WOW Those look and sound amazing! I recently built the GR Research XLS Encores, and these CSS Critons are right up there with quality. Nothing like them on the market at the price they come in at. Best $600 I've ever spent. Using Micca rb42c for center, rb42s for rears and a Bic f12 sub. Thanks to you I have one hell of an affordable kick ass setup
These were my intro to diy. Awesome value. Been on diy ever since. Incredibly worth it. The hardest thing for me was the finish. The crossover was a breeze.
The secret to these speakers is that they use better quality components than just about anything else you can buy. The woofers are OEM by Wavecor, which is making some of the best raw drivers out there nowadays (equivalent to Scan-Speak), and the tweeters are the best small faceplate tweeter ever designed, using a patented long-stroke motor (for a tweeter!) that keeps their distortion low even at super high volumes, over a wide range of frequencies.
Was waiting for this review. Bought a pair some time ago to replace LS50s that were just not impressing me. These are night and day better in my opinion. The bass they put out for a bookshelf is insane. Truly no sub needed.
If you built the 1TD-X and then build the bass module designed for them, you end up with a three-way floorstanding speaker that keeps up with pretty much anything currently available.
@ It is a video on their channel. I don’t know if the kit has been released yet but I think you can contact them directly if interested. I heard the bass module at CSS HQ and the system all together could handle any sort of music at ridiculous volume. I think the bass modules were self powered.
I sucked at Shop in school...!!! Even my 'boot tree' was ugly and misshapen...!!! Looking forward to seeing your end results...!!! May the force be with you...!!!
I built the Criton1TDX (high-end crossover and birch flatpack) and they are more "musical" and laid back than my $3500 Dali floorstanders which are a bit on the analytical side. The have plenty of bass even without my Rel Sub and have very clear mid and highs. I was really surprised how good they were with female vocals and jazz at low volumes (ca. 50 db). They easily do the speaker disappearing trick with little adjustment of toe-in provide they are at least 2ft away from the wall. I highly recommend them as great value for the money.
My favorite hobby is to buy cheap speakers and redoing the crossover in them, some if the upgrades i did made the speaker sound like speakers 5 times the price! i almost got these but went with gr-research kit as it was a bit cheaper and the review on jay iyagi had these and the gr-research and preferred the gr ones..
@@ZReviews Sweet. I have the 1TD (not the x, it has the same woofer but the older tweeter) that I built and use as daily drivers for music and movies. Would recommend to anyone, the whole process was simple and fun. Go with the birch and some furniture oil and you don't have to veneer. Should be noted as well that CSS will promptly respond to any questions you have before/during/after the build process, their customer service is insane.
I've had these with the superior crossover since 2022 and I've absolutely LOVED them. i went and payed the extra cost to get them built and i think it was well worth the cost. frankly the cost of the DIY with superior parts is almost unbeatable in my opinion. running them on a Cambridge AXR100 and they've been perfect for my medium sized living room for both music, gaming and movies. i had a set of JBL 306p MkII and 308p MkII before these and the best way i can describe them is just MORE and better across the board. these do great at all volumes but absolutely THRIVE when you turn em up for music and movies.
With CSS, you get what you pay for. The cabinets you have are finished in veneer. Also probably HDF material rather than MDF. High density vs medium density fibre for the structural material. Getting the best cross over for internals should always be the better choice. However, I have heard reviewer’s saying they measure fine with the standard issue crossover components. The hook with CSS is giving the consumer the choice in believing they can turn a slant six motor into a V8 with internals. They are probably correct. The driver they use is a component one. I only wish they would utilize the Purifi 6.5” driver in the builds. If CSS did this? There would be zero competition scenario. The bracing is in point with the cabinet design. This speaker really challenges the bigger names in this category. Totem and Buchardt are brought to mind. It’s still a stand mount bookshelf. Let’s be honest here. People want it all in a smaller package. These are the times we live in. The CSS Triton TD1x brings that to the table for absolutely. My humble opinion. Cheers and thanks for another great review.
@@max10hoop Thanks, I have been looking around for this answer considering the price difference isn't that much for me. I think OS-10s look better and have better Bluetooth, just wasn't sure about sound quality
I have the D-100s on my desk because the OS-10 were out of stock. I like them a lot. You would probably be happy with either one in a nearfield environment at low to moderate volumes. I have the D-200s in my garage and those are awesome. The D-200s have significantly more clarity and power compared to the D-100s.
