Good day fellow sound lovers!

Hi There,

My name is Emiel. I have been actively enjoying the free party scene in the last few years, and decided not to long ago to contribute to this lovely society. I figured that building a soundsystem doesn't have to cost a lot of money.

note: I am a total newby, and I welcome any knowledge you can give me or point me to

So, initially I started collecting speakers. Really just asking friends, looking on ebay like sites and even ravaging old electronics waste containers, trading for bags of candy and what not. In the past 2 weeks I have collected over 10 pairs of speakers, some cheap, some of actual quality. I also got a decent sub at an auction really cheap, and already had 2 pretty decent subs. Note, I'm not talking passive desktop mini speakers.

I figured I could repurpose the speakers I collected, by building them new cabinets. Again, I am not well informed yet and am not sure if this is possible at all.

I wont dare to make an actual post yet, as I simply don't want to ask stupid questions. I'd rather get well informed first and ask you guys some decent questions when they arise. So if you can give me any tips on where to gather some info, or are willing to lend a helping hand, I'd be very grateful!

Thanks for reading (:

Take pictures of everything you got.......

I don't have all speakers here right now, but here are the first few:

www.dropbox.com/sh/ww7lvmdyfm2npmw/ViJZlyA7mi

Dude.........those are all 'house speakers' There are other forums that maybe suited to your inquiries if your going that route.......

I know, these ones aren't that good. I've got a few other that should be better.

Won't I be able to repurpose them? I know this probably sounds stupid to someone with knowledge on this subject, but hear me out. Let's say I wanted to build speakers for high frequencies. Couldnt I use the biggest cone of a full range speaker and rewire it to react to the higher frequencies and build it into a new cabinet? Another thing I read was that bass and subbass should have at least 1,5x the watt output of the midrange. Thus I should be able to create mids with lesser speakers..?

Is it possible at all to use old speaker to build new ones? Thanks in advance

I would sell what you got, and use the money to build 2 cubo 18's and 2 reflex tops, 2 amps and an lms..... you may need to save a bit to top up your money by a few £100 to add to the price you get by selling the home hifi stuff

bee wrote: I would sell what you got, and use the money to build 2 cubo 18's and 2 reflex tops, 2 amps and an lms..... you may need to save a bit to top up your money by a few £100 to add to the price you get by selling the home hifi stuff

I was going to suggest something similar also.......