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Hi from Spain ,
I'm bulding a new studio,now finishing with the isolation...,my first idea was to soffit the Genelec 1038B as main monitors but my initial budged was gone with the isolation...and no genelec possible
My idea is made a custom 3-way pasive main monitors I serched and find this posible speakers to use:
from the studio series
lows
12BR70 12"http://profesional.beyma.com/ENGLISH/producto.php
mids
6B30P 6.5"http://profesional.beyma.com/ENGLISH/producto.php
or
5MP60N 5"http://profesional.beyma.com/ENGLISH/producto.php
higs
T2010 1.25"http://profesional.beyma.com/ENGLISH/producto.php
filter
F300 http://profesional.beyma.com/ENGLISH/producto.php

for the mids which will better the 6.5 or 5" ?
any advise about the cabinet ?
for the 12" they recomended 50-120l enclosure ,but wich will be better larger or smaller ? vented or closed ?

thanks,
(and sorry for my english still learning.....)

Hi Josep,

I wouldn't recommend that you design your own monitor unless you have a LOT of experience. However, building a pre-designed kit might be a good way to go.

Here's an example from Zalytron. The Audiom TD5\Focal W Cone at the bottom of the page http://www.zalytron.com/photos.htm


Thomas

jtvrdy wrote:Hi from Spain ,
I'm bulding a new studio,now finishing with the isolation...,my first idea was to soffit the Genelec 1038B as main monitors but my initial budged was gone with the isolation...and no genelec possible
My idea is made a custom 3-way pasive main monitors I serched and find this posible speakers to use:
from the studio series
lows
12BR70 12"http://profesional.beyma.com/ENGLISH/producto.php
mids
6B30P 6.5"http://profesional.beyma.com/ENGLISH/producto.php
or
5MP60N 5"http://profesional.beyma.com/ENGLISH/producto.php
higs
T2010 1.25"http://profesional.beyma.com/ENGLISH/producto.php
filter
F300 http://profesional.beyma.com/ENGLISH/producto.php

for the mids which will better the 6.5 or 5" ?
any advise about the cabinet ?
for the 12" they recomended 50-120l enclosure ,but wich will be better larger or smaller ? vented or closed ?

thanks,
(and sorry for my english still learning.....)

To echo the illustrious moderator,

Designing "real" speakers is non-trivial, and I speak as someone who has done that as a consultant in the past. It definitely gives you appreciation for those who design them for the major firms.

As for Beyma, they are good company, and make a large number of OEM drivers for professional live sound speaker manufacturers.

I serched on the Beyma site and found "Enclosure Designs Catalogue"
http://profesional.beyma.com/ENGLISH/recursos.php
so it will be a kind of "Kit" to construct...

the choose I have is,with the 12"woofer and 1.25" tweeter what size for the mids 5" or 6.5" ?