Tag Archives: crossover

Making of The Dayton Reference 2-way MTM Center Channel Speaker

Shortly after completing my Dayton HiVi RTS181.3 speakers, I got to work on a matching center channel to finish off the front sound stage of my family room theater. And this weekend, after approximately 10 weeks since I started this … Continue reading

Posted in DIY Audio, General | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Introducing the Dayton HiVi RTS181.3 Two-Way Bookshelf Speaker

A few months ago I decided to redo a pair of bookshelf speakers I had built almost 15 years ago. Click here if you want to check them out. This speaker makeover consists of swapping the HiVi Research W6 driver … Continue reading

Posted in DIY Audio | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Decoding the Signal Path of My 2-Channel Stereo

Last week I changed around my stereo a little bit just for fun and wanted to share a few of the things I learned in doing so. I didn’t do anything too crazy, just removed the Schiit SYS passive pre-amp … Continue reading

Posted in DIY Audio | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Setting up a 3-Way Speaker with MiniDSP 2×4 using REW

It’s been about a month since the completion of these speakers and it’s about time I do a write-up on how I set up and tuned these speakers. I’ve spent the last several weeks and many hours setting up and … Continue reading

Posted in DIY Audio | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

DM-4 Reference Speaker Build Part V – Finally Complete!

The speakers are done! I’m super excited to finally unveil the completion of the DM-4 Reference Loudspeaker. It’s been crazy though, the last few months have been such a roller coaster of different, unexpected projects, as is evidenced by my … Continue reading

Posted in DIY Audio | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 9 Comments

Weekend Project: Two-way Bookshelf Speakers with Spunk

UPDATE:After 6 years with these speakers I’ve made some tweaks to the crossover to improve the response. See below for details. Now back to the original post… We listen to a lot of music in my family, there are a … Continue reading

Posted in DIY Audio | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 14 Comments