RST28F and DC130A Foamcore Homage to LS3/5A

hi, yes i'll do on small piece of wood .

do you think it's an heresy to built it in 18mm mdf like your Fast 10f/rs225. there's not the good dimension at my local store (only medium in (6, 10 and 18 mm) and keep the 18mm will be a strong box. Of course i'll keep internal dimension.

(i've aps aeon ( APS AEON - Zikinf ) in my studio for music recording an listenning and they are building like a tank).

after , i think i'll try your amp as i can soldering until smd and i begin to understand electronic schematic. i'd love to try a class A but step by step ...
 
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hi, yes i'll do on small piece of wood .

do you think it's an heresy to built it in 18mm mdf like your Fast 10f/rs225. there's not the good dimension at my local store (only medium in (6, 10 and 18 mm) and keep the 18mm will be a strong box. Of course i'll keep internal dimension.

(i've aps aeon ( APS AEON - Zikinf ) in my studio for music recording an listenning and they are building like a tank).

after , i think i'll try your amp as i can soldering until smd and i begin to understand electronic schematic. i'd love to try a class A but step by step ...

Yes, 18mm MDF will work. I would still try to make the removable front baffle mounted with the screws like shown though. The use of the thinner 9mm plywood and braced with a frame of hardwood (beech or white oak in my case) has been said to give the LS3/5A type box some of its sound signature. But hard to say how important that is to the overall sound.
 
Hi XRK,
I'm very interested in trying out your design.
Unfortunately the DC130A-8 woofer has run out of stock where I live.
The shielded version DC130AS-8 is available,though.

Could you please take a look at the specsheet?
https://www.daytonaudio.com/images/resources/295-300-dayton-audio-dc130as-8-specifications.pdf

Do you feel it could work out,perhaps with minor tweaks?
To me the FR curves look pretty similar but I'm not very good at spotting the details.

regards,
Sashi
 
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Fs is 57Hz vs 53Hz, Qts is a little higher, sensitivity is within 0.2dB, Yes, the shielded woofer should be close enough. I have not tested it myself but give it a try.

I would not port this speaker. It has plenty of bass for it’s intended purpose and the group delay is kept in check. If you port it, the dynamics and timing of bass vs mids and highs will not be as good. The other way to do this is to put it in a TL as shown in this thread. That will preserve the timing of the group delay.
 
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Here you go - you want minimal effort I see. :)

Crossover Part Numbers from Parts Express (per speaker)

L4 = 5mH 18ga #275-141 qnty 1
L1 = 0.1mH 20ga #257-568 qnty 1
C2 = 4.7uF MKP #255-020 qnty 1
C3A = 10uF MKP #027-114 qnty 1
C3B = 1uF MKP #027-410 qnty 1
R2A, R4 = 12.5ohm #006-12.5 qnty 2
R2B = 1.0ohm #006-027-101 qnty 1

C3 = C3A+C3B
R2 = R2A+R2B

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It looks something like this:
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Or this if you have exact custom values :)
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