Can DIY Speakers compete? Check this out!
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I have a very similar idea; a full range and very low reaching woofer pointed up and down respectively, and a wide dispersion tweeter pointing towards the listener. I was inspired by my recent experience of accidentally making my naked speaker driver "disappear" by having it pointed up. I can only tell sound was coming from it if I have my face literally only inches away.
I would be interested to see the design of this setup
1:44 At first I thought he was thinking the tweeters had horns lol
Also, listening with a Schiit Modi DAC and Magni 2 Uber with Fidelio X2's, I actually get a pretty good idea of how these sound in that room, even if the mic isn't quite in the sweet spot. Still sounds impressive to me.
Also the cabinets made me think of the Dynaco A-35's, IDK if those are acoustic suspension or internally if they're designed the same way, but if I did a homemade speaker that's what I'd base my design off of. I think it's basically half the speaker cab is where the woofer is, the other half is mostly isolated but there's an opening so air can move in and out of the chamber of the other half. That probably gives some of the benefit of bass suspension, but with the benefit of acoustic suspension at the same time.
As much as I love my really nice headphone setup(almost don't care at all about speakers anymore), if I get speakers I'm 99% sure it'll be the ELAC Uni-Fi UB5's when they're out, supposed to be comparable sonically(not necessarily on par I know) with many times more expensive speakers at only $500. Supposed to have amazing bass performance not just for the size but for not having a sub, really excited about them but would like to see how the 6-inch version turns out.
Magni 2 Uber has preamping too, so I just need a really nice amp which will probably be the APPJ PA0901A in silver if it has enough power, or the EK Japan: 22 partly because it would just look great with my Schiit stacked on it(lol).
Wife, kid and two pets are not enough distractions nor is a single chair placed in the middle of the stage :)
:) And not even in the sweetspot, corner of couch...
Of course DIY can compete, all you need is the right materials and a good design, then pair it with good drivers and power them with a decent amp, voilà!
My DIY portable speaker isn`t my best work, but it beats the crap out of my store bought bluetooth speakers..
DIY is the way to go if you have the tools, the time, and the know how.
SO much more satisfying :)
Is there any way you could build decent audiophile speakers without too many tools? I'm thinking fo building my first pair, but since I'm still a High-school kid my parents don't really trust me with too many of the tools required
@@saketnaik1 Of course. Its just down to your design and DIY skills to get there. I would advise to keep your cabinet design fairly simple to start with using simple woodworking tools such as a Skill saw and a circle jig for the driver holes. Later you can add more workshop tools such as a table saw or just build a CNC machine like I did for greater accuracy and repeatability. Keep your finishes simple too. High gloss paint finishes are very tricky and time consuming to achieve so i'd stick to satin finishes with Poly, Lacquer or oils. Even if your cabinet finish isn't top notch it can still sound as good as the best high end speakers out there if you take your time matching the right drivers and designing a good crossover .
DIY hasn't a hope on improving quality high end designs, we just havent got the manufacturing capability to produce boxes that are resonance free, take jamo concert 8.
What I don't like about this video is we never get to really see the speakers nor get to see an interview with the builder. It would have been better to show his work shop, see his tools, and him at work making a speaker cabinet.
+moofushu thats a good suggestion, ill work on that!
+moofushu aaaaaand we need to hear them too!
but i m impressed he cleaned the room, and the dog is a sure winner :)
+moofushu But You Tube has sort-of given away his secret. The full range speakers pointing upward, and the woofer and tweeter like normal. A cool idea, makes it spatial, I suppose (going by what they said). You can't tell on You Tube.
moofushu and I was waiting for the camera to be on the guy that was being interviewed but this guy just wanted the lime lights all the way. you sir are a useless ego maniac youtuber.
Are there any design specs for these, so that we might be able to make our own? Thank you 😊
Hear! Hear! I second that!
Please share build 🙏
Yea, and what model and year Volvo did they come out of so we can go to the junk yard and get some ourselves lol
Yes. I absolutely want to make these. I even have the cabinets ready. Some old kenwoods. I'll buy the plans for $5. Let your buddy know :)
Paul Klipsch was doing DIY .. nuff said.
