I think especially for this episode, showing us not only the website you used but the literal process of 447 drivers being narrowed down to 2 online or on Excel or however you did it would be cool

@KirbyMeetsAudio

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I probably could have gone into a little more detail in this video, but I was trying not to let it run on too long. Maybe next project I'll dive a little deeper. I'm actually working on something right now that will be a much deeper dive into my selection process. Make sure to check back for updates. May or may not be a podcast. Thanks for watching!

I'm really enjoying the series so far. I've done some woodworking, but never messed with electronics of any sort. I plan to build your 2.1 soundbar system or a bluetooth speaker once I've got the budget for it. All the information you're sharing should make the process a bit less daunting. Thank you!

@KirbyMeetsAudio

6 жыл бұрын

Awesome! That's what I hope for. Thanks for watching!

Loving the series, looking forward to the next 5.

@KirbyMeetsAudio

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

This series is awesome and already so helpful. Thank you!

@KirbyMeetsAudio

6 жыл бұрын

Yes! I love hearing that! Thank you!

What your doing is just perfect, No need to change anything!🙂

Such inspiring video's. Start building the elder speaker. Really curious how the speaker will sound when finished. Keep up the good work.

@KirbyMeetsAudio

6 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Good luck on your build! Thank you for watching!

Pretty much can't go wrong with Dayton drivers. I've used a number of them over the years with excellent results. Plus, PE is a "treasure trove" of speaker knowledge.

@KirbyMeetsAudio

6 жыл бұрын

I agree! Such a great value for DIY speaker building. And such nice people! Thanks for watching!

Enjoyed your video as always, Kirby. Thanks and keep 'em coming!

@KirbyMeetsAudio

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Will do if you keep watching!

Not an audiophile or avid speaker builder...found your channel a while ago and just liked the vibe and presentation of information. Some quick screen shots of the ones you picked and why would be great. Especially when it came down to the final 10 drivers. I'm excited for the next video. I started an old record cabinet rebuild a long time ago, and by start i mean i bought a bunch of stuff that's in a closet, a Yamaha amp R-S300, basic record plsyer for now, better as budget allows. And for speakers i was having a hard time finding 8" or 10" woofer 2 way plans. A lot were smaller and they may have worked, but I wanted to fill up the space where the original speakers are. Found a place called Pi speakers and ordered up the OnePi diy kit...hope to finally build it this summer or so.

@KirbyMeetsAudio

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching! After reading the feedback I've received, like yours, I'm going to make a step 2.5 video and go a little deeper into the details of how I narrow my driver options on the actual website. That should be out next week. That sounds like an awesome project! I also have a large old record player cabinet that I've wanted to restore for a while now. Maybe someday!

Why did you give it up Kirby? You communication skills are above and beyond. Did you just get tired of it all? Thanks anyway for your fine efforts.

Awesome knowledge.....not to much or overly confusing.....looking forward to the next step....

@KirbyMeetsAudio

6 жыл бұрын

That's what I shoot for! Thanks for watching, Nate!

Ya man really enjoying this series a lot! Just don’t like waiting week to week lol i really want to build a sound bar for my new tv so I’m wanting to go through this new series first.

Thank-you for the videos. All class

Hi Kirby, First I want to tell you that I love your videos I learn from them a lot!! I want to build my own 3-way tower speakers (my first set) and I easily get lost with the drivers specs, so I wanted to ask if you could make a video of how to read the drivers datasheet and what to look for in them.

Thank you Kirby for another good video! I think many subscribers agree with me, it is time to build something big and powerful, for example 5.1 or 7.2 set of speakers with big speaker drivers(bigger then 6" in each) and with two subwoofers with 10" or more speaker drivers. It could be a really good challenge for you and a lot of interesting videos for us :)

@KirbyMeetsAudio

6 жыл бұрын

I agree! I'm actually working on a home theater build right now. Not quite that bit, but pretty big! haha Thanks for watching, Ruslan!

Love your videos Kirby. I'm gonna try these drivers you picked for this video What crossovers do you recomened for these drivers?

Looking forward for the next steps, thanks.

@KirbyMeetsAudio

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, Deya!

hey kirby you're great keep up you could just save us some time in those end greetings; i was not sure if i coud move on or if there would be more important information laughs thats real, but with all respect thank you very much for the classes, i've been following the steps hugs from brazil

really interesting series 👍

@KirbyMeetsAudio

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@ilROSS

6 жыл бұрын

I always watch your videos ... they are very nice and it is equally nice to see the results to which your passion has brought you .. I'm from Italy, I do 360 degrees DIY and I admire your easy way to explain . even when you realize without speaking, you make a very cinematic video montage. CIAO

Good series and I'm enjoying it,if you could explain a little why the woofers and tweeters need to be at certain frequencies and why they need to overlap at a certain point and what difference sensitivity makes,without me having to go search a dozen other videos ,that would be great

@KirbyMeetsAudio

6 жыл бұрын

I actually think I'm gonna make a step 2.5 video and go a little deeper into the details of selecting drivers. It'll be out next week. Thanks for watching, Nick!

