beginner DIY speakers & sub (1 Viewer)

[Stephen_Rob]

I only want to main speakers. I have no problem building my own cabinets. Is MDF thee way to go or is there something better

 

[Patrick Sun]

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[Hank Frankenberg]

Danny - any guess as to when the Neo 10 will be available? Please post specs when they're available.

 

[Michael R Price]

Yes Danny thanks for the advice. I was planning the possibility of adding them to my Kit281s crossing them over hopefully not much higher than 800Hz (would like to reduce the imperfect upper midrange >1.2KHz of the AV8s) and 5-8KHz (where the vertical dispersion becomes a problem).

How low does the Neo8 go with no baffle or enclosure at all?

 

[Stephen_Rob]

So is the A/V-1+ a good kit

 

[Shawn Solar]

Well Stephen I just recieved my av1+ kit today. It came via UPS. It was packed very well and nothing was missing. The crossovers were a breeze to assemble. I went to radio shack and got me some DIY circut boards. just a 5"x5" perforated with tiny holes for the caps and such. made it very easy and neat. It took my about 2-3hours to assemble. That is including learning on how to solder.

I should have them completed in a couple weeks. I will pit them against my Paradigm reference 40's. and report back.
this is what I paid in Canadian $$

av1+ kit +shipping $523
taxes and brokerage(15%tax) $121(brokerage fee was $46)
total $643 delivered to my door

The inductors and caps are huge. The completed crossover has to weigh as much as woofer. So far I'm very pleased.

 

[Brian Bunge]

Shawn,

I haven't done any direct comparisons, but I have listened to a pair of Studio 100's recently. If their sound is any indication as to the sound of the 40's, the A/V-1+'s should kick the sh*t out of the 40's.

Brian

 

[Shawn Solar]

Well the quality is there. As long as I don't fudge up anything I'm really looking foward to the av1+. The only weakness I see the paradigms have is there tweeter. I've listened to B&W cnt series the ones with the little tweeter on top and it was smoother than the paradigms but at $1700CAD were out of my price range. Though I still like my paradigms I'm not afraid to admit when something is clearly better. And I like it loud from time to time so the av1+'s will be put through its paces. The only thing that scares me is that recessed tweeter and veneer.
I may take some pictures of the crossovers assembled. If I can get a digital camera(I'm camera shy) and someone to host or post them(I'm somewhat slow on a computer). I may even take the crossover out of my paradigms to compare to the av1+. Man I love DIY