With really good woodworking skills , good tools and top quality components , you can make speakers that will put a huge percentage of big brand units to shame.
Building the cabinet is the most difficult part of the project. After that it is just installing components in holes !
With the ability to seek help and idea on the web , speaker building can be downright fun and EXTREMELY REWARDING!
Build a pair and have badges made with YOUR name instead of a major brand on the grills... very cool indeed !
morels are one of the best car speakers you can get. so customizing a set for home use are gonna be awesome. it would perform even much better than attached on a door panel in a car somewhere.
I do like Morel!
Pls share the build and the parts! It would help me so much to safe money and still enjoy good music!
Do they compete? No, there is no competition to a very well designed and build DIY speaker :)
I agree with this 100%!
Your friend did an awesome job with those speakers! I love the upcycling! In fact, my whole channel is about how to make DIY audio. It is so refreshing to see people do videos like this. I hope more people have their eyes opened by your video!
Some of us follow your channel as well 😉
You can make great tweeters that handle heaps of power for hardly anything. I got an amp that has 200 + 200 watts @ 0.1% distortion, and I haven't blown one tiny full-range "tweeter" yet (and I keep blowing normal tweeters all the time). So I had to do something, so I tried using 2" full-range speakers (Logitech one's) from computer speakers. lol But I radically modified them and I run them out of the box (slightly resisted for 6 ohms). With a sharp object I scribed a line around the voice coil center on the full-range cone, about 5 mm out, around in a circle. This allows more transient response cos it can vibrate like independently to the rest of the cone. I also got rid of the center piece on the full range speaker and left a hole in the center. I then glued a 6 mm triangle made of coffee-can-seal (tin-foil) onto where the cone starts, and the tin-foil triangle is pointed in toward the center. The foil makes cymbals sound like they are being hit and sound like they are made of metal. lol Great "S's" too, really pleasant treble (with power handling). Also being ran outside-the-box is essential cos it not only makes the treble go higher, but also makes the treble louder. And the top-end is so sweet (when it's ran out-of-the-box). Only use a 2.2 mf cap on the 2" full-range, any bigger cap will sound harsh (being out-of-the-box) and so you obviously need to run it with the cap on (and never without one when out-of-the-box). lol The cap also makes the treble go higher than without a cap, cos the cap "pushes" the high-end signal through the cap more than it would normally flow (without the cap). And with the small cap, it will increase frequency response in the top-end and this is also how you get such a great power handling. A 2.2 mf cap with 200 watts going through the full-range is like 2 watts without the cap (which is about what the speakers normally handle). 2 watter full-ranges have thicker voice-coils than tweeters and that's why they handle so much (with a cap). But if you get high wattage tiny full-range drivers, they will have even thicker voice-coils. So the 2 watters are better. lol Combined with the two mods mentioned above, and being out-of-the-box, and with the cap, it sounds pretty amazing for how cheap it is. Try it, before you start thinking I'm a nut-job. :) I run mine with 6" med drivers (coaxial and phase-aligned) set inside a large voice-coil throat in the med drivers (rare as rocking horse shit). I also run the med driver out-of-the-box (with the 2" full-ranges in the centers). Running med out-the-box is tricky, I choked and heavily resisted the out-of-the-box med speaker (upper med is increased a lot when out-of-the-box) so it has to have like 70 ohms resistance to blend properly. lol And combined with some med coming from the woofer as well, it makes a balanced med sound (when you get it right and how you want it). The woofer is in a double chamber bass reflex box. The double chamber gives it much better bass, with the woofer in the smaller chamber and the bass-port in the larger chamber (and another port vent joining the chambers). Just a bit of woodwork and you have way better bass. They are the best speakers I have heard, with the phase-aligned open cone sound combined with mellow med from the woofer (blended as much as I can with the crossover). To run med speakers out-of-the box you have to be really radical with the crossover to make it sound even acceptable. lol But I have practice a lot and my speakers are sounding much better, since I started and it's a lot easier to make crossovers. The crossover is more expensive than the drivers (the copper coils). Cheap woofers are "boomy" but sound great with the right crossover (that costs more than the woofer). The sound quality is there but badly lack efficiency after making it sound good with the crossover by taking out the boom peak with a large choke and another smaller choke. You can only mostly take away stuff with crossovers and only active crossovers and graphic equalisers can "add" stuff, so my inefficient cheap woofers become even more inefficient. lol But my full-range tweeters are not very efficient either (but sound amazing and high power handling) and with 200 watts who needs efficiency. But my speakers are still way-way more efficient than electrostatic speakers (by-a-large-measure). And with phase-aligned treble&med and the out-of-the-box open sound, they sound nearly as good as electrostatics. But at a small fraction of the price.