I am a woodworker and really want to build these. If you separated the speakers with a baffle and made a floor standing Transmission line speaker, could you get even more base? How do think this would sound?
Apparently we need woodshop to return to US schools. ITS A LITTLE WOOD BOX!! I bet the non flatpacks are virtually unsold which should be the opposite if people would get off of their couches to save a ton of money.
If you enjoy the building process and finishing them the way you want, I can understand the appeal. However, if I just want some speakers and my budget is around here, I'm probably just going to buy some KEF LS50 Metas.
@ufarkingicehole i get it. But the Metas are currently on sale for $600 off ($999) and they're one of the most favorably reviewed speakers. Ever. They're on sale until just after the new year, so I'll probably wait until just before the sale is over to make a decision.
J'aimerai voir les commentaires soit d'un passionné, soit d'un revendeur de Hifi qui a une oreille musicale . J'aimerai voir des comparatifs genre ¨Proac response 2 ou D2, ou des marques comme Sonus Faber etc.. Je connais les produits cités et j'adore. Par contre, je ne connais ce kit CSS. Est-ce comparable aux produits que je viens de citer ?
I just wanted to tell you that I put Dekoni sheepskins on the Eris, hooked them up to the ifi gryphon for xbass and used the bass impedance adapter from Fatfreq for an extra 10db of a bass shelf. Holy duck nuts Batman! Shit was insane. Made the Skull Candy crushers sound as thin as hd800s It felt illegal
a cheaper, well made and well tuned crossover is going to perform the same as a 2349820938203982 dollar one with the same tuning. not bottom dollar cheaper, but less than the 'uber' option. if they're both tuned the same way, it's gonna perform the same. period. it's an ac wave form. if the components are good enough, and they're tuned properly to the drivers, they're just going to work, everything else is psychosomatic. you _will_ notice a difference going from no crossover to crossover, since you'll be tuning what goes to each driver, thus enabling each to do its specific band set better, but the money you'd spend on an 'uber' crossover option vs the base dayton, is likely wasted, if the dayton components have been tuned to the drivers. if its an off the shelf already done generic crossover, you can probably still save money modding the crossovers if you know how to solder, and are willing to look up the values or do the math to calculate them. the components are either going to pass the audio signal or not, and filter at the right frequencies with the right db slope or not. paying more for 'higher' quality crossover components isn't going to change that, no matter how hard the marketing wank tells you it will. and going by the images on their own site.. the values are the same. the upgrade is wankery. 400+ bucks of wankery. if you've got it to blow, you do you. if you're on the cheap, don't bother, it's just not worth it. tl;dr: you don't need to spend ridiculous money to get the 'superior' option if the dayton ones are hand tuned to the drivers already. it literally doesn't matter. idgaf, it doesn't matter. electricity doesn't work that way. the only time its going to help is if the xovers aren't properly tuned, or ridiculously cheap chinese components and weak solder joints (which isn't the case with dayton, they sell perfectly serviceable parts).
An AB test (double blind would be ideal) between the same speakers with different crossover would settle this issue. A good listener is needed for the evaluation. An example of a counter argument would be that all inductors of the same value do not behave equally. An iron core inductor & an air core inductor are physically different but measured inductance can be equivalent, and both can meet their design requirements on paper. One theory is that the air core will store less energy than the iron core, so now the collapse of the magnetic fields will differ, which can affect dynamic response. Is this true? Only a good listening test will reveal if differences like these are audible.
'good listening test'. psychosomatic. what one person 'hears' is completely subjective. electricity, in reasonably well made components, will perform the exact same way, when driven through the same set of drivers. period. price is irrelevant. anything to the contrary is wankery, and yes _it's been proven_. time and again. from capacitors in audio chains, to (rolling) different tube brands, to cables. if you're properly specing the components, the lowest priced (but still well made) bits are going to 'sound' identical to the highest, in the same circuit. there's certainly ways to 'color' the sound should one care, but with a basic ass crossover, it's literally not even a vs b, it's $ vs $$$. thats it. how much of a sucker are you to spend 4-700 on a crossover over the maybe $50-70 from a dayton compiled parts set? because thats what i comes down to. and thats all it comes down to. makes it sound like people are trying to argue two identically wound (num of wire turns, same awg wire.) humbucker pickups with alnico 5 magnets, from two different manufacturers sound different because.. reasons. it's the same damn shit. literally. and yes. people actually try to make that argument. this is the same thing, with different components. ac waveforms in a passive crossover circuit give no fucks. the circuit is either going to pass them, within the bands its spec'd to pass, and whatever db cut/loss is built into the circuit, or its not. end of equation. but if you want to fall for the wankery.. i guess, you go right ahead and do you.
