D.I.Y Well Done I Say !!!

[jazzhead]

Originally Posted by mbovaird

A friend of mine builds his own speakers. He told me that he believes in an even number of drivers/tweeter, etc. total of 2, 4, 6 and never 3, 5, etc. His speakers sound bloody awesome. The bass he gets from a tweeter and a little 10 inch woofer is unbelievable.

Maybe he's our man to help spark a revolution

[Face]

Beautiful work!

Originally Posted by jazzhead

Sets one thinking.... Drive units are easily available from Accuton , Scan-Speak and the likes.

That's over $10,000 worth of drivers alone for the Accuton speakers.

As for crossover parts, if you're looking to go all out, check out Claritycap MR or Duelund CAST.

[jazzhead]

Originally Posted by Face

Beautiful work!


That's over $10,000 worth of drivers alone for the Accuton speakers.

As for crossover parts, if you're looking to go all out, check out Claritycap MR or Duelund CAST.

Might be lesser than you think , accuton® Carefully selected loudspeaker drivers. | Downloads

[JGM411]

cool video.

that's a little more than an average diy project.

That guy had access to a very nice CNC router and tables.

[Face]

Originally Posted by jazzhead

Might be lesser than you think , accuton® Carefully selected loudspeaker drivers. | Downloads

Prices may vary between Europe and here, but it appears he's using the neo version of each driver, which costs over $900 for each mid, $1500 for each woofer, $360 per tweeter, and $150-200 for each passive radiator.

[jazzhead]

Originally Posted by Face

Prices may vary between Europe and here, but it appears he's using the neo version of each driver, which costs over $900 for each mid, $1500 for each woofer, $360 per tweeter, and $150-200 for each passive radiator.

Yes it adds up pretty fast , but a similar spec speaker from a mainstream designer would cost many many times over . All Accuton drivers come with a metal mesh , his seems to be without any protective covering grill .

[Face]

Originally Posted by jazzhead

Yes it adds up pretty fast , but a similar spec speaker from a mainstream designer would cost many many times over . All Accuton drivers come with a metal mesh , his seems to be without any protective covering grill .

I've worked with Accuton mids before and liked the results. I have a pair of the same mids used above and am waiting to use them in something special, possibly a RAAL, Accuton, Scanspeak three way.

If you watch the video above, it appears his mesh grills are still attached.

[piolaxo]

This is my long time project (for the future); I have the same in mind: RAAL tweeters,
if possible the 140-15D and PHL mids to keep efficiency high, for the bottom end
there are more options, but you need more drivers. Once my daughters are a bit older
I'll start this project.

Regarding the videos, the curved section of the B&W 800's clones looks far thiner than
the real ones. That is something B&W perfected with the huge pressing machine.
I'm not sure how solid that would be when pumping a few watts. Creating robust
curved shapes in wood is not super hard, but it's not trivial.

[Stereo-head]

Wow. Those thing look like they came from Italy. Beautiful speakers. Great job. How do they sound?