The speakers work well as nearfield monitors and combined with a subwoofer the speakers can be used for home theater duties.įostex FE206En Double Bass-Reflex Speaker Project - 17 September 2012 The loudspeakers use a single Fostex FE103En fullrange driver with no crossover circuit. The enclosure is a 6.9 L bass reflex cabinet tuned to about 95 Hz that follows the speaker box plans included with the driver datasheet. Gio has put together a small bookshelf / monitor speaker project using a single inexpensive fullrange speaker driver. Bruce indicates that the speakers have an excellent overall sound but cautions that open baffle speakers systems are 'bi-polar' and not for everyone.įostex FE103En Bass Reflex Bookshelf / Nearfield Monitor Speakers. The crossover point is 3600 Hz and the speaker system sensitivity is 93 dB / 1 W / 1 m. The project was inspired by the 'Big Air' open baffle system by Jim Strasser. A pair of these open baffle speakers can be built for $150US. This open baffle speaker project is simple to build and uses low cost speaker components. Mark reports that the horn speakers can draw an extremely accurate soundstage, sound excellent and have lead to a whole new listening experience with Paris, a 2.5W 6EM7 SET amplifier.Ĭobies - Cheap Open Baffle Speakers - 11 July 2013īruce shares his Cobies - Cheap Open Baffle Speakers. The sensitivity of the FE206En driver is greater than 96 dB / 1W / 1m, so the rear-loaded horn speakers are very well suited for use with very low power tube amplifiers. Australian beeswax is used on the outside of the horn cabinet and heavy cedar oil was applied to the mouth of the horn. The horn loudspeaker cabinets are made from 21 mm thick pine plywood and use a single FE206En fullrange driver and no crossover. The speaker cabinet plans are from the FE206En driver datasheet.

Once again Mark tries on the Fostex FE206En high sensitivity fullrange driver, but this time the end result is a large elaborate back-loaded horn loudspeaker. For more DIY projects, use the navigation menu on the left side of the page.įostex FE206En in Back-Loaded Horn Speaker Cabinets - 1 September 2014 NEW! The speaker projects are listed chronologically.

Back loaded horn speaker plans