I worked for "Parts Express" many years ago and my favorite part of the job was the time "after hours." I could combine any combination of the hundreds of speakers and crossovers available to satisfy any sound preference. We only had the raw speakers, a few boxes, and ports, but WOW what fun that was!
I can't tell you how much I appreciate you including all the fails. Really goes to show that even the pros don't get it right everytime and it's okay to make mistakes.
Instead of recessing the binding posts, you could make an elegant copper trim ring with a radius or bevel that steps down to the cabinet level. That could carry the theme of the port ring. Great build, thank you for posting.
Glad the algorithm brought this video to me. Very nice looking build. Would love to have a follow up when the time is right to tidy up everything. Thanks.
Absolutely beautiful... Definitely outside of my skill set. I have been involved in the sound industry as a sound engineer, custom amplifier modifications etc. I can only wish I had the talent for wood. Hats off. What would I do differently... Have the custom crossovers covered with clear lexan. You never want to hide beautiful work. Crossovers are no exception.
Wow, thank you! I haven't done the crossover yet but you will still be able to see the. I've got a perforated metal grill that I plan to use. I'll show it in the next video.
The overall "D'appolito" makes sense, but I wonder how much the top will "flex" and "shake" (the mid) - there is a reason Wilson and others - even LX521 decouple the midrange from the bass in the cabinet. But beautiful finish!
Good morning 🌅, interesting project, it might be worth investing in a CNC router table to cut your holes for your speakers, or having some aluminium jigs making up for your speakers, with stepped ring inserts, Your speakers sound quite nice, though They lack bass response, It might be due to the fact that I have a pair of very large transmission line they are speakers cabinets, that I built 40 odd years ago?, Just recently changed the drive units and drive crossover., SEAS DRIVERS, 150w 8Ohs , NAD 150 , They do look very nice and I’ll be watching to see what else you produce , good luck with your adventure, France.
Hard to criticize your build. I'd love to see a spectral analysis done on this design. Maybe coming? In terms of recommended changes, at 21:45 I don't care for the butt joint of the copper. Easy enough to do a miter.
I absolutely Love your Speakers!!! I build speakers also and enjoy the whole process from start to finish. I love the copper inlay. would love to hear them. I bet they rock.
❤CSS. Great vid.& build Appreciate you even covering a few mistakes and how you recovered. I've done cabinets from kit and scratch and have to say the flat packs are brilliant.
I really enjoyed watching this build. I'm a woodworker & audiophile that's built a small number of speakers & modified many more. I'm always looking to learn more and I picked up some nice tips in this video. A shame you didn't get into the crossover design here. I have 2 very different (now rather old) systems by Unity Audio and Bob Grost got into some strange territory in Xover design. This is still very much "voodoo black art" for me. Please do continue these videos. Your presentation is no-nonsense, REAL, and useful.
Yowzers!! The angled pieces made me pretty much completely hate until seeing it all come together and was able to see what a nice design touch it provided in the overall scheme of things. Learned so many little tid bits (e.g.veneer won't stick to bondo). A sincere note of gratitude for all the time it took to produce & provide the content! 🙏👌👍
Did have a question, though: any unease working in such proximity to a ginge? Do you use any protective measures or do you just have an agreement that he won't steal your soul? I'd just be nervous the whole time!! 😕🫣😠
so happy to see that also the pros make mistakes, makes me feel so much better....I always get something wrong.....always, I thought it was just me. regarding the speakers...they look awesome, what I would give to listen to a couple of choice albums on them. really nice work!!
Gorgeous work. Been retired from active building in a real shop for over 6 years now, and it’s videos like this make me really pine for the fjords, so to speak. Regarding crossovers, have y’all considered or played at all with miniDSP or such? A video with in room REW measurements would be fun to see.
We’ve done active before but are usually able to get what we want out of passive which also makes for higher simplicity (one amp, speakers can be moved easily, etc.). The next video will dive into measurements.
