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.

Regards,

John Byrns

I think you've got a good point John. The speakers I like
(Electrovoice EV5, Califone PA speakers) are not reflex or tuned port
speakers. They're just big speakers in big boxes.

I have been consistently disappointed by "multimedia" speakers with
subwoofers. In fact I'm pretty uniformly disappointed with what I've
heard in Short Circuit City et al lately. Loud and shiny is not my
current taste. Maybe 20 years ago it would've been my taste!

The Radio Shack patio speakers (metal box) aren't awful. But if I've
got them on for hours, it's a big relief to my ears to switch to a
mellow speaker instead.

I'm thinking about taking AB9GO's advice, just buy a big speaker and
put it in a big box.

Tim.