Just buy some 4 ohm car speakers by jl audio for $200 like c2 kit. They come with crossovers too. Get a cabinet and copper wire terminals and there we go. Budget audiophile speakers.
Very cool. NOW HOW DO WE MAKE OUR OWN?? :D
Nick DeMayo Right?!?
Nick DeMayo step 1. go though attic
step 2. find really old speaker system
step 3. clean out for dust and dirt
step 4. really nice sounding speaker system because really old speakers focused on bass
Avs forum or techtalk parts express check them out!
Noble Tabibian And much better sound.
dapster >:D
Can I get plans for these? I'd like to do something similar.
I couldn't see anything anyways! He was all paranoid about me peeking. Very impressive sounding speakers
That room doesn't look treated. How can you do any critical listening in it, if you're mostly hearing the room itself? Cool looking speakers though!
Ron, I built my first speaker when I was 15, from an article in November 1955 issue of Popular Electronics. It was the Dave Weems $2.00 Celotex corner enclosure. I've been building my own since then and have only owned one set of commercially built speakers, long since disposed of. You can achieve high end sound for the fraction of the cost if you DIY. However they may not have exotic enclosures made of high cost material that add nothing to the sound quality.
But once you get the sound right you CAN make a high end exotic enclosure if you know what you're doing. And if you don't know what you're doing you shouldn't be building speakers.
You sound like a fucken audio snob!! Get over yourself! If it sounds good to your ears than your all good!!
@@carlosoliveira-rc2xt No , actually.
@@dowjones5981 There are some better than excellent home built speakers out there. Carlos , I could put your theory ( opinion ) to shame with some simple blind listening tests.
Is it possible to get the build on those speakers? ill pay $5 for the complete specs/plans. I want to try that out. Let me know :)
nice one Ron.. i am one who honestly believe that D.I.Y speaker are not just good ,but can compete with most Hi-End manufacture out there. regards ,
Agreed. Speaker design is a combo of science and the understanding of what sounds good. A knowledgeable DIY'er can build speakers that sound just as good as any from a manufacture.
This is fun if you want to get into it. Could be as simple getting a full range car speaker, slap it in the cardboard box put some fiberglass insulation in it and you're done. Or as sophisticated as having your own anechoic chamber testing your creations for frequency response, distortion, efficiency and so forth. Probably not a bad idea to have some woodworking experience and some knowledge off electronics like the building your own crossovers. It's really hard to build it from scratch since you still need to buy raw speakers if that's what you wanted to do.
that's why i never underestimate homemade audio equipment, there's times it can destroy manufactured equipment
Yes indeed it can , and often does.
It`s part of the fun of it all.
Tyler Hanson It's like prebuilt or custom PCs, there's just no comparison if you know how to build them well
Yes indeed , I have been fortunate to hear some excellent home built speakers and amplifiers by some very talented guys . There is an element of artistry involved.
well, I built some speakers with dual cone 4" ( 10cm) drivers. They sound good, but they show their limits in high frequencies and, despite the 6 centimeters of internal widht of the bass reflex tube ( which is also 11 centimeters long), they can' t reproduce bass frequencies below 68 Hz.
Because no budjet limit
I would LOVE to build a pair of these! Please do us a favor and see if your friend will be willing to sell plans for these (or others as well). I would be interested and I'm sure other would be also.
