diy speakers?

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diy speakers?

Anyone have experience making their own HiFi speakers vs buying them? I researched it a bit and found out that for a couple hundred bucks and some work you could get dome really hi end speakers … Any thoughts ?

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Someone here posted a link a while ago for a DIY kit on studio monitor that have pretty decent reviews regarding SQ for a small price. Of course, the tradeoff is that all of them are passive speakers.

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For stereo music, these are REALLY good. A friend has built a pair and they rival any system I have heard in a house.

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+1

Plate amps that are available at the consumer level are $$$$ and have medium to poor performance. BUT…for home use, any reasonable 2.1 stereo receiver has more than sufficient power and control.

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Yeah I have a pretty nice pioneer receiver with lots of power. Looking for some floor standing HiFi speakers.

The av3 looks like a pretty good idea…

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BTW I’m not looking for studio speakers or bookshelf speakers.. This is for my living room to listen to hi end music quality. I’m really going to try to get the mids and highs with these since I have a pretty nice sub I can use with it… Was thinking a 2 , 2.5 or 3 way speaker system possibly adding a center later but have a decent Sony one right now but could do with just left right and sub if the quality is there. My next step is to be using bass traps and speaker spikes to make the room as clear as possible

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Look hard at the David floor standing speakers I posted above. The plans are VERY well written and easy to follow. The performance is REALLY good for the cost.

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Might just have to buy those plans then.. Just hard to believe that those cheap components will have the effect I want.. But for that price for the speakers will at least out perform the speakers I have now.

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partsexpress…

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Yeah I saw them also.. What would you recomond for someone with not a huge amount of knowledge towards woodwork, under 350 to 400 for parts..

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Any pre-cut kit will only require wood clamps and glue to assemble. Most of the manual labor time will actually be spent finishing–it’s kind of a pain to really sand/treat/paint/etc your kit, especially MDF.

The Overnight Sensations are a fantastic set of speakers for really quite cheap, and will work for nearfield (i.e. your computer): Overnight Sensations MT Speaker Kit Pair

I built some Amigas for a living room setup. They’re a little more, somewhere around $350-400 total:

https://sites.google.com/site/undefinition/diy/amiga
http://www.diysoundgroup.com/speaker-kits/amiga-kit.html for a kit

One of these summers I’m going to build the Statements:
http://speakerdesignworks.com/Statements.html

Here’s a few shots of my Amiga build:

For a party speaker, the TriTrix will be louder (Amiga is better listening, IMO, I’ve built both):
http://www.parts-express.com/parts-express-tritrix-mtm-tl-speaker-components-and-cabinet-kit-pair--300-702

I really enjoy the DIY stuff. You’re basically getting 5-10x the speaker quality by cost, in exchange for 5-10 hours of work.

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Wow those look amazing! Those Amiga’s look sweet. I’m not an expert on painting, how did you get them with that black finish? Looks nice. Those statements look awesome as well.

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Also I saw two builds on Amiga .. Normal and flat pack.. Confused on that.. Is one shipped premade and the other not ?