Re: Speaker From Scratch (Not just the cabinet)

Good luck with that! I have seen places where you can buy replacement cones,
surrounds, voice coils, dust caps, even spiders, but where would you get a
basket? And why? I'm not absolutely sure, but I think speaker magnets are
magnetized after they are put together with the basket, pole plate and plug.
Maybe I'm completely crazy, but I think I remember reading about that years
ago. How else could you align the parts without them sticking together?
Also, from what I understand, there are companies that specialize in just
one part. In other words one company will make nothing but baskets, another
company makes the cones and another makes the spiders, voice coils, etc.
Then the "manufacturer" just assembles the parts; much like you want to do.
You might have a hard time getting a few parts rather than thousands. What
is it that you think you would do differently than what you find in speakers
that are already made? Why not just buy speakers and modify them in the way
you like?

http://www.akrobiz.com/speakers/

Take care. James. :o)




"bmearns" <bmearns@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I want to build a speaker from scratch. Everything I find online has
> people buying the audio driver, and building the cabinet. I want to
> build the audio driver, too, but I don't know what to use for the
> basket or the spider. I'm also having some difficulty finding speaker
> magnets.
>
> Any suggestions or direction will be very much appreiciated. Thanks!
>


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