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@bumstudios88176 жыл бұрын
Very nice!
@MRrwmac6 жыл бұрын
John Heisz - I Build It Dam John, Those sound great even on an iPhone w/ Bluetooth speakers! I’m sure they are amazing in person! Thanks.
@chrishoesing54555 жыл бұрын
That is a fun thing to read on and do. I have spent way to much time on the parts express speaker builder forum in years past. Well done sir, I always enjoy your videos.
@mikeleahy52835 жыл бұрын
So you are a woodworker that dabbles in speaker building awesome work wish I had some of the equipment you have
@Edmund_Mallory_HardgroveАй бұрын
I'm not an audiophile. In fact I think I'm a little tone deaf. But I have a question: Why do some speakers have holes in them, and are hollow inside, and this build included filling the hollow with fiberglass? Are those two different types of speakers, or some alternative setup that produces a different sound, or something?
@JoseSilveira-newhandleforYT5 жыл бұрын
Interesting project! From my past experience building speaker cabinets and crossover coils, I suggest: 1. Make the coil core from 2 opposing wood wedges - it'll make removal much easier. 2. Never place 2 coils in a crossover in the same plane - they must be at right angles to reduce cross-talk.
@headbutt91704 жыл бұрын
i did not know that
@eugenepohjola2584 жыл бұрын
Howdy. I'm with you. And more: 3. Always use a wire gauge of 1,5 mm diameter or even heavier for the coils. Thin wires reduce the damping capability of the amplifier. 4. The cap.s should be 3 or more smaller ones in parallel. This reduces the cap. lead impedance. Regards.
@artv4nd3l4y3 жыл бұрын
Known as mutual inductance.
@JoseSilveira-newhandleforYT3 жыл бұрын
@@artv4nd3l4y Yep. Also cross-talk.
@michaelpeterson43484 жыл бұрын
You make a very good video sir ! Very clean clear English,,, no stupid music in the background.. thank you !
@pedalman45955 жыл бұрын
John you are amazing, not only as a wood worker but an all around person with great diversified abilities, not to mention good old fashioned common sense. Your commentary is HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!! Please do not give this up!!!!!!!!
@Harry-v5n Жыл бұрын
I appreciate the work this guy does. He can't help it (nor can I...) but his explanations just put me to sleep. When I wake up, I rewind the video and I fall asleep again. And it's all information I want to digest! Oh well. I'm sure it's just me. Live long and prosper!
@DesignBuildExecute5 жыл бұрын
John, I have hand wound hundreds of toroids/inductors for home built radios (mostly amateur radio). I typically heat my soldering iron up as high as it goes and use a blob of solder to burn off the enamel and tin the wire all at the same time. Works for me.
@JohnHeisz5 жыл бұрын
Thanks Jason, I'll have to give that a try next time. :)
@johnbravo75425 жыл бұрын
yeah, me too,will do next time.
@Stewart_Bell11 ай бұрын
Clever, capable man. Great sounding spraker in beautifully constructed and finished artisan cabinet. The coming together of 2 disciplines.
@bernardosilva73064 жыл бұрын
Nice job, but simple “upgrade” suggestion: you should always be sure both coils are not in the same plane to avoid electromagnetic interference...
@esolo47514 жыл бұрын
Have one mounted like he has it and the other should be mounted vertical. Right?
@bernardosilva73064 жыл бұрын
Ed Solomon Yes, exactly :)
@Fluterra2 жыл бұрын
@@esolo4751 and further apart, probably another 1-2”
@elneno4272 жыл бұрын
@@esolo4751 si por ejemplo ponerle una madera entre medio dentro de la caja y recubrir con algun papel aislante por dentro y luego la espuma es algo que se me ocurre y tambien mejor comprar un ceossover hi fi de mas alta calidad de los que traen resistencias capacitores bobinas y transistores de cerámica y bobinas de alta calidad de baja inductancia estan a 40 usd en amazo.
