DIY Audio & Video

FAQs, Tutorials, and Calculators for
Speaker Boxes, Crossovers, Filters, Wiring and more

Tutorials

Speaker Building Tutorial - Steps to building a speaker fcom scratch.
Crossovers Tutorial - All the steps of making a crossover.

FAQs

Wiring FAQ - Anything to do with wiring speakers & amps.
Home Theater FAQ - What separates home theater from the rest.
Basic DIY Speaker FAQ - Things to consider before doing anything.
Box Construction FAQ - What is involved in the box construction.
MDF Board FAQ - Everything you need to know about building boxes with MDF.
Crossover FAQ - Some rules for buliding and wiring crossovers.
Sound FAQ - Basic information on common terms and sound properties.

Circuit & Box Design

Speaker Box Enclosure Designer - calculate box volumes and port sizes.
- Help for Designing Speaker Boxes
2-way Crossover Designer - design many types of crossovers 1st-6th order.
- Help for Designing Crossovers
3-way APC Crossover Designer - design a first order 3 way APC crossover.
- Help for Designing 3-way Crossovers
Series Notch Filter - design a LCR filter to remove that response spike.
- Help for Designing a Series Notch Filter
Parallel Notch Filter - design a parallel trap filter to remove broader peaks.
- Help for Designing a Parallel Notch Filter
Driver Attenuation Circuit - design a L-Pad to decrease driver sensitivity.
- Help in designing a L-Pad (Driver Attenuation Circuit)
Impedance Equalization Circuit - design a Impedance Equalization Circuit to match driver resistance.
- Help in designing a Impedance Equalization Circuit
Contour Network - design a Contour Network to correct drivers with a rising response curve.
- Help for Designing a Contour Network
Inductor Designer - Wind your own inductor for a low resistance crossover network.
- Help for Winding your own Inductor

Television

TV Technologies - Information about the different types of televisions.
3D in the Theater - How 3D in the theater works, and how it is different than home.
3D at Home - What you need to know about 3D Televison.
Home Theater PC - DIY Digital Video Recorder and Media Player.
Entertainment System Component Wiring - Some sample wiring diagrams for your system.
Design Your System - Entertainment System Wiring Tool. Build a wiring diagram and save it or send to a friend.

Home Wiring - Future Wiring/Structured Wiring from StructuredHomeWiring.com

Structured Wiring Overview - How to future wire your home.
Types of Wires - Shows the different wires you might run through the wall.
Structured Wiring Plan - Creating a wiring plan for your home.
Sample Projects - Some sample projects that should help you with your plan.
How to Wire Your Home - What you need to run the wires correctly and safely.
Home Theater Setup - Speaker placement, entertainment centers, and audio distribution.
Terminating Wall Plates - How to terminate the wires at your outlets or speakers.
The Wiring Panel - The central location that all wires should run to.
Wiring an Existing Home - How to run wires through walls after your home is built.

Burglar Alarm / Security System Installation from StructuredHomeWiring.com

Alarm Planning - Information on planning an alarm system.
Alarm Wiring - How to do the actual wiring.
Sample DSC Alarm - Diagrams and Pictures for a DSC Power 864.
Wireless Alarms - If you don't want to run the wires.
Video Surveillance - Store video or monitor remotely.

Home Automation from StructuredHomeWiring.com

Home Automation - X10 and other home automation ideas.

Audio/Video Manufacturer Links

Tables

1st, 2nd, and 3rd order Butterworth crossover tables using only E24 components.

Basics

Definition of Terms - What all the letters used in the formulas mean.
Metric/Standard Conversions - for calculating box volumes.
Audio/Video Formats & Mediums - info on the different formats of audio and video.

Electronics

Basic Electronics - Wiring electrical components in parallel and series.
Resistors, Capacitors, & Inductors - The varioius types and what you need to know about them.
Resistor Color Codes & Other Component Identification - What all those colored stripes mean.

Projects

NHT1259 - Home Audio Projects using this 12" woofer from NHT.
Home Projects - Other Speaker and Electronics Home Projects.
My Car Project - Other Speaker and Electronics Home Projects.

Our other sites

LaLena . com - Check out our parent site and try some online games.
Structured Home Wiring . com - Information on wiring your home for audio and video.
Daily Scroggle . com - A daily online word puzzle.

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DIY Audio & Video

FAQs, Tutorials, and Calculators forSpeaker Boxes, Crossovers, Filters, Wiring and more

FAQs, Tutorials, and Calculators for
Speaker Boxes, Crossovers, Filters, Wiring and more