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- Tfrecipes - Make food with love
- Speaker Kits
- DIY phone speakers that rock (and a few to avoid)
- Complete kits for DIY speaker projects
- How to Build Your Own Speakers: Step-by-Step DIY Tech
- DIY Home Theater Speaker System Help
- Speaker Building
- Need Better Computer Speakers for Your Home PC or Gaming PC?
- DIY Phone Speaker
- Cup Speaker
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Danny Richie does outside work for non-DIY speaker companies, who pay him to design their crossovers and driver-compensation networks and filters, a particularly strong talent of his. The drivers that are included in his kits are designed by him, and are built to his specs.
All you have to do is build the enclosure, or get one of appropriate internal volume from Parts Express or one of the cabinet makers who contribute to the AudioCircle GR Research Forum.
Rather than being not as good as the same amount of money spent on a ready-made speaker, the GR products perform way above their price points. Richie has just received the first examples of the new ribbon tweeter he has designed and is having manufactured for himan improved version of the great NEO 3 that was discontinued several years ago. This tweeter embarrasses those found in much more expensive loudspeakers, including some of the biggest names in hi-fi.
Danny is a perfectionist with very high standards, and his speaker designs reflect that fact. LOG IN. I think everyone who does this, even just once, would be forever changed and become an improved music listener as well as equipment hobbyist.
Whether you build a single driver speaker like the LM-1S or the 2-way desktop LM-1 designs are free or any other kit from Madisound Meniscus Parts Express Solen Troels Gravesen I think you would find yourself with very different biases and understanding of how parts interact, how drivers work, and how much a good pair of speakers should cost, and most likely you would have a different opinion about what a good speaker sounds like.
Not likely at all, but when I see audiophiles argue over thousands of dollars in speaker cables and interconnects, I think to myself, their opinions and biases about where to spend their time and money would be forever changed if they built but a single pair of speakers.
Also, of course, building speakers is fun as hell, and a great project to introduce kids to electronics. Especially girls, we need more girls who grow up to be speaker makers, amp designers and audiophiles! Best, Erik. Edit Delete. I will put my Merrill Zigmahornets against almost anything!
It is absolutely worth building and listening to a single driver design! Erik, I couldn't agree more. I've built two sets of speakers in my nearly 50 years in this enjoyable endeavor, both of them Tannoys. My first was a 12" pair of Monitor Golds, in poorly made plywood cabinets. My current pair, which are 12" HPDs, ca , with high quality outboard crossovers, the foam surrounds being converted to "Hard Edge" as are the current Prestige line of Tannoy. Despite my shortcomings, they have turned out to sound as good, or better, than I'd hoped.
I've seen some gorgeous DIY speaker builds, mine would not be seen that way, but they do sound that way. They will be passed on to my children, though I have no way to sort out which child will get them. The amount of personal satisfaction I got from this build was tremendous, and it carries on to this day, and every day. I've done as much DIY as I can muster, and it's been keenly rewarding. I wouldn't have it any other way. Regards, Dan.
I couldn't agree more I also like the Fostex Folded Horn kit. I need more space in my house. I believe there has been some discussion on the Bifrost kits at DIY Audio, check out the mult-way forum there!
Had to laugh when I saw this. Little did she know that she would be responsible for starting my audio addiction. The speakers and receiver opened me up to the magical world of FM stereo radio. That was a real eye-opener!
I'd had no idea that records could sound so much better than radio. Another year went by, my dad got a new receiver and speaker set Concept 5.
After a while, I began to understand the speakers weren't all that great, and certainly not up to the level of the Koss Pro 4 AA headphones I'd managed to save up enough to buy. Radio Shack was a place of wonder back in those days. Saved up as much car wash money as I could after paying for essentials like movies, bicycle parts, skateboard wheels and so on.
That allowed me to install much heftier 12" woofers, dome midranges, dome tweeters and new crossovers. They weren't the JBLs, but those modified speakers taught me that there is much more to sound than a box you pull out of a box. Most importantly, it taught me that money isn't the key component but is merely a vehicle. I see audiophiles argue over thousands of dollars in speaker cables and interconnects, I think to myself, their opinions and biases about where to spend their time and money would be forever changed if they built but a single pair of speakers.
I do SO agree. Ditto for building electronics, turntable, or tonearm. Even doing a really good turntable setup would be sufficient, I suspect. I agree completely. Built my first set when I was The more I build the more I appreciate differences in wire, caps, fuses, trannys, resistors, etc It all matters. Finally bought some PM2C drivers for them around Just replaced those drivers a couple years ago with the Lowther DX version. Those speakers with an REL sub are wonderful.
As terry9 stated, building electronics and other DIY projects are fun and rewarding as well. I cleaned nearly a dozen records this afternoon, and it works great.
There's no doubt my records are being cleaned better than they ever have, what a feeling Almost any kit is going to be a bargain by comparison. Whatever you do, building an amp or speaker is a big learning opportunity, whether you design it all yourself, or solder a pre-designed kit. Best, E. Good morning, Eric I think I blew past the 'pair' minimum awhile back.
And I couldn't agree more, although one needn't go to quite the extreme that I have. It's very satisfying to listen to something that one has made with their own hands, even if it's just assembling a kit of parts.
One gets a different perspective of the mechanisms, the circuits, and the enclosure that recreates the recreated illusions that we enjoy It IS all a dance of sub-atomic particles at the end of the day, after all Just wanted to say thank you to everyone who has participated in this thread so far.