@urownjones2 ай бұрын
@elneno427 What'd the point of watching a DIY crossover build video if you're suggesting that we should buy an off the shelf "one sound fits all" boxed crossover off of Amazon??? Bruh... come on man drink some coffee.
@gregmislick11176 жыл бұрын
Given that my cell phone has never sounded so good, hooked up to a good system and in a proper room (not your workshop for a laundry list if reasons we wont go into in this comment) that speaker sounds amazing !! You've made me want to go down the audiophile rabbit hole again !
@scottxfactoraudio87994 жыл бұрын
A hole for rabbits? Why rabbits? And could it be a, "Tube"- for the rabbits? And why use rabbit in it's "plural" form? Just exactly how many rabbits? All of them at once or just slowly, "One at a time"? Will the rabbit's be, "Injured", in any way? Should I feed them first or wait? What if I "accidently", fed them first. But now three of them are just too fat to fit in the, hole/tube/particle accelerator, plasma inductance, rail aperture? What then? I need more information. You "audiophile", types are just a little too odd for me!
@sabiondocolors3254 жыл бұрын
Such a nice and clean job congratulations. Thank you for the vídeo and share It . My English Is not good ,but you speak such relaxed that I understood everthing you said thank you from México.!!
@pgmurray765 жыл бұрын
Most excellent! You don't need me to tell you how good a job you did! Lexan or plexi is best because 1) It looks good, and 2) it is non-conductive and will not absorb moisture. I made two or three large networks almost EXACTLY like this in 1997 for car audio installs. I still have a 20 pound box full of Axon, Solen, and SCR PP and PS 600V capacitors, Solen Litz wound and standard wound 12ga and 14ga inductors, and numerous non-inductive wirewound 0.5% axial resistors with 16ga tinned OF copper leads. Love your projects!
@JamesBiggar6 жыл бұрын
Cool project!
@JohnHeisz6 жыл бұрын
My winding is just a bit less neat than yours :)
@BitHead10006 жыл бұрын
I hear that first song every time my wife comes home from work.
@maxmanca19685 жыл бұрын
ahahahahahahah
@doncorleon95 жыл бұрын
@@spambot7110 plot twist, he married her because he didn't ...
@scottygdaman5 жыл бұрын
You married Captain Nemo? Lol hear that
@bingoberra184 жыл бұрын
@@spambot7110 Maybe he liked her when they got married? :P
@TheMessenger2123 жыл бұрын
Do u know how to build crossovers???
@hookedonwood58306 жыл бұрын
Great build! Once I was building my speakers way back in time I got the advice to orientate the inductors 90 degree to each other to avoid the magnetic fields to interact too much. Probably nit picking but did not take any extra time or cost so why not.
@lisandroschachinger83972 жыл бұрын
Great video! Taught me a lot! A plus was that I wanted to hear what classical music sound like in one of those. Thanks!
@juanmauricioperez20363 жыл бұрын
INCREDIBLE AND AMAZING YOUR WAY TO WORK ALLWAYS CHECKING EVERY DETAIL....CHEERS FROM MÉXICO
@TomMarsh10105 жыл бұрын
The video is good, the article is excellent. I would have assumed a ferrite core improved induction, but the distortion makes sense. Inspirational. Thank you.
@williambidel92586 жыл бұрын
John, I don't know about others, but when you got to the point of the music playing, on my Bose Quiet Comfort 135 headphones, which I use to listen to YT videos, it was quite impressive. I can only imagine the sound that you were hearing.
@markrowland53936 жыл бұрын
Great video, thanks John. Thanks for replying to my concern about heat build up. I didn't realize that the components run cold, or at least cool. Good to know, thanks.
@jamesmurphy7132 ай бұрын
They sound good through my cell phone nice job.
@ulyssesaguilar47514 жыл бұрын
Great video you can tell you actually know what you are doing. Speakers look and sound great. Thanks for the great tips.
