@pfiche and @arafiq
I think you are both right. arafiq, I am definitely a beginner hobbyist and I was genuinely shocked that the speakers I made sounded as good as they do. The other OB designs I made, though promising, had serious flaws. I would never be so conceited as to think I could out-do serious speaker designers and teams of engineers. My soldering is sloppy, my woodworking is just passable and I always make mistakes. Plus I don't have the necessary equipment to actually test the frequency response besides my ears!
That being said, I did my research and found designs from reputable sources who are very good at what they do and just copied them. I will be the first one to say, I don't really know what I'm doing, but I try to find people who do and then copy what they do. That's how I'm learning.
A more even comparison between speaker designs might be between the Tektons and say Spatial Audio or Pure Audio Project. I'm sure they are better built and have less mistakes than what I did.
I just find it to be extremely fun to build speakers. I learn so much. I think there is a lot of potential there to have some really world-class sounding stuff without emptying your bank account. The DIY OBs I built cost me around $1300 in parts and I think that's a great deal. I'm super proud of them and I think they look great! Are they the equal to something like a Spatial Audio or Pure Audio Project of similar design? I doubt it. Are they equal to a very experienced DIYer using the same drivers? I doubt that too.
I didn't mean for the post to be a brag about how well DIY compares to established speaker manufactures. I just thought, from my limited sample, it was interesting to judge the strengths and limitations of the box speaker vs the OB. Obviously not all box speakers sound the same and neither do all OB so this is was not a very scientific post and possibly ill-conceived.
Anyway, I'll continue to enjoy the music on my Tektons and also, I'll continue to make my own speakers to try to learn more!
I think you are both right. arafiq, I am definitely a beginner hobbyist and I was genuinely shocked that the speakers I made sounded as good as they do. The other OB designs I made, though promising, had serious flaws. I would never be so conceited as to think I could out-do serious speaker designers and teams of engineers. My soldering is sloppy, my woodworking is just passable and I always make mistakes. Plus I don't have the necessary equipment to actually test the frequency response besides my ears!
That being said, I did my research and found designs from reputable sources who are very good at what they do and just copied them. I will be the first one to say, I don't really know what I'm doing, but I try to find people who do and then copy what they do. That's how I'm learning.
A more even comparison between speaker designs might be between the Tektons and say Spatial Audio or Pure Audio Project. I'm sure they are better built and have less mistakes than what I did.
I just find it to be extremely fun to build speakers. I learn so much. I think there is a lot of potential there to have some really world-class sounding stuff without emptying your bank account. The DIY OBs I built cost me around $1300 in parts and I think that's a great deal. I'm super proud of them and I think they look great! Are they the equal to something like a Spatial Audio or Pure Audio Project of similar design? I doubt it. Are they equal to a very experienced DIYer using the same drivers? I doubt that too.
I didn't mean for the post to be a brag about how well DIY compares to established speaker manufactures. I just thought, from my limited sample, it was interesting to judge the strengths and limitations of the box speaker vs the OB. Obviously not all box speakers sound the same and neither do all OB so this is was not a very scientific post and possibly ill-conceived.
Anyway, I'll continue to enjoy the music on my Tektons and also, I'll continue to make my own speakers to try to learn more!