My bedroom build - My first build

This is my bedroom build for music and movies. It also happens to be my first build

The box is for a single 15 running off of a crown XLS 5000 with an f3 point of 24hz

All the pieces cut

Port




Quick mockup

Gluing the baffle (got clamps?)

Baffle done!

It looks like there is a gap between the baffles - but there isn't. It's just some darkening of the wood because of the glue

I saw this over at SMD, looks pretty good man. are you gonna wrap it with somethintg or are you gonna just paint it?

stephen_og wrote:I saw this over at SMD, looks pretty good man. are you gonna wrap it with somethintg or are you gonna just paint it?

Thanx!

I want to get it carpeted, but since it would be my first time carpeting: I would problably botch it. So I am leaning towards just painting the outside with bedliner and the port with matte black paint with some fiberglass resin over it for smoothness

Nice work so far!

I started on the hole for my baffle but ran out of time. All I need to do is make another pass with the router from the other side and that part should be done

I also made a noob mistake and accidentally took a chunk out of the baffle towards the lower right
Nothing a 'lil bondo can't fix

have you decided what 15 your going to run? and im assuming once you get a car this will be going in there until you can save up for rebuilds and what not?

stephen_og wrote:have you decided what 15 your going to run? and im assuming once you get a car this will be going in there until you can save up for rebuilds and what not?

It's a power acoustik mofo 15 with the 4 ohm coils. And yeah, problably. It's a bit big for a car though. I might just keep the sub and make a different box for automotive use

Got my mids and highs on order!

Tang band w6 for midbass

Dayton Reference 3" for mids

And some HiVi TN25 fabric dome tweeters

Snowdrifter wrote:Got my mids and highs on order!

Tang band w6 for midbass

Dayton Reference 3" for mids

And some HiVi TN25 fabric dome tweeters

I heard those tang bands are pretty good, dont they come with neo magnets? If you look up michael singer on youtube, i think the yt name is singaboy then some numbers, he orders a shit ton of them to suround the top of the walls in his shop.

stephen_og wrote:

Snowdrifter wrote:Got my mids and highs on order!

Tang band w6 for midbass

Dayton Reference 3" for mids

And some HiVi TN25 fabric dome tweeters

I heard those tang bands are pretty good, dont they come with neo magnets? If you look up michael singer on youtube, i think the yt name is singaboy then some numbers, he orders a shit ton of them to suround the top of the walls in his shop.

The ones I am getting don't come with the neos =(

Well its not like your sending rediculous amounts of power to them and trying to win a sq comp lol they should do just the trick with what your wanting to do and sound good

stephen_og wrote:Well its not like your sending rediculous amounts of power to them and trying to win a sq comp lol they should do just the trick with what your wanting to do and sound good

Yeah, the biggest thing for me was the cost. The neos were almost twice as much. The weight I would save and the airspace I would gain isn't worth it haha.

Snowdrifter wrote:

stephen_og wrote:Well its not like your sending rediculous amounts of power to them and trying to win a sq comp lol they should do just the trick with what your wanting to do and sound good

Yeah, the biggest thing for me was the cost. The neos were almost twice as much. The weight I would save and the airspace I would gain isn't worth it haha.

What enclosure are you putting the mids and highs in?

Iam currently working on my rebuild for my new house, and the center channel well have 6 of these
http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=290-218
along with my 3 of my Scan Speak Tweeters
and the fronts well have 4 of the same dayton drivers, and 1 scan speak tweeter..
Subs well be 3 DC 8's.. I have all but the 8's and 6 of the dayton drivers.. My new living room is huge..

Cant wait to see your final results..


Meathead
Oregon DC AUDIO REP

stephen_og wrote:

Snowdrifter wrote:

stephen_og wrote:Well its not like your sending rediculous amounts of power to them and trying to win a sq comp lol they should do just the trick with what your wanting to do and sound good

Yeah, the biggest thing for me was the cost. The neos were almost twice as much. The weight I would save and the airspace I would gain isn't worth it haha.

What enclosure are you putting the mids and highs in?

In a .2 cube sealed enclosure with some polyfill. Each enclosure will have 1 W6, 1 Dayton mid, and 1 Tweeter all on crossovers.

I'm only going to have 2 of them though. I don't really have any space for more haha. I have some speakers laying around that play good from 350hz up to around 14khz that I will use for some rear fill

meathead wrote:Iam currently working on my rebuild for my new house, and the center channel well have 6 of these

along with my 3 of my Scan Speak Tweeters
and the fronts well have 4 of the same dayton drivers, and 1 scan speak tweeter..
Subs well be 3 DC 8's.. I have all but the 8's and 6 of the dayton drivers.. My new living room is huge..

Cant wait to see your final results..


Meathead
Oregon DC AUDIO REP

That is going to be sweet! I don't think mine will quite measure up to yours, but I am much more space constrained haha

ya my living room is like 30wx35dx15tall so good size living room...

Iam just afraid you well run into sound wave issues with a small room. but well be interesting to see...

meathead wrote:ya my living room is like 30wx35dx15tall so good size living room...

Iam just afraid you well run into sound wave issues with a small room. but well be interesting to see...

I don't think so. My room is pretty well 'dead' and I have had speakers in there before without any cancellation or echoes

I got hardwood floors so I know I well.. ugg... ohwell.. what did u use to deaden it? wall tiles? or took it old school egg cartons or better cup holders.. Just poking fun lol.. Ive used wall tiles before..

meathead wrote:I got hardwood floors so I know I well.. ugg... ohwell.. what did u use to deaden it? wall tiles? or took it old school egg cartons or better cup holders.. Just poking fun lol.. Ive used wall tiles before..

I bet that's a headache

I have carpet floors, some egg carton foam, a bed with fluffy sheets, and curtains strung up.

the only thing I see becoming a problem is my closet which sits directly behind me. If it becomes a problem: on with more curtains and foam hahaha

god damn thats a beast amp haha

I just hooked up a multi meter to the amp playing a 20hz tone... It pushed 212 volts without any load on it

Snowdrifter wrote:I just hooked up a multi meter to the amp playing a 20hz tone... It pushed 212 volts without any load on it

Is that good or bad? Haha I'm not too familiar with home audio and volts, blah blah blah that goes with it..
Tho my dad does have a badass home audio setup. Its all definitive technology, well worth like 5k along for the two towers speaker box that's on top of the big screen and wall mounted speakers. I've played some music on it through my blue ray player and holy shit does it get loud and low.. Shakes throughout the whole house.. Sry for the mini rant haha but I'm sure that crown will push that mofo just fine

I was bored, so I took a video