Ported Enclosure for Component woofers?

[ShagggDiesel 25]

I'm thinking about doing something that I've only see Steve Meade do, on a much larger scale. I want to build a small setup to just listen to music in the garage with. I have a cheap set of Pyle component speakers that I can use.. I'd like to build a ported enclosure like this. They would be ran off of a really old 100 watt 2 channel Pyramid amplifier. I do not plan on adding a subwoofer to the setup, just this set of components. Since this old amp doesn't have any sort of SSF, HPF, or LPF, it's playing a full range. I will have a crossover for the tweeter, but the woofer will be seeing even subsonic frequencies. I'm thinking about using 1" PVC for a port tuned around 40hz or so.. What are your guys' suggestions? Would this be even desirable? Or would I be better of just having them mounted somewhere IB? Remember, I'm not looking for audiophile quality here.. just something decent to listen to in the garage while working. If I do go throigh with this, they will go in a 7w/10h/10/d studio monitor style enclosure. Woofer mounted on the bottom, tweeter on the top, and port either inbetween or in the bottom corner. Thanks in advance for input!

[Impious 1,476]

Most car audio speakers aren't designed to perform optimally in a ported enclosure and their crossovers networks weren't designed with the enclosure in mind. It will technically "work" as you can pretty much do whatever you want to do, but the results will suffer using the wrong speakers in the wrong enclosure with the wrong crossover network. The results won't be spectacular.....if you are lucky they'll end up being listenable.

Personally I would just search on Craigslist for some decent used bookshelf speakers.

Be careful running them ported without a highpass. I don't know what your program material will consist of, but any bookshelf speaker is going to be extremely easy to bottom out below tuning.

If nothing else, THESE are $40 for the pair, sometimes on sale for $25. They aren't going to be great, they're a $20/each speaker afterall. But I'm fairly certain they'd be an upgrade from your original plan.

[duanebrow 6]

The speakers linked are ok. Build a .5cf sealed box for them, corner load them for more bass. If you want to use what you have don't port them, it won't help. sealed will be the best.

[ShagggDiesel 25]

Since I already had the speakers and the materials, I decided to go ahead and try my idea. I decided if I didn't like it, I would go a different route. I built the enclosures to .25 ish cuft tuned to 45hz with 1" PVC. These are similar dimensions to the studio monitors I use in my recording studio. They aren't the prettiest things in the world, but that wasn't my goal. They sound much better than I expected.. Plenty good to satisfy me for what I needed. Overall, I'm impressed. It also makes the listening experiece that much better knowing that I made the enclosure. The only real issue I've seen, is that the tweeters leak air through them from the woofer. Doesn't seem to affect the sound, and it's not audible, so I don't see that to be a real problem. It worked out great for something to listen to music with while working in the garage. Thanks for the replies. I'll keep the Dayton's in mind for future reference.