Designer:
Mort
Project Category:
Loudspeakers/Cabinets
Project Level:
Intermediate
Project Time:
20+ Hours
Project Cost:
$100 – $500
Project Description:
HiVi-Swan DIY 3.1 Lego speaker
Design Goals:
Take my hobbies speaker building and my Daughters hobby Legos and combine them.
Make a great speaker that I could incorporate Legos on to.
Driver Selection:
The kit came with 6.5 inch woofers. 2 inch Dome midrange drivers, and isodynamic ribbon tweeters
Enclosure Design:
MDF Ported enclosure
Crossover Design:
three-way fourth-order reverse-phase design.
Tips & Tricks:
Align the cabinet seams flat with tape before gluing them it makes it easier to work fast with the glue and clamps.
Iron the grill material and pin it to a cork board or equivalent and work one side at a time on to the frame using contact cement work and finish the corners last.
Conclusion:
This speaker kit was perfect for my finish design goals. They were fun to build and they sound fantastic. The look of the Lego finish turned out better than I originally envisioned. I know my Daughter is going to love them. They will make great sounding platforms for her to display her latest Lego set on.
About the Designer:
I have been an Aircraft structures mechanic for 27 years and an audiophile all my life.
Project Parts List:
| Part# | Description | Qty. |
| 260-566 | Sonic Barrier Acousta-Blue Speaker Cabinet Sound Damping Denim Fiber Mat 30mm x 40″ x 55″ | N/A |
| 260-111 | Acry-Tech DuraTex Black 1 Quart Roller Grade Cabinet Texture Coating Kit with Textured 3″ Roller | 1 |
| 101-737 | Consolidated Stranded 16 AWG Hook-Up Wire 25 ft. Violet UL Rated | 1 |
| 101-730 | Consolidated Stranded 16 AWG Hook-Up Wire 25 ft. Black UL Rated | 1 |
| 101-735 | Consolidated Stranded 16 AWG Hook-Up Wire 25 ft. Green UL Rated | 1 |
| 101-734 | Consolidated Stranded 16 AWG Hook-Up Wire 25 ft. Yellow UL Rated | 1 |