DIY Speakers

Let me also refer you to YouTube. 

Another great speaker designer, Javad Shadzi has some good vids of his designs and builds, measurements, special construction methods, etc. 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM7Xtn-Ootn5mtL2heHb0cw/videos

Remember, building great speakers, is a lot more than buying great drivers, and throwing them in the correct sized box.

Voicing crossovers, is critical. Just plugging in the correct driver parameters into speaker design software, and expecting it to be right without quite a bit of tweaking, is not practical. Knowing how to brace cabinets is also important, as well as how to damp and remove resonances for cabinets. 

That is why all the speakers I have built in the last decade, have been from kits. The DIY design community has the time, knowledge, measuring devices, and experience, to get it right.

And lastly, while Meniscus and Madisound carry lots of world class drivers and crossover components, so does Parts Express. If you Are looking for kits, by all means, get them elsewhere. But for drivers and caps and coils, Parts Express caries many of the top brands. No reason to avoid them. 

Let me also recommend, joining DIY Audio forums.

https://www.diyaudio.com/forums/index.phphttp://

Lots of great resources over there, extremely knowledgeable people, some people that will cut your wood for you, and industry people. 

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Here they are again:

https://www.diyaudio.com/forums/index.php

http://www.troelsgravesen.dk/Diy_Loudspeaker_Projects.htm

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I am a huge fan of DIY speakers. It is quite easy these days, to build a high end speaker from a kit, that will rival commercially sold speakers for, quite a bit less $$. Ending up with something that sounds as good as a commercially available speaker for a fifth the cost (or less) is not the exception, it is the norm.

Just as one example, my Jeff Bagby designed Auricles, sitting on a pair of Bagby’s woofer modules, have a total of about $2000 invested, but could easily rival high end speakers that would cost over $10,000. They spec and sound as good.

It’s a wonder how much less one has to spend, when there is no: advertising, marketing, fancy shipping boxes, etc., etc., one has to pay for in the cost of their speakers.

These kits use many of the same drivers and crossover components, or better, as all those high end speaker manufacturers use.

And it is also not too hard to incorporate some pretty

Check out Meniscus Audio for sure!

https://meniscusaudio.com/product-category/speaker-kits/?orderby=price-deschttp://

They have quite a few high end kits, designed by many well respected designers. Jeff Bagby, Kurt Campbell-Jim Holtz, Paul Carmody, and others.

Jeff Bagby’s Kairos, Testarrosa, and Auricle are all fantastic.

Campbell and Holtz Bordeaux are quite incredible, using Accuton mids and Arum Cantus ribbon tweeters.

Paul Carmody’s Carrera’s are also extremely good.

As previously mentioned, GR Research is another great company. Not to mention, many of their best kits come with ’flat packs’, which are knock down fully cut cabinets, that just need to be glued up, and finished how you like.

And another site, not mentioned yet, is Troel Graveson’s site. He’s got many great designs on his site. Sone of hsi designs are not for the faint of heart, requiring some pretty advanced woodworking skills.

http://http//www.troelsgravesen.dk/Diy_Loudspeaker_Projects.htm

Also, check out Speaker Design Works. They make flat packs for some of Campbell and Holtz’ kits.