Loudspeaker Design.
Edmumd Hawkridge.
Edmumd Hawkridge
BSc (Hons) Audio and Recording Technology
T: 07533403714
E: edhawkridge@yahoo.co.uk
BSc (Hons) Audio and Recording Technology
T: 07533403714
E: edhawkridge@yahoo.co.uk
Loudspeaker Design
"My project was to develop and construct a loudspeaker that was at
a competitive price point to large brand competition.
The idea initially came from an interest in loudspeaker construction
developed when writing a report on enclosures during my second year
of University. Areas of research included in the project include drivers,
enclosures, crossovers, baffles and performance testing.
Benefits of my design are that by designing and making the unit myself,
many costs are avoided and the exact specification desired can be created.
Development of the unit was done by conducting surveys on the target user
group to discover what features potential users would like.
The loudspeaker itself is a sealed unit constructed of MDF, due to the
resistance to vibrational modes that are created when wood has a grain.
As the created unit is a prototype, further developments will be made by
incorporating better quality crossover circuitry and making a port in the
enclosure to extent the bass response of the unit.
I believe my project shows that consumers do not need to necessarily
purchase loudspeakers, because developing your own is not as complex
as it may initially seem. I hope to develop the created prototype with active
crossover circuitry so that crossover distortion is minimised and the
frequency response of the unit is flattened, creating a second so that they
could potentially be sold as a full stereo system."
