Cone material is doped paper and the wizzer is also what looks like some sort of treated paper - though stiffer. There is a comprehensive study on TQWT with additional helmholz resonators writen by Jack Jakulis (Word 97 format). Spray the entire cabinet with primer. Check revisited edition of TQWT on Lowther Holland page, where another driver is added to cure uneven response of a single driver TQWT. I also fiddled around A LOT with the length of the port tube (both in the math cad software and in the actual box) and found that NO extension sounded best to me. I have no idea what havoc shelf braces would bring. 6 1/2" x 3" is the best size. I used Silicon glue for that. One solution is to place the speakers flush against the back wall. Box Material ... Like I mentioned before I used MDF. Be very careful handling the sides before the cabinet is assembled; the pointed tops are very fragile. Cutting Driver Holes Too Wide ... Well ... so much for precision (see section above). Thanks to Martin King, Paul Joppa, Terry Cain, and Tim Forman for helping answer my questions. Gently roll the side-back-scrap assembly on its side. Flip the assembly over and set the rest of the screws on the other edge of the back. After investing in a driver I didn't want to end up with speakers that put my cordless phone and television on the fritz. The bottom edge of the rectangle farthest away from the driver is cut away in a gentle sloping curve tangential to the far vertical and to the bottom edge of the rectangle. Make your own Subwoofer Box Design. This Eris set from PreSonus are a high definition studio level pair of monitors. The final design utilizes two 8” PVC pipes for the RS180S-8 7″ Aluminum Woofers. That braces the rear panel across its width and will carry the T-nut for the screw. First, I took some SPL measurements of the bare pipe. During a school break, I constructed a single pair of pipes. They have 3 dimensionality and depth even when we are far away from the sweet spot. First described by Paul Voigt in 1930, TQWT/QWT uses like a transmission line design pipe lenght of 1/4 wavelenght of driver's resonance frequency. If you happen to have a pair of good cheap speakers, like the RS 40-1354a, enough scrap wood, and an old wool blanket, there's no reason you couldn't build an excellent Voigt pipe for less than $20. A wood rasp to knock down the big stuff and some bondo and everything was 'true enough' to veneer. The efficiency is very high and the sound less coloured than typical horns. There are four traditional pipes used for both my front and surround speakers, and a modified pipe for my center channel. To do this, I redesigned the bottom to have the same volume and a different shape. This means the "parasitic" and normally unwanted resonance of a classic port is desired. Well, I have made it at 45degrees to the meridian line through the Pipe, when viewed from the side, though the differences are not pronounced with a variance of a degree or two. Weeks passed and I still was enjoying them like nothing before - they were bringing the magic back into the music. Ok. I have my eye on a Pheonix Gold Cyclone Sub, which is made for car audio, but is the most bizzare speaker I have ever seen (it looks like a washing machine agitator, and works like an Archemedian screw compressor). I attempted to run the totally overwhelming math cad spreadsheets from Martin King's quarter wave web site and put in my own figures for this design. One pipe with its unfinished speaker mounting baffle and port baffle set in place to check fit. When I sealed the boxes for the first time, many screws did not go in straight and occasionally popped out on the surface of the pipes. This procedure should provide a deep and tight bass with a pretty even response. Voigt pipes were a creation of P.G.A.H. There were many dicussions where this should be aplied. I decided to line the cabined with vinyl tile to quiet the panels. Make a subwoofer enclosure plan. Loosely stuff the upper half of the pipe with clean, long hair wool or equivalent damping material. Between stuffing, port tube length, and baffle step correction circuits you should be able to hit the sweet spot. Surplus Electronic Parts, Tubes, Equipment, Technical Manuals Misc. They are just a bit too heavy for pure full-range sound). Nevertheless there is a degree of hornloading in lower midrange and upper bass. The internal dimensions are determined so that the throat area is equal to the driver Sd and the mouth area equal to 4 times Sd. I used water cleanup contact cement called Weldwood and got a foam roller to put it on. The baffle and speaker is mounted with drywall screws and sealed with latex caulk, the household kind. The only thing that didn't turn out as well as I had hoped was the top of the back