Help matching Speakers to Amp and sub

elizotte71

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Hello,
I am working on my first audio project and want to make all my actual calculations from the speakers, amp, etc. is correct. The project is going to be a type of portable speakers system that I could take to college or a beach house and fill the room with a decent level of volume. Below is the list of all the parts I want to use. I know that the project will not be the best quality audio I can get, but this is more of a way for me to tinker around. My parts are as follows: (links included for each piece)

Amp: 2x40w Max L&R Channels, 1x68w Max dedicated sub channel. 2-8 ohms. 20-20,000 hz responce -- Lepai LP-168HA

Fullrange: 8 ohm, 30w RMS, 50w max 100-20KHz

Sub: 8 ohm 50w RMS, could not find peak (I'm guessing around 70-80w), 60 - 8khz

The rough pricing is around $60-$70 and I would be willing to bump it up to $80 at max. I plan to simple just wire up the terminals and trying them out once I order them as I do not have any audio or electrical experience

The main questions I have are:
1) Do all the parts, as they are laid out here, work, or should I try find something else for a certain part? (The amp is the only thing I do not want to change.)

2) If there is parts I should replace (excluding the amp), what parts would you recommend that fits the build?

I want to thank you in advance if you choose to help me figure this out!
 
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Looking at the parts list it will most certainly work. Obviously it's missing speaker enclosures, which i assume you are going to be making. Obviously the amp will be acting as the crossover with your passive setup. The only downside I can see is the woofer isn't really going down that low, only 60hz and is really designed to be included in a 2 or 3 way speaker design.
You need to look at something like theis http://www.parts-express.com/tang-band-w6-1139sif-6-1-2-paper-cone-subwoofer-speaker--264-919 which will be going down to 35hz.

Honestly, I'd be shooting my questions to the people at parts express, because when you start building your own speakers, there's a whole new world your looking at.

Good luck.

Ruggo181

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Looking at the parts list it will most certainly work. Obviously it's missing speaker enclosures, which i assume you are going to be making. Obviously the amp will be acting as the crossover with your passive setup. The only downside I can see is the woofer isn't really going down that low, only 60hz and is really designed to be included in a 2 or 3 way speaker design.
You need to look at something like theis http://www.parts-express.com/tang-band-w6-1139sif-6-1-2-paper-cone-subwoofer-speaker--264-919 which will be going down to 35hz.

Honestly, I'd be shooting my questions to the people at parts express, because when you start building your own speakers, there's a whole new world your looking at.

Good luck.
 
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