Here's a very interesting an easy to understanding guide on building speakers:
Speaker Principles
The illustrations are very clear. The observations are very incisive (e.g. below, emphasis mine). Do read all four pages. For example, I learned from this article (page 4) that a ported cabinet is nothing but a variation of a Helmholtz resonator.
Speaker Principles
The illustrations are very clear. The observations are very incisive (e.g. below, emphasis mine). Do read all four pages. For example, I learned from this article (page 4) that a ported cabinet is nothing but a variation of a Helmholtz resonator.
"Loudspeakers have principally remained unchanged for approx 50 years. There have been few improvements since their invention. One example is epoxy compounds for bonding voice coils to the cone to improve power handling.
The greatest advances have been in marketing where illusions of hearing differences are mostly generated by descriptions."