DIY Speakers, worth the hassles?

HeY Ake, in about 2 weeks i'll have a 3 way designed and built by Rick Craig, Selah Audio, a member over at Madisound. Seas W22+Accuton C79+RT8P. I choose the Seas and Philips ,Rick choose the C79. He's using superior xover parts. So i should have them up and running and will post the review. Yes kits are a good alternative to the commercials, but for lack of time and more importantly the experience, i prefer to have a designer do the work.

Ake , i'm not sure what you mean about shipping??? Well yes i'm paying the $100 shipping fee. But this 3 way, what price tag can you put on it, if sold in your local "hi-fi" shop??? Something like $10-$15K, maybe. The big commercials may be bigger and weigh more than these Selah3's, but no hype here. BTW, my choice in kits would be a EX High Edition from Germany. Its a 3 way Seas.

Ake , About the Seas EX High Edition, log onto http://www.kochaudio/ Then click home hifi then click bausatze then click on Excel (not Seas). This 3 way speaker is fully assembled i believe. Its 650 euros/each. I believe Mike can ship. A very beautiful speaker, with some very fine drivers, Seas W21+Seas W17+Seas 650 Neo tweeter. This would be my only other choice IF i could not find someone to design my speakers. Rick sold me some cabinets that he had laying around for like $200/pr! 36x12x10 The xovers cost me $275, that may be for only the parts, i'm not sure. Rick used Hovland, Eagle, Solen parts. I suggested that we use superior parts, and that whichever parts we don't need, i pay he keeps. I wanted him to "tweak" as best he could. He asked $400 for the installing the drivers and for the xover design. That was fair for me.

Like i said i believe and am confident that the Excel High Edition is the best speaker for the money, well worth the hassel to import from Germany. Alot less than most commercials, so well worth the gamble.

New speaker out, but not yet on the market, designed by Linkwitz. I'm sure its not going to be cheap, i'm guessing like $6K/pr. Seas T25 tweeter + Seas W22 (as midrange??) + DUAL!! Peerless XL 10 inch woofers. Has active xover besigned by the master himself. Looks like it may require a "special" amp. Power hungry. hummm, if you've got the bucks, look no further. Also Dennis Murphy at Murphy Masterblaster, does very nice xover work. Super guy! Email him, tell him what you're looking for. Also Rick Craig at Selahaudio is a very capable designer.