@@kenandbarbie-b6c its' not 'my theory'. it's basic electronics. and others _have_ put it through testing. i literally said that. same circuit, same values, decent quality parts, _exact same waveform out the other side. _every time_. which means if you use the exact same set of speakers/drivers and just swap crossovers, it's going to have the exact same sound. _every single time_. this is literally the confirmation bias via expense of parts logical fallacy at play. so in laymans terms; you're getting conned by your own brain. 'i paid this much money, so it much be better!' in cases like this, no. you're just out that much more money. signal a goes in, gets split into signals b c and maybe e (if three way), according to the cutoff curves as defined by the component values, at the db slope those values and the specific type of crossover define. with well made components, if there's deviation beyond margin of error, you've got a bad component. that's it. end of story. this changes if you've got say, a 2nd order crossover and switch to a 3rd order for whatever reason. but no, going by the components in those two crossovers the company sells for the speakers (the dayton and the upgrade for the 1td-x), if you 'hear' a difference.. it's you. much the same way if you can hear a difference between a steel coat hanger and 10k pure copper speaker wires.. it's _just you_. a quality made passive component can be swapped out for literally any other 'identical value' passive component of decent quality and... nothing. you should hear no functional difference, ever. because thats literally just an ac waveform, it will be attenuated or cut off at more or less the same frequencies/db level that any other same value component would be. _this is basic electronics_. literally. they teach this crap in the intro course work. (passive crossovers are more advanced stuff, if you lean audio, but the idea is the same). no matter how much you spend, no matter what the stripper tells you.. there's no se.. er.. no functional change in the output from one identical circuit crossover to another if you use decent components, with the same exact values. and no amount of mental gymnastics or marketing tomfoolery is going to change that.
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WOW Those look and sound amazing!
I recently built the GR Research XLS Encores, and these CSS Critons are right up there with quality. Nothing like them on the market at the price they come in at. Best $600 I've ever spent. Using Micca rb42c for center, rb42s for rears and a Bic f12 sub. Thanks to you I have one hell of an affordable kick ass setup
These were my intro to diy. Awesome value. Been on diy ever since. Incredibly worth it. The hardest thing for me was the finish. The crossover was a breeze.
The secret to these speakers is that they use better quality components than just about anything else you can buy. The woofers are OEM by Wavecor, which is making some of the best raw drivers out there nowadays (equivalent to Scan-Speak), and the tweeters are the best small faceplate tweeter ever designed, using a patented long-stroke motor (for a tweeter!) that keeps their distortion low even at super high volumes, over a wide range of frequencies.
Those new CSS towers .. the personal build ones.. are SOO nice.
Those you have look so great!
That’s the most bass I heard from a speaker over RUclips Z. I bought mica and may get this.
holy shit i was looking if you had reviewd these last night praise zeos
Huzzah, so happy you reviewed these, I built 12 of these for my home theater, and 6 of the 2-TDX MTM
Was waiting for this review. Bought a pair some time ago to replace LS50s that were just not impressing me. These are night and day better in my opinion. The bass they put out for a bookshelf is insane. Truly no sub needed.
If you built the 1TD-X and then build the bass module designed for them, you end up with a three-way floorstanding speaker that keeps up with pretty much anything currently available.
what bass module? I'm checking out the site right now but can't find it.
@ It is a video on their channel. I don’t know if the kit has been released yet but I think you can contact them directly if interested. I heard the bass module at CSS HQ and the system all together could handle any sort of music at ridiculous volume. I think the bass modules were self powered.
@@hammer-and-thumb thanks now I know where to look!
@@q0w1e2r3t4y5 theres a guy on usaudiomart Jon Anderson selling a pair of unfinished bass modules. He's out of CA
I sucked at Shop in school...!!! Even my 'boot tree' was ugly and misshapen...!!! Looking forward to seeing your end results...!!! May the force be with you...!!!
