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Is it time in your hobby to build a speaker kit?

Not to save money, but to learn what you are talking about. Get your hands dirty. Touch all the parts. Can you screw? Can you solder? Want to experience something most of your audiophile friends never will?


Try out these sites:
www.madisound.com
https://meniscusaudio.com/
www.solen.ca

http://www.taylorspeakers.com/

https://greatplainsaudio.com/

Do this to have fun. Do this to roll your own crossover out of exotic Teflon and copper foil.

Best,

Erik
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bdp24
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Good choice @N80! The stand mounted version, or the floor stander? Both are made with the same parts, just a different enclosure (plans for both monitor and transmission-line enclosures are provided with the kit). Great Neo 3 pdr tweeter, Danny Richie-designed and custom-made woofer/midrange driver, and audiophile quality x/o parts (caps, resistors, etc).

Danny is well known in the loudspeaker industry, doing x/o consulting work for other companies. He also offers mods for mass-market speakers built to a price point (and therefore compromised), such as the Elac's. His mods "correct" some engineering choices with which he disagrees.

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timlub
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This is a bit expensive, but it is a true audiophile bargain. They keep inching up the pricing,  but it is still a steal. The parts are worth more than the kit.  It was designed by Jeff Bagby one of the best known DIY guys out there. Look carefully at the reviews and what they have been compared against.  All very nice Morel Parts.  

https://www.parts-express.com/solstice-mltl-reference-tower-speaker-kit--300-708


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mijostyn
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The challenge is to make a speaker as good as or better than a Wilson or Magico for less than a fraction of the money. The best drivers can still be plenty expensive. I liked the comment above about making plate speakers and wholeheartedly agree. No enclosure is better than any enclosure. Simple is always best. I made a system for a friend who has muscular dystrophy using Focal drivers back when they still sold them to the public. They used plates of laminated MDF and solid surface material. No painting required. Focal had a midrange/upper bass 6" driver that made it nicely down to 150 Hz allowing me to jump down to subwoofers. They were two way and used a very simple 2nd order crossover. I still get comments about the system 20 years later. 
Just pick your drivers carefully Don't worry about sensitivity. Initially wire the drivers with Pots and adjust them till you get what you want then read the resistance off the pot and get good resistors the same value. Just be careful how this interacts with the crossover. There is a bit of trial end error here.
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