DIY speakers

Cool, thanks for all the tips. Looks like I will busy for awhile surfing the net. uuummmmmm next I think I will venture into a diy amp kit. It's the little boy in me!

Northcreek gets my vote for the most refined DIY speaker company. I've heard many other DIY speakers and always come away with the impression that they are not really as refined, balanced or complete as a decent production high end speaker. North Creek on the other hand is extremely competitive with the best production speakers IMHO. That being said, the best deals for your money are actually production speakers on the used market. I know of no way to get more sound for your dollar than buying a set of used high end speakers on Audiogon.

John, go over to Madisound.com and take a look at the thread by Scott (like on 6-06), "Peerless sub XLS", very nice photo of this musical sub. in a cabinet. KT88 , lately i've been doing research in the DIY speaker projects. Madisound has members that will design and build, Rick Craig , Dave Ellis and Dennis Murphy. Rick has a 3 way design underway for me. As well check out the sites that Clueless mentions.

I am looking for a powerful, articulate and FAST subwoofer to use with my audio physic avanti's.

My room is only 12 x 20 and is open to the left at the speaker end. I will probably set the crossover at about 30 or 32 hz. Any recommendations in the diy arena ? I am looking to spend 600 to 1000 for the kit.

Also look at:
www.gr-research.com
(Do a search at audioasylum.com for discussion)

www.speakercity.com

www.partsexpress.com

All offer something different.

I'd add www.adireaudio.com, and www.subwoofers.com (outlet for ACI if you act quickly)

KT88:

www.Madisound.com (great speaker building forum at this site too)
www.melhuish.org No parts here, just ideas /great forum for "Full Range" drivers at this site
www.eSpeaker.com
www.Zalytron.com
www.Northcreekmusic.com
www.Partsexpress.com
www.Murphyblaster.com

Have Fun,