I built the Criton1TDX (high-end crossover and birch flatpack) and they are more "musical" and laid back than my $3500 Dali floorstanders which are a bit on the analytical side. The have plenty of bass even without my Rel Sub and have very clear mid and highs. I was really surprised how good they were with female vocals and jazz at low volumes (ca. 50 db). They easily do the speaker disappearing trick with little adjustment of toe-in provide they are at least 2ft away from the wall. I highly recommend them as great value for the money.
I've heard a set of those with the upgraded crossover and they are worth the money and effort.
Great to find this review, thank you!
H is a “Henry”, a standard unit of inductance.
Wasn't he also a train ?
@@ZReviews Thats Thomas
@@ZReviews he was a hoover!
Those are some pretty speakers
This kinda makes me want to get speakers for the first time.
Wow those are nice. mmm hopefully Yard Sale.
I watched you build the Swans live.
My favorite hobby is to buy cheap speakers and redoing the crossover in them, some if the upgrades i did made the speaker sound like speakers 5 times the price! i almost got these but went with gr-research kit as it was a bit cheaper and the review on jay iyagi had these and the gr-research and preferred the gr ones..
Yooo..! Z this song (stay with me, miki matsubara) goosebumps guaranteed
How do they stack up to the Buchardt S400 mk ii?
More punchy. The S400 do better dispersion.
@@ZReviews Sweet. I have the 1TD (not the x, it has the same woofer but the older tweeter) that I built and use as daily drivers for music and movies. Would recommend to anyone, the whole process was simple and fun. Go with the birch and some furniture oil and you don't have to veneer. Should be noted as well that CSS will promptly respond to any questions you have before/during/after the build process, their customer service is insane.
@@Purpleyamz Thanks!
I've had these with the superior crossover since 2022 and I've absolutely LOVED them.
i went and payed the extra cost to get them built and i think it was well worth the cost.
frankly the cost of the DIY with superior parts is almost unbeatable in my opinion.
running them on a Cambridge AXR100 and they've been perfect for my medium sized living room for both music, gaming and movies.
i had a set of JBL 306p MkII and 308p MkII before these and the best way i can describe them is just MORE and better across the board.
these do great at all volumes but absolutely THRIVE when you turn em up for music and movies.
How do these compare the the Cabasse Monarca Minorcas you reviewed a lil while back
With CSS, you get what you pay for.
The cabinets you have are finished in veneer.
Also probably HDF material rather than MDF.
High density vs medium density fibre for the structural material. Getting the best cross over for internals should always be the better choice. However, I have heard reviewer’s saying they measure fine with the standard issue crossover components.
The hook with CSS is giving the consumer the choice in believing they can turn a slant six motor into a V8 with internals.
They are probably correct. The driver they use is a component one.
I only wish they would utilize the Purifi 6.5” driver in the builds.
If CSS did this? There would be zero competition scenario.
The bracing is in point with the cabinet design. This speaker really challenges the bigger names in this category. Totem and Buchardt are brought to mind. It’s still a stand mount bookshelf. Let’s be honest here.
People want it all in a smaller package.
These are the times we live in.
The CSS Triton TD1x brings that to the table for absolutely. My humble opinion. Cheers and thanks for another great review.
There's a new version out that has a waveguide, larger enclosure. CSS DS701
Do you recommend OS-10s or D-100s ?
OS-10s all the way
@@max10hoop Thanks, I have been looking around for this answer considering the price difference isn't that much for me. I think OS-10s look better and have better Bluetooth, just wasn't sure about sound quality
I have the D-100s on my desk because the OS-10 were out of stock. I like them a lot. You would probably be happy with either one in a nearfield environment at low to moderate volumes. I have the D-200s in my garage and those are awesome. The D-200s have significantly more clarity and power compared to the D-100s.
Definitely interested! Thx
7:22 Drake is a screamer or imitating Zeos?
I am a woodworker and really want to build these. If you separated the speakers with a baffle and made a floor standing Transmission line speaker, could you get even more base? How do think this would sound?
Yes, if you can model the transmission line, this woofer will get down to around 30 Hz
As CSS Said. If you can adjust it without needing to change crossover components. Go for it.
