[bundee1]

I basically want to screw a pair of drivers to a piece of wood and hook it up to a T-amp and an Ipod shuffle. Any suggestions?

[Russell Dawkins]

tempting ... 

[opnly bafld]

Hawthorne Audio SI 15"

[6x9carspeakers]

on the cheap? try some 6x9 car speakers!!!!!!!!!! aa

[mca]

Are you going to carry this around on your shoulder? If so, the 15's may be a little large 

[bundee1]

what about the visaton b200? can they be driven by a 6 watt t-amp?

[Wind Chaser]

what about the visaton b200? can they be driven by a 6 watt t-amp?

Yes they can, but what T amp are you specifically referring to?  On the cheap side I'd go with used car audio speakers

[opnly bafld]

what about the visaton b200? can they be driven by a 6 watt t-amp?

Yes, but they are not going to boom by themselves.

Lin

[bundee1]

any more specific advice? how would I make it boom or just sound good?

[dyohn]

What exactly do you mean by "boom"?

[bbaker6212]

won't boom (have good bass) unless you use one or more very large drivers. The Hawthorns are the way to go.

[opnly bafld]

The Hawthorne's are the only drivers I know of that you can throw on a piece of wood and have them sound good, all the others I know of take a little more work and usually need bass helper drivers.

Lin

[bundee1]

will the visaton run open baffle sound better than a boombox? I have the sonic impact 2nd gen t-amp. what if I have to box them? any cheap enclosure solutions. this will basically reside on a desktop or in the kitchen.

[opnly bafld]

this will basically reside on a desktop or in the kitchen.

In this application for a little more than the price of a pair of B200s I would try something like these:
http://fritzspeakers.com/FullRangeSpecs.htm

Lin

[panomaniac]

Getting a decent bass from small OB and the super-T is going to be hard.  And I should know!  You can get great midrange, tho...
http://www.michael.mardis.com/sonic/start.html


I would go with one of those designs linked to in the post above.

[Wind Chaser]

Micheal,

Do you have any experience or thoughts with the DIY Paradise Charlize?

[JeffB]

Some people have liked a B-200 stand alone on large baffles.
I have a B-200 on an 18" wide baffle.  I would find this unlistenable without a large helper woofer.
Even then the driver is peaky and needs equalization of some sort.

Since you want this on a desktop, I think you will want a smallish baffle, and thus you will have no bass below 150Hz and it will not sound good.
I drive the B-200 with a Clari-t(a modified T-amp).  I can get 90db @ 10 feet no problem.  It is plenty loud.

You might want to take a look at this link.
http://www.tnt-audio.com/casse/t-speakers_e.html

Those Fritzspeakers might be nice.  They look like some older Omega speaker designs.  The Omega line is now more money.
http://www.omegaloudspeakers.com/products.html

[panomaniac]

A little OT, but yes, the DIY Paradise Charlize is a very nice amp.

The original is basically the Tripath eval board rearranged.  It works well.
I have not heard the new version, but have been told it is even better.
The TA2020 is probably my favorite Tripath chip.