Go DIY, my friend! The satisfaction you experience will be tremendous! Every time you time your system on, you will smile. Most of the cost of "built" speakers is labor, cosmetics, and R&D. It's the drivers, the cabinet, and the crossovers that count. If you can get the cabinet pre-cut, that will help a lot (but shipping is expensive) and save you a lot of time. How the finished project looks is up to you. As long as no one in the house throws a fit, it doesn't have to look marvelous. GO FOR IT!
To Buy or to DIY, here is my question
If I buy the speakers that appear closest to what I desire
they are $11k new and $8k used.
If I buy the raw speakers and build it
the speakers alone are $2.2k.
That is a 3 way system.
Still must add costs of XOs and cabs.
Assume the total custom build cost would be about $3k.
The $8k speakers used are Proac D40Rs.
The raw components would be from ScanSpeak and SB acoustics
and include 10" woofer, 4.5" Mid and a planar ribbon tweeter.
MadiSound provides XO advice.
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Well, building another set will be even easier then. If you are not buying a DIY kit, paying for plans of a well proven and well tested design helps when the crossover and enclosure specs are included. Saves time to focus on a quality build for yourself. |
What attracted you to the Proac speakers? Have you seen https://meniscusaudio.com/product/er18mtm-ribbon-pair/ should sound similar to the Proac’s and what you’ll learn and the satisfaction derived could make up for the sound difference if any.
Also a fun read with some insight on what DIY entails. https://www.decware.com/cgi-bin/yabb22/YaBB.pl?num=1637209185
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