Experiences with oem(dy kits or others) vesrsus commerc

serge instrumental · Post by **serge instrumental** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 4:11 pm

Anybody have an experience trying to build boxes with high quality components (and integrate different speaker vendors and doing math with x-overs...) all that against aleady made visions from the majors(big dollars against hours of labor).

Good or bad experiences?

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Thanks

jwl · Post by **jwl** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 5:19 am

I enjoy building speakers, though the last pair I built was 15 years ago now, in the dark ages when DynAudio still sold drivers.

I'll build another pair next year when I build my studio. I'll probably do a D'Appolito design using Seas drivers, from Madisound.

If you enjoy it (carpentry, design, etc) then I highly recommend it. Otherwise, just buy something. These days it's tricky to DIY and have it come out less than what is commercially available, especially once your time is factored in.

AVare · Post by **AVare** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 11:54 am

It all depends on what effort you put into it. You can get first class drivers from many companies Parts express and solen are two more suppliers of components

oceancity · Post by **oceancity** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 4:38 am

Have a browse at www.diyaudio.com/forums. There's a lot of people there dedicated to building. They are a very helpful group. The full range forum is particularly interesting.

serge instrumental · Post by **serge instrumental** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 7:40 am

Thank you for your input. I know Solen and they provide support fo x-over design but I don't have heard what result it would be for speakers integration.