Ay zeos did you see the TAPH500 from Adorama, looks like monoprice retros with a detachable cable
Oh no. Flashback Friday
You can DIY speakers but you can't DIY music to test on?!
lel'd
Me with a Harmonica and Washboard
what is the song at 5:50?
THIS IS MADNESS from one of the newer Superman / Man of Steel movies
Which sounds better swans m300 mark2 or these?
I mean. I didn't ask this question internally. I Might have to give it to these. But what amp are we using.
You gotta do a video on GR Research Encores. Equally good speakers but much cheaper.
Excellent speakers, just with less emphasis on bass.
I want the Nottinghamshire Robin Hood Oak version
When are you going to review FiiO FT1 Closed-Back ?
There are 7 headphones here for review.. So .. Soonish
Review Chesky Audio speakers.
Handed the man my card
@ZReviews Hell yea!
Funny cuz I’m watching this on my phone as I’m watching the movie “Kick Ass”.
What's the name of the first song at the start?
Sounds like it is from the Sherlock Holmes series. Not sure of the specific track. The Robert Downey Jr ones.
Dude do you live in a house or a mansion? Loving your content for years watching from New Zealand
Just a big Pennsylvania home.
If you say Legos, the Lego police is coming for you 🚓
Ps The Philharmonic BMR monitors
Got a pair setup in that space RIGHT NOW
Apparently we need woodshop to return to US schools. ITS A LITTLE WOOD BOX!! I bet the non flatpacks are virtually unsold which should be the opposite if people would get off of their couches to save a ton of money.
If you enjoy the building process and finishing them the way you want, I can understand the appeal. However, if I just want some speakers and my budget is around here, I'm probably just going to buy some KEF LS50 Metas.
if your room is bigger than 20m2 and could afford, KEF Q Concerto Meta is better choice.
Someone in the comments compared these to the ls50s. Apparently, it's not even close.
@ufarkingicehole i get it. But the Metas are currently on sale for $600 off ($999) and they're one of the most favorably reviewed speakers. Ever. They're on sale until just after the new year, so I'll probably wait until just before the sale is over to make a decision.
J'aimerai voir les commentaires soit d'un passionné, soit d'un revendeur de Hifi qui a une oreille musicale . J'aimerai voir des comparatifs genre ¨Proac response 2 ou D2, ou des marques comme Sonus Faber etc.. Je connais les produits cités et j'adore. Par contre, je ne connais ce kit CSS. Est-ce comparable aux produits que je viens de citer ?
You can use a sites to make AI music that's actually passable. You download it.
That is a whole other can of worms.
Star Trek uses tons of unlicensed music! Just stick to classical and jazz 😂
Pick up a TNG playlist
MORE SONG.
.3 Mega Hertz coil lol
You know there are services you can license from for almost any music you want to use. Did you call the cat Drake because he is a screamer? 🤣
Mr. Z reviews, now I know you are single 😬
No U
I just wanted to tell you that I put Dekoni sheepskins on the Eris, hooked them up to the ifi gryphon for xbass and used the bass impedance adapter from Fatfreq for an extra 10db of a bass shelf. Holy duck nuts Batman! Shit was insane. Made the Skull Candy crushers sound as thin as hd800s
It felt illegal
y u do dis
@ the box told me to incite violence…or something like that
I’ll keep using the speakers I already have for an amazing $0 with no assembly required!!!!
Noice
Now try a gr research
a cheaper, well made and well tuned crossover is going to perform the same as a 2349820938203982 dollar one with the same tuning.
not bottom dollar cheaper, but less than the 'uber' option. if they're both tuned the same way, it's gonna perform the same.
period. it's an ac wave form. if the components are good enough, and they're tuned properly to the drivers, they're just going to work, everything else is psychosomatic.
you _will_ notice a difference going from no crossover to crossover, since you'll be tuning what goes to each driver, thus enabling each to do its specific band set better, but the money you'd spend on an 'uber' crossover option vs the base dayton, is likely wasted, if the dayton components have been tuned to the drivers. if its an off the shelf already done generic crossover, you can probably still save money modding the crossovers if you know how to solder, and are willing to look up the values or do the math to calculate them.
