I just built a set of speakers based on plans obtained from audio asylum. Drivers were about $800 and the wood was $200. A cabinet maker cut the pieces up and I glued them together. The speaker is not unlike a transmission line, but more like a horn (rear loaded). Not the easiest to build, but I did have some woodshop experience about 30 years ago.
I would not go with a kit that is essentially a commercial product. You can do better for less. Remember that a commercial speaker has roughly a 1:5 cost ratio more if from a large manufacturer; if the speaker sells for $5000 it cost them $1000 or less to build it, including labor. I would not be surprised if a $5000 speaker had $250 worth of drivers and crossover parts.
My decision to go DIY was based on 20 years of experience with commercial products. I started culling info on DIY for the last 3 or so years. Besides having a great sounding speaker, you learn a lot and are able to tune it the way you like. I urge you to try it.
Maybe TWL will chime in, he encouraged and gave me advice on DIY speaker building.
Try the Single driver, Audio Asylum's High Efficiency forum and the Transmission Line Speakers websites.
I would not go with a kit that is essentially a commercial product. You can do better for less. Remember that a commercial speaker has roughly a 1:5 cost ratio more if from a large manufacturer; if the speaker sells for $5000 it cost them $1000 or less to build it, including labor. I would not be surprised if a $5000 speaker had $250 worth of drivers and crossover parts.
My decision to go DIY was based on 20 years of experience with commercial products. I started culling info on DIY for the last 3 or so years. Besides having a great sounding speaker, you learn a lot and are able to tune it the way you like. I urge you to try it.
Maybe TWL will chime in, he encouraged and gave me advice on DIY speaker building.
Try the Single driver, Audio Asylum's High Efficiency forum and the Transmission Line Speakers websites.