They're never going to be released 🙁
no diy cant compete, because diy wins
i built subwoofers myself and sometimes speakers and a subwoofer from parts express (sub=100 amp=100) and when you built a nice cabinet with wool inside it sounds as good as a 500 dollar sub
notagunfreak so you spent $300 on parts and wood, plus an indeterminate amount of time designing and building a subwoofer which sounds equal to a $500 sub any you think you’ve won?
@@richardsinger01 I build ultimax 18 from the sealed 113l flat pack. It beats two svs sb 16 ultras while being twice as cheap or more.
I did the same test when I was in college compared my home brew some Ohm E's. Mine won. my cabinets were converted antique oak night stands
The DIY speaker I really want to try build is an open baffle single driver Lii Audio 10inch silver line around 95 dB sensitivity with no crossover for abt US1k and the solid wood baffle is around US200. Pair it with my Willsenton R800i Class A 50w SET tube amp with rolled tubes( the tubes actually costs more than the amp ) - would be quite interesting I think. I’ve seen it on Decware channel.
Are you shure this is the correct speaker positioning and the non insulated walls are good enough for audio testing?
More info about the build please.
Awesome, however I would like to hear some more of it....
And how about the crossover? Thx.
That was an interesting vid. I'd like to see/hear more DIY speakers. I always felt that there some speaker designs that big manufacturers ignore simply because those designs do not lend themselves to mass production and/or volume sales.
Hi End speakers are designed to delivery clarity, detail, coherence, you go to your rich hipster buddy and listen to an U$ 30.000,00 Hi End set for 30 minutes and you get tired, it becames agressive to your ears. You go you DIYer buddy, and he presents you an nice set with an "DIY 3 way, 12" inch woofer, 4" inch mids, and a cooper-beryllium tweeter", in a bass reflex well designed and build enclosure, or with a vintage Yamaha NS-1000, or an a JBL Jubal and you laugh and enjoy music for hours ! This stuff is made to deliver EUPHONY, design to please your ears, and serve music not the other way.
I REALLY want to build some speaker setups that utilize the old horn drivers that I never used. I just may do this, some day!:). Thanks for the inspiration.
P.s...what are your thoughts on the Tidal System that was used in this episode? And how is the music selection? I am considering Tidal or Spotify.. Thx.
There are speaker DIY clubs across US. Midwest Audio Club or NY/NJ DIY club. Many others.
People build speakers from 2 pieces of MDF nailed together to ultra high performance line arrays and DSPed multi amped monsters.
Any you know of in TX? I haven't heard of anything yet, but that would be interesting to see, and could certainly have something to bring myself.
You should ask on Parts Express Tech Talk. Most of the US DIYers hang out on that forum.
I am sure there are a few speaker builders in TX (I know a couple of guys) but not aware of a club. I can also ask around.
Saw some little MONSTERS at the speaker design 2015. They were slightly bigger than "bosecubes" but sounded fantastic. I love that the DIY community destroys the money-hungry Salks of the industry.
Salk actually makes nice speakers and they are priced very well for what you get. Also, made in US.
DIYing speakers is a hobby and the objective is entirely different from commercial manufacturing.
Having said that, there are excellent as well as horrid DIY speaker designs.
They are expensive for what they are.
The builder went with the direct/reflective design
similar to Bose speakers.
Except that the Bose speakers suck!
Mykal Fury no
I have a set of Bose 601 series II speakers that sound amazing. IF anything listen to a pair of these. Im no Bose fanboy but they did it right on these.
Bose suck ?? Dude srsly ?
You OBVIOUSLY have NEVER heard the older 601 Series speakers then... figures.
No highs, no lows, MUST BE BOSE!
its all about the placement,see i was like put them in the corners,but then when i saw them firing up,i was like well i don't know,and morels aren't cheap.oh and last but certainly not least.i would rather have a rectangle box with correct air space over a fancy looking fiberglass set up any day of the week,especially in car audio,I'm waiting on some parts from PE and can't wait.take it easy man and crank it up.thumbs up.
imgur . com/a/VIARZn5 (Remove Spaces) My home made DIY speakers from 1978. All these years have passed by, and they still are as good as new.
