Speaker WorkshopTM  

Home Theater Project

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These pages will discuss the Home Theater Speaker project I'm building for myself and a customer. This is an excellent tutorial if you want to see how to use Speaker Workshop effectively. Click below to go to the section of interest.

Equipment and Setup

Necessary Equipment
Setting the volume

Calibrating Speaker Workshop

Testing the Subwoofer Driver

Selecting the Subwoofer
Things to Consider

Initial Subwoofer Testing

Evaluating the initial results

Sealed box testing

Added Mass testing

Evaluating the sealed box results

Prototyping the Subwoofer Enclosure

Comparing sealed and vented enclosures
Deciding on a sealed alignment

Building the Subwoofer Enclosure

Volume and Wood issues
Photographs

Testing and Evaluating the finished subwoofer

Listening Tests and Summary

The Main Speakers

Initial woofer tests
Evaluating the test
Doing an added mass test
Evaluating the results

Prototyping the Main Speaker Enclosure

Woofer Enclosure Analysis Part I
Woofer Enclosure Analysis Part 2

Woofer Enclosure Analysis Part 3
Prototype Steps and Pictures
Prototype Sealed Tests
Prototype Ported Tests
Prototype Nearfield Bass Response Test
Prototype Splicing Woofer Response
Prototype Tweeter Tests

Prototyping the Crossover

Starting the Crossover Prototype
Building a Prototype Crossover
Driver Impedance Compensation
Switching Tweeters
First Pass Crossover

The Main Speakers - Start to Finish

The Monitors - Overview
Selecting Drivers
Test Drivers
Designing the enclosure
Build a prototype
Design a crossover
Listen to the prototype
Build templates
Build enclosures
Finish the enclosures
Final Test
Parts List

last updated November 14, 2001