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Hey guys and gals,
I'm having trouble wrapping my mind around sound quality and value of DIY speakers. I spent several years selling typical consumer audio products which sparked my love of home audio/home theater. Within the confines of typical store brands,, I can get a rough understanding how good a speaker will sound based on what I know I do and don't like. I worked for Best Buy, Magnolia HT, and Magnolia Design Center so the brands I know well are Polk Audio, Klipsch (the BBY exclusive not as good line), Pioneer, Def Tech, Energy, B&W (600 series through 802D and custom theater series), Martin Logan (used to own a pair of Montis), and Sonus Faber (BORING, I was so disappointed by them). All that to say, I've never heard any DIY speakers and don't know anyone who has any so my frame of reference..... has no reference point!
Right now, I have a pair of Def Tech Mythos ST-L's. I like them, a lot actually. But, I'm always on the lookout for an upgrade and I haven't built anything recently and I'm getting antsy so maybe I build an AIY speaker. So does anyone have any experience with AIY speakers from DIYSG and really any of the brands that I'm familiar with? Typically, I like a slightly more forward sound, not the more laid-back and warm sound of say B&W 600 series or Sonus Faber.
The one's I'm most intrigued by are:
Cinema 8 http://www.diysoundgroup.com/home-theater-speakers/cinema-8/cinema-8-kit.html
Cinema 10 Max http://www.diysoundgroup.com/home-theater-speakers/cinema-10/cinema-10-max-kit.html
Elusive 1099 http://www.diysoundgroup.com/home-theater-speakers/elusive-1099.html
Minion Bamboo http://www.diysoundgroup.com/alpha-kits/minion/minion-bamboo.html
Continuum Bamboo http://www.diysoundgroup.com/alpha-kits/continuum/continuum-bamboo.html
Possibly Denham MTM http://www.diysoundgroup.com/speaker-kits/denham/denham-kit.html
Thanks for any insights!
I'm having trouble wrapping my mind around sound quality and value of DIY speakers. I spent several years selling typical consumer audio products which sparked my love of home audio/home theater. Within the confines of typical store brands,, I can get a rough understanding how good a speaker will sound based on what I know I do and don't like. I worked for Best Buy, Magnolia HT, and Magnolia Design Center so the brands I know well are Polk Audio, Klipsch (the BBY exclusive not as good line), Pioneer, Def Tech, Energy, B&W (600 series through 802D and custom theater series), Martin Logan (used to own a pair of Montis), and Sonus Faber (BORING, I was so disappointed by them). All that to say, I've never heard any DIY speakers and don't know anyone who has any so my frame of reference..... has no reference point!
Right now, I have a pair of Def Tech Mythos ST-L's. I like them, a lot actually. But, I'm always on the lookout for an upgrade and I haven't built anything recently and I'm getting antsy so maybe I build an AIY speaker. So does anyone have any experience with AIY speakers from DIYSG and really any of the brands that I'm familiar with? Typically, I like a slightly more forward sound, not the more laid-back and warm sound of say B&W 600 series or Sonus Faber.
The one's I'm most intrigued by are:
Cinema 8 http://www.diysoundgroup.com/home-theater-speakers/cinema-8/cinema-8-kit.html
Cinema 10 Max http://www.diysoundgroup.com/home-theater-speakers/cinema-10/cinema-10-max-kit.html
Elusive 1099 http://www.diysoundgroup.com/home-theater-speakers/elusive-1099.html
Minion Bamboo http://www.diysoundgroup.com/alpha-kits/minion/minion-bamboo.html
Continuum Bamboo http://www.diysoundgroup.com/alpha-kits/continuum/continuum-bamboo.html
Possibly Denham MTM http://www.diysoundgroup.com/speaker-kits/denham/denham-kit.html
Thanks for any insights!