the components are either going to pass the audio signal or not, and filter at the right frequencies with the right db slope or not. paying more for 'higher' quality crossover components isn't going to change that, no matter how hard the marketing wank tells you it will. and going by the images on their own site.. the values are the same. the upgrade is wankery. 400+ bucks of wankery. if you've got it to blow, you do you. if you're on the cheap, don't bother, it's just not worth it.
tl;dr: you don't need to spend ridiculous money to get the 'superior' option if the dayton ones are hand tuned to the drivers already. it literally doesn't matter. idgaf, it doesn't matter. electricity doesn't work that way. the only time its going to help is if the xovers aren't properly tuned, or ridiculously cheap chinese components and weak solder joints (which isn't the case with dayton, they sell perfectly serviceable parts).
bet
An AB test (double blind would be ideal) between the same speakers with different crossover would settle this issue. A good listener is needed for the evaluation.
An example of a counter argument would be that all inductors of the same value do not behave equally. An iron core inductor & an air core inductor are physically different but measured inductance can be equivalent, and both can meet their design requirements on paper. One theory is that the air core will store less energy than the iron core, so now the collapse of the magnetic fields will differ, which can affect dynamic response. Is this true? Only a good listening test will reveal if differences like these are audible.
'good listening test'.
psychosomatic.
what one person 'hears' is completely subjective.
electricity, in reasonably well made components, will perform the exact same way, when driven through the same set of drivers. period. price is irrelevant.
anything to the contrary is wankery, and yes _it's been proven_. time and again. from capacitors in audio chains, to (rolling) different tube brands, to cables. if you're properly specing the components, the lowest priced (but still well made) bits are going to 'sound' identical to the highest, in the same circuit. there's certainly ways to 'color' the sound should one care, but with a basic ass crossover, it's literally not even a vs b, it's $ vs $$$. thats it.
how much of a sucker are you to spend 4-700 on a crossover over the maybe $50-70 from a dayton compiled parts set? because thats what i comes down to.
and thats all it comes down to.
makes it sound like people are trying to argue two identically wound (num of wire turns, same awg wire.) humbucker pickups with alnico 5 magnets, from two different manufacturers sound different because.. reasons. it's the same damn shit. literally.
and yes. people actually try to make that argument. this is the same thing, with different components.
ac waveforms in a passive crossover circuit give no fucks. the circuit is either going to pass them, within the bands its spec'd to pass, and whatever db cut/loss is built into the circuit, or its not. end of equation.
but if you want to fall for the wankery.. i guess, you go right ahead and do you.
Have you actually put your theory through double blind testing? That would eliminate psychological bias, don’t you think?
@@kenandbarbie-b6c its' not 'my theory'. it's basic electronics. and others _have_ put it through testing.
i literally said that.
same circuit, same values, decent quality parts, _exact same waveform out the other side. _every time_. which means if you use the exact same set of speakers/drivers and just swap crossovers, it's going to have the exact same sound. _every single time_.
this is literally the confirmation bias via expense of parts logical fallacy at play.
so in laymans terms; you're getting conned by your own brain. 'i paid this much money, so it much be better!'
in cases like this, no. you're just out that much more money. signal a goes in, gets split into signals b c and maybe e (if three way), according to the cutoff curves as defined by the component values, at the db slope those values and the specific type of crossover define.
with well made components, if there's deviation beyond margin of error, you've got a bad component. that's it. end of story.
this changes if you've got say, a 2nd order crossover and switch to a 3rd order for whatever reason.
but no, going by the components in those two crossovers the company sells for the speakers (the dayton and the upgrade for the 1td-x), if you 'hear' a difference.. it's you.
much the same way if you can hear a difference between a steel coat hanger and 10k pure copper speaker wires.. it's _just you_.
a quality made passive component can be swapped out for literally any other 'identical value' passive component of decent quality and... nothing. you should hear no functional difference, ever. because thats literally just an ac waveform, it will be attenuated or cut off at more or less the same frequencies/db level that any other same value component would be.
_this is basic electronics_. literally. they teach this crap in the intro course work. (passive crossovers are more advanced stuff, if you lean audio, but the idea is the same).
no matter how much you spend, no matter what the stripper tells you.. there's no se.. er.. no functional change in the output from one identical circuit crossover to another if you use decent components, with the same exact values.
and no amount of mental gymnastics or marketing tomfoolery is going to change that.