Build my own speakers?

I build my own set of speakers using scan speak and the revalator tweeter.The crossover was built by madisound speaker components inc.I use one inches MDF to make my encloser cover with Brazilian Oak veeneer all I did was to read about building speaker I got a book at Radio Shack follow the instruction and you will be happy with the result.The set of speaker I built everyone who see an hear them think I paid a lot of money for them untill I tell them how much it cost me to make.Good Luck with your first built

You might take a look at the Linkwitz Orion (http://www.linkwitzlab.com/index.html). Siegfried has done all the critical design work, you need to assemble parts & build the cabinets...or just order a premade set. Note that the Orion is an active speaker, though the amp he suggests isn't expensive.

There are a few tried & true DIY recipes out there if you look around. I'd avoid just buying good components & assume they'll sound good together. Much like photography, a great photo (finished speaker) doesn't necessarily require an expensive camera (pricey drivers)...it's what you do with the tools that really matters.

And then there's the resale value...well known DIY recipes may have some demand while unique designs will probably have little resale value beyond used parts.

Look over this site.

Browsing their catalog,you will find drivers,crossovers,individual parts and components,**books that tell you how to design speakers,and **a crossover service-tell them what you have in mind,and they will use a software program to design a proper crossover.

Also,they have a forum where many informed,helpful people post and answer questions.

I have Maggie 1.6s,but I have almost ordered this kit.

These speakers seem similar to the North Creek kits-which have been discontinued.

Other then the right tools to make the enclosure you also should have at least an RTA. Making a balanced speaker strictly using your ears is more then difficult even for the very experienced.

You should also keep in mind that buying expensive drivers does not mean there freq. resp. will be exactly the same, typically the will not. When I worked for Legacy Audio, we used a very expensive Eton midrange driver and out of a pallet of drivers there was usually 20-25% that we couldn't use because there freq. resp. was too far out. My understanding is that John Dunlavy rejection rate was above 50%.

Also if you are going spend $400 on tweeters you don't want to lash them to a cheap crossover. You can computer model a crossover to get pretty close to the crossover component values you will need but you will need to fine tune the crossover which will mean a selection of component values which mean $$$$ if you use anything of decent quality.

I am not saying that you can’t make something that sounds decent but that does not appear to be what you are going for. Sounding decent IMO is a long way from really good/great which take a lot of time/money/effort. Much more so in my experience then buying something well engineered used ie Revel, Dynaudio, B&W