@NickP3335 жыл бұрын
Wow, John! You can tell those speakers sound f’n killer, even after YT has compressed the hell outta the original audio signal. Normally, you can get a vague gist of what spkrs sound like after YT has basically destroyed the quality of sound, but it’s quite obvious you’ve built yourself an amazing pair of spkrs. Even listening to them through a shitty pair of computer spkrs I hook up to my iPad, they sound great! Well done, dude! Very well done...
@AlexanderDyer5 жыл бұрын
Nice build, I think your voice overs are really good too.
@Bayu634 жыл бұрын
I really impressed with your skills, original approach and creativity. There is something to learn. Thanks for sharing
@RM-fu8yb4 жыл бұрын
Impressive sound right out of the box with no break in. Subscribed.
@josephadams59936 жыл бұрын
Nice job, John. Years of enjoyment will follow.
@ranjdall5 жыл бұрын
Such a cool project, always wanted to build my own speakers.
@helacaster5 жыл бұрын
Excellent video John
@goater7076 жыл бұрын
you are the man John.
@amarin053 Жыл бұрын
Nice and neat DIY two way-crossover network. I also would love to see more of this with three to four way connections.
@davidzoller96172 жыл бұрын
Great channel for diy sprakers
@BaconSniffer5786 жыл бұрын
John those look fantastic. Impressive
@JohnHeisz6 жыл бұрын
Thanks :)
@arthurdanielles47844 жыл бұрын
Great vid. 👍 As always illustrates how during this Covid 19 stay at home what do I do scenario can be beneficial in so many ways to taking time out and with family as well, to build some amazing (OR renovate ) gear. Sound is very relative and I've built all my own home systems including an awesome 7 channel surround system for peanuts using stored in the loft over the years, parts and pieces. I always remember back in the 70s having a Phillips cassette deck and adding an extension speaker mod (No additional amplifier) to it and the sound improvement / output was astonishing, which led me over the years to experiment with changing the sound et to suit my own preferences. Adding tone circuits is easier than most think which can drastically improve sound output 👀👍
@robyroby11124 жыл бұрын
Nice job, meticulously clean and tidy.
@evananderson84525 жыл бұрын
Very Good Job and it looks great
@shaharyarsheikh68784 жыл бұрын
Cool project. Well narrated
@JoshuaBarrettYT3 жыл бұрын
EXTREMELY helpful. Thanks!
@deputy6305 жыл бұрын
This guy has the best videos
@Djadya5 жыл бұрын
It's beautiful.Only to exclude mutual influence, it is necessary to turn one of coils on 90 degrees
@donjaun540 Жыл бұрын
Very nice and educational video.
@sundaru15 жыл бұрын
Nice works brother, you are so patient , by spooling the coil your self......
@kencohagen49675 жыл бұрын
I used R20 on the first speaker I built. Actually, I didn't have any woodworking tools, so I got some used boxes. Anyway, they were originally very boomy, but when I added the R20 the bass tight end up nicely and got punchier. So it works well in the cheap!
@JohnLee-mq4hk3 жыл бұрын
Doesn't sound too bad for small 2 way speakers, good job.
@debrhodes70216 жыл бұрын
Loved the video, John...especially the creative editing you incorporated. As far as I can tell from my crappy phone, the speakers sound as great as they look!
@derrick_builds4 жыл бұрын
Great looking speakers. Good work.
@teja96764 жыл бұрын
Excellent videos bro
@sidneyalves15564 жыл бұрын
congratulations my friend. how many meters of wire and how thick are each. thanks. Brazil
@DIYBuilds6 жыл бұрын
Bravo
@JohnHeisz6 жыл бұрын
Grazie :)
@johnmayer89064 жыл бұрын
Sounds killer.
