Designer:
BY

Project Category:
Portable Speakers

Project Level:
Intermediate

Project Time:
1-8 Hours

Project Cost:
Under $100

Project Description:
I wanted to build a modern version of my “boom box” that I had back in high school.

Design Goals:
I wanted a small portable bluetooth speaker with big sound.

Driver Selection:
295-416
295-337

Enclosure Design:
I had some left over curly maple and cherry from another furniture project. Enclosure is 20″ long x 5.5″ tall x 6″ deep. Has 2 1″ ports on back with box tuned to approx 100Hz.

Enclosure Assembly:
Built the enclosure out of maple and cherry and biscuit joined all parts.

Crossover Design:
1st order butterworth at 2500Hz with a large capacitor on the woofer for high pass.

Conclusion:
This thing sounds amazing and really has some oompf!

About the Designer:
I have been building speaker projects for about 20 years off and on and am avid woodworker and knife maker.

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