DIY Speaker Build | 2-Way Side Fire Subwoofer Speakers

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-Kirby

[@vasileiostsalkos6174]

I’m so jealous of all the people who can buy your speakers. I’m so proud for you for staying so humble though you are the name in the speaker building on KZbin. I’m so glad for you that you constantly search for greater sound with so much passion. Bless you mate.

[@DominusFeles]

Not fair! Now you revived my fantasy on building a side firing speaker with a quite spectacular design. Only problem, I don't have the time nor the money - and have never built a complete speaker before! 😅

[@gerritduplessis7122]

THE WAY A MASTER OF HIS CRAFT WORKS..

[@alistaircochrane7121]

Let it not go unsaid - Kirby does excellent work.

[@KirbyMeetsAudio]

I appreciate that! Thanks for watching

[@jked7463]

Love your saturn rocket in the background. I watched the moon landing live and actually built that model in the 70's. Hmmmm.

[@MrMarnix1234]

I was really wondering what that side fire subwoofer would do, I'm disappointed that you almost never do an audio test after. Nevertheless, great build.

[@Bagoesbudianto]

Woohhhoooo.... Got a nice KZbin notification before sleep. Finally I can sleep well now. And I had that speaker box but a little bit smaller, i will put my 6" woofer

[@dannyvossebelt4488]

Looks amazing! Try to make a kind of boom box what you can take to the swimming pool.

[@palehorseone]

Beautiful building technique. I know firsthand the patience required... Well done, brother

[@KirbyMeetsAudio]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@95lovi]

Nice build, for aesthetics you can use black anodized screws with a unique key pattern for the solid wood front applications. Would look very professional

[@ariskazis4663]

why don't you record some audio clip to get an idea of how they sound? :) cheers and keep up the good work with these videos!

[@markoduvall]

Hey Kirby, I liked this build, really clean. Hope you're doing well, sir.

[@xvariabledesign]

i really enjoy your channel. the hard part for me is getting a sense of sound quality in ALL speaker reviews. i realize sound quality is very subjective, but is there any way to compare to an off-the-shelf speaker for your review of sound quality? sound quality seems very personal, so it would be nice to compare to readily available equip stocked at common retailers as a reference point.

[@ALPHONSO_NANOOK]

man this is awesome. to be loudspeaker builder is my dream job....

[@nicholasbrown8384]

Beautiful build 🙂 I'm getting my PS95-8's soon and can hardly wait

[@vasileiostsalkos6174]

Like even before I watch the video. You are the best worldwide you tuber.

[@dawn9340]

The audio in your videos is A+, Paul McGowan has a thing or two to learn from you!

[@jonathandilin5301]

Would love to see a budget build of the barefoot footprint 01. I'd pay for those plans.

[@dam4274]

Table saw, drill press, router and table, drill, just to name a few. I use have that stuff. Now I’m 60 with the talent and the want but no money to do it.

[@Test-Pilot1194]

Love great, but would have glued the 2nd front baffle. The head of the screws not facing the same way would distract me 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@cjmarsh504]

I love the speaker design. especially that walnut finish

[@LBCAndrew]

Walnut makes everything better. It has a very distinct smell when working with it as well.

[@gerritduplessis7122]

AMAZING CARPENTRY WORK!! YOWR!

[@leonking9459]

Nice workmanship.. but i wish you have made a video on how it really sound.. sound test in short..

[@miketan373]

Tnx for showing, keep up going! For the one‘s who wanted to see the separate compartments, look at 2:53, lines are drawn on the wood, and I think to indicate the place of the upper compartment... for me this is not important I am going to put the case in practise as an example for all the teachings - tnx Kirby - and design the case from the ground up. The same for the electronics inside.

[@yttean98]

good effort, one thing missing what about the sound, no sound demo or verbal description about the sound quality?

[@englishsteve1465]

Nice to see that you didn't waste the round pieces when you cut out the holes for your tweeters. You made "nice" ear decor with them, well done.

[@GCustoms]

Beautiful speakers! Love the design!

[@thomasschafer7268]

😅😅im Leben nicht. Hässliche Kreuzschlitz messimgschrauben.👎🇩🇪

[@f4phantomf4]

Great looking build! I would love to know how you set up the crossover....can you send a pic/or describe the crossover?(I assume there is a crossover). If not, how is it wired?

