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<blockquote data-quote="Tim Weaver" data-source="post: 42106" data-attributes="member: 317">Re: &quot;Box in box&quot; speaker designs?Kristian, Although you haven&#039;t designed and built anything like this before, I would highly recommend going through the entire design process for the sub. Standard bass-reflex subs are not that hard to build, and you can fudge it quite a bit and still have something that is highly usable if you get it a little wrong. The advantage of designing and building it yourself is huge. You will learn so much that you can apply to the rest of your system. That is invaluable.The top cabinet is a different matter though. Building the box is easy enough, but building a passive crossover is serious business. Anybody can get mediocre performance with a crossover they built, but to get that superb response that you and I are accustomed to takes LOTS of skill, patience, and trial and error. I would suggest building the top from plans, OR build the top and send it to a pro to have a crossover designed.Sounds like a great idea! I bet you&#039;ll have a great time building it.Besides this forum, you can hit the LABsub Section on the PSW, but the best resources on the net seem to be, <a href="http://www.freespeakerplans.com/" target="_blank">http://www.freespeakerplans.com/</a> as well as <a href="http://www.speakerplans.com/" target="_blank">http://www.speakerplans.com/</a> and also <a href="http://www.diyaudio.com/" target="_blank">http://www.diyaudio.com/</a> Although this is slanted more to the HiFi market, there is a ton of solid info on the diyaudio forum.Good luck!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tim Weaver, post: 42106, member: 317"] Re: "Box in box" speaker designs? Kristian, Although you haven't designed and built anything like this before, I would highly recommend going through the entire design process for the sub. Standard bass-reflex subs are not that hard to build, and you can fudge it quite a bit and still have something that is highly usable if you get it a little wrong. The advantage of designing and building it yourself is huge. You will learn so much that you can apply to the rest of your system. That is invaluable. The top cabinet is a different matter though. Building the box is easy enough, but building a passive crossover is serious business. Anybody can get mediocre performance with a crossover they built, but to get that superb response that you and I are accustomed to takes LOTS of skill, patience, and trial and error. I would suggest building the top from plans, OR build the top and send it to a pro to have a crossover designed. Sounds like a great idea! I bet you'll have a great time building it. Besides this forum, you can hit the LABsub Section on the PSW, but the best resources on the net seem to be, [url]http://www.freespeakerplans.com/[/url] as well as [url]http://www.speakerplans.com/[/url] and also [url]http://www.diyaudio.com/[/url] Although this is slanted more to the HiFi market, there is a ton of solid info on the diyaudio forum. Good luck! [/QUOTE]

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