Cw,
The fun part for me was not in trying to recreate big dollar components myself. The fun was in buying/building very low dollar components and enjoying the music they bring into my room.
You mention simple crossovers, which makes me think, maybe no crossover is an even better idea! Of course, the simplest crossover is just a high quality capacitor used as a high pass filter to keep the tweeter happy. But you might want to try something truely simple like a nice single driver speaker.
Here is a link to my speakers (I bought the review pair from Larry Moore). They are a very simple build. You could build them, enjoy them, then modify the plan or build your own high quality cabinets if you like the sound. If not, sell them off to a single driver enthusiast.
http://www.hempacoustics.com/Review.pdf
I've completely abondoned expensive audio equipment for now. I'm having so much fun with my "oddball system" that I've lost interest in spending big bucks or even trying to emulate high dollar sound. Here's my current system:
Vecteur D-2 Transport ($300 used on AudiogoN)
Red Wine Audio Reali-T (Scott Nixon DACkit, plus modified Sonic impact "Clari-T" integrated amp in one enclosure)
DIY HempAcoustics FR8.0DIY speakers
This is a very nice sounding system that betters my past high dollar systems in most ways. Of course, it's not pretty and it may not be great in a huge room. But for me and my current room, I think it's great!
Enjoy,
TIC
The fun part for me was not in trying to recreate big dollar components myself. The fun was in buying/building very low dollar components and enjoying the music they bring into my room.
You mention simple crossovers, which makes me think, maybe no crossover is an even better idea! Of course, the simplest crossover is just a high quality capacitor used as a high pass filter to keep the tweeter happy. But you might want to try something truely simple like a nice single driver speaker.
Here is a link to my speakers (I bought the review pair from Larry Moore). They are a very simple build. You could build them, enjoy them, then modify the plan or build your own high quality cabinets if you like the sound. If not, sell them off to a single driver enthusiast.
http://www.hempacoustics.com/Review.pdf
I've completely abondoned expensive audio equipment for now. I'm having so much fun with my "oddball system" that I've lost interest in spending big bucks or even trying to emulate high dollar sound. Here's my current system:
Vecteur D-2 Transport ($300 used on AudiogoN)
Red Wine Audio Reali-T (Scott Nixon DACkit, plus modified Sonic impact "Clari-T" integrated amp in one enclosure)
DIY HempAcoustics FR8.0DIY speakers
This is a very nice sounding system that betters my past high dollar systems in most ways. Of course, it's not pretty and it may not be great in a huge room. But for me and my current room, I think it's great!
Enjoy,
TIC