Speaker pillars for ti elite speakers

[Seanram]

I started to build a home audio set made out of car audio components.
What do i have so far:
Ti elite 12d is a sealed box.
2 sets of ti elite's components.
1 ti1200.1
2 ti200.2
2 large 12v power supplies.

One subject is still troubling me and i hope you Guys could help me out.
I'm building speaker pillars for the comp's.
The pillars are h 1.2m w 25cm d 30cm with brackets over the full length.

I was planning on making them sealed but now i'm wondering if shloud make them ported or not.
If so what type of port should i use?

I Will post Some pictures of the pillars later on.

Any help would-be welcome.
Thanks in advance.

[Drock]

This is my home made speakers using two ti elite tweeters one ti6 and one ti9m.

Enclosure is just over one cube. I put a 2"x6" flared port in the back panel.
I also used an mb quart 3 way passive crossover.
These are by far my favorite speakers.







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[smgreen20]

It would be in you best interest to put the 6" and 9" in there own chamber. That 9 will beat the piss out of that 6 sharing the same air space. Also the Quarter xover is designed for 4 ohm drives. How ever you have your tweets wired you're either at a 2 ohm load or an 8 ohm load changing the effective xover points.

It could all be moot too as you're using an entirely different xover then what's range recommended. Try running active instead of passive.

[Drock]

They work and sound very good. No issues whatsoever. If the box was sealed I might be concerned, but it's ported so there is no issue with the 9" beating up the 6". It is mid bass not sub so I'm not worried a bit.


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[smgreen20]

I owned a set of the Elite 6's before so I'm very familiar with them. I have not, however, owned a set of the 9's. Your 9 is over twice the cone area of the 6 (63.5 sqin vs 28.26 sqin), in due time, it will take its toll, but what do I know.

Bottom line, if it's pleasing to your ears then that's all that matters.

[Drock]

I know only that these worked out great. I am a kef speaker fan for home audio. And none of there enclosures have separate chambers for drivers. And the ti's are playing details in music that were missed with the kef's.
I cracked open an elite .2 this morning and hooked it up to the ti's and at 200+watt they are better than impressive. Maybe I got lucky. But I did my best to build a nice set of speakers. And with a dd3512 sub in an elite.1 to back the ti up. Well it's a bit insane. And this is just for the shop. Lol

By the way sorry for jacking the thread


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[Seanram]

Thank you for the reply!!
I'll post Some pictures tomorrow that will Give a better image.
In the speakers u made i see the holes in te cabines but shouldnt u use ports?

[Drock]

There is a 2"x6" port in the back. The pics were of the enclosure as I was building them. I didn't have the port installed yet.



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[Seanram]

Ok ok. Witch port diameter did u use?

[Drock]

2"x 6" length.
And the ti's perform outstandingly.


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[ttocs]

with all the speakers in the same cabinet I would probably recommend just sealing it up myself. Not even sure how you would go about calculating its length and just easier all around.

[Seanram]

Here is the picture of the front (i cut the picture to make it fit the pillar in a tiny bit longer).

[Seanram]

pictures of the inside

[Seanram]

bracing.

I think i'll seal up the pillars so no vented port an will make smaller "bookshelf" cabinets ported like you did.
Thank for the advice!!.

When they are finished I will post some pictures.