FYI, dirt cheap drivers for speaker projects

JoshK · « **on:** 17 Nov 2004, 03:27 pm »

I have been perusing diyaudio a lot more lately and came upon a thread talking of using $0.49 wide range pioneer drivers in an open baffle line array to good results. Well I couldn't resist, for only $17 ($35 shipped) I bought 36 of these buggers.

details here

I even think PE has some talk of speakers projects using these drivers on the site. Anyway, thought I'd pass that on for anyone like me who wants to mess around building speakers and would like their first attempts to be cheap.

FWIW, the info I gathered from diyaudio suggests that crossovers should be in the 3k range to avoid the harsh breakup around 7k that these drivers have. Such an OB line array that was proposed will not have any bass to speak of <100hz so augmenting with subs is necessary but it might still be fun to build for cheap and mess around.

My thoughts were to build it first and then augment with a tweeter (such as the hi-vi planar tweet) and sub later. WAF will be quite low with these monsters though.

Tonto Yoder · « **Reply #1 on:** 17 Nov 2004, 11:10 pm »

Several projects on site

brady2004 · « **Reply #2 on:** 20 Nov 2004, 01:51 am »

hi guys. I just got into the "circle"

Anybody knows what a WE775 is ? it's about 8 in diameter. Looks old. What would be your recommended enclosure ? any other site you can recommend ?

many thanks

tom1356 · « **Reply #3 on:** 20 Nov 2004, 04:50 am »

brady,
you have a pm.

JohnR · « **Reply #4 on:** 20 Nov 2004, 05:18 am »

Ha, I was wondering what NSB stands for -- no stinkin' badge

Tonto Yoder · « **Reply #5 on:** 20 Nov 2004, 12:17 pm »

Quote from: JohnR

Ha, I was wondering what NSB stands for -- no stinkin' badge

Has anyone ever heard the full story about HOW the badges were removed??? Parts Express gives this partial explanation--

"Nicknamed by the infamous "Lefty" Carroll, because of their colorful history prior to Parts Express acquiring these drivers. A long and complicated process was employed to ensure that certain markings on these drivers were removed prior to their arrival at Parts Express-- very peculiar... "

But it'd be interesting to hear exactly what was done. How can a company perform a "long and complicated process" on a driver that sells for 49 cents??

Gordy · « **Reply #6 on:** 20 Nov 2004, 12:51 pm »

Personally, I'd consider peeling the brand stickers off of the 36 drivers Josh bought long and complicated...