Hello. Before I buy the Fusion-12 Tempest kit for a LCR setup I wanted to ask the following questions: I can only build cabinets and assemble so I was going to order a pre assembled XO as well. They are meant to be used in a bafflewall as LCR. * Are these designs "free standing"? * Would it be problematic for the respons to mount it inside a bafflewall? (I'm building a bafflewall with AT screen) * Should I go sealed or ported given it will be inside a bafflewall? * If sealed, can the pre assambled XO be used still? * If sealed, what volume of the cabinet? * I'm limited in depth. How shallow can the Tempest be built? I'd like to stay below 8-12 inches. * When inside a bafflewall I suppose the speaker box itself does not have to adhere to a certain width? All I need to make sure is, that the waveguide is at a certain distance from the driver? * Considering the 3 Tempest, any suggestions for 4 surround speakers? Depth limited again, would prefer depth below 7.5 inches. These are my newbie questions, there's probably alot I havent even considered so feel free to give suggestions
Baffle step compensation (in the XO) dictates the baffle dimensions and how close you should put the speaker near boundries. Unless specifically designed so, I wouldn't use a design not ment for in wall, in wall. This alone might stop your plans. Talk to the designer first before potentially wasting non-inwall designs in wall. You should be able to seal (calculate a new QTC of ~ 0.7-0.6 for new internal volume). Take away volume from the depth (8-10 is would be fine, pending the first comment) and the removal of the port section. Don't touch the baffle width, tweeter-woofer spacing and location relative to the top edge. http://sound.westhost.com/bafflestep.htm http://www.salksound.com/wp/?p=42
How do one actually get a hold of the designer? looks like Jeff Bagby did the Fusion ones that I am looking at
Go to the techtalk forum at partsexpress. He frequents there and is fairly easy to get a hold of. I think his username is JeffB. http://techtalk.parts-express.com/forumdisplay.php?2-Tech-Talk-Forum