[@davidantell2855]

Very nice. I saw a similar type front piece on a sub build and they put a thin layer of cork between the box and the front plate. Looked very nice and reduced potential vibrations

[@davekazoroski6548]

Gotta love them Dayton drivers!

[@AlphaMachina]

Man, this is fantastic. Love the detail and accents. Really, really well done.

[@emiliomaraganas]

Beautiful design.

[@AndreCapone2000]

More speakers of this type 😍

[@raymonddegennaro3097]

I love the thin design. Any thoughts on a thin near field center channel speaker? Ideally one that could be used as a monitor stand.

[@zeljkostanisavljevic4665]

5:50 EPiC bro!

[@gizmoknow-how2022]

Great job

[@jasonoliver3548]

Did you put a woofer on each one or just a single? I think it would've looked a little slicker without the brass screws... But maybe some sort of copper fastener to play off the cone?!

[@Kerryhouseforrent]

Beautiful!!!

[@PanCakeMixer101]

those are some good lookin speakers, kudos!

[@richarddemers2798]

Very beautiful. Do you make the enclosure to sell or any link to someone who does? Thanks!

[@wspolczynnik_poissona]

These look great. Love the aesthetics of your builds.

[@KirbyMeetsAudio]

Thank you!

[@alcolavista-22]

Nothing but awesome job👍

[@SuperSanch0]

I wanna make these but don't see the plans on your website?

[@attainableaudio4533]

Always great to see a Kirby build!!!

[@timschutte6924]

Beautiful work. This is my all time favorite design. I'm gonna use this design with 61/2 inch TB subwoofers in a multi chamber design. The bottom part for the woofer is either gonna be a T-Line type or band pass chamber like Bose Acoustimas. The full range driver with be the Dayton Audio PS 95 copper phase plug ( full range driver) and a Fountek ribbon tweeter with the appropriate bass blocker. I will just run the full range driver and subwoofer straight. Not sure if I will put a 80 Hz bass blocker on the full range driver or not. Trial and error I guess

[@matthewvalenti286]

Do you think the duo build or the side fire build you did would be better for a record player in a midsize room? Trying to incorporate one of your builds into a full record cabinet build. I just can't find your plans for either of those builds.

[@photojunkysdronezonevlog]

Do you stuff the insides with any sound dampening material?

[@LucasGabriel-lg3kr]

Bro, I have the Samsung MX-F730 mini-system and I want to make an adaptation, use the speakers and just put them in a little box on the PC table to make it more compact and have a nice sound... do you think it can be done? I'm from Brazil (São Paulo) and I really liked your video

[@stallion63m35]

Hi Kerby! I intend to build a 2 way speaker box a pair of Seas woofers and tweeters I bought sometime ago. I am a complete newbie and don't understand all the theory and technical aspects of speaker box dimensions for the woofers and tweeters I have. Can you help with the dimensions needed to build a set of 2 ways?

[@Azmodan911]

Hey Kirby, i really enjoy your woodworking. You definitely have some talent there. Are these the towers you mentioned a couple of videos ago? I was hoping to see a much larger 3-way floor standing pair. Maybe they're still under construction?

[@KirbyMeetsAudio]

Still working on those! Much bigger build. I'll probably make a design series out of them. Thanks for watching!

[@timschutte8310]

Eric H , I agree, I would like to see a larger floor model made. I currently have a store bought set with side fire 10 inch woofers, two 4 inch front mids, and a one inch dome tweeter on the front, 3 1/2 feet tall. they sound incredible.

[@Azmodan911]

@@KirbyMeetsAudio Awesome! Looking forward to it!

[@MrMullerLove]

Very nice job!

[@gerritduplessis7122]

VIELEN DANK! Baie appreciated! most excellent work! can one not simply order a basic Kirby speaker set? im in South Africa...

[@craigmonteforte1478]

Man I’m new to your channel and i am really liking it i had looked for something similar a while ago and there wasn’t any. Thing on KZbin. I’m glad i looked again and found the series ! My background is woodworking and i like good sound but dont have any formal training in it I am so happy that you are showing These procedures and have the plans that is exactly what I started out looking for originally

[@timschutte6924]

Hey kirby, what about the inside design? Is it ported? T-Line? Or sealed? I think a separate t line type design would have been good for the woofer with a separate chamber for the ps95 full range speaker. No crossover needed correct ? Polyfil ?

