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Hello amigos,
I wanted to share with the ASR community a small DIY project for 2-way bookshelf speakers based on the "The AlTi" project by Matt Grant. These speakers were measured on Spinorama (see below) and offer a very interesting quality / price / performance ratio.
I didn't want to break the bank, so I was looking for compact, high-performance speakers with excellent measurements.
For those who would also like to give it a try, this project requires intermediate DIY skills and some soldering skills.
I originally set out to build the speaker cabinets out of bamboo (to honor my Bamboo project). But due to lack of time and resources, I ultimately opted for a pair of 20mm high-density MDF pre-assembled cabinets with a leather-like black cover, the volume is similar to the stock cabinets with rounded corners to avoid diffraction.
I used 2.5mm² copper cables for the woofers and 1.5mm² for the tweeters. I also paid particular attention to sound insulation by opting for three different materials: a 12mm Vibrofiltr Felt acoustic panel with a cork backing to absorb vibrations, and high-density acoustic foam for the upper of the speakers.
The crossover is covered with a high-density wool sheet made of 85% cotton and 15% polyester with a density of 600g/m2
Spinorama measurements :
www.spinorama.org
Stock project :
www.hificircuit.com
Hello amigos,
I wanted to share with the ASR community a small DIY project for 2-way bookshelf speakers based on the "The AlTi" project by Matt Grant. These speakers were measured on Spinorama (see below) and offer a very interesting quality / price / performance ratio.
I didn't want to break the bank, so I was looking for compact, high-performance speakers with excellent measurements.
For those who would also like to give it a try, this project requires intermediate DIY skills and some soldering skills.
I originally set out to build the speaker cabinets out of bamboo (to honor my Bamboo project). But due to lack of time and resources, I ultimately opted for a pair of 20mm high-density MDF pre-assembled cabinets with a leather-like black cover, the volume is similar to the stock cabinets with rounded corners to avoid diffraction.
I used 2.5mm² copper cables for the woofers and 1.5mm² for the tweeters. I also paid particular attention to sound insulation by opting for three different materials: a 12mm Vibrofiltr Felt acoustic panel with a cork backing to absorb vibrations, and high-density acoustic foam for the upper of the speakers.
The crossover is covered with a high-density wool sheet made of 85% cotton and 15% polyester with a density of 600g/m2
Spinorama measurements :
Measurements for speaker MTG Designs AlTi DIY
www.spinorama.org
Stock project :
The AlTi, a DIY 2-way bookshelf speaker design.
The AlTi is an inexpensive 2-way bookshelf design using the aluminum cone HiVi M5N midbass and Dayton DC25T-8 titanium dome tweeter. You can probably...
www.hificircuit.com
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