DIY Wilson Clone Speakers?


I'm interested if anyone has found plans on the net for building speakers similar to Wilson's. I have toyed with the idea of building speakers based around the already legendary Focal Audium TLC tweeter and other Focal / Scan Speak speakers that are used in the Wilson Grand Slam III.

Anybody seen plans out there? The part I'm most nervous about is the crossovers, their components and design.

Any help or direction would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Brad
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First off as somewhat of a parttime wood worker I can tell you that you will not and can not produce the product that Wilson does. I had met David Wilson at one of the Electronics shows in the early 90's and the man is an absoloute psycho fanatic, about making the best.

I own a pair of Watt2/Puppy1'S and I can tell you the precision on the manufacture is miles better than I am capable. I can not work with Corian and get the precise same angle cuts like Wilson Audio did. My father was a life long electrical designer and worked on high end military transmitters, and he could not produce the type of x-over as Wilson has. Lastly if making a pair of the Puppys you can not buy the Dynaudio drivers in the US any more. That said you can build a decent pair of clone watt/puppys, but if you shop around you can probably pick up a used older pair as I did for not much more than you will spend on the up-scale drivers, the corian, special mdf and the high end crossover components.

I did find a kit on the net that was for building a pair of X-1's. That is now another entire different story. Those are some big cash even on the used mart...May be worth taking a stab at making a pair. Good Luck.