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Forum: Speaker
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Topic: Do you feel excited having tall DIY speakers than commercially made ones?
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| Re: Do you feel excited having tall DIY speakers than commercially made ones? [message #99720 is a reply to message #99708] |
Sat, 22 August 2026 02:00 |
Bercle
Messages: 63
Registered: December 2025
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I have a friend who also likes DIY speakers, and his reason is that he feels at home knowing that the speakers was done by someone he knows using the components that he believes is the best, but I have always liked using the commercially built ones.
I've got the KEF LS50 metas and Wharfedale Diamond 12.3 floorstanders at home, and the honest truth is that I've gotten value for money since I got them irrespective of the fact that they are not popular models.
In the past, I've tried DIY speakers, but my concern then how some of the parts wear out faster plus the stress that comes with trying to fix them myself. That's why I've gone with commercial ones because I think they were properly tested before being sold, and the majority comes with warranties, which we rarely get with DIY spekaers.
My friend has been lucky with his DIY speakers and found a way to always solve any matters that arise, but I don't have time for such at the moment. So, I go for the commercially made ones.
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| Re: Do you feel excited having tall DIY speakers than commercially made ones? [message #99724 is a reply to message #99720] |
Sat, 22 August 2026 10:46 |
Rusty
Messages: 1460
Registered: May 2018
Location: Kansas City Missouri
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I'm kinda puzzled with what "parts" wear out with DIY speakers, anymore than commercial speakers. Capacitors, coils, resistors or speaker drivers? Many DIY speakers I've been familiar with usually use very good speaker drivers as well as the crossover components. And DIYr's tend to overbuild their cabinets to the commercial ones. About the only thing I can assume is that many people aren't DIY oriented is from cabinet construction and I guess sweat equity that goes into building DIY speakers.
But for me, that was the compelling challenge. That and the cost to performance ratio. It's all good though in enjoying what the audio pursuit is.
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| Re: Do you feel excited having tall DIY speakers than commercially made ones? [message #99727 is a reply to message #99724] |
Sat, 22 August 2026 20:40 |
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gofar99
Messages: 2043
Registered: May 2010
Location: Southern Arizona
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I like both diy and commercial speakers. For commercial I use Martin Logan ESLs. Five tall and if you like the type of sound they produce hard to beat. To boot they are sensitive as well not like some other un-named ones). 15 watts is really loud. For Diy -sort of- I refurbished a set of Altec Lansing VOTs (home type) that had no drivers. I used a new manufacture 30 cm woofer that was mode by Great Plains Audio that is identical to the originals. I upgraded the tweeter midrange horn with a Radian 475 PB driveer on a Seos horn. I used a self designed crossover. Sensitivity is huge so are the cabinets. I use only tube amps a preamps. 
Good Listening
Bruce
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