panel on both speakers. They seem to indicate a 14 liter ( .5 cu ft) box tuned to about 58 Hz. Everyone that has heard them has been gob smacked at their performance ...without exception....They have a realism - that flesh and blood quality that is so elusive in most speakers. The RS28A-4 1-1/8″ Aluminum Dome Tweeters are mounted in 4” PVC tubes that reduce down to a 2” curved pipe. Therefore, the panel layout is arranged to make maximum use of the factory edges of the MDF shelving for the glue joints. NOTE the 7-7/8" by 4-7/8" vent-hole is not flush with the bottom but 3/8" higher than the inner bottom! Clamp or nail the triangles together like a sandwich and plane or sand the triangles together so they end up having exact the same dimensions when taken apart again. I would like to try the folded Voigt pipe and would like to make them longer so I can used them without a sub. These are FUN. Such drivers require some reinforcement in the lower mid/upper bass to counteract the baffle loss and hence benefit from the partial and slight horn loading provided. Metal primer will be worse than useless. I selected some Streetwire 14 gauge stranded OFC tinned wire. Glue and screw the one piece of MDF to the bottom of the pipe, then glue and screw the second piece of MDF to the first. The cabinet is now complete. This is further enhanced by the use of a light layer of wadding lining the curved section by cleaning the mid somewhat. This is where not finally fixing the base piece into position is a great benefit for those wanting to experiment with different terminations. After I graduated from WPI, I found the time to construct the remaining three pipes to make a complete surround-sound set. Bob Brines' LT2000 ML TL Design with a Lowther DX4 Driver Built by Toby Patton. That done using the fast method I hooked them to a stereo in my shop. The Audax HT210A2 full range drive unit is a real bargain.....i.e., cheapie! I'm still inconclusive about the center channel. I didn't want to spend another penny on more dowel just for veneering so I improvised a set of “tent cards” fabricated out of photo enlargement sleeves. Voigt's audio inventions. (Have you ever listened to someone's radio and realized that things just don't have that much base or tweeting in real life?) It looks fabulous against the dark amber wall. If you like to thump your way through your high school and college years they aren't for you. This won't hurt your wallet, however....... fiberfil stuffing, available at any fabric or crafts store, should run you about $2 / lb. I have not found a good way to do it until today. To get a smooth furniture finish the varnished cabinet must sit for 72 hours, after which I will lightly sand it with #220 paper and apply one final coat. Take about a foot of 2" by 3" lumber and slice it in two pieces lengthwise but at an 7 degree angle. Don't even think of going for the glue bottle until everything dry-fits together properly. To damp any reflections back through the driver, a 6" x 12" pad of 1/2" yellow Fiberglas® is placed directly behind the driver. Apply the finish of your choice. I think these equations are for a fully stuffed pipe, because mine seems to drop off around 55Hz, and it's about 60% stuffed. But what they have in volumes is that immeasurable quotient of speed fun and dynamics and they do not suffer the sweet spot of many single drivers....hey you move around with these and still feel that you are having your cake and eating it too. You may view my design notes here: (Although, they are not neat). Screw it to the baffle for alignment, but try to keep glue out of the top/baffle joint at this time. (This is the approach used in the Bose Wave Radio.) Driven with 8 watts they will blow the top off your house and their dynamics will slam you back against the wall with their speed. Cut off the tops, leaving a little material for finishing. Ideal for tube enthusiasts or those who like their speakers with effortless oomph. That includes a pressure screw from the rear of the cabinet against the backside of the driver magnet. Very good! Guess you can get a better idea from this pickie. Not having any experience with finishing MDF, this part of the project turned into a real adventure. One of the favorites is the Radio Shack #40-1354A, a very versatile driver that had a whizzer cone to aid the high frequencies, and good overall tonal balance for a mere $10 -- until they discontinued it. Place them in your media room to bring the outdoors indoor. The first pair that I built were experimental, and I had no desire to invest any more money and time then needed. I'd already done a pair of Diatone P-610's in the de rigueur vented box and found them to be wonderful, but I had since moved on to other, larger projects and had sold the