Question; would you enjoy some hard rock type music (guitar oriented) in Quadraphonic? On your livingroom surround sound system??? I just wanna make that kinda music so im askin who might enjoy it?
''from a friend of mine, I just met yesterday''?
"Just heard yesterday"
I wanna hang out with these blokes :D
crikey mate! i bahgahhed me ahm!
PANTA Music - seems kinda gay
Unless your very rich , you can build much better speakers than you can buy off the shelf for just a few hundred bucks . Voigt TL's with 8" full range can sound very good and for only a few hundred bucks .
5 yrs and no linked follow ups?
Need more info, please!
Focal have copied this idea, but the FR driver is sloped at 30 degrees from horizontal. You could show them this video and sue them. lol The date on the video is a patent. See my channel for some mad acoustics speakers.
Who made that speakers is possible to contact someone.
Thanks in advance
Those are not morel, theyr made by Dynaudio
+AudioStatus Correct! I made a mistake in the video, they are Dynaudio
AudioStatus
Yes ?
TM645 wanna bet on 1000$ ? 🙂
Well even the fact that they came from a Volvo . Volvo used these dynaudio's for a long time in theyr premium stereo. :)
im NOT surprised, most HiFI systems and Speakers are sold by their LOOKS , not by how they (should} SOUND, thats wy there are so many socald "highend"brands still existing till this day, AUDIO in generally is in fact the easiest discipline in reproduction of essentially a FEELING, VIDEO for instance is way much more difficult to reproduce..... simply put, without a true reference to the real instrument in case, the human ear and eye are not capable in many cases what sounds "best'audio salesman know this for years and make a great effort to put the customer at ease, gently steering them to a buying decision.....often with the result that at the customers home the experience is worse, no problem, you can always return an buy a even more expensive set, and so the story goes on and on, I know, i used to work in that field....
"Speakers are sold by their LOOKS"
The Finish of a speaker is one thing most diy'ers struggle to do as well as manufacturers. But i agree, the overwhelming deluge of speaker from manufacturers are worthless trinket ... IMO
I like to build high efficiency 2 way tube amp friendly speakers with Acoustic Elegance TD15M woofers and Aurum Cantus G1 tweeters crossed over at 2.2 kHz at LR 4th order, and 45Hz port tuning. I like to hear the hi hats fizzle and sparkle, the guitar and vocals to sound live and clean, and the kick drum to pound my chest when listening to the Police a very well known 80s rock band.
Hi!
The speaker on the top is good ? , really works?...
Is like the Bose reflecting speakers system, or something like that ?
Thanx !
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Audiophily (?) is kind of a faith: everything sciency is avoided like the plague since that would reveal the incompetence of the so-called experts. This is replaced with unavoidable summaries of equipment and superlatives when describing the most expensive component tested. Equipment that (of-course) always has flaws and always can be improved. Especially when sitting in a squire undampened small room :-S
Would you share build plans for the DIY loudspeakers shown in the video? Also, does it use passive crossover? I'm always interested to build a Linkwitz LXMini replica that uses passive crossover instead of DSP. Many thanks.
My first box I made I was 11 and it was a 2001 slab cardboard box almost 3 foot wide by 5 foot tall about 8 inches deep heavy too. thick thick walled with metal braces packin box never seen one like it even since then musta had one inch thick walls. So me and my dad found some marantz wood speakers ol girl threw off the balcony at the apartments and they were busted in the dumpster but the drivers were still good 2-10's 2 tweeters. We made a mono cab 2 tens below the middle and the tweeters above the middle and ear phone jacked it to my clock radio. We glued square cloth over each speaker. Then I drew with pens and crayons " ELPHON JOHN" at the top and the tweeters were his glasses then bent by magzine the woofers were his nostrils. Back then i listend to AM.
Oh the big paragraph was I dig buildin speakers too !!
Apparently Volvos have one of the best sound systems according to a lot of my friends
Love my diy bookshelfs, one of my favourite pair of speakers.
Way to go bud!!!
