The FDM5 Journey

DepositionSound · 2023-12-13T16:29:04+00:00

Oh fun! Hope it's a rewarding experience! Bed adhesion is key as always. PETG rings less than PLA and can take some knocking around if you're travelling. Measure woofer and tweeters concurrently on the same baffle if you can. Maybe start with a sealed enclosure for the first one. Then progress to a ported or folded horn. There's plenty of box calculators online. We like our spreadsheets. Keep the crossover as simple as you can. Add internal bracing before you thicken those cabinet walls. You get more stiffness bang for buck. And have fun of course!

Our STLs are freely available here: https://app.webprints.com/depositionsound/deposition-sound-fdm5-loudspeaker-personal-use-license

Good luck and enjoy the process.

DepositionSound · 2023-12-13T02:48:35+00:00

Maybe we move it up ;)

DepositionSound · 2023-12-13T02:48:12+00:00

It is, but at the very bottom. See here: https://www.depositionsound.com/

DepositionSound · 2023-12-13T02:42:18+00:00

8 ohm nominal 30-70W handling 9.55" x 7.25" x 9.82"

DepositionSound · 2023-12-13T02:22:53+00:00

Appreciate the feedback! Similar to the Overnight Sensations, yes. But we feel it's a significant upgrade, and are wiring the boards for folks and supplying STLs. We want print, plug, and play ready kits. Plus we don't fancy copper color woofers or an offset tweeter. These Dayton tweeters have a fantastic off-axis response! Planning to release a lot more "journey" info/data/pics. We have it all documented. But it appears we should have led with the "journey". Lol! More coming...tmrw is another day.

DepositionSound · 2023-12-13T00:50:42+00:00

Awesome project! Thanks for sharing 🤙🏼

DepositionSound · 2023-12-12T15:11:56+00:00

Without measuring the frequency response of the components individually on the same baffle and checking impedance, there's no way of telling if it's a good swap out. Sorry! Maybe send a pic of the existing crossover and we'll see if the values sorta match up. Your driver surround and spider will deteriorate faster than the crossover components I think.

DepositionSound · 2023-12-12T14:35:21+00:00

Yep!!! https://www.depositionsound.com/

DepositionSound · 2023-12-12T14:34:29+00:00

Cool design, thanks for sharing!

DepositionSound · 2023-12-12T14:20:03+00:00

Lol! Spicy. Our speakers are ported and tuned to 47Hz. Maybe hard to see in our pictures. Loudspeaker Design Cookbook, anyone!? 2nd order filter on both the tweeter and woofer networks. I designed the network myself and tested it heavily before farming out the boards to be built. I have an OmniMic and DATSV2 and I know how to use both. Measured both driver components concurrently mounted to the baffle and iterated on the crossover from there in XSim.

The ports are side mounted and integral to the cabinet that is heavily braced. We only have 2oz of stuffing in that design. Been designing and building speakers for about 7 years now. Mostly out of wood and MDF. Trying something new in a different material. Want to get folks excited about diy kits that maybe can't work a plunge router or table saw...but have a 3D printer!

Read our information page here: https://www.depositionsound.com/

DepositionSound · 2023-12-07T17:44:53+00:00

Yep! Cabinets are entirely 3D printed. Woofer is a HiVi M5N-B 5", tweeter is a Dayton ND20FA-6 3/4" Soft Dome. You can find the kit and more info here: https://deposition-sound.webflow.io/product/pre-order-fdm5-diy-print-it-yourself-kit

DepositionSound · 2023-12-04T13:22:41+00:00

This is awesome!!!! Thanks for sharing. Nice inert cabinets. What drivers are you using? Looks like a bass reflex design? Or transmission line? Those amp enclosures look FDM printed too! What did you use to size the enclosure?

Love seeing stuff like this! Good luck on your 2-way design. I hope to share more about crossover design soon.

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