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The Speaker Project
   
Equipment
 

Setup

Subwoofer
  Testing
  Prototyping
 

Building

The Main Speakers
 

Prototyping

 

Crossover

 

Construction

 

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

 
  Speaker Workshop Project
Final Test

When the speakers were finished I tested the impedance (with crossover) as well as the frequency response of the full system, the woofer (nearfield), and the port (nearfield). The woofer and port nearfield responses will be somewhat inaccurate due to the presence of the other woofer (and port) and tweeter - all in-ciruit.

Here's the impedance of the full system. Note how easy it is to drive for a transistor amplifier (relatively high impedance and resistive phase values).

Here's the port and nearfield response for a single driver with the final port length (4.1").

Here's the calculated bass response of the system by merging the port and nearfield response.

Here's  the final frequency response measurement with the response smoothed at 1/16 octave after splicing to the nearfield (just to make it easier to read). 

I've guessed at the relative level for the nearfield test to ensure the results look good, but the next phase is a farfield test to examine bass response. That really requires a bigger room than I can test in.