Just go to Parts Express or Madisound and window shop. There are many excellent drivers and speaker kits also that eliminate some of the design work.
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You should look at DIYaudio.com lots of builders there who can help you. Madisound, Parts Express and Meniscus are definitely good places to look for complete kits at a variety of price points. You might also look at the designs from Troels Gravesen, he is definitely a designer who I agree with more often than not. :) http://www.troelsgravesen.dk/ Best, Erik |
Parts Express and Madisound are wonderful places to buy from but the selection is...robust with hundreds of drivers to choose from. Call up the guys at Madisound and discuss the project with them and get their POV. Assuming this is a wood cabinet, you will be better with a very high mass, heavy tweeter than low mass. SEAS and Scanspeak would be good options. Once you select your crossover and you get a volume set for your cabinet you may want some assistance in crossover design. I would reach out to Tony Gee at http://www.humblehomemadehifi.com/ You send him the cabinet details and the Thiel Small Parameters for the drivers and he will design a crossover for you. |
What about GR? Danny and the guy/girls that support GR are really good folks. Forum support on every phase right up to paint or veneers. https://www.gr-research.com/ Regards |
Madisound are excellent people to work with. If you are looking for Sonus Fabre type sound, I would recommend the Seas Crescendo line of woofers and tweeters. They are very good resolution but have a slightly soft presentation, almost tube like. Here are recordings of speakers I built using both Seas Crescendo and the Seas Excel Magnesium woofers. Both use the crescendo tweeter. https://m.youtube.com/user/auxinput96/videos The Seas Bitfrost kit is a good choice if you are looking for bookshelves. But Madisound will design a crossover for you on any of there components. I do do not recommend Scanspeak because they are just too r veiling, like a Wilson speaker. Not like Sonus Fabre at all. |