Scary Stereo

Scary Stereo was born from my wish for big scary tower speakers. I wanted nice home theater speakers for my living room as big as I could possibly get them. When thinking of how to use all the surface area, I decided to paint them with chalkboard paint. As these speakers are for listening forward I prioritized low-frequency extension with the large size of the cabinet as well as 15″ subwoofer drivers. My subwoofers pair with my mid and tweeters to make a transparent sound stage reaching above 20k.

Goals

• Bass Extension
• Transparency
• Pleasing to the ears

Drivers

• Dayton Audio RSS390HO-4 15″ subwoofer
• SB Acous)cs SB17NBAC35-4 6″ midwoofer
• SB Acous)cs SB29RDAC-C000-4 tweeter

Specifications

• F3 below 20 Hz
• +/- 2dB mid/highs

Measurements

Full Tuned Speaker Frequency Response

Integrated Frequency Response

Subwoofer (green) and port (blue) Frequency Response

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