I'm not a purest, but some one who likes a good sounding speaker, a speaker that sounds good across a range of music. One of the things I hate is a speaker that sounds like someone is singing with a hand over their mouth, a muddy empty sound. I must say these are a good sounding little speaker when finished, there is a good amount of bass, not earth shaking, but you know it's there. Overall dynamic range is very good, I can't hear any flat spots and there is no over coloring of the sound.
So if you're looking for jaw dropping bass, it isn't here, but if you're looking for a nice little speaker with good range and good overall sound, you can't go wrong.
Use them with a sub woofer and you will get a kicking rocking sound and all the bass you need.
You get all of the components needed to put together a pair of speakers, less a bit of speaker wire and speaker screws.
You get two of each of the following.
Black Finish Cabinets Complete with Grills
5" Polly Cone Woofer
Rectangular Framed Dome Tweeter
2 Way Crossover
You need to add
Speaker Screws
Some Speaker Wire
Damping Material (polly batting)
Elbow Grease
This is a fun little evening project, about an hour and you're done, it's almost instant gradification.
- First You will need to enlarge the holes in the cabinet slightly, cut the opening and mount the crossover, wire it up and you're off...
- Performance you can expect is from about 55 Hz. to 20 kHz and 100 watts
- With a Sound Pressure Level of 90 dB, this is a very healthy setup, resulting in a higher volume output with lower wattage
- Clean sound, nice tight bass from a small package
- Buy one (1) and you get the components to product two complete speakers (One Pair)
5" Woofer Specifications
- 1" or 25mm voice coil
- 8 ohms
- SPL 91db at 1 watt at 1 meter
- Response 55Hz to 8KHz.
- Magnet type standard Ferrite
- 60 watts free air power rating
Tweeter Specifications
- Dome Tweeter
- 8 Ohms
- 40 watts
- Response 2.25 kHz to 20 kHz
- SPL 91 db at 1 watt at one meter
Misc. Information
- Shipping weight is 30 pounds per pair.
- Condition is new unused bulk factory packaged (NOS)
- 8 ohms for Home Applications
- Tower Cabinet is a ported design with black cloth grill.
The cabinet is 27.5" tall, 8" deep, and 6.5" wide.
Internal size is 14" H x 7" D x 5 3/4" W (volume .33 cf.)
- Just a little info about the maker of the speaker components JSD Sound. They have been around for over 20 years making a little known high quality product.
Both custom one off creations and from their standard catalog they make audiophile quality systems.
Fit, finish and performance all above the standard mass produced items...
Assembly
- You will need to enlarge the speaker mounting holes slightly, and also the recess so the the woofer and tweeter sit flush. (I used a dremel and sanding drum which make short work of the modifications.)
- You will nee to cut a square hole in the rear of the cabinet to mount the crossover. (a saber saw works fine here)
- Required hardware - (16) #6 x 3/4" Pan Head Sheet Metal Screws (for mounting the speakers) - (8) #8 x 3/4" Pan Head Sheet Metal Screws (to mount the crossover) - Small roll of Polly Batting for internal damping
- Wiring up the speakers - the red leads are for the woofer, the solid lead is positive, the red with the stripe is negative - the blue leads are for the tweeter again the solid lead is positive and the lead with the stripe is negative.
Like I said not much to this project, a couple of hole mods, fill the box with the damping material and mount it all up and you're done.
Clean, quick and simple, it is a great first project for any beginner and a nice change of pace for the seasoned builder.
It's a nice Father Son/Daughter, Mother Son/Daughter project.
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