Speaker manufacturers or box manufacturers with off the shelf drivers?

@rixthetrick Unfortunately, it isnt as easy as using a bit of steel in the cabinets. If it was, EVERY company would be doing it even in their cheap speakers. The ML1s are horribly overpriced. And get bad reviews. You should read the stereomojo review. Absolutely horrible. There is nothing special about what Mike has done. it is an mdf box with some parts in there and all glued or screwed together. The steel plates dont require a genius to do. I could get some steel plates cut for me and then glue them in to ANY speaker. Do not be duped. 

OTS drivers can be excellent, but you are limited to their parameters so it can be difficult if building a product family, as large volume companies do, that is "consistent".

There are many OTS drivers on the market so there is no limitation of parameters. 

Thanx verdantaudio. Well said. It is not the driver but how it is used. There certainly is an element of trial and error here especially with cross overs. Enclosures are the real problem. They can screw up a perfectly good driver. There are a bazillion great drivers out there you just have to make the right choice. It is quite possible for a DIYer to make a wonderful sounding speaker with off the shelf parts. 

Enclosures are the real problem.

@mijostyn why dont you tell us what the solution is to this problem?

I am thinking you have not designed a commercial speaker, let alone a commercial speaker family before.

kenjit876 posts05-13-2020 12:04pm

OTS drivers can be excellent, but you are limited to their parameters so it can be difficult if building a product family, as large volume companies do, that is "consistent".

There are many OTS drivers on the market so there is no limitation of parameters.

I hate to judge before all the facts are in but it appears my expression has gone mainstream.