To Buy or to DIY, here is my question


If I buy the speakers that appear closest to what I desire

they are $11k new and $8k used.

If I buy the raw speakers and build it 

the speakers alone are $2.2k.

That is a 3 way system.

Still must add costs of XOs and cabs.

 

Assume the total custom build cost would be about $3k.

The $8k speakers used are Proac D40Rs.

The raw components would be from ScanSpeak and SB acoustics

and include 10" woofer, 4.5" Mid and a planar ribbon tweeter.

MadiSound provides XO advice. 

 

Comments???

 

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Showing 1 response by ghdprentice

In college I wanted speakers that rocked the campus (off). So I researched and found the perfect sized enclosure (like 5’ tall, 3’ deep an 4’ wide… just small enough to fit through a door. 2” x 4’ reinforced. Designed for Voice of the Theater 15” woofers. 1973 (?). Glued and screwed. I couldn’t lift them. They would have been fantastic… not audiophile… loud with great bass. I ran out of money before I could buy the speakers. Big boxes in 1973 , we’ll not audiophile… but loud. That is the limit my wood working interest.

 

I couldn’t produce the set of Sonus Fabre Amati Traditional if my life depended on it. Building a set of speakers that sound better than $500 of the shelf… I could do that.