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Old January 25th 08, 06:43 PM posted to rec.antiques.radio+phono, rec.radio.amateur.equipment
Peter Wieck Peter Wieck is offline
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Default Biggish speaker in wood box wanted

On Jan 25, 12:31*pm, John Byrns wrote:
In article
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*AB9GO wrote:
Speaker designed for use with amateur and two-way radio, shortwave and
scanner listening.


http://www.soundssweet.com


Look at how it is constructed and buy the parts fromwww.partsexpress.com
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Here are reviews from hams that own this speaker:
http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/2754


I don't know if I would trust that speaker to "sound sweet", it is a
"tuned port, bass reflex speaker", and those tend to have a peaky
resonant bass, not a sweet bass sound. *They probably used the "tuned
port, bass reflex" because the box would have had to be larger than
their target size otherwise.



How much bandwidth would a "Ham" speaker be expected to cover? Perhaps
the same as that required by basic telephony (300 - 3400hz)? Less?
Wiki gives:

Soprano (240 - 1170 Hz)
Mezzo-soprano (220 - 900 Hz)
Contralto (130 - 700 Hz)
Tenor (130 - 440 Hz)
Baritone (110 - 350 Hz)
Bass (80 - 330 Hz)

And Ham Radio ain't nohow opera... harmonics and overtones are
certainly less of an issue, perhaps? And no need at all to reproduce
basso-profundo notes for sure.

Looking at that information, things get a bit easier, perhaps?

Peter Wieck
Wyncote, PA