Watch Part II of my DIY 360 Degree Bluetooth Speaker: ruclips.net/video/CxemV3JGrsg/видео.html
There are MANY designs online that will, for sure, outperform comercial speakers for 1/2 of the price.
Figures that they're Volvo woofers, Volvo make impressive factory setups!
Sorry but defective hearing, your others look like they have Seas Excel drivers, which is about as high end as you can get, I think maybe he was judging on bass mainly, which is naturally going to be more pronounced on car drivers.
They definitely can compete, being a huge fan and one of my fav speakers the Gallo nucleus you have are top notch, I used as a reference to the vocals and mids when building my own, as u know the Gallos vocals are probably one of the best in the game period, took 6 months, I chose a transmission line cabinet for a jbl 2226hpl pro driver, rear ported, midrange is a pro celestion neodymium driver (full range) and tweeters are large heil ESS amt on top, the whole top end including mid is dipolar and sounds just perfect to me, they are biamped, and I've compared fortes, the Gallos, infinity kappas, alotta stuff, these have the strengths of the others and none of the shortcoming, but I will add the Gallos had no shortcoming, still my favorite pound for pound speaker to date besides the ones I built, but mine are a little too heavy sometimes at 100 pounds each.
Volvo just rocks it. :D
DIY guys don't know what makes for a reference quality loudspeaker. This sort of listening test is totally inadequate to judge the quality of a loudspeaker.
Ok how can we get a pair of these?
Hi bro.. many diy speakers are worth to compare with high priced speakers in market.. Does ur frnd has any website or any RUclips video of the diy speaker. so that we can try similar and enjoy the music..
The sound would have been better if tweeter was pointed up and the mid-range to the front. Just saying.
Also, what was the sound clip played on the speaker?
What generation are those Galo’s? I had a pair of the Galo nucleus and a pair of 1st Gen galos ref. 3.. Use to fed them with the Rouge 150 amp.
Do you know of any reason not to place a midrange below a woofer with the tweeter above the woofer? Im looking at modifying some 2 way store bought speakers into 3 ways and can only place the mid under the woofer. Thoughts?
You want drivers that share frequencies to be close to each other, or off axis response suffers. The steeper the filters the less effect this has.
201 so called audiophiles gave this an immediate thumbs down because they're completely against blind testing because it exposes their inherent tendency to BS and opens them to the fact that common speakers set up just right with proper amplification can sound as good as the really high end ones.
It's pervasive throughout the audio community to justify the exorbitant price stickers.
What you said is so not true. More the ramblings of someone that doesn't really understand all that goes into a great sounding system. If I sat down with you and spent an hour or so educating you I'd bet money I could AB something as subtle as interconnect cables and you would be able to tell the difference. I do agree that a lot of "high end" gear is way over priced, and the biggest improvement anyone can make to thier system is free and seldom done. And that is speaker placement. Blind testing does work well if the people involved are educated enough to know what they are listening for .
Fun experiment. Speaker builders take note. A nice, looks like maybe Scanspeak ring dome tweeter out in the open air. I would guess they image nicely. Tweeters on a big flat baffle board are not in the game.
Volvo speakers?!?!
Well, I'm off to the auto wreckers.
That room would be my worst nightmare...
Some model Volvo uses dynaudio drivers
+Bigchuck678 But they cheap end Dyn's. not anything near the Esotec speakers.
Its the those upward firing jobbies that do the magic,Ive a set of Castle Howard S2's and they sound weirdly spacey as well.
I have a Aiwa stereo from the year 2000 that is setup in a similar fashion. My listening space has an angled ceiling so I lay down the speakers in the front corners of my room pointed upward and everything comes at me in a wide sound stage. As of currently, the setup is not in place but I'm thinking of going back to it as I miss that wide sound stage.
