So since i have a new yamaha reciever in my bedroom and a 50 inch plasma and a 4 day weekend coming up i decided to make some new L&R's to go with my vp100 center. I calling them an M16 . 1 tweet,1x 5.25 and a 6.5 .I drew them in sketchup but i made a copy to put here. I will update as i progress for anyone that may be interested.

Look forward to it

That is a speaker design I and many others have asked Axiom to make for many years now, a small(ish) 3 way design. I think this should strong down to 60-70 hz range or at least sound like it is with a minor bump in the FR much like the M3. I have been tempted to modify my M22s to accept the 6.5" driver and make my own crossover but I never could convince myself to potentially ruin my M22's. Looking forward to hearing about this journey.

If this turns out looking anything like the last speaker I know you'll be happy.

Richard, I am looking forward to watching your next project!



(that means you have to keep posting pics as you progress)

I am quite excited about this myself. I got the pieces cut but have to wait for my circle jig to arrive . Unfortunately its goin to be a couple weeks. Should have a few pics later on tonite or sometime tomorrow. I have the veneer on hand, and will order my crossover stuff on monday.

Looking forward to the end product.

Ha ha, I was just kidding you about the pics (not really), didn't want to put any pressure on you!

Looks like a good plan Richard. Are you planning to have a port in the back?

That doesn't sound good, does it?



Looking forward to the finished product!

Top hole is port and bottom is speaker terminals.

When i buy a house, i would like to build speakers as a hobby... i look forward to your progress updates.

I have a diy build waiting for me...home reno's take precedence unfortunately.

Whoa, what a weekend, good thing its 4 days. Put the tranny i rebuilt in the kids truck friday, fixed brakes saturday and managed to get a bit done on the new speakers. Made one hell of alot of sawdust. The end pieces were a real biotch,made 10 or so to get 4. Need table saw bad. I took a couple pics though really its nothing to look at.

Yeah, a table saw is pretty much imperative... You could always get one from Harbor Freight, if you have one near you?

No Harbor Freight here, i live in northern canada.So far the way i am doing it is working fine but really time consuming. I have all my cut done now so im good to go. I have a small shop but at the moment my kid has a snow machine in pieces and my MC is in there and a bunch of junk. The weather is improving, and with gas prices what they are the MC will be pressed into action soon. Then i can get in there and get organized and then get a saw.Also its kinda sketchy buying big equipment living in a rental.

Stop being so modest, will ya. It's a great start,keep up the good work.

Im bored so here i am. Not much to report,i have the frames built for the M16's .I am also building a sub, it will have 1 x 10 inch driver and 2 passive radiators with a bash 300 amp.Its a kit from creative sound in BC. The box will be painted black using base clear. Im in the holding pattern as the circle jigs i ordered are enroute, i ordered a router from amazon and a roundover bit from the US and speaker cloth from simply speakers in the US. Here are some pics of the frames and my sub box.

New router showed up today,but no circle jig. Oh well yard cleaning etc i guess

My router is prob 30 years old, maybe older! heh

i hope my router lasts that long. wait a second i wont last that long

Put together the new crossover for my center channel last nite. Came up short on one resistor so its in the holding pattern. should be interesting to see if i can notice a sonic difference.

nice clean layout, too bad you'll never see it again

I have to say for reasons like that plexi glass speakers are pretty cool.

yeah i wont see it again but i know it's there just the same. I spent considerable time laying it out so one component would conect to the other without jumpers though i had to make a couple. I considered learning to make circuit boards but thats just more than i care to learn.

My jasper jig showed up today so its full steam ahead. If you want to cut a hole this is the ticket. It is so slick. Damn weekend is too far way . Oh yeah Its on baby.

That's no jig. It's a space station.

Almost spit out my coffee Peter, almost.

For anyone thats watching, i have the speaker cloth on and the crossovers built ,just waiting for some terminals to arrive.

Did you get a different router? That looks like a Harbor freight router...

Or, did you borrow the photo from someone else?

Looks good so far, Richard. I like the clean layout of the crossovers.

its a photo i nabbed off the internet. Router was in the shop blah blah blah