[@Ocunfurco]

Brilliant as always!

[@KirbyMeetsAudio]

Thank you!

[@arne_mh]

Hi, I have been looking to well, make my own set off speakers, I don't have any experience with woodworking but I have a 3D-printer. Will the potentially hollow plastic ruin the sound? I am not a real audiophile, I just like a decent amount of bass and I don't mind colouring. Oh and could you in a future video explain more about the internals of a speaker, I still don't fully understand it and that's why I'm too hessistant about starting. Sorry for any bad sentences, I am not a native English speaker.

[@aravindasandun7450]

Nice work

[@hardcorecap]

gorgeous build like always, my dude

[@KirbyMeetsAudio]

Thank you!

[@timschutte8310]

, great job. I am definitely building a pair of these and I'm using the Tangband 5 1/4 inch woofer !!! Question Kirby, why do you never use any Polyfill ???

[@Fildakor]

Hey Kirby, beautiful speakers as always :) anyway could you please upload some sound demo here? :) thanks

[@KirbyMeetsAudio]

Sound demo coming soon! Keep an eye out

[@hififriend4512]

The wood is so beautiful 😍 and even the screws fit nice in this combo! What type of wood is this? (Rosewood?) I would like to use a similar one for my new speaker enclosure (full range MarkAudio CHR Champagne). Keep on going your videos are the best👍

[@KirbyMeetsAudio]

Thanks for watching! The front baffle panel is walnut.

[@hififriend4512]

@@KirbyMeetsAudio Thanks a lot

[@SmR8008]

Now those are a sexy pair of speakers 😊

[@a.k.m.manzurmurshed210]

Fantastic

[@beatsandbass1284]

Will you make a sound test?

[@KirbyMeetsAudio]

YES! Coming soon, keep an eye out! (or hit that bell ;) Thanks for watching!

[@maincharacter2677]

Kirby Meets Audio hurry up with that sound test will ya? I’m joking very nice video!

[@cleberarioth]

Sounds fake... No crossover, no sound test, no internal footage, I think he just build the wood part, probably not a functional speaker.

[@blazed85]

It's been over a year. Don't think it's coming at all

[@beatsandbass1284]

@@blazed85 did you see my comment is a year ago?

[@eximiamedia7897]

Very excited to see these! Great work.

[@timschutte8310]

, my home speakers are made this way. they are Theater Research. they have two 4 inch mid ranges and a one inch dome on the front and a 10 inch side fire woofer. they are 3 1/2 feet tall and about 14 inches deep by 6 inches wide this configuration works well. I'm gonna build these little speakers for my laptop computer. I have an SMSL small t amp that's 20 wpc / RMS. it should sound good. keep up the good work.

[@dylanBehrproductions]

Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure that theater research is a white van brand

[@shido641]

Hope you answer cos I've been looking everywhere for a definitive answer. But how do you cut recesses for flush speaker mounts? What bit should one use on the router?

[@msumatt83]

These are great! I’d love a build talk on this video. Are there build plans (crossover) for these anywhere? I’ve looked, but can’t find them. I love the inspiration and how-to sides to your videos. Excellent job!

[@cburner]

I'm interested, too!

[@mushfiqwalid9348]

Hello Sir. I like your videos and how you explain them. I have a question. Sometimes I find woofers(30-100watts) which do not have any data without impedence and wattage. Is it possible to design a suitable vented enclosure for them so can sound close to their original enclosure?

[@Cleanovenco]

Do you have the build plans for this one? Been on your site but can't find it. Thanks Ryan

[@mikeleahy5283]

Love this build going to attempt this with a different side woofer have used. The designer in the past did like the upper mids the bass not so much. Ya this is a challenge.did you put your 3 1/2 in a separate chamber.

[@belovedconsole]

0:57 starting this because I am so curious where you're going to cut off the sub and how you're going to keep its enclosure separate from the top. Also from your last review of the build of the little 3.5s, I myself had though of pairing with a bass and letting the smalls be essentially mid and tweeter.

[@belovedconsole]

7:19 I'm guessing you were able to keep them in the same box non-separated because the waves from the side-firing at 90 degrees will not have significant impact on the front-firing, since they are crossing each other? As opposed to both front-firing where the air from the back of the sub would push-pull the back of the smaller driver.

[@dunbarad]

Any chance you'll be making the crossover specs available?