Hello Kirby Love all the Vids your doing, really like how you break everything down for the D.I.Yer, but i have a question? How do you pick speakers for a clean crisp sound? is it the speakers or is does it really depend on your crossovers and what material you use? I've watched all your Vids on the subject but i'm not sure if i missed that part. Thanks for all the Info you post.

Hey! Looking for a board for some 2.1 powered speakers for a medium room home cinema that decodes digital over optical. Any recomendation? Thanks! Cheers!

Random thought... Was watching the open baffle video with the 15 degree rear tilt. Was curious if you've made any enclosed speakers with a tilt built in. Thought it would be cool looking.

You definitely need to mention the breakup of a woofer. Not only does the frequency + size + sens constraints make it difficult to choose a speaker pair, the break up of the woofer can also hugely limit what makes sense to use if you're going for Hi-Fidelity. Depends on the order of crossover you're going, but you definitely want to cross at least an octave below the breakup. (It might have been two? I believe for my speakers i built recently I did a 12db/octave crossover and crossed 2 octaves below the breakup) (but maybe this is too advanced for an every day speaker)

@KirbyMeetsAudio

6 жыл бұрын

I agree, but using that as part of the selection process in this build is a little advanced. We aren't building a critical listening kit here (as we discussed in the first video), but I will go over the subject when we get to crossover design as it is relevant to all good speaker design. The whole point of this series is accessibility to people interested in designing their first speaker, can't hit them with everything at once! I'll be doing more of these series with other projects, like critical listening speakers, to show the differences in the application of the process. Thanks for watching!

@WeBuild4Life

6 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Definitely love your videos and designs! Thanks for the reply :)

@timschutte8310

5 жыл бұрын

WeBuild4Life , I understand totally, you have to give enough leeway for the entire system to respond to music, speaker design, shape, size, efficiency, roll off frequency, cross over points, the list goes on and on. I'm just learning but I catch on quickly. I'm experimenting with L-Pads also with certain tweeters and full range driver's and combining with different drivers and such. in the end you may discover a very good combination of drivers, cross overs, cabnets, ports, sealed, T-Line, band pass, ect. the possibilities are endless and when you get it right, oh boy it works. like a light bulb literally being turned on 😁!!!!!!!

I have a question. I love the Grand Orgue sound (my friend built one) and I'd like to build something like this. I'm a woodworker and pretty good with electronics. I volunteer at a second hand charity shop testing electrical items and have access to second hand speakers many of which I have to throw away due to cosmetic damage. I was wondering if I could collect drivers from these rejected speakers and build a large say 6 driver cabinets. Select the drivers according to size say all 4 and 6 inch and a tweeter. Is this doable or do I need info about each speaker to be able to combine them. I am interested in this project as its ambitious, a challenge for me. I like the idea in the Grand Orgue of many drivers all doing a little bit and thus more responsive. Thanks for any help here.

Looking forward to the next video. Can you do a passive radiator in a future video and explain them a little better?Like you, Car Audio Fabrication did a pretty neat build for a Parts Express Bluetooth kit. It looks like they are heavily integrating themselves into social media.

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If i use 4 inch woofer.. Should i add mid driver for 3 way system.because most of 4"-7" high range studio monitor don't use mid driver?? What is your recomendation for this?? I'm planning to make studio monitor for my home studio..thanks

only bad things about spec selecting is you have to trust the manufacture to be honest about how good there speakers are and numbers dont tell everything but i agree its a good start if your starting i replaced a daton with a morel with almost the same specs and wow it made all the difference, but it was a huge difference in budget also. rely like your vids im thinking of starting up a Chanel. i have to admit watching your videos along with a few choice others have inspired me to venture in to this area.

@KirbyMeetsAudio

6 жыл бұрын

Go for it, man! I agree, but from my testing, they aren't far off. If you're concerned about listed specs, you can always use a system like DATS to get your own parameters. Thanks for watching!

Let me add: use the parallel woofers gives +3db by doubling the size of cones and additional +3 for doubling the power delivered by amp. So in MTM you have +6db at woofers, most tweeters may have problem to match, so much better is 2,5. Additionally 2,5 allows correct the +6db baffle step in easy way...

Dear Kirby, if i do not have any specification of drivers, How can i make a speakers? Thank you!

Which small speaker are best for tda9274p 25 x 25w amplifier ??

I don't know if I'm doing something wrong but Parts Express seems hard to navigate if you type in 3 inch or 4 inch speakers there's not that many to choose from so where are you getting all these speakers to choose from.. also would be cool if you could figure out the cheapest possible speaker with an amp inside that sounds good because if you just go with Dayton audio it seems the stuff gets pretty expensive.. I wish I could do what you do for a living. Speakers and audio is my passion but it's just the thing on the side.. thanks for everything you do

@KirbyMeetsAudio

6 жыл бұрын

I'm actually going to do a step 2.5 video and go a little deeper into the details of selecting drivers. You'll also be able to see how I use the site to narrow down my driver options. That'll be coming out next week. Thanks for watching!

