Why do DIY products have less value ?

Twl

The room lenses in my (non dedicated sound rented apartment) room did not sound very good I corresponded back and forth with Jon Risch who is very nice and informative. The room lenses require an almost perfect sound room with a Q factor of 1x1.6. I use the quick and dirty bass traps and DIY panels. The quick and dirty bass traps and panels work very well and even an ape like me can make it without tools. Most of us have access to “Home Depot and Wal-Mart”.

There are many user reviews for his acoustic products vs. store bought products as well.

http://www.geocities.com/jonrisch/

http://www.audioasylum.com/audio/tweaks/messages/13654.html

http://www.audioasylum.com/audio/tweaks/messages/53667.html

Moniker Batman uses his all of his products all cables, power line filters and acoustic panels. His pictures and review of each panel is described on the inmate sections of the asylum. An ugly room but you can choose what materials and colors you want to.

http://cgi.audioasylum.com/systems/536.html

http://www.audioasylum.com/audio/tweaks/messages/57095.html

Jon Risch does not sell anything. There are many DIY websites that build and JR DIY products (if you are not a DIY).

http://www.diycable.com

http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~arora/audio/DIY.html

http://www.venhaus1.com/index.html

Hope this helps

From DIY projects come our future products. How many companies started from DIY projects that worked very well? The sad part is that you have to play the marketing game with those that will make your product a success. In this industry, it is the magazines. A full page ad costs somewhere around $5K per full page. The magazine advertising directors like yearly contracts, get the picture?

Davewavaolcom, my room lenses worked real well in my room. The one that is centered between the speakers about 18 inches back really helped alot. The side ones, less so. I am going to try to set one up behind my listening chair to see what that does. I also had to play with the tuning by adjusting the stuffing in the tubes. Of course, I am quite used to this, since I have been tuning transmission lines for about the last 6 months. Adjusting the tuning was necessary in my room. I like the lenses.

I'm glad they work well.

I'm very happy with my panels and traps.

Happy Listening :)

Nobody has added to this in years, so im bit later, but what the hey!

I think the problem with DYI is they see one person building something, that person is also somebody that they probably know, or have preconcieved notions about

Buying from a company however, you dont see the constructor of the object, you see a company mask, and will most likley assume that to creat such a project requires quite an impressive education, with multiple MIT graduates working to deliver you nice product.

when you see a guy in the garage, you see a guy in the garage.

So, even without the whole re-sale and purchace of such DYI, the, if you just know some guy who made his own cables, you would probably assume they were not as good as a company made product. So it would likley suprise you to see that it is a good product

everything was made in a garage at one point in time to some degree.

Ive seen DYI speakers and amplifiers and know that a guy in the garage with a good idea can produce a product that competes and even beats a well known brand, however, that product does not compete with the reputation of the major company.
Plus, its easy to get seduced by a brand names reputation, it almost comes as a status symbol.

Will a Bently get you somewhere better than a Honda? No, they do the same thing, and the honda is probably more economical and eco-friendly as well.