This is a great speaker project for smaller rooms where a smaller speaker is required, and deep bass isn't required. This is a fairly straightforward vented design. The woofer is a 5-1/4" unit from Radio Shack, which I believe is still available. I had the speaker sitting around for about 8 years. It is intended to be used as a full range speaker (thus the dorky whizzer cone), but when crossed over, it actually has excellent bass extension and a very clear midrange. The tweeter is a 1" silk dome unit by Sound King. They were available from Speaker City for a while at $14.00/pr. They are ferrofluid cooled and have a fair power rating - certainly enough to keep up with the woofers. The crossover is built in to the terminal cup. It is an Infinity unit from Speaker City, which I presume they got as a surplus item. They use a 2nd order design for the both high and low pass sections, crossing over at 2500 Hz at 8 ohms. The components aren't the highest quality, but only a very discriminating ear will hear the imperfections. The nice feature about these crossovers is that they include an L-pad attenuator for the tweeter, which allows for better matching between the tweeter and woofer.
These are nice sounding bookshelf
speakers. In a smaller room, they provide a very satisfying sound.
They are particularly appreciated in a live room where larger speaker would
provide harsh and boomy sound. The Bk5.1s produce a very natural
sound with excellent human voice reproduction. A very musical speaker.
They will play down to 50 Hz and below, but lower bass is attenuated.
With a reasonable power handling, they can play fairly loud in a small
to medium sized room. They are well suited to surround applications,
main speakers, or in conjunction with a powered subwoofer.
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2 | 5-1/4" paper cone woofer, rubber surround, 50W |
$15.00
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$30.00
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1 | 1" Silk dome tweeter (pair), ferrofluid cooled, 100W |
$14.00
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$14.00
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1 | Crossover/Terminal w/ attenuator (pair) |
$12.00
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$12.00
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1 | Misc. (shipping, cabinet material, etc.) |
$6.00
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$6.00
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1 | Walnut veneer |
$18.00
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$18.00
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Total
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$80.00
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