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What are the better diy speaker designs out there both budget, over the top, and in-between? When I was starting to go down that road I couldn't help but to think some of the designs might not be as good as the creator claims and might be a crapshoot not knowing the background of some of the designers. I solely created this thread for the benefit of others. Who knows, I might go down that road again myself one day if a design really intrigues me.
This is a kit, but sure piqued my interest
https://www.parts-express.com/solsti...yABEgJPG_D_BwE
Those are Sweet Looking Z !
I have expensive tastes. Madisound has some nice kits. I may build one of the Scan-Speak based kits in a year or so. I have built a number of George Short’s North Creek Music Revelator based kits but they are no available anymore.
https://www.madisoundspeakerstore.com/speaker-kits/
Selah Audio
http://www.selahaudio.com/kits
A few bookmarks I have but can’t remember why. Probably in my search to expand my existing Revelator based kits if I decide to move them into my theater.
http://www.troelsgravesen.dk/Illumina-66.htm
http://www.troelsgravesen.dk/Ellam98-mkII.htm
Had to go to wayback to find the details on the Visions I built.
https://web.archive.org/web/20060114...VisionInfo.htm
Some of my work, including the Vision Signatures
https://www.avsforum.com/forum/155-d...l#post30043625
For the high-end category, consider the Linkwitz Lab LX521:
http://linkwitzlab.com/LX521/Supplies.htm
The open baffle design results in the widest sweet spot and best imaging I've ever experienced. They also doesn't need a subwoofer, even for movies. I have a pair of 12" flagship subs and I haven't bothered to plug them in and tune them. I also sold my center channel speaker since movies sounded much worse with it on.
The raw drivers are sold on Madisound as a kit, and they also offer a flat-pack for the wood if you want to save a little time. Almost any DSP will work, even the little Dayton one should get the job done. I've been using a Mosconi 6to8 for a while with great success. Almost any multichannel amplifier will work too. I'm using a 12 channel amp from Dayton Audio that I bought at their tent sale for cheap, with some channels bridged for the woofers.
I really enjoyed building them and from seeing lots of pictures of other builds, I love how everyone makes it their own. I chose to use cherry wood for the baffle and added matching molding to the towers, then build a tv stand with similar colors : )
https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-.../i-9MW9zdG.jpg
https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-...-V4pvdG2-L.jpg
I came across this site a while back.
https://www.diysoundgroup.com/
And this one
https://www.loudspeakerbuilding.com/home/8563,en
https://www.parts-express.com/denovo...YaAldaEALw_wcB
Subwoofer box , find a sub ?
I'm seriously thinking of starting a DIY home system. One thing for sure is it will only happen with a beryllium tweeter. Once you hear the Focal beryllium tweeter you can't get that magical sound out of your head. It's a whole other level of sound
https://www.parts-express.com/amiga-...BoC4-wQAvD_BwE
Modest priced ?
http://www.jantzen-audio.com/discovery-4/
http://www.jantzen-audio.com/diykits...ased-kits-all/
Quite a few choices !