@amdenis Жыл бұрын
Very nicely done video and great work. I love audio and woodworking too. I’ve done DoD/DoE and related contracting, as well as commercial consulting for decades- from Hz to THz as some say. Anyway, whether breadboarding or doing design-deployment, don’t mix metals or EVER use stainless or plate in any critical signal paths. Don’t bind with it, don’t bridge with it, don’t run with it. There are not insignificant effects to you signal within the audible frequency range and it only gets worse beyond. Solder, or use another copper-to-copper binding method. You are not using low-end components, so don’t use low-end methods.
@eCitizen15 жыл бұрын
Those seemed to have great audio quality. Thanks for the great build.
@paulselka7410 Жыл бұрын
Nice and clean
@mattschoular88446 жыл бұрын
They look and sound good from here. Thanks John..
@vincentpereira8416 Жыл бұрын
Sounds very nice
@darylcole33035 жыл бұрын
Great job on the speakers. What is the song you used to test your speaker? Thank You.
@nexus01gr6 жыл бұрын
*"Getting better with practice, just when the project is all done"* is now a phrase ready to adorn the wall of my workshop alongside with, _"I said I'll do it. You don't have to remind me every six months", "Appart from sawdust, I also make some things"_ and _"If hitting it with a hammer is not effective, use a bigger hammer."_
@the_sharp_carpenter5 жыл бұрын
Sounds good to me, especially considering the chain from computer to amp to speakers to air to mic to recording software etc....great build series
@takeiteasy12374 жыл бұрын
Excellent - Excellent speaker site, well done John - and no one cares about the hot glue in the box - sound is the importance here.... Great JOB!!!!
@prashantk32693 жыл бұрын
Nice work , clean and tidy looking crossover. Please share the details of capacitors used and connection diagram. Regards
@louishayworth90236 жыл бұрын
Sounds real good.
@ForwardEngineering5 жыл бұрын
With the ring connectors I like to take the plastic portion off. Tin the speaker wire like you did. Insert the wire into the ring connector and somewhat crip it then solder the wire to the ring connector as well, leaving you with a very reliable connection (You can heat shrink it after).
@dozyproductionss5 жыл бұрын
Xovers usually have resistors as well. How did you figure without them?
@timburton44375 жыл бұрын
I haven't come across any Xovers with resistors. Why would they be needed?
@dozyproductionss5 жыл бұрын
@@timburton4437 Guess you haven't come across too many Xovers. They're used to stem the flow of electricity and to balance sound levels. Part of an LR design.
@RosaStringWorks5 жыл бұрын
Nice
@djmj645 жыл бұрын
Id like to see how they measure. And to know how the crossover was conceived ? How did you find the right cross over point? How did you come up with the component values to be used? How much baffle step compensation? How does tweeter and woofer match in SPL? i noticed no dampening resistors. If baffle step compensated? most often tweeter will be 3 - 4 db. higher then most woofers. If no baffle step compensation, bass level will be very little and the tonal balance very bright. have you considered getting a U-Mik 1 measurement mic. (quite cheap) and install REW on your computer (its free) so you can measure what really happens? and a LCR meter, all these things are a relative small investment that will give huge improvements in sound for DIY build.
@vuxnguyen4 жыл бұрын
Do capacitors degrade over time if not use? thanks
@UltimateBNA2 жыл бұрын
so clean 😍
@sapelesteve6 жыл бұрын
Those speakers look great John but I have no idea what you did in this video. However, looks like first class electronic work going on & the speaker(s) sound terrific!
@bigguix6 жыл бұрын
I laughed because your old yamaha receiver is the exact one i still use today ! :) gj !
@vasiliyivanishvili90256 жыл бұрын
Very nice! Now speaker complete and sound is impressive! Thank you for video!
@scottlowell4935 жыл бұрын
I did a madisound kit build with very similar vifa drivers back in 2000. It was pretty good, especially for a few bucks
@spamboli5 жыл бұрын
oh man, you should release a sound file of what you were saying when trying to remove the coil from the jig. i bet it'll keep my ears warm through out the cold, cold winter :)
@electronicasancheztutorial82054 жыл бұрын
Muy buen trabajo
@markpalmer30715 жыл бұрын
Vice grips for crimp connectors... never thought of it but will use them next time!
