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Two Pi with off-sized speaker box [message #45673] Sat, 23 October 2004 12:22 Go to next message
BrianG is currently offline  BrianG
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Registered: May 2009
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Wayne,

I'd like to convert an old pair of speakers to Two Pis. The box size is ~5000 cubic inches - between the regular and tower two pi boxes. Is there a tool to calculate whether there is a valid alignment at that size? Or are the two proper alignments only available at the regular and tower box sizes?

thanks,

Brian

Re: Two Pi with off-sized speaker box [message #45674 is a reply to message #45673] Sat, 23 October 2004 13:00 Go to previous message
Wayne Parham is currently offline  Wayne Parham
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Registered: January 2001
Illuminati (33rd Degree)

Use the formula below to calculate the port size. For the Alpha 10's used in two π's, you'll want to tune the box to 40Hz.

Here's a little BASIC program that will calculate the formulas for you, if you can still find an old BASIC interpreter around somewhere.

    10 INPUT"Enclosure Volume";VE
    20 INPUT"Diameter of Port";PD
    30 INPUT"Length of Port";PL
    40 VB=VE*1728:PI=3.1415926535:AP=PI*((PD/2)^2):LC=PL+((8*PD)/(3*PI))
    50 FR=(13548/(2*PI))*(AP/(VB*LC))^.5
    60 PRINT"Fr =";FR;"Hz."
    70 GOTO 10
5000 cubic inches is 2.9ft3, which is a nice size for the Alpha 10 driver. You could go with a 4" diameter port that's 4" long or a 3" diameter port that's 2" long.


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