Diatones. I put screws on 6" centers. It's surprisingly easy to get two identical triangles from one board. OK, so I'm bumming around the NY Noise show for 2002, nothing to show this year so I'm just another spectator. Initially I thought they were a bit hard in the upper mid to top but after a few weeks that has totally gone and the slight shouty quality that I heard before has now gone altogether with the use of the 300B amp. The midrange definition and presence is amazing. Happy listening! By it's shape TQWT is a conical horn with relatively high cutoff frequency. Also, not all of the center channel goes through a properly-angled pipe. I wanted the driver to have a response difference between its resonance frequency (Fo) and its midrange sensitivity to be NO MORE than 10db. One completed enclosure minus its base, standing beside a Magepan 1.6QR for size comparison. May 17, 2020 - Explore Dennis Perusse's board "speaker cab plans" on Pinterest. The driver is mounted in a 5-1/4 inch hole (beveled inside) which centers around a point 4-3/8 inch from the top edge of the baffle and 5-1/8 inch from the edge of the Voigt pipe, which coincides with the vertical centerline of the front of the Voigt pipe. In the far field, frequencies below 800hz are reduced by several db's. Fear not ... BONDO saved the day. Initially I thought that it would be smart to be able to take the super tweeter out of the circuit so I got a speaker cup for bi-wiring. I love the single-speaker wide-bandwidth sound now. But that in NOT why I have it presented here. Here's one completed side sitting atop the remaining piece. Then my search led me to the Fostex website ... studying the response curves of their drivers, their excellent assortment of speaker plans etc. - Herbert Jeschke. I'm not sure this is worthwhile and may take it out if I do a plywood version some day. If you have children, mount the speakers on a slap of stone or marble about two foot square to keep them from falling over easy. - imagine that you had pivoted the floor on its central axis between the two sides. The original web site that caught my interest in this do-it-yourself speaker design has long since disappeared, though its influence is considerable (if the number of references to it by other people are any guide). Also, the primer will not level, so there will be massive brush marks in the dried primer. The following section describes some lessons learned that I hope you find helpful. I used just chipboard again but kept very close to the design given in the VALVE e-zine. First you rip the sheet to make it more managable. Leave the remaining sheet a few inches longer than the 71" length for reasons I'll explain later. Due to the single driver, they are lacking a bit in bass and treble, however, this is easily fixed with a little bit of equalization, or bass management at louder levels. I do recommend screwing - the box together. Nice, no? Once I was satisfied with the sound, I screwed the speakers shut. The "port" really isn't a port at all. It's a trade secret and I'll call it's the Half Assed Touch of Magic (HATM) that must make these speakers sound so good to me. Veneer it, paint it, whatever. Just tap with your fingers until you find the void, cut an X with your utility Knife stick the router bit in the hole, turn it on, drag it to the side and around you go. These speakers are ideal for flat, realistic playback and volume. No wonder thoes multiway units that crossover right in the middle of that range seldom sound good. The biggest problem was doppler distortion at high volume levels (~95dB) due to the excessively heavy cone. Due to its relatively high efficiency the design is frequently employed in full-range loudspeaker designs. I want to listen to them all day and night. I figured that the rear firing tweeter would help soften the highs from the whizzer cones too. The JOKE was on me!!!!! The driver is not placed at the apex of a horn as usual but rather at 1/3 of horn's lenght. Mark the width of the back and draw a cut line the length of the board. It manages very well to combine a horn and transmission line (and also some reflex loading). Also, packing density is not critical, within reason. Obviously, the wood was my biggest expense. Another problem with the center channel is that it requires a high ceiling or a lower television stand, because of the point. A closer view of the driver mounted on its satin black baffle,and you can also see the subtle grain of the natural birch finish. than some love potion?? I would not do it again as the L-Pad accomplishes the same thing and it isn't as chincy. Cutting Driver Holes ... Well, nobody taught me how to cut holes with a router. Stuffing: As you might have guessed, I used more than the standard amount of stuffing. Bondo is