@agusbintangg2 жыл бұрын
i love that you sound test the speaker with a classical music
@KarlBunker6 жыл бұрын
10:15: You waltz divinely.
@akquicksilver5 жыл бұрын
You are a multi talented guy John. Nice job!!
@nguyenucloi10714 жыл бұрын
Very good ! Thank you! I I am from Viet Nam
@pjdambra5 жыл бұрын
Awesome Job John they Sound Great!!
@Aardrijk16 жыл бұрын
Very nice video! Thank you.
@benzmansl65amg6 жыл бұрын
Great idea for polyfill!
@michaelmcnally48684 жыл бұрын
In reading about crossovers I too was impressed with what I read about 2nd order Linkwitz Riley, but eventually found multiple sources to say that while 2nd orders look good on paper, more components means more external affect on the audio signal and that the 1st order is usually the best and series is preferred over parallel. Pretty much every audiophile I spoke to about crossovers said that in today's world, digital crossover is the way to go. Digital crossover means no passive components in the audio stream, so I take this to reinforce the idea that the less passive components you use, the better. Also the cap on the tweeter in a passive crossover needs to be bypassed to allow the higher frequencies to pass more easily. Use a 0.01uF cap, and the cornell dubilier 940c 3000vdc is said to be excellent for this purpose.
@MrTrollHunter6 жыл бұрын
very nice build
@jonathans19704 жыл бұрын
Great job!
@petercunningham34695 ай бұрын
Cool stuff 😊
@DYLANTRIES5 жыл бұрын
Nice work john!!
@kidderbug71405 жыл бұрын
Hello John viewer 29,907 Here...... Sounds good [ROCK ON MY FRIEND]
@donbeagle52886 жыл бұрын
Looks and sounds great!
@KipdoesStuff5 жыл бұрын
As always, your work is inspiring. I have to toot my own horn a little. I made my very first successful solder the other day. I can weld with the big boys but I can't solder to save my life, lol.
@scottygdaman5 жыл бұрын
Have you tried second hands hobby helping device? Small weighted stand articulated arms with clips used to hold small pieces . Very handy Looking at your specs seems like you'll be missing a bit of mid range was wondering if on another build if you'd consider a dual range driver and tweeter or maybe a horn speaker as compliment? Everyone is going with two way speakers .
@benzmansl65amg6 жыл бұрын
Thanks John!
@slugore6 жыл бұрын
Great video. Thanks John. I appreciate you judicial use of hot glue and the humour associated with it. Also, I have the same receiver. Plus, I assume that you were doing “The Dance of Joy” at the end.
@Yonatan246 жыл бұрын
Get a mini butane torch! Super useful also for heat-shrinking electronics, much faster than a lighter!
@KipdoesStuff5 жыл бұрын
I've burned too many shrink boots, so I use a heat gun now, lol.
@chartfix4 жыл бұрын
Can u pls advise a nice 4 way crossover either kit or ready??
@louisphoenix89415 жыл бұрын
Impressive sound. I may try your crossover for some speakers I have in my shop. Some separation of highs and lows would improve them. Good job Sir.
@jeucedahn6 жыл бұрын
Those are a nice looking speakers! Thanks for sharing John
@a0r0a74 жыл бұрын
Well I must say they sound beautiful. Vibrant and full bodied. Get ready for someone to tell me I can't tell via YT😂
@bunnykiller2 жыл бұрын
how did you figure out the values of uF and mH required and whatpromted you to use those values?
@vladg52166 жыл бұрын
Really appreciate this video and the diffuser video as well. Would love to see you continue doing more audio builds every now and then. An isolation platform would be cool to see. Or a fancy turntable plinth. Keep up the great work!