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Acoustic
Systems
A custom 2.1 speaker system made as a practical study in drivers, enclosures, bass response and high-fidelity listening.
Overview
This 2.1 speaker system began with a simple aim: build something that could make a room feel more alive, while learning what is really involved in getting bass, midrange and treble to work together.
The design combines a 10-inch subwoofer for low-frequency extension, 6.5-inch midwoofers and a 1-inch silk-dome tweeter. Their parameters led to a two-way, first-order crossover at 3kHz, balancing the midwoofer and tweeter responses.
The subwoofer enclosure uses a folded rectangular port, engineered around a 60L box and tuned for a low response. Damping material was used to increase the effective internal volume, while CAD and 3D printing shaped small but useful details such as feet, terminals and a port grille.
It is now the foundation for a broader set of acoustic studies, including a floorstanding speaker concept focused on tighter transient response and more refined enclosure design.
See the floorstanding study
