Well, the AR-4x project got me going on this project that I started back in 2004. It's been rebuilt so many times, I've lost count. I've learned many things along the way, one of them is a new fondness for the efforts that guys like Jim Salk/Dennis Murphy or Fritz (Fritz Audio) must go thru to design a speaker system.
8 years later and I'm finally getting there.
The speaker is a very small cabinet with an internal volume of about .41 cubic feet. The woofer is a 6.5", 8 ohm driver, the tweeter is a 1" soft dome fabric type, also at 8 ohms.
The cross-over is at 2750 for both drivers, with the tweeter featuring a 3db gain reduction loss pad (L-pad) and the woofer features an impedance equalizer circuit.
My cross-over pad has had so many components glued and removed, it looks like a battle field, but I still plowed forward, obviously at a very slow pace. I did give up on it several times. I think the success of the project came when a "couple of lights came on" and I figured out a few issues.
Anyway, for their size, they sound pretty good.
My hat goes off to you gentlemen that make speakers for a living!
Wayner
