First time build guidance

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   Hi all,
Thanks in advance for any advice you all may have for me!
Originally posted in Newbie discussion but i'm looking for the advice of non-noobs!

My friends and I want to start building a small rig for use at small/medium parties and light outdoor use. We've never built anything before but between us have good knowledge of the woodworking and electrical.

We want to build some full range speakers first to see if we can pull it off.

Firstly, is this design of any use?
http://www.dancetech.com/index.cfm?loading=pa&pa_loader=184 - http://www.dancetech.com/index.cfm?loading=pa&pa_loader=184
Something simple like this that can house all 3 of the components ideally is what we're after.

We're on a budget so I had a look at some well priced drivers and came up with some of these, would they be appropriate for this kind of enclosure and also together? I understand we'd need a 3 way crossover for this kind of design, but would a smaller mid woofer like I've linked be necessary? I added it because of the lack of overlap between the woofer upper freq and the lower of the tweeter, and thought that you wouldn't want to run the subwoofer into that high a frequency anyway.

15" woofer  http://www.bluearan.co.uk/index.php?id=FANSOV15400LF&browsemode=manufacturer - http://www.bluearan.co.uk/index.php?id=FANSOV15400LF&browsemode=manufacturer
6" mid woofer  http://www.bluearan.co.uk/index.php?id=FTP6FE200AF&browsemode=manufacturer - http://www.bluearan.co.uk/index.php?id=FTP6FE200AF&browsemode=manufacturer
Tweeter  http://www.bluearan.co.uk/index.php?id=BMACP12N&browsemode=manufacturer - http://www.bluearan.co.uk/index.php?id=BMACP12N&browsemode=manufacturer

If these aren't good, any appropriate alternatives around that price would be appreciated!

That's all for now, cheers

Ollie

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olleh Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List New Member Joined: 14 October 2019 Location: Manchester, UK Status: Offline Points: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote olleh Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: First time build guidance Posted: 14 October 2019 at 6:05pm
	Hi all, Thanks in advance for any advice you all may have for me! Originally posted in Newbie discussion but i'm looking for the advice of non-noobs! My friends and I want to start building a small rig for use at small/medium parties and light outdoor use. We've never built anything before but between us have good knowledge of the woodworking and electrical. We want to build some full range speakers first to see if we can pull it off. Firstly, is this design of any use? http://www.dancetech.com/index.cfm?loading=pa&pa_loader=184 - http://www.dancetech.com/index.cfm?loading=pa&pa_loader=184 Something simple like this that can house all 3 of the components ideally is what we're after. We're on a budget so I had a look at some well priced drivers and came up with some of these, would they be appropriate for this kind of enclosure and also together? I understand we'd need a 3 way crossover for this kind of design, but would a smaller mid woofer like I've linked be necessary? I added it because of the lack of overlap between the woofer upper freq and the lower of the tweeter, and thought that you wouldn't want to run the subwoofer into that high a frequency anyway. 15" woofer http://www.bluearan.co.uk/index.php?id=FANSOV15400LF&browsemode=manufacturer - http://www.bluearan.co.uk/index.php?id=FANSOV15400LF&browsemode=manufacturer 6" mid woofer http://www.bluearan.co.uk/index.php?id=FTP6FE200AF&browsemode=manufacturer - http://www.bluearan.co.uk/index.php?id=FTP6FE200AF&browsemode=manufacturer Tweeter http://www.bluearan.co.uk/index.php?id=BMACP12N&browsemode=manufacturer - http://www.bluearan.co.uk/index.php?id=BMACP12N&browsemode=manufacturer If these aren't good, any appropriate alternatives around that price would be appreciated! That's all for now, cheers Ollie

al_x Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Young Croc Joined: 12 February 2006 Status: Offline Points: 834	Post Options Post Reply Quote al_x Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19 October 2019 at 4:07pm
	https://www.speakerplans.com/index.php?id=midtopplansGo for one of the simple mid top plans from the speakerplans website then add bass when you get bored of how quiet it is ;) Edited by al_x - 19 October 2019 at 4:08pm