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Old 12-07-2004, 12:32 AM
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I have my kicker K65.2 compents they work fine and kicker sent me the specs to what size I should build them to get proper sound and the tunning. Instead of just bookshelves I want to make a mini tower speaker with say a 10" sub in it for when just music is playing I don't have to always use the power sub, I was told best thing is use 2 highpass/lowpass 80-120hz crossovers I think it was.. would I have it setup so it's 2 terminals on the back 1 for the components and 1 for the sub? or just wire them off 1 terminal with the 80-120hz lowpass wired inline to the sub? Or could someone tell me what would be needed to just build a proper crossver so it's more like a 3 way design then just the 2 way for the components and how I would keep the final load at either 8 ohms or 4ohms?

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That's the specs to the K65.2 components and another thing would would be a good 10" woofer to use not to expensive but would still give nice sq/output?

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Old 12-07-2004, 01:57 AM
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yeah I have that already, but I wanted some towers instead of usin my 12" power sub I built. That way I can take them move them around and still have bass without draggin the power sub with it.
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Old 12-07-2004, 02:10 AM
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According to kicker, the specs they gave have me tunning them to 46.5hz what kinda low end could I expect? I know it won't be to boomin bass but would it give off enough to be noticeable? Other then Mdf what other wood could I use that would finish up nicely say with a stain or something?

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Old 12-07-2004, 05:10 AM
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That's basically what I was asking, but instead of being powered. That way I don't have to rely on a power sub for my bass always.
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If you're not gonna have too much bass you could use 1/2" particle board with a veneer on the outside. Last time I bought it it wasn't that expensive, and it finishes fairly nice so long as the veneer doesn't have too many knots in it.
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