center channel speaker...

[jellyfish420 10+ year member]

my boss wants me to build him a nice center channel for his house, cause i do all the car audio for everyone at the shop. but what does a center channel consist of? isn't it usually like 2 4's and a tweet, or something like that? what freq range does this channel need to cover. is there any other pertinant information that i should know before attempting to build this?

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[albarran9 10+ year member]

arent center channel speakers for voice and highs? Most of the ones i have seen consist of tweeters and mids.

 

[smgreen20 10+ year member]

In home audio, the center channel (5/6/7.1) plays most of the audio. So it's very important. The other speakers are there for the surround effect.

 

[creater 10+ year member]

for home....i would think 1 10" and tweets.....then 10" for midbass and tweets for highs....

but its all about ur frequency setting after that

 

[UndercoverPunk 5,000+ posts]

you need to know how to build a crossover...

 

[creater 10+ year member]

how do u build a crossover???

it might be helpful to this thread

 

[UndercoverPunk 5,000+ posts]

keep reading... I'd suggest trying to find a more DIY HA forum...

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

inductors, capacitors, diodes, resistors, ect...

 

[creater 10+ year member]

oh....y dont u just buy a crossover....not a very expensive one...but one that can help wid the sys

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

oh....y dont u just buy a crossover....not a very expensive one...but one that can help wid the sys

Because how good the system performs is 100% reliant upon the quality/design of the crossover. Buying a "generic" passive crossover just isn't going to provide the performance necessary for a good high quality speaker. Custom passive design is pretty much required when designing a custom speaker.

If you want a bad-*** center channel, I'd pick up one of these: http://adireaudio.com/Home/KITLCR.htm

 

[ToyTundra 10+ year member]

^^^i tried to convince my dad to buy one of those. Then i said it would shame the rest of our spekers, so we would need two more and somthing for the rear. It didn't go over so well

 

[jellyfish420 10+ year member]

i found out what his other speakers are...dynaudio.