Guides
Plain-English how-tos for building, measuring and fixing speakers. The trade-offs are left in, including the times DIY isn't worth it.
Guides
Why you can't guess a crossover (and what to do instead)
"Where should I cross these?" is one of the questions I get asked the most. The honest answer is that nobody can tell you without measuring the drivers in your...
Why you can't guess a crossover (and what to do instead)
"Where should I cross these?" is one of the questions I get asked the most. The honest answer is that nobody can tell you without measuring the drivers in your...
Don't Ask a Chatbot to Design Your Speaker. Ask It to Build the Calculator.
More and more people are asking AI chatbots to design their speakers, and getting nowhere. Here's why, what AI is actually good at in speaker design, a real example of...
Don't Ask a Chatbot to Design Your Speaker. Ask It to Build the Calculator.
More and more people are asking AI chatbots to design their speakers, and getting nowhere. Here's why, what AI is actually good at in speaker design, a real example of...
Why I don't tune subs "flat to 20 Hz"
Making a vented sub "flat to 20 Hz" doesn't add deep bass. It turns everything above 20 Hz down. Here's why I let a sub play its natural shape, and...
Why I don't tune subs "flat to 20 Hz"
Making a vented sub "flat to 20 Hz" doesn't add deep bass. It turns everything above 20 Hz down. Here's why I let a sub play its natural shape, and...
Testing and tuning your speakers: first sound, fault-finding and placement (Beginner Guide, Part 8)
Your speakers are built. Before you turn them up, start one quietly, compare the pair in one marked spot, track any fault one change at a time, and only then...
Testing and tuning your speakers: first sound, fault-finding and placement (Beginner Guide, Part 8)
Your speakers are built. Before you turn them up, start one quietly, compare the pair in one marked spot, track any fault one change at a time, and only then...
Designing the crossover: from the drawing to a working board (Beginner Guide, Part 7)
Most first crossovers are built from someone else's drawing. Here's how to read it, check it junction by junction, and what designing your own adds.
Designing the crossover: from the drawing to a working board (Beginner Guide, Part 7)
Most first crossovers are built from someone else's drawing. Here's how to read it, check it junction by junction, and what designing your own adds.
Your first speaker measurement: repeat it, then compare the pair (Beginner Guide, Part 6)
Your first measurement isn't about a perfect graph. It's about getting the same answer twice, then putting the second speaker through exactly the same test. Here's that session, step by...
Your first speaker measurement: repeat it, then compare the pair (Beginner Guide, Part 6)
Your first measurement isn't about a perfect graph. It's about getting the same answer twice, then putting the second speaker through exactly the same test. Here's that session, step by...