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???

chorus02-15-2022 6:59am

holmz Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,328 posts 02-15-2022 at 09:47am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I was going to do some homemade ones, but found a nice speaker already engineered. There is always active XO if you do not like doing crossovers. Then there are cabinet resonances, etc, so it is not like it is just a table saw, a drill, and a router. Or one can get a set of Vandersteens for about 3k, and they effectively have ScanSpeak motors I think.
holmz Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,328 posts 02-16-2022 at 12:49pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete If I buy the speakers that appear closest to what I desire they are $11k new and $8k used. @chorus What is it that you desire? can you intimate it with words? I heard some Devore O/96 the other day that threw a wider stage than i expected. And some coffins Moab things should be relatively easy to make a large box for. The main problem is making them sound good.