@@css_audio Fair enough. A few (8?) years ago I built a couple of MTM and TMM 2 ways specifically for experimenting with three different XO methodologies, two of which were bi-amped: Passive Line Level; digital XO using the DSP in a particular model of Onkyo AVR; and old school passive high level - which was modelled via LMS/LEAPS, and was frankly my personal favourite. More recently I’ve been playing with REW / miniDSP for fine tuning multi subs and PEQ to front row of small HT rig built with all DIY speakers, so that’s still a fun toy. Anyways, gorgeous work on these beasts, and looking forward to the measurements. Cheers
What a gorgeous build. I personally would have taken something in exchange for the copper, as copper tends to resonate. But this is just personal preference. Greetings from Germany.
Hello Kerry from Meaford Ontario Canada: In 1996-2000 I was the manager at Oakville Audio in Ontario Canada and we sold some of the finest HiFi in Canada, we had exclusive rights to John Farlow s Exposure electronics and Joe Achroyd s Royd Audio, I know Joe and spoke to him a few times on the phone while as manager, I learned what Joe knows about speaker design and others as well as I have seen the tech implemented since the early 70's, ALL DISTORTION IN A SPEAKER STARTS IN THE MAGNET, by dampening the driver magnets woofers midranges and tweeters must all be dampened by a rubbery gooey type dampening material that wicks away the vibrations that start in the magnets , also use T Nuts and bolts never wood screws and use five inch squared 1/4 inch thick steel plates glued to top bottom and inside walls of cabinet as inside speaker walls should be denser than top s and bottom s and backs as Totem had learned , all drivers should have wires connected directly by soldering iron and all wiring should be a silver combined with either nickol or copper
I damp the speaker basket and magnets with window caulking. It never dries out. It's like putty. Could you give a bit more info on the product you're using?
@@gbrm6077 also by using PVC pipe cut to perfect length Construction adhesive it to the back of the cabinet directly behind each driver then fill driver with anti acoustic caulking and seat the driver magnets into exposed compound and then fasten drivers
I accidentally deleted a commenter's reply (sorry and UA-cam apparently has no way to undo that), but they mentioned that most of the distortion from a driver comes from the motor design. That is absolutely the correct.
Very nice cabinet work but my appologies, I find it misleading by claiming a £35'000 dollar speaker. What direct model is this referring to? Performance? You have many small drivers in a tower. What does your speaker offer that PMC BB5, or Kef Reference 11 meta and so forth cannot do?
Was thinking the same but sometimes you just need someone you convince that he needs this speeker and that it‘s worth it 🤔 Best is to find someone who is not able to build it himself AND has the money AND wants to be proud what he paid 😂
That makes a lot more sense given the 200 man hours so far--as opposed to comparing it to commercial productions. But I still get that $13,500 might provide a more accurate comparison in terms of ROI on $3500 of parts. @marcg2233
It looks really nice and exquisite. Many very expensive 'audiophile' speakers measure absolutely terribly, so acoustic performance doesn't seem to be a part of the experience. Using a small coax without a separate waveguide for the tweeter is pretty rough and I wouldn't want that in my every day speakers. I'll rather go with a non-coax design and put treatment on my ceiling. I like the looks of big tower speakers, but acoustically, having subwoofers deal with the low bass makes more sense in terms of flexibility, output capability, sound quality and room acoustics.
They look beautiful Kerry! I remember you used copper trim rings on the "Boomsticks" back several years... you've amped up the bling with these even more... I say bling, but it's more like classy adornment. You demo quite a few cool techniques in this video, I learned a few things. It's great to see a speaker build just for the love of it!
Amazing looking build, it has a real unique design with 3 cabinets per speaker, and the wood and paint combination with the copper as highlights fit very well together. How did you connect the speaker wires to the binding posts, did you solder them and if, how’d you do it? I have the same and they have this unnecessary wide opening with would use a lot of solder, and because I’m not an expert in doing it I would love to take some advice to do it right.
Glad you like it! I doubled over the wire and used the set screws to hold it in place for the main binding posts. The other binding posts to go between the three cabinets to the crossover have tabs for quick connects or soldering.
Beautiful work. I've always felt speakers need to be 6-8 ft tall for proper sound stage. Get an overhead power extension to get the tool cords up and out of your way while you're working.
