.
I understand these might be fairly simple questions and might be easily answered if I had everything in front of me, but I like to know exactly what Im doing before jumping into anything.
Thanks for any suggestions