God's answer. My guess is there's a glob of caulk stuck to the top of the box stalactite style. for my Single Ended eXperimenters (S.E.X.) Those little battery powered saws are useful for small jobs like this, but their endurance is about one cut, then you have to recharge. The pipe resonance will likely be somewhat higher than that. With such a high Fr, I was not expecting anything from the bass department - oh how wrong I was there too...I have no problem at all in this area, yes they are a bit bass light and there are times when you wish there was just a little bit more there - but that is more the exception than the rule. This is why you start with an overlength board. Who really uses bi-wiring anyway. Below that is the modeled combined output. In hind sight I suppose the choice was the relatively flat response, the entrance into the beloved 40Hz range, and the electromagnetic shielding that did it for me. Support the back at the cut lines on the sides with C-clamps. Check the alignment of the back and side at the middle. I currently own a set of self-built DIY Voight Pipes. They are not full range drivers and I have no idea what their Qts is. To this end I ended up having the MDF cut by a pro and I stuck to assembly. These pipes, like all tall, thin cabinets suffers suffers from baffle step loss. Spread it with a finger, making sure the entire edge is wet. Under normal operation, a speaker coil moves just a fraction of an inch. I chose to build these speakers because they are electronically simple to build: There's no crossover! ... well by my way of reckoning this layout will divert the sound waves off the reflector base and out into the room better than one with its base horizontal in which case the sound waves are reflected back up the pipes adding to coloration and reducing control, because of the pressure wave acting against the down coming wave. It is therefore possible to use physically small speakers. Mechanical failure can occur when the drive signal demands movement from the speaker coil that exceeds the design … It also places the driver at ear-level of a sitting person placing the listener on a par with the performers. Cut a 2" by 2" by 1-1/2" block and drill a 1/2" hole in its middle but only 2/3 into its thickness. The full-range drivers are much more economical because there is only one electronic component per speaker to purchase instead of a minimum of three. I'd like to add a super-tweeter to pick up notes above 18,000 Hz off of high-resolution recordings. Some very excellent Voigt pipes were constructed for well under $50. When the glue is set and dry, cut the holes in the vertical front panel. Ported vented subwoofer box design calculator solving for port or vent length given port or vent diameter, number of ports or vents, box volume, tuning frequency and end correction factor The midrange can be tuned somewhat by experimenting with additional damping directly behind the driver. King. Usually these are large and expensive speakers. I used ~1.2 lbs of stuffing per pipe in the upper half. By tapering the pipe as shown, the resonances will spread over a wide range of frequencies. "The Voigt Pipe: The world's most easy-to-build High End Loudspeaker" A visually appealing speaker with good bass response down to 40 Hz. I had my eye (but not my wallet) on a pair of $2400, polished aluminum D2-al2's from O'heocha Design, but decided to build a simple Voigt pipe instead. This seemed to take care of the BSC, brightness, and all the other offenses that the Fostex drivers are accused of having. Start with a rectangular piece of your wood 8-3/4" wide and at least 76" long, better longer if the cut should go wrong. This method is usually applied in transmission line designs, where theoretic principle derives from long lossy pipe. After you have cut one, you just lay it over the other and cut the bottom of the second triangular board to produce two identical sides. Fill, sand, spray, repeat. All five speakers use a single Radio-Shack 8" 35-Watt full-range driver. Only the upper section of the pipe above the driver, is lightly filled with acoustic damping whilst the area directly behind the driver is lined with 3/8" wool felt. For so little outlay and so little trouble to make these have got to be worth trying out for yourself if for no other reason other than curiosity and keeping you entertained for the weekend. Adjust the value of this resistor to balance the sound of the speaker. It now appears that this unit is no longer available..I bought mine almost a year ago(1999) and didn't get around to using it until now....which is Sept.2000...but I have new spare ones available if anyone is interested. Did you damp the enclosure and are you getting any ringing? This hobby is subjective ... there is no perfect. I