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I’ve been reading up on diy speakers, with the eventual goal to make an excellent sounding pair myself. Ever heard a pair of speakers that didn’t sound like he

I’ve been reading up on diy speakers, with the eventual goal to make an excellent sounding pair myself. Ever heard a pair of speakers that didn’t sound like hearing a recording of an instrument, but rather hearing the instrument itself? Me neither, but it’s apparently possible. The DIY speaker/audio hobby is highly specific but also fortunately has a lot of informative available online. I’d recommend diyaudio.com and partsexpressforums for anyone interested, I have more resources if curious.

abakker 3y ago
when you make them, be sure to post here about what you find out. It feels to me like that community does a lot of Q&A, but not a lot of build logs (Maybe I'm looking in the wrong places?) Also, if near Boulder, CO, I've got some CNCs if that helps you build stuff.
- user_7832 3y ago
  Thanks, that's very kind of you but unfortunately I live in the Netherlands haha. I'll almost certainly post my speakers when I make them, though probably on diyaudio or reddit. Re build logs, I have seen quite a few on diyaudio.com as well as reddit's r/diyaudio and r/diysound (which I frequent much more often). Are you more curious/interested in the enclosure hardware (woodworking) side or the driver selection and crossover building side? Because if you're curious about learning to make crossovers there are a few threads specific to that on diyaudio.com.
  - linsomniac 3y ago
    I'm in Fort Collins, I'll be right over! :-)
    - abakker 3y ago
      Happy to connect - email in my profile.
JKCalhoun 3y ago
> Ever heard a pair of speakers that didn’t sound like hearing a recording of an instrument, but rather hearing the instrument itself? Yeah, full-range drivers + tube amp. I built the tube amp and speakers so it was not really expensive at all. (Maybe $500 or so all told — so not audiophile expensive by any means.)
- user_7832 3y ago
  That sounds very interesting, which drivers did you use? Also your website's pretty nice and the moongame seems very interesting but its performance in firefox is around 2fps, which is bizarrely slow (Safari on my iPad was smooth).
linsomniac 3y ago
What sort are you thinking about building? I keep toying with building either the flat panel speakers made out of foam-core board from Tech Ingredients on YouTube, or the big giant speakers he made. https://youtu.be/zdkyGDqU7xA?si=UOPff5nJLD4d_iTn https://youtu.be/zdkyGDqU7xA?si=UOPff5nJLD4d_iTn https://youtu.be/EEh01PX-q9I?si=1deXn9OU1rvy2pJ2 https://youtu.be/EEh01PX-q9I?si=1deXn9OU1rvy2pJ2 edited: Thought DIY Perks did the big speakers, found them on Tech Ingredients.
- user_7832 3y ago
  I'm hoping to build "small but might" type bookshelf speakers - I don't live in a large house and I might move so I don't want to have large/heavy speakers. Using DSP quite some impressive things are possible. Thanks for the links, I think I've seen (parts of) both videos but now that I have learnt a lot more I think I'll pick up more info. Btw there have been a few valid criticisms of these speakers, although it's more of a "they aren't really the best in the world" rather than "they're shit" type of critique. I think ASR forums or diyaudio.com might have a few thread(s) on it.
  - linsomniac 3y ago
    Have you seen this video from DIY Perks? https://youtu.be/XEspOD1NHr0?si=MpFTZaMYsfNdSrAU https://youtu.be/XEspOD1NHr0?si=MpFTZaMYsfNdSrAU
    - user_7832 3y ago
      Thanks for the link, yes I have seen it. While it's not a bad build, from what I've heard + my own opinion, it's a bit poorly designed - you could get better performance at the same cost with a different set of components, or target and get similar sound for probably half the cost. If you're curious for a speaker build there are lots of excellent speaker kits and resources online that are (much) better reviewed.

abakker 3y ago

when you make them, be sure to post here about what you find out. It feels to me like that community does a lot of Q&A, but not a lot of build logs (Maybe I'm looking in the wrong places?) Also, if near Boulder, CO, I've got some CNCs if that helps you build stuff.

user_7832 3y ago
Thanks, that's very kind of you but unfortunately I live in the Netherlands haha. I'll almost certainly post my speakers when I make them, though probably on diyaudio or reddit. Re build logs, I have seen quite a few on diyaudio.com as well as reddit's r/diyaudio and r/diysound (which I frequent much more often). Are you more curious/interested in the enclosure hardware (woodworking) side or the driver selection and crossover building side? Because if you're curious about learning to make crossovers there are a few threads specific to that on diyaudio.com.
- linsomniac 3y ago
  I'm in Fort Collins, I'll be right over! :-)
  - abakker 3y ago
    Happy to connect - email in my profile.

JKCalhoun 3y ago

> Ever heard a pair of speakers that didn’t sound like hearing a recording of an instrument, but rather hearing the instrument itself? Yeah, full-range drivers + tube amp. I built the tube amp and speakers so it was not really expensive at all. (Maybe $500 or so all told — so not audiophile expensive by any means.)

user_7832 3y ago
That sounds very interesting, which drivers did you use? Also your website's pretty nice and the moongame seems very interesting but its performance in firefox is around 2fps, which is bizarrely slow (Safari on my iPad was smooth).

linsomniac 3y ago

What sort are you thinking about building? I keep toying with building either the flat panel speakers made out of foam-core board from Tech Ingredients on YouTube, or the big giant speakers he made. https://youtu.be/zdkyGDqU7xA?si=UOPff5nJLD4d_iTn https://youtu.be/zdkyGDqU7xA?si=UOPff5nJLD4d_iTn https://youtu.be/EEh01PX-q9I?si=1deXn9OU1rvy2pJ2 https://youtu.be/EEh01PX-q9I?si=1deXn9OU1rvy2pJ2 edited: Thought DIY Perks did the big speakers, found them on Tech Ingredients.

user_7832 3y ago
I'm hoping to build "small but might" type bookshelf speakers - I don't live in a large house and I might move so I don't want to have large/heavy speakers. Using DSP quite some impressive things are possible. Thanks for the links, I think I've seen (parts of) both videos but now that I have learnt a lot more I think I'll pick up more info. Btw there have been a few valid criticisms of these speakers, although it's more of a "they aren't really the best in the world" rather than "they're shit" type of critique. I think ASR forums or diyaudio.com might have a few thread(s) on it.
- linsomniac 3y ago
  Have you seen this video from DIY Perks? https://youtu.be/XEspOD1NHr0?si=MpFTZaMYsfNdSrAU https://youtu.be/XEspOD1NHr0?si=MpFTZaMYsfNdSrAU
  - user_7832 3y ago
    Thanks for the link, yes I have seen it. While it's not a bad build, from what I've heard + my own opinion, it's a bit poorly designed - you could get better performance at the same cost with a different set of components, or target and get similar sound for probably half the cost. If you're curious for a speaker build there are lots of excellent speaker kits and resources online that are (much) better reviewed.