Home Studio Speaker Help!!!

[studioguy1]

Hi,
I am brand new to this forum and a newbie at this so forgive me in advance. I am moving next year and I have the option to build a studio
in my basement. I want to build a set of in-wall studio monitors from JBL
components...here's where things get interesting. I have a set of SR4725's which I wanted to use for this. I was going to take the 15"s, horn tweeters and crossovers from those cabs, and build a couple of custom cabs for the studio! Are the crossovers suitable? Or would I be
better off using a different crossover from another series? Should I grab a pair of 10's and a diff. x-over and make these 3 ways? Will the horns which were'nt designed for critical listening be too harsh? HELP before I do something
dumb. Just using a A/B volume attentuator for switching between sources,
and I may use a 1500 watt Mackie Amp to power them. I also have the matching 18" subs to go with them but I think that might be a bit much
for the room I am building..any advice will be taken to heart. I have a set
of nearfields that work great, It would just be nice to shake my wife off the couch:D

[demon]

hi!

im not a pro or anything, but my choice for my homestudio was to go completely active, that means (digital) active crossover and one amp/way.
if you have to experiment with your drivers its THE single one solution to get >quick< results, plug and play.
you got many possibilities once youre active, like inserting EQs and switch drivers, ass well as change the speaker sounding for listening tests.
and if youre going digital out from your computer (or whatever) you may use a digital crossover and go straight in, like i plan to do when i upgrade my computer.
well.

wish you all the best!
hope to see pictures when you get to your new room.

mikey

[pos]

Hi studioguy1, and welcome!

You could replace thoese 2370 horns with that small 90°x50° PT waveguide Zilch has been advocating for some times:

http://audioheritage.csdco.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=6050#7[/URL]
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=123426&perpage=25&pagenumber=1 (http://audioheritage.csdco.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=6050#6)
[URL]http://audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=1856214#post1856214

They are dirt cheap at less than 10$ a piece

You can turn your 2426H into screw-on drivers by removing the adapter thet comes with them (and you can even resell that device: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=220267059153&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=012)


Are you going to soffit mount them ?

[readswift]

I wonder why in hell someone in the US wants to tinker with this, once all the JBL stuff is at your doorstep basicaly. Moreover, check this out:
http://www.johnlsayers.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=10426&sid=b8ab932b29a417e1bd028c7e37c6d24f

cool huh? In fact im thinkin bout it too.