I was sure I would get a bunch of professional naysayers jumping in here to kill it, so I am pleasantly surprised by all of the positive contributions. Hope you'll join us and even become a sustaining member. Yes I totally agree and if you can't build your own learning how to mod them and or update crossovers,binding posts or even wiring would help the individual audiophile learn more about sound in general. Learning how to do even basic testing and measuring wouldn't hurt either. Gotta give another shout-out to Danny GR Research.
While I've never built a set of his designs, he did help me out when I had the crossover for my vintage Pioneer HPMs redesigned, and listened to several of his works. Yep now for a step up go and build a nice pair of field coil single driver speakers, get yourself a 1 to 2 watt pair of mono blocks and be done with it all! Might need to integrate a sub for the final piece! Happy Listening. Don't make me stop this thread early!
I'm sometimes thrilled that any and either work as well as they do at all. And everyone's scared of AI Having a great time and learning experience building an active tri-amped 2. An OmniMic 2. I now know it would take me a whole Heap of money and a long time looking to find the next best thing in the speaker market, new or used. No going back for me. Doing it right now. A pair of Bill Fitzmaurice Davids with upgraded drivers and a flat pack from speakerhardware. Just finished the crossovers a couple of weeks ago.
If not these, my second choice would probably have been Statement II speakerdesignworks. This brings up two major reasons to build yourself: 1 - Make exactly what you want 2 - Price performance is unmatched vs.
Some much more. Amen, Erik. DIY speaker building has been around forever, but everything increasing costs in the speaker market, less disposable income these days, the overall lack of movement in the global audio market and the wide availability online of affordable, high-quality parts, materials as well as easier, faster testing methods, etc seems to me to be pointing in this direction more and more.
Increasingly I have learned to tweak, modify and now DIY my way forward. Just accepting at face value alone the terms that manufacturers are willing to dictate to everyone has grown to be no longer an option for me. Lots of gains to be realized IMO once you decide and bother to learn how to start to buck that established trend.
And yes, I said "buck". What did you think I meant? I don't expect every audiophile to build top class speakers, even if purchased as a kit. But I do wish more audiophiles would build something themselves.

Speaker Kits
It was back in that a couple of researchers from General Electric, Chester Rice and Edward Kellogg, patented what remains the basic design for virtually all the world's loudspeakers. In the 84 years since, engineers and enthusiasts have invested a lot of thought and energy in the refinement of Rice and Kellogg's concept, creating a valuable knowledge base for the do-it-yourself crowd. I should know--I recently built the speakers pictured here, and in the process I learned quite a bit about the art and science of a good speaker. At its core a loudspeaker is a surprisingly simple device.
DIY phone speakers that rock (and a few to avoid)
Plan your visit. Wind up a coil of wire, attach it to the bottom of a paper cup, hold a magnet nearby, and listen to the radio! Plug the mini phone plug into your radio, phone or other device, then turn it on and play some music you may have to turn the volume up louder than you normally would. With one hand, hold the cup to your ear. With your other hand, bring a magnet closer and closer to the coil of wire until you can hear the sound produced by your homemade speaker. If you have two magnets, you can put one inside the bottom of the cup and the other next to the coil, on the outside of the cup so the two magnets hold each other on to keep the sound going. Look down at the loop of wire.
Complete kits for DIY speaker projects

When the phone plays music outside the tube the sound spreads out all around, but when you put the phone inside the cardboard tube the sound is directed down the tube towards the plastic cups and out from there! The cups focus the sound waves pointing them in one direction rather than scattered all around. A megaphone works in a similar way. When a person speaks normally the sound scatters immediately, but a megaphone channels the sound towards the subject instead.
How to Build Your Own Speakers: Step-by-Step DIY Tech
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Speaker Building
Building your own custom speakers has got to be one of the most rewarding, straightforward and cost-effective DIY activities I've come across. I'm absolutely shocked that it hasn't had a larger presence on Instructables and in the community Some speaker projects can be complete in a weekend, while others can go on for years. Regardless of how much you choose to spend on your speakers, you'll likely be building something that will sound as good as commercial product that off the shelf would cost as much as 10 times more.
Need Better Computer Speakers for Your Home PC or Gaming PC?
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DIY Phone Speaker
It is nearly impossible to justify, to the average person, spending tens of thousands to millions of dollars on loudspeakers for personal enjoyment. Such acquisitions happen as a result of an over-swelled bank account or the addictions of an audioholic. Made out of aircraft-grade aluminum the Anat Reference II are large loudspeakers that make a visual statement and initially interested me in another way. Before my eyes were a pair of very expensive loudspeakers based loosely on drivers available to the do-it-yourself DIY community. At that juncture, I researched quite a bit to come up with a rough cost to produce something like this myself. I am extremely glad that it was too expensive because I would have learned a much harder lesson: owning a bad sounding speaker using top-of-the-line driv.
Cup Speaker
We are a small business specialising in DIY home audio speakers, full range speaker kits, speaker cabinet flat packs and custom speaker design. We can supply range of loud speaker kits using these Markaudio point source speaker drivers, along side the other speaker components we retail like Jordan, Cube, Neutrik, Hypex and more traditional multi way speaker kits. We also offer our own line of amplifiers that offer a high performance to cost ratio. As speaker cabinet builders, we are particularly pleased to be able to offer some of the best DIY speakers available, using the best loudspeaker drive units, as an alternative to commercial speakers and electronics that genuinely compete on sound quality at a fraction of the cost, whilst maintaining the manufacture of these products in the United Kingdom wherever possible.
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