Hey, DIY here myself. Awesome build! looks really good, love the copper accents. Wouldve loved it even more if you wouldve shown the whole process. Like, figuring out what kinda speaker u wanna build in the first place, what you want to achieve, what drivers u take and how your selection process is. how you tune in the crossover and develop it. ( do you start with a dsp to check xover frequencies and level alignment to "know" what u want in the crossover so you have starting points and then start from there or do you go after specsheet simulation and start from there ) overall as with everything you did some things i would never do. But if i show you how i build speakers u would just say the same about my methods :D so thats fine. Only thing im really curious about is the glued on front baffle. You WANT it to be easier to resonate? Did u calculate the resonance frequency of the front baffle and put it outside of the spectrum the driver play? But even with crosstalk between cabinet and baffle wall that sound ridicioulus hard to actually convert into reality. Sure u can simulate it, but the precision you would need to have to glue it on etc looks damn near impossible to achieve for me. Atleast when done by hand. Ur speaker is a work of art, mine dont ever look like those, would love them to do tough. Have a great weekend and thanks for the video.
Great job done so far!!!!! I think you're going the route of function following form. I really like that because I think the same way. I'd really like to know how you came up with the chassis selection and how you then simulated it.
It looks beautiful. How the box looks isn't my priority, although I prefer not looking at something unfinished. I built my subwoofer box (36" x 14" x 18") with opposed 10" drivers and a plate amp. I prefer dual 15" woofers in my speakers so they can play LOUD without distorting while remaining natural sounding. I build tiny houses as a side gig.
I guess they sound as good as they look . Those things are really gorgeous I have always loved the dynaudio evidence master look in a speaker and these really do it for me
This is an amazing video. This is my first time here, but I've already hit that sub, especially if you're going to do more build videos like this. I have a few thoughts that you can take or leave as you like. I have found, block planes are good, but if you take the time to learn to set and use a Japanese pull plane you will be very happy with the added precision you get. I have not worked with veneer, but my understanding is precision is key when doing so. Copper and brass always look good but can be expensive. It's possible to anodize aluminum to look exactly like copper or brass. Once you are setup to do that it's a lot cheaper and it's easy to cast your own aluminum parts. Part of the anodizing is sealing the material so you don't have spray them with an anti-oxidation sealant. On top of that it looks like you are already using anodized plates for the posts plate and then laser etching the logo and text. You could make those in the copper anodizing, then laser etch, then anodize the etched part in black. IMO that would add even more to the look. Again, this is my first visit so this may be answered elsewhere, but what software do you use for your cabinet modeling. I was looking around hoping to find a plugin for FreeCAD that would do acoustic modeling of speaker cabinets but it looks like the only real options are over-priced stand-alone applications that only run on Windows.
For a relatively expensive build, why not use high end wires? I have used Neotech 12 awg stranded UP-OCC copper hookup wires in my 1TDX for the binding posts and woofer, and 18 awg UP-OCC silver wire for the tweeter connection with excellent results. Of course, the binding posts were upgraded too - cardas CCBP pure copper binding posts being an excellent choice.
Not sure about your hourly rate, but factoring the hours as well I'm sure a completed version is still a $20.000 speaker! Which nets you a 33% discount from retail and that makes sense from a commercial standpoint as you would not pay manufacturer and dealer markup as a consumer. Warranty may not be too much of an issue as the live components have their 'own' warranty. The crossover however will be the gold-silver medal award. If you match it or improve upon the original you are set for victory.
These speakers certainly look very expensive. The copper is a nice touch! Though as a fellow speaker designer I would have gone a different route if I wanted to go all out on the sonic performance.
Beautiful build! i'll take a pair :D On a more serious note what is your take on the sound of mdf cabinets vs plywood ? im making a new set of cabinets for my main speakers in particleboard with a layer of plywood on the outside just because i've heard things about it, im not done yet but im really starting to appreciate how easy mdf is to work with
Low density plywood definitely resonates more than mdf but as long as you are using decent quality plywood, there is no audible difference in my experience. I’ve not seen any research to point otherwise.
All I can say Kerry, is incredible! You are extremely talented as well as a great designer. This is well beyond both my skill and equipment level. I hope to hear them the end of this month. Please continue these videos, both you and Dan are bringing a lot to the table for us amateur builders and I know I am learning from you both. I hope that you develop other projects that can turn into potential kits or projects that can be done by us mere mortals!
Yes, it does and I should have mentioned that. It is much slower and takes a lot more effort to setup though. Braces are so boring to me I want to get through them as quick as possible.
