Tanken 1808

Tanken 1808


Designer:
Park

Project Category:
Tower Speakers

Project Level:
Intermediate

Project Time:
20+ Hours

Project Cost:
$100 – $500

Project Description:
This is a project propagate with the help of Dave over at Planet 10 Audio ( Canada ) I had been making some of his smaller single driver speakers and wanted to use the Tang Band 1808 driver in one. He put together the following for me.

Design Goals:
Single driver, Tang Band 1808 with a tower speaker feel and great looks

Driver Selection:
Tang Ban 1808
You are unable to change drivers to another 8 inch unless the specs are the same do to the porting on the sides

Enclosure Design:
Full tower with side ports/vents to help out the bottom end.

Enclosure Assembly:
Left over wood from the shop, walnut, baltic birch, maple, and cherry. I was not worried about the different boards pulling apart because he will be in a AC/Heated room with low humidity.

Crossover Design:
None, no bsc, nothing.

Conclusion:
Great looking speaker and I have always loved the driver. Spectacular top end and midrange, but can get away from you with too much power. I think I would like to add the three 8 inch subs to this to really make it a full range speaker.

About the Designer:
Build, build some more, have fun….

Parts Used:
Tang Ban 1808
You are unable to change drivers to another 8 inch unless the specs are the same do to the porting on the sides

 

 

3 Comments

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  1. 1
    JJ

    Great looking speaker! Are you willing/able to share plans, or because of Dave’s help, is this a design that cannot be shared? Would love to build a set…they are stunning.

  2. 3
    James

    Hi everybody. I’m a designer from Italy and I would like to build The TANKEN 1808. Can I send to someone of you my project to ASL you some advice for the construction? Thank you very much for your attenzion

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