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I'm starting a project to build a pair of bookshelf speakers for a friend.
This friend is not a discerning audiophile. His primary speakers for the past 15 years have been a pair of Logitech computer speakers with 2" drivers and a "subwoofer" with a ~5" driver. A few years back I built him a mahogany desk and I'd like to build him some decent speakers to match.
My main goals are to build something compact, with smooth midrange and at least some bass response in the 50-100Hz range, but given the size constraints, not expecting any response below that and I recognize and am okay with the response starting to drop off around 80Hz. Budget is also a concern here. Again, he's not a discerning audiophile and this is a fun project for a gift so I'd like to keep costs reasonable. They will not be played loud. He lives in an apartment and typical use will either be sitting at the computer, or sitting on the couch 5' back from the computer watching TV.
I already have a pair of SEAS H1212 tweeters and am looking for a good 4-5" woofer to match. I've been looking primarily at the Dayton Audio RS125 5" woofers. By the measurements they look to have very smooth response response through the midrange but they do start to drop off at 100Hz and fall off considerably under 80Hz. Otherwise the price, measurements, and reviews are exactly what I'm looking for. Going to keep the crossover design fairly simple, put them in a ported enclosure, and use them with a simple desktop class D amplifier. Since PC will be the primary/exclusive source, EQ is an option as well.
Does anyone have a recommendation for an alternative I should be looking at that might give a little more bass output? Given low distortion measurements and low/moderate volume output, I assume I can probably just juice the bass in the 60-80Hz range with EQ and not cause myself too many problems with those Dayton drivers, but alternatives are always good to consider!
I'm in Canada so preferably something that Solen sells, but I can order from PartsExpress or Madisound if necessary. I'd love to try those new purifi drivers but they're way out of the price range for this project unfortunately.
Your thoughts much appreciated!
[edit] For additional info, I recently completed a bookshelf speaker build for myself using HiVi D.5.8 woofers and I've been extremely impressed with those speakers and considered them for this project, but they're discontinued and starting to get hard to find - cost is about $200 CDN/pair and they're 145mm in diameter, vs. 125mm for the Dayton, and require a larger enclosure as well, so I'm leaning toward the Daytons at $130 CDN/pair and fitting into a smaller enclosure.
This friend is not a discerning audiophile. His primary speakers for the past 15 years have been a pair of Logitech computer speakers with 2" drivers and a "subwoofer" with a ~5" driver. A few years back I built him a mahogany desk and I'd like to build him some decent speakers to match.
My main goals are to build something compact, with smooth midrange and at least some bass response in the 50-100Hz range, but given the size constraints, not expecting any response below that and I recognize and am okay with the response starting to drop off around 80Hz. Budget is also a concern here. Again, he's not a discerning audiophile and this is a fun project for a gift so I'd like to keep costs reasonable. They will not be played loud. He lives in an apartment and typical use will either be sitting at the computer, or sitting on the couch 5' back from the computer watching TV.
I already have a pair of SEAS H1212 tweeters and am looking for a good 4-5" woofer to match. I've been looking primarily at the Dayton Audio RS125 5" woofers. By the measurements they look to have very smooth response response through the midrange but they do start to drop off at 100Hz and fall off considerably under 80Hz. Otherwise the price, measurements, and reviews are exactly what I'm looking for. Going to keep the crossover design fairly simple, put them in a ported enclosure, and use them with a simple desktop class D amplifier. Since PC will be the primary/exclusive source, EQ is an option as well.
Does anyone have a recommendation for an alternative I should be looking at that might give a little more bass output? Given low distortion measurements and low/moderate volume output, I assume I can probably just juice the bass in the 60-80Hz range with EQ and not cause myself too many problems with those Dayton drivers, but alternatives are always good to consider!
I'm in Canada so preferably something that Solen sells, but I can order from PartsExpress or Madisound if necessary. I'd love to try those new purifi drivers but they're way out of the price range for this project unfortunately.
Your thoughts much appreciated!
[edit] For additional info, I recently completed a bookshelf speaker build for myself using HiVi D.5.8 woofers and I've been extremely impressed with those speakers and considered them for this project, but they're discontinued and starting to get hard to find - cost is about $200 CDN/pair and they're 145mm in diameter, vs. 125mm for the Dayton, and require a larger enclosure as well, so I'm leaning toward the Daytons at $130 CDN/pair and fitting into a smaller enclosure.
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