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Originally posted by Coffeeism
You could make your own 12 by 6 box with both speakers and woofers in the same box!
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My advice: don't make your own box unless you know what you are doing. You may get away with making a sealed enclosure, assuming you get the dimensions right on the money, the holes are properly drilled, the glue works, and the screws actually stay. Sounds simple, but it really isn't. Attempting to make a ported enclosure as an amateur is simply out of the question.. what is the result of messing up either type of enclosure, you ask? Your woofer eases into distortion effortlessly, much like the PA system on a school bus. Also, don't combine a speaker and a sub woofer in the same enclosure, unless you know what you are doing.. again, its just asking for more trouble.
I suggest you find a pre-assembled enclosure. In such an enclosure it would be a good idea to have the following types of speakers: sub woofer, midrange, and tweeter; but it doesn't matter much in this case. In addition to your enclosure you generally want an amplifier, and some source from which your music will originate (an old/new head unit from a car, most portable CD-players, etc). That should be a good starting place.
PS: if you don't want a system thats too loud ::breathes in:: you can get some decent computer speakers from any store that sells them. Please shy away from that though
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