Howdy all,

I finally took the time to order all the parts for Zaph Audio's Bargain Mini Build. I will be constructing the crossovers and the boxes and throwing it all together.

I will say first that my build will probably not be the prettiest ever. I actually only get time to work on this when I travel back to my hometown for a weekend. However, I am just trying to get some nice sounding speakers together and hopefully this will be my gateway to bigger and better builds.

First off are the components

Next is the crossover mock up. I did this to get the correct sizing for the crossover so it will fit in the relatively small box. I was very surprised about the size and heft of the crossover components.

For reference (to the picture above) the power input is at the top left, the outputs to the speakers are where they are placed and the ground is the bottom right. Next is the completed crossover.

For this I just used a couple pieces of wood and consolidated the crossover into a much smaller area. If I wasn't working quickly I would have took much more time to line up everything to where it would look better (ie have all resistors parallel to each other and the inductors and capacitors in line. Before soldering I drilled a hole at every connection, fed the wire into the hole, soldered it there and cut off the extra below. Next time I will cut the right length and solder.

That is it for now. I got the wood cut but I didn't take any photos. Though I already know I made one choice I wouldn't do again. When cutting wood if you have 8 pieces that will all be 8.5" then rip the distance you need at 8.5" all at once. This is great because if the 8.5" measurement is off they will all be off the same amount. What I did was rip a 10" board (my biggest dimension) and then cut down from there so I only had to use my crappy table saw once.

Looking forward to the results.

_{Nice equipment! I am myself running Zalph speakers in my vehicle. They sound AMAZing!! haha, i'm tuned in to see your results as I would never try to construct my crossover lol}

For reference, you generally don't want inductors on the same axis that close together. Ideally you would place them in different orientations with a fair amount of separation between them...ie. sit one up on it's side if the other is lying flat, and a few inches apart. This link explains the basics of why: http://www.parts-exp...r.html#inductor

Other than that, looks like you're off to a good start.

Impious beat me, but the inductor placement is a bit scary. Far away and off axis from each other please.

Looking forward to the results.

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