DIY custom 3-way floorstander

[Moreants]

Just finishing up. Designing base now. Possible accents on baffle too. Drivers are Morel MDT30 tweet, Seas H1162 mid and HDS Peerless 8" poly.

[michael_w]

They're purdy...

C'mon we need some more info!! How do they sound?

[Moreants]

So far only one finished and paired that one up with one of my "Guarneris" which were my best sounding speakers. Extremely pleased so far. Very detailed mids and highs (Mundorf Supreme cap on the Morel). I'll know more in a day or so when I finish the other one.

More pix....

[wirebill]

Moreants,
If they sound half as good as they look, you will have a great set of speakers.
Bill

[zingo]

Those are a great build. Nice job. That is really impressive.

[steveinaz]

Awesome man. Nice work!

[jcaut]

They look great! How's the bass from the HDS 8's? I've got a pair of those that I need to do something with. Care to share any crossover details? I've learned a lot from looking at other people's designs.

Jason

[Moreants]

Finished the second one and the bases. Sound is truly amazing. Midrange makes a huge difference in voices, guitars etc. Bass is oustanding although I am still playing ariound with the damping.

All in all i am very happy with the outcome.

Details;

-Cabinet is all MDF with faux wood painted on. Guessing weight around 75-80 lbs. ea.. Height 41", 9" wide.

- Speaker is Bi-amp/Bi-wirable

-Mid/tweeter crossover section is mounted on removable upper panel, woofer section on very bottom of cabinet.

- Peerless woofer is driven with 3.7ohm ind., 80 & 40 mfd caps. with 2x 6.8 res in parallel

- Midrange Seas enclosed in 1.4 liter felt covered Rubbermaid container siliconed to inside and padding pieces glued to interior and filled with poly-fill.

- Tweeter housed in modified 90' 4" pvc sewer pipe.

[Pablo]

Nice job on the faux finish! Good luck with them.

[karpiel666]

those look simply amazing, im lucky if i can cut straight lines:D

[ward91]

karpiel666 how long have you had your samsung dvd player and what do you think of it ??

cheers

[AzN_plyR]

Holy Cow!! Man, If I had half the skills you do to make such beautiful speakers..... great job man... now only three more to go and your good to go lol....

[Midnite Mick]

WOW! How long have you been building speakers? I must say I am totally impressed. Those are the most OEM looking DIY speakers I have ever seen. I was thinking of tackling a DIY one day and if mine look 1/4 as good as those I would be proud of myself.

Mike

[Moreants]

WOW! How long have you been building speakers? I must say I am totally impressed. Those are the most OEM looking DIY speakers I have ever seen. I was thinking of tackling a DIY one day and if mine look 1/4 as good as those I would be proud of myself.

Mike

Thanks. I started building speakers 8 mos. ago. This is my first floorstander. Still have a lot to learn.

I didn't know how my diy attempts would come out when I started. I'm not a carpenter, just someone who likes to design and build speakers. It's fun for me and very rewarding when you listen to them for the first time.



Other projects are here.

http://gallery.audioreview.com/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=246853

[ohskigod]

thats right, I remember your guarneri clone thread

you do fantastic work. gotta get you to bring some of these things to a polkfest so we can get some ears on them.

[Midnite Mick]

Those are all outstanding. Are you serious 8 months? You must have a vast carpentry background though.

Mike

[Moreants]

Those are all outstanding. Are you serious 8 months? You must have a vast carpentry background though.

Mike
Not a carpenter by any stretch. Many tmes my designs are too ambitious so I have to be creative due to my lack of carpentry skills and equipment.

An experienced carpenter would shake his head at some of my efforts (and could do the work much faster). But what counts is the results I guess and I have fun doing it (most important).

I also have to thank the guys at Sound Forum in Lake in the Hills, Il for letting me demo my speakers on their equipment and A-B them to other high-end speakers. Bought my NAD C352 there. Great people to do business with.

http://www.soundforum.net/

[Midnite Mick]

Details. Details. How do they compare to other high end gear? Probably tough to remember speaker for speaker though. Is the crossover the limiting factor in DIY's? For example you can buy Usher audio drivers but I doubt I could build them to sound like they do.

Mike

[Mazeroth]

Very, very well done. This is coming from another DiY speaker guy.

What type of measurement setup did you use for these?