DIY Speakers - Ready Made Enclosures

If you are like me and lack the wood working skills, tools and workspace to build a fine looking pair of speaker enclosures, there is some hope. Buy some ready made enclosures!


I want to try another fullrange speaker project over the Christmas holidays, and I don't have the skills or time to build nice looking enclosures. So I opted for a ready made Dayton 0.38 ft³ Curved Cabinet finished in Gloss Black from Parts Express.


You can see that the cabinet has a great high gloss piano finish. The baffle is 1" MDF and removable. The grill is secured to the baffle by magnets in line with the machine screws that hold the baffle in place.


The enclosure is constructed out of 3/4" MDF side and back panels with a 3/4" MDF brace running vertically up the sides and across the top and bottom. The overall dimensions are 14" H x (8" Front, 4.5" Back) W x 11.3" D.

With quality ready made cabinets like this, a finished DIY speaker should only be a few holes away! Somehow, I know it won't be that simple! :)

UPDATE - 24 March 2008

The cabinets shown above were used to make a pair for Fostex FX120 Bookshelf speakers. I liked the curved PE cabinets so much I just had to purchase another pair. This time, I opted for the 0.25 ft³ cabinets in a Maple finish. The plan is to house Jordan JX92S Fullrange drivers in these new cabinets.



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