Only ever heard one pair of good DIY speakers, built by a design lecturer at uni who had worked for Lowther Acoustics and was a skilled woodworker. I have wasted too many hours listening to rank awful DIY speakers to ever consider wasting my money. Most end up on the scrap heap whilst the owners build yet another pair they believe will be wonderful. If DIY speakers could be made by amateurs at a 1/4 the price then someone would soon apply an economy of scale and build them for sale for 1/2 the price. This is commonly undertaken as a business by many smaller buy direct manufacturers who buy in drivers, make cabinets and sell the result. Never heard one yet to rival an equivalent 'branded' speaker. But if that is what floats your particular boat, spend your life in the shed.
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.
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