[@KirbyMeetsAudio]

Yes! Plans for this build will be up on KMAkits.com at some point. Subscribe to the newsletter if you want updates. Thanks!

[@annihilationindustries1990]

so your sub is sharing the same space as your ps95 ? im sure that doesnt help the highs

[@MrJMagoo]

Always enjoy watching your work. The speakers are so beautiful and clean.

[@timschutte6924]

Hey, I notice that you never dato., Brad nail, or reinforce your corners and joints at all ? Do you actually do something like that but edit it out for timeline reasons Kirby ?

[@-martintheengineer-7465]

I would like a sound sample of these speakers. Best regards Martin

[@KirbyMeetsAudio]

Sound demo coming soon! Thanks!

[@timvanduijnhoven2777]

Pioneer X-PM32 has also a woofer at the side. Nice vid btw

[@timschutte6924]

, I love side fire woofer speakers. I have 4 large speakers in my living room with this design with 8 and 10 inch woofers

[@BlaineShillington]

Beautiful build as always. Did you low pass the woofer? I always thought about doing a front wood decorative baffle like that but wasn't sure how it would affect tweeter baffle diffraction losses.

[@felipehelal3782]

Hey Kirby, nice job! It’s a interesting design. The woofers have a separate enclosure inside?

[@KirbyMeetsAudio]

Thank you! Yes, there are two areas inside the enclosure.

[@luigitabacco7193]

hello what oil did you use for the front cover?

[@floritobentillo6941]

Hi,im building my own Bluetooth speakers,and I'm using pam8403 Bluetooth amplifier 2*3W (SANWU),upon several testing, I've noticed that there is a slight humming sounds on low volume when playing music or video,is there any way to eliminate the humming sounds? thanks

[@edstachura1682]

Hi ordered the side firing speaker plans and haven't heard anything? What's up with that .

[@davekimball3610]

Brass and, is it walnut? Looks awesome!

[@KirbyMeetsAudio]

Walnut, yes! Thanks for watching!

[@felipemarinho1326]

what are the calculations for the enclosure?

[@IanMustafa]

Hi Kirby, nice work as always! Do you have any plans to sell the build plans for this speaker?

[@hernanl.1165]

Is the woofer sharing the same enclosure as the speaker? If yes wouldn’t they counter each other causing loss of quality? Other than that they look beautiful and unique.

[@frosty6845]

Some really advanced speaker designs use side firing subwoofers, the Kii 3 comes to mind, granted those are incredibly expensive and have internal amplification and digital processing to optimize sound quality

[@attainableaudio4533]

There is a divider between them if that's what you concern is...

[@vVANQUISHERVv]

Did you wire the sub to the mids? I'm a novice btw

[@callmeclife4366]

Realy great video and keep up the good work. I love this speaker design I think im going to build something similar too this.

[@faisal_basha]

That's so amazing bro I love it

[@KirbyMeetsAudio]

Thanks for watching!

[@faisal_basha]

@@KirbyMeetsAudio Your welcome anytime 😉

[@3rutu5]

very nice Kirby, i would love to see what the crossover was for this. I loved the look of the boenicke W5 and these look like a more affordable solution to them :) Will these running of an internal or external amp? Keep up the good work!

[@KirbyMeetsAudio]

Thanks for watching! I'll probably do a follow up video on these talking about the crossover and do a sound demo. External

[@eperksmedia]

It’s a tricky compromise you’ve made with this design. I tried to design something similar but there is simply no way you can get the woofer low enough on a speaker that size to negate the issue of directivity. I’d like to see the crossover!

[@3rutu5]

what did you use for paint on the MDF? a matte grey or some form of chalk paint? looks pretty sweet with the contrast of the hard wood fascia. I've wanted to do a fast crossover, but don't have the skills yet. Keep up the great work, look forward to the potential sound test/cross over vids, or to be honest what ever the next one is regardless :)

[@timschutte6924]

Why dont you date or Brad nail your speakers ? Just wondering. You do great work Kirby. I really like your style.

[@chillyspoon]

Really nice - did you use a crossover in these?

[@kencohagen4967]

Could I get plans for these?

[@thirdageamplifiers]

What kind of finish did you use on the wood? Thanks!

[@garlicbad]

Great work! want to see the build plans.

[@wyattspeightrhue1029]

are plans available for these? I didn't see them on your site.