I remember those. Every pair sounded damn good. Wish I kept mine. Threw em out when the sound bars came around. Can't believe the stuff I just threw in the garbage. Smh
Deeper soundstage relative to how long from the wall and the acoustics not necessary something with the speakers to do At ALL
moofushu, Thanks for posting. I bet You enjoyed the look of disbelief on the audiophile's face when you revealed the sound was from home made devices and not some $2000-4000 speaker set. Would be interested to see what kind of speakers those were. My Guess is 3 way with passive cross overs, without Radiators. We used to build these with three folds for the Drivers, the Mid ranges were directs and the Tweeters were always external, sometimes the Piezoelectric Tweeters were mounted on a shelf bracket for rigidity and ease. In this case, these are just on top of the cabinet with a mounting routed out of the top. Sometimes we built them with Horn Tweeters when we wanted more volume than brilliance. We found that sealed cabinet without ports always produced truer sounds. But that was back in the early mid 80's, curious to see what is around these days and if they use active cross overs for homemade speakers.
Lots of places to get plans and components to make a way better and cheaper set of speakers than buying them off the shell. Audio store are a total rip off.
Should work for BOSE. They do funny things.
You never get to hear them! There are alot of psychological factors that can affect your perception of what you hear. Being blindfolded and peppered with a lot of leading questions can alter your perception. If that is a Morel or Dynaudio bass speaker, as someone suggested, that's a very high quality driver, the midrange and tweeter look like very inexpensive speakers; I'm not saying that inexpensive speakers can't sound good. All in all, this video doesn't prove much.
Inexpensive drivers are used in many very expensive, so-called 'high-end' speakers. Its about getting the drivers to work together.
Can u link your friend i want to build them myself :-)
Volvo speakers for the win! ^_^
Here’s the deal , everything is made by humans , so that being said it’s is possible to have a home made just as good
guy sitting there symmetrically in relation to the speakers, and speaks about the sound stage....If You can hear where are speakers its not real good system. The magic starts when speakers dissapers and you hear just sound stage with good proportion inside.
+Kamil W. You are exactly right.
I can tell you, Morrell drivers are high-end. They're not cheap either
Listening with eye shades is a great way to maximize your listening experience.
That design was already done by AR speakers a looooooooong time ago...
And now done by Focal.
Say ,say , say what you want but don't play games with my affection .
Ron, why not review these DIY speakers? Please do, thanks!
For your two way speakers www.diyaudioandvideo.com/Calculator/SpeakerCrossover/
wish more DIY projects you can look at in future
Nice post! I like the blind set up.
Cabinet design copied from technics sb6000a
Had no idea Eminem was into diy speakers.
any chance we could get a parts list and specs on the enclosure?
yeah. we need you to play us stuff you talk about; if u r not gonna do that, a video review is not better than text review.
+EpicDemos I never said a video review is better than a text review. Sounds like you aren't a good fit for my channel.
I'm sticking with my home made 40 year old speakers. imgur.com/a/JPRGaw0
Hmmm .. there's a lot going on with those :)
@@juststuff5216 The only thing I have had to do to keep these babies working over the years, was replace the outer rubber rings on the woofers. After 3 decades had passed by, they had turned to dust. But for just over $20, I purchased a 2 ring replacement kit. It took about two hours work to repair each speaker.
Dynaudio speakers from a volvo - not exactly the cheap regular ones you know - dynaudio does not make a bad/cheap speaker, and that must be from some expensive audio package in the volvo.
I asked the question about Volvo speakers and the answer was; it is a lower-end series, lower than the Esotec and Esotar series!
He said they are Morel 8 inch from a Volvo. I’m assuming it’s not factory.
So I guess I got to give a go on my SONY Xplode project. It might not be a waste.
+vdochev you need the right paramaters of the driver to make a good and matching enclosure. If you don't do the research it might end up sounding awful.
You should put some acoustic treatments in that room. :)
That's a silly question, of COURSE they can compete... it's all about the quality of components used, the design, and implementation. ALL speakers are "diy"... some are just produced in larger quantities and sold for large amounts of money. There's no reason you can't make epic speakers yourself if you use good components and a good design. By building speakers yourself, you can literally achieve the same quality as a retail speaker for 1/10 the cost. I'm all about DIY, I will never buy a retail speaker or amp again, ever, unless it is used and a GREAT deal, and even then my primary interest would be in vintage hifi designs, not new stuff.
it's all about the horns!!!