These look amazing. Im more of a dedicated home theater guy. Do you guys have any plans for a theater style speaker? Sealed, onwall mounting, 80-20k, high sensitivity/high output style. Im thinking of something along the lines of a Magnat cinema ultra or a RBH on wall. It would be great to see some DIY kit options on the market for that type of speaker.
We've talked about doing some HT stuff but aren't as in tune with that market as the traditional HiFi so we need to do some more research before we could develop anything.
Thanks for the feedback. I looked for copper screws but couldn't find any. I think they are too soft. I thought black would look better than brass personally.
They're saying it's designed and built to give equivalent performance and style as store-bought speakers that cost that much. Google is your friend, go look at premium "audiophile" speakers and see.
Made me think the same thing. I think parts cost is the max these are worth. Speakers with retail price of 35k should have all the inside corners perfectly rounded. Ports ends flared. Everything tuned to perfection for perfect sound. Outside lacquer polished to mirror finish. Beautiful trims to cover the speaker cones. And built in amplifiers that would be correct for the speakers. These are just MDF boxes with random woofers thrown into. You cant just say "these are very high end speakers" just because they somewhat look like something expensive from afar.
Thanks! We use a large industrial CNC for all our kit cabinets. We don’t have any plans to buy one of those because you have to be cutting panels all day every day to justify the cost.
Thanks Jeff. The shop, other than the SawStop is fairly modest. We don't have a lot of stuff in there and the equipment isn't that expensive. You don't really need a ton to build speakers. Unfortunately I'm still working through the crossover design on these. The mid/tweeter are a beast to work with passively. I'm hoping to have them hooked up for a first listen later today or Monday.
Love your stuff I love that this shows that if you don't have all the latest and greatest wood working gear that you can still create something beautiful would be great to have build plans for others to enjoy not a kit,. I like getting my hands dirty
I worked for "Parts Express" many years ago and my favorite part of the job was the time "after hours." I could combine any combination of the hundreds of speakers and crossovers available to satisfy any sound preference. We only had the raw speakers, a few boxes, and ports, but WOW what fun that was!
that explains why half the stuff ordered is "opened and scratched" when a new box is ordered
I can't tell you how much I appreciate you including all the fails. Really goes to show that even the pros don't get it right everytime and it's okay to make mistakes.
Thanks!
Instead of recessing the binding posts, you could make an elegant copper trim ring with a radius or bevel that steps down to the cabinet level. That could carry the theme of the port ring. Great build, thank you for posting.
Cool idea!
Glad the algorithm brought this video to me. Very nice looking build. Would love to have a follow up when the time is right to tidy up everything. Thanks.
Absolutely beautiful... Definitely outside of my skill set. I have been involved in the sound industry as a sound engineer, custom amplifier modifications etc. I can only wish I had the talent for wood.
Hats off. What would I do differently... Have the custom crossovers covered with clear lexan. You never want to hide beautiful work. Crossovers are no exception.
Wow, thank you! I haven't done the crossover yet but you will still be able to see the. I've got a perforated metal grill that I plan to use. I'll show it in the next video.
skillet... I love it. You have to practice to gain a skillet. It's only wood. you can always start over. We all make mistakes.
awesome project. a sound test with a really good mic setup would be cool.
The overall "D'appolito" makes sense, but I wonder how much the top will "flex" and "shake" (the mid) - there is a reason Wilson and others - even LX521 decouple the midrange from the bass in the cabinet. But beautiful finish!
Awesome. As a fellow enthusiast, with a dozen speaker projects completed...... very well done. LOVE the copper accents. Doing us proud.
Good morning 🌅, interesting project, it might be worth investing in a CNC router table to cut your holes for your speakers, or having some aluminium jigs making up for your speakers, with stepped ring inserts, Your speakers sound quite nice, though They lack bass response, It might be due to the fact that I have a pair of very large transmission line they are speakers cabinets, that I built 40 odd years ago?, Just recently changed the drive units and drive crossover., SEAS DRIVERS, 150w 8Ohs , NAD 150 ,
They do look very nice and I’ll be watching to see what else you produce , good luck with your adventure, France.