I am looking for 4 ohm shelf speaker ideas.

I have a question that you can answer. I have pioneer SF22 tower speaker and I want to update the driver's. I have 6 5.25 and 2 tweeters what would be some choices. I'm open to ribbon tweeters.

Just wondering why you always seem to use Dayton drivers. There are so many options on PE that are similarly prices and highly reviewed. Have you tried out the other companies? If so how do you feel they compare to Dayton? Also have you every built speakers with higher priced drivers like Scan Speak, if so I'd love to know your opinion between those and Dayton. I am new to building them, though I love music and have way to many speakers. I really just want to know if it is worth the extreme cost difference for the drivers like Scan Speak vs Dayton or Tang Band.

So the crossover splits frequency but how do you level the volume between the tweeter and woofer if one is more sensitive?

@bassdrumflextime1253

9 ай бұрын

Resistor in the crossover circuit of the more sensative driver

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@KirbyMeetsAudio

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Do you have a list of speakers that would be great for repurpose (DIY speaker builds) if we can find them used... like TV speakers, portable radios etc.? Isn't there a fantastic passive rad speaker in Toshiba big screens that'd be a good candidate for a project?

@KirbyMeetsAudio

6 жыл бұрын

That's not really how it works. Speaker systems are designed around a host of variables, all of which require knowing the TS parameters of the driver. You would need a system like DATS v2 to get those specifications. OR you can just wing it using trial and error with the drivers you have salvaged. Which is fine! You'll probably learn a lot. Just remember that the people that designed the speakers in the first place went through all the steps I'm talking about in this series. So build off their work and start with an enclosure around the same size as the original. Thanks for watching!

@xisleprez

6 жыл бұрын

Kirby Meets Audio Thanks bro!

hey uhm ive whatched most of your speaker building videos now and i still am not quite sure how the power of a speaker work/plays a part. can it damage your amp if you use a too highly powered one? does it not matter? would be nice if i could get some feedback :) thx everyone

Good stuff. My fried wanted a spherical (ball) shaped sub box. Only constrain was my motivation. It took me 1 year to complete. 😂

@keithmarlowe5569

3 жыл бұрын

How did you make it?

@Lazywatchsmith

3 жыл бұрын

@@keithmarlowe5569 I made it from plywood. I have a video about it on my channel.

use different camera frames angels micro embedded and so on

What speaker software do u use?

@KirbyMeetsAudio

6 жыл бұрын

Keep watching the series! I'll talk about all of them! TS Peramiters - DATS v2 Speaker Measurment - OmniMic v2 Enclosure Design - WinISD Crossover Design - Vituix

@samuelo.n710

6 жыл бұрын

@Kirby Meets Audio Thanks

.... drivers?..... oh speakers. sorry took me a minute. I think Im a long way from getting the hang of this. Hey an idea for a future build.... turning a non functioning antique radio into a working bluetooth one... with working knobs. would love to know your thinking how you start with the box and work your way into it's fitout.

@KirbyMeetsAudio

6 жыл бұрын

That’s actually been on my list since the beginning. I have an awesome (huge!) old speaker cabinet I want to rebuild at some point. I usually refer to the individual speakers as drivers since the whole system, drivers in an enclosure, is usually referred to as a speaker. Thanks so much for watching! And for your support!

I don't subscribe to many channels but I thought yours was worthy! ;-) Have you ever built a speaker using a Raspberry Pi (or similar SBC) with an i2s DAC HAT running something like Rune Audio, Volumio, Moode, etc (basically MPD server daemon)? If you used something the Piano DAC it has a programmable DSP which you can use for crossovers or subwoofer output.

If you made a video on the software work for the beginners out there like me it would be great!!keep up the great work!

@KirbyMeetsAudio

6 жыл бұрын

We're diving into software next video! Thanks for watching!

@timschutte8310

5 жыл бұрын

Alessandro Zimello , he did

My country does not have a distributor for Dayton, and what is left just some company that make driver without spec sheet. Or a 100$++ driver .

I want make a high quality speaker for music editing in studio . Can you help me

@backstab86

3 жыл бұрын

buy a real speaker. dont do professional things on a crap speaker.

I cant buy drivers for cheap 😪 sites like partsexpress dont sell to NL

@KirbyMeetsAudio

6 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry! Thank you for watching!

@n_n8236

6 жыл бұрын

In Nederland kan je gewoon www.soundimports.eu gebruiken👍

Thanks for all the videos. Keep up the good work!

@KirbyMeetsAudio

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

Checked the link to the worksheet. 404 PAGE NOT FOUND :(

He reminds me of Jerry from Rick & Morty.

@KirbyMeetsAudio

6 жыл бұрын

This is the most hurtful thing anyone has ever said to me. Congratulations! 🎉🎊

making a talk-only video is easy please put some real actions in your videos!!

@keithmarlowe5569

3 жыл бұрын

There are many that just build without explaining anything. I find it helpful watching several channels on a topic.