used liquid nails and tub caulk to glue and seal the boxes, with a few nails in the back panel. I glued generous amounts of Elmer's wood glue to both sides of the joint, looking for glue oozing out the sides of the box. I can run my pipes to QUITE respectable levels with my SE 2A3 amps, which are good for about 2 Watts and I don't even bother with a preamp and its added gain.............. OK, now let's cut to the chase. When you are done with your assembly, finishing, and are putting the speakers together for the last time ... solder the female plug to the speaker ... it makes me feel good that it's on there nice and tight. Installing the base. Another possible improvement is use of multiple drivers placed at different positions along the length of the TQWT (SuperWhammodyne) to encrease efficiency and prevent cancelation problems with single driver TQWT. It works like the sound-post in a violin and helps keeping the magnet rigidly mounted. Same is probably true if you use cast frame speakers. The best paint I have found for speaker cabinets is Rustoleum Satin Black. Needless to say, I've been looking for a simple, high-sensitivity, low anxiety full range project for quite a while since foolishly selling the Diatones, and after speaking to Jonathan, was convinced that the Voigt pipe might be a good way to go. Once the glue sets, plane the bottom of the back flush with the sides, and plane all four panels at the top down to the cut marks. US - Electronic Components Distributor | Newark.com, All Electronics | Electronic and Electro-Mechanical Parts and Supplies at Discount Prices. (Unfortunately, this approach would prevent me from buying rear-projection televisions.) They correspond to impedance curve peaks which can be easily seen on a plot. This will assure that everything will be square. Align the 1" lines on the sides with the bottom of the baffle and clamp the sides to the scrap with a bar clamp. I like the look ... although I suspect there would be more bass if the speaker was sitting on the floor. Once you experience the full range driver you will never go back to crossovers and multi-way speakers. I used about a l ½ lbs. Loosely assemble the whole pressure screw jig and find out the screw length you need. Sorry, not for me. Then, you need to sand virtually all of the primer off, which takes forever and clogs all of your sandpaper, because you didn't let it dry long enough. Fortunately it's on the back so you don't see it. The painted port baffles and toilet seats (driver baffles). If any reader who finds this page knows of other Voight-Pipe information on the web, please email me at stal_g@yahoo.com and I'll include it here.What's here: First described by Paul Voigt in 1930, TQWT/QWT uses like a transmission line design pipe lenght of 1/4 wavelenght of driver's resonance frequency. The bass doesn't quite come out and grab you, but it's definetely there, and very accurate and well-defined. In order to lower it's output lining and stuffing must be used. Removed all of the Fiberglas® except for a 6" x 12" piece directly behind the driver. I used tung oil but I think Lacewood wants a high gloss ... with less than perfect sanding to start due to the grain and lots of coats with sanding between. 8.5 Combinations It is possible to combine various pipe geometries. 13. Repeat until there are no more imperfections, using 220 grit paper. With that in mind, the option was to use a design first introduced by Paul Voigt in 1930, known as the TQWT or Voigt Pipe that integrates the 1/4 wavelength pipe length design used in transmission lines but with a different approach to improve bass response. The 40-1044s' range is perfect for vinyl, CD, and movies, but they are a bit lacking when it comes to using them with DVD-Audio. Cut the back to length plus 1/4" extra. I did feel however that the Voigt Pipe would benefit from the same pressure screw arrangement as found in the box design and after installation we noted improvement of control in the low frequency end. Sign in|Recent Site Activity|Report Abuse|Print Page|Powered By Google Sites, Printable Metric Conversion Charts and Tables, Adventures in CyberSound: Experiments with "Singing Arc" and Tesla Coil, NTE-Electronic Components Supplier-Catalog-Cross Reference-NTE Electronics, Allied Electronics - Electronic Components Distribution, DigiKey Corp. | Electronic Components Distributor | United States Home Page, Mouser Electronics - Electronic Component Distributor. It could be done with a simple handsaw, a scrollsaw for the cutouts, and a drill. One of the rear panels went on a bit off center ... leaving a ridge on one side and a gap on the other. I think these pipes are the best sounding speakers I have heard for under $100, and my friend says they sound better than most big 