I very much enjoyed this video. I learned a lot watching this video. I hope you will make more. Thanks
The plan is to make 6-12 a year going forward
Watched the video... would love to see the rest of the build and sound tests.
Love the fact that you find time to do these passion builds.
Thanks. Coming soon!
May I please have the plans for the beautiful speakers you made in this video? 😊😊they look amazing!!!
If we have enough people interested we’ll do full plans. The crossover schematic will be shared in a follow-up video.
Nice design. The copper accents are brilliant. I would love to see more builds like this.
More to come!
Awesome video!! You have great woodworking, design and fabrication skills ... a rare combo. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you very much!
Nicely done. looking forward for the crossover design & final frequency response.
You and me both!
I really enjoyed watching your video and think you did a great job with your build.
I could watch stuff like this for hours.
Thank you very much!
me too
Hard to criticize your build. I'd love to see a spectral analysis done on this design. Maybe coming? In terms of recommended changes, at 21:45 I don't care for the butt joint of the copper. Easy enough to do a miter.
Thanks for the feedback. I'll do a follow-up video with measurements.
I absolutely Love your Speakers!!! I build speakers also and enjoy the whole process from start to finish. I love the copper inlay. would love to hear them. I bet they rock.
Glad you like them!
I have been planning to flank a coaxial 8" with a pair 12" woofers with either a bi or tri amp plate. For about 10 years.
Superb platform.
My Catalyst 12c are precisely that.
A pair of the finest AE 12" low distortion drivers, flanking a B&C coax, powered by ~2kw active.
❤CSS. Great vid.& build Appreciate you even covering a few mistakes and how you recovered. I've done cabinets from kit and scratch and have to say the flat packs are brilliant.
Thanks!
Way beyond my ability, but very very interesting. I appreciate that you included your mis-steps too.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Hi Kerry,great video, thanks for uploading it for us ❤ hello from Hamburg/ Germany
You are so welcome!
Great work! A good time saver would be to use baltic birch plywood. Beautiful when finished, saves time vs veneer, and the edge ply looks awesome!
Plywood is not near as good for sound deadning as MDF
I really enjoyed watching this build. I'm a woodworker & audiophile that's built a small number of speakers & modified many more. I'm always looking to learn more and I picked up some nice tips in this video. A shame you didn't get into the crossover design here. I have 2 very different (now rather old) systems by Unity Audio and Bob Grost got into some strange territory in Xover design. This is still very much "voodoo black art" for me.
Please do continue these videos. Your presentation is no-nonsense, REAL, and useful.
Thanks! Glad it was useful.
So much good build info even for us kit guys. Those came out over the top!
Glad you liked it!
Yowzers!! The angled pieces made me pretty much completely hate until seeing it all come together and was able to see what a nice design touch it provided in the overall scheme of things. Learned so many little tid bits (e.g.veneer won't stick to bondo). A sincere note of gratitude for all the time it took to produce & provide the content! 🙏👌👍
Did have a question, though: any unease working in such proximity to a ginge? Do you use any protective measures or do you just have an agreement that he won't steal your soul? I'd just be nervous the whole time!! 😕🫣😠
They do look great, well done.
Thanks!
so happy to see that also the pros make mistakes, makes me feel so much better....I always get something wrong.....always, I thought it was just me. regarding the speakers...they look awesome, what I would give to listen to a couple of choice albums on them. really nice work!!
These enclosures look amazing! I am sure that they sound just as amazing, too.
Thanks!
@@css_audio Send them off to Erin's Audio Corner!
Absoloutely gorgeous cabinets. Really liking the book-matched veneer as an accent to the painted balance.
Thanks
Yessss... Love these large sized cabinets.... we need builds like this.
Gorgeous work. Been retired from active building in a real shop for over 6 years now, and it’s videos like this make me really pine for the fjords, so to speak. Regarding crossovers, have y’all considered or played at all with miniDSP or such?
A video with in room REW measurements would be fun to see.
We’ve done active before but are usually able to get what we want out of passive which also makes for higher simplicity (one amp, speakers can be moved easily, etc.). The next video will dive into measurements.
