Hi all,
I am in the process of building a handful of SEOS/TD12M's for myself and have built a few different woofers and a pair of Statements. You can see in my signature.
I have a friend that is interested in putting together a home theater system over the next couple years. He's about to unload a on a Martin Logan System that includes Motion 40's with a Martin Logan Depth i subwoofer. He has emphasized that he really wants high SPL and excellent clarity. I have been trying to steer him in the DIY direction as he has myself and another friend who's a woodworker to help him.
He'll be coming out to visit me this summer to hear the SEOS/TD12M's and I'd probably have him purchase a kit on Erich's site, if he was interested. For the subwoofer I've told him to look at the Submersive or if he wanted to save some money I could help him build a Dual opposed Dayton 18" HO. He told me he wants incredible bass, something like my setup with my two dual opposed and Mal x, but he also wants it to be compact. He's very skeptical of the DIY route. My impression is he doesn't think it would come even close to Martin Logans in sound quality etc. Obviously he'll get a chance to listen to mine, but I just wanted other opinions. He's done a lot of car stereo work in the past, so I know he's not totally opposed to the idea.
My question is: Am I making a mistake pushing him in that direction? Will these kits stand up to ML's or are the just so different that you can't really compare?
Edited by pgwalsh - 1/11/13 at 7:28am
I am in the process of building a handful of SEOS/TD12M's for myself and have built a few different woofers and a pair of Statements. You can see in my signature.
I have a friend that is interested in putting together a home theater system over the next couple years. He's about to unload a on a Martin Logan System that includes Motion 40's with a Martin Logan Depth i subwoofer. He has emphasized that he really wants high SPL and excellent clarity. I have been trying to steer him in the DIY direction as he has myself and another friend who's a woodworker to help him.
He'll be coming out to visit me this summer to hear the SEOS/TD12M's and I'd probably have him purchase a kit on Erich's site, if he was interested. For the subwoofer I've told him to look at the Submersive or if he wanted to save some money I could help him build a Dual opposed Dayton 18" HO. He told me he wants incredible bass, something like my setup with my two dual opposed and Mal x, but he also wants it to be compact. He's very skeptical of the DIY route. My impression is he doesn't think it would come even close to Martin Logans in sound quality etc. Obviously he'll get a chance to listen to mine, but I just wanted other opinions. He's done a lot of car stereo work in the past, so I know he's not totally opposed to the idea.
My question is: Am I making a mistake pushing him in that direction? Will these kits stand up to ML's or are the just so different that you can't really compare?
Edited by pgwalsh - 1/11/13 at 7:28am