3-way speakers he's heard. When I added any length to the port tube at all the driver lost nearly all the mid/bass and with it out completely the driver sounded sloppy. I found the driver to like an empty box. I found the design in February of 2002 while co-oping in California, but I didn't have time to build them until I was back home in Massachusetts. Fs = 71.5 Vas = 7.3 liters Qts = .49 Qms = 3.85 and he notes: These should be enough to get you started. Sadly that site and the many images of other Voight-Pipe builders is no longer available on the web. The backs were hinged so that I could adjust stuffing, felt, etc. If this is well calculated such enclosure will deal well with the resonanes, having a much flatter impedance curve and a fairly flat frequency response. I am not sold on the need for panel damping in a low power speaker, but it can't hurt. Not too hard but hard enough to withstand all expected vibrations. They do have awesome low frequency characteristic that I hoped the Voigt pipe would bring out. Careful with the thin ends of the triangles! One good example of a spherical speaker is the Gallo Nucleus Solo above on the left which is made of rolled steel or brass. Make the driver cutout . I used Herb Jeschke's dimensions and found them to be spot on, and his advice about construction really useful.......follow it. My point is, don't be afraid of using too much, you can only hurt sensitivity, which shouldn't matter too much, unless your one of those guys with the 250mW spud amps. I ended up only using one dowel to stiffen the 'middle' of the sides below the driver. I thought that might help to fill in the void I sometimes sense in the middle of a stereo pair too far apart. The pvc pipe speakers look great. 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In September came VALVE e-zine #4 with a glowing article about a small vented bookshelf speaker that used the Radio Shack #40-1354 drivers all of 5-1/2" big and famed them for their outstanding mid-frequency response. Flip the cabinet over and repeat with the other side. SURPLUS ELECTRONIC PARTS & EQUIPMENT, MILITARY ITEMS, POST OFFICE LOCK BOX FRONTS, Electronics surplus - 900 Page Computer and Surplus Electronics On-Line Catalog, UL1213, Type E, M22759, M16878, M27500, Type EE, UL wire, Fry's Home Electronics | Computer Parts & Accessories, Software, Games, TVs, Cameras - Frys.com, Distributor of Electronic Components - Radar Inc, RadiolaGuy.com : antique radios for sale : vintage radios for sale : vintage televisions for sale, Andy Rondeau's Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Speaker Project, Adventure with Voigt Pipes by Herbert Jeschke, Another Voigt Pipe - with the Fostex FE207 by Dan Dicker, Fostex FE164 Mass Loaded Tapered Quarter Wave Tube (ML TQWT) by Martin J. This is extremely light and I am of the opinion that the longer fibers in this are better at damping than multicell foam ( which will weight more also). The Voigt Pipes let it all out, loose and open almost boastful, creating with ease the impression of the hall the music was recorded in. A speaking tube in use on a United States Navy Landing Craft Utility (2005) A speaking tube or voicepipe is a device based on two cones connected by an air pipe through which speech can be transmitted over an extended distance. How to build a speaker using PVC pipe and a 5 inch woofer and tweeter. Check that everything is lined up -- the sides are on the construction lines on the baffle and the 1" lines line up with the bottom of the baffle. long and the width of the box) and just using a staple gun to secure it. Maybe in the future, I might rebuild it as a television stand, which would allow for the tube to follow the original plan much more closely. Like so much in this hobby - less is more - to quote that often spoken cliche. This is indeed a marriage made in heaven. Why? I enjoyed veneering. These speakers are a good match for any 2 watt or greater SET amp. I have seen other versions of this pipe with the units mounted on the sloping side, rather than the vertical one and I have tried it with the cabinet aligned as such, but find that as you might expect - the sound is upward firing...great if you stand up while listening! Once everything is smooth, spray the entire cabinet and sand smooth with 320 grit. A waveguide with compression driver is used instead of a dome tweeter. The Voigt pipe is a type of loudspeaker enclosure that embodies a combination of transmission line, ported enclosure and horn characteristics. Usually TQWT produces excesive midrange output. Ok, the vent/port you will see is not the usual that others have used. NOTE: The baffle is glued to the rest of the cabinet AFTER the cabinets is lined and stuffed. 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