Speaker specifications and what they mean

nathanm · « **on:** 27 Dec 2002, 03:04 am »

I'm trying to learn what all those numerous speaker parameters stand for. You know, like Vas and Fs and Xmax so on. Anyone know a good place that explains this in layman's terms, more or less?

Peter M · « **Reply #1 on:** 27 Dec 2002, 04:30 am »

I'm not sure whether the average layman can understand it, but it's covered well here:

http://www.diysubwoofers.org/define.htm#tsparam

CastAwayWilson · « **Reply #2 on:** 27 Dec 2002, 08:04 am »

Might I suggest the Speaker Cook book as a well sound investment

www.amazon.com I believe there is up to 6th edition

JohnR · « **Reply #3 on:** 27 Dec 2002, 10:17 am »

I think Parts Express might have the best price on the LDC.

Good link from Peter. Nathan, if you're interested in seeing how the parameters affect the response of a speaker in a box, Unibox is good to play with. It requires Excel. I prefer the 3.0x version most of the time as it's faster.

http://www.danbbs.dk/~ko/ubmodel.htm

JohnR

nathanm · « **Reply #4 on:** 27 Dec 2002, 06:28 pm »

Thanks for the link Peter, that's what I needed!