@@css_audio Fair enough. A few (8?) years ago I built a couple of MTM and TMM 2 ways specifically for experimenting with three different XO methodologies, two of which were bi-amped: Passive Line Level; digital XO using the DSP in a particular model of Onkyo AVR; and old school passive high level - which was modelled via LMS/LEAPS, and was frankly my personal favourite.
More recently I’ve been playing with REW / miniDSP for fine tuning multi subs and PEQ to front row of small HT rig built with all DIY speakers, so that’s still a fun toy.
Anyways, gorgeous work on these beasts, and looking forward to the measurements.
Cheers
That is absolutely drop dead gorgeous worth every penny in my book beautiful job guys.
Thanks!
@@css_audio my pleasure
What a gorgeous build. I personally would have taken something in exchange for the copper, as copper tends to resonate. But this is just personal preference. Greetings from Germany.
Hello Kerry from Meaford Ontario Canada: In 1996-2000 I was the manager at Oakville Audio in Ontario Canada and we sold some of the finest HiFi in Canada, we had exclusive rights to John Farlow s Exposure electronics and Joe Achroyd s Royd Audio, I know Joe and spoke to him a few times on the phone while as manager, I learned what Joe knows about speaker design and others as well as I have seen the tech implemented since the early 70's, ALL DISTORTION IN A SPEAKER STARTS IN THE MAGNET, by dampening the driver magnets woofers midranges and tweeters must all be dampened by a rubbery gooey type dampening material that wicks away the vibrations that start in the magnets , also use T Nuts and bolts never wood screws and use five inch squared 1/4 inch thick steel plates glued to top bottom and inside walls of cabinet as inside speaker walls should be denser than top s and bottom s and backs as Totem had learned , all drivers should have wires connected directly by soldering iron and all wiring should be a silver combined with either nickol or copper
I damp the speaker basket and magnets with window caulking. It never dries out. It's like putty. Could you give a bit more info on the product you're using?
@@gbrm6077 use Anti Acoustic Caulking it's ideal
@@gbrm6077 also by using PVC pipe cut to perfect length Construction adhesive it to the back of the cabinet directly behind each driver then fill driver with anti acoustic caulking and seat the driver magnets into exposed compound and then fasten drivers
I accidentally deleted a commenter's reply (sorry and UA-cam apparently has no way to undo that), but they mentioned that most of the distortion from a driver comes from the motor design. That is absolutely the correct.
Where can I get those acoustic panels on the walls?
Wonderful workmanship with technical expertise . Would ❤to hear these speakers
Thanks!
Very nice cabinet work but my appologies, I find it misleading by claiming a £35'000 dollar speaker.
What direct model is this referring to?
Performance?
You have many small drivers in a tower. What does your speaker offer that PMC BB5, or Kef Reference 11 meta and so forth cannot do?
Was thinking the same but sometimes you just need someone you convince that he needs this speeker and that it‘s worth it 🤔
Best is to find someone who is not able to build it himself AND has the money AND wants to be proud what he paid 😂
I would assume this is what he would charge if you asked him to build you one.
@@marcg2233 there is nothing $35k about it. So as I assumed its simply a number picked out the air.
That makes a lot more sense given the 200 man hours so far--as opposed to comparing it to commercial productions. But I still get that $13,500 might provide a more accurate comparison in terms of ROI on $3500 of parts. @marcg2233
It looks really nice and exquisite. Many very expensive 'audiophile' speakers measure absolutely terribly, so acoustic performance doesn't seem to be a part of the experience.
Using a small coax without a separate waveguide for the tweeter is pretty rough and I wouldn't want that in my every day speakers. I'll rather go with a non-coax design and put treatment on my ceiling. I like the looks of big tower speakers, but acoustically, having subwoofers deal with the low bass makes more sense in terms of flexibility, output capability, sound quality and room acoustics.
Fantastic!! Looking forward to the remaining of the build and insights into crossover design process
Stay tuned
Very nice build!!! What about the crossover development? What about measurements of the speaker?
Coming in the next part
What a nice looking speaker! Can't wait to see the next videos ;)
Thanks!
They look beautiful Kerry! I remember you used copper trim rings on the "Boomsticks" back several years... you've amped up the bling with these even more... I say bling, but it's more like classy adornment.
You demo quite a few cool techniques in this video, I learned a few things.
It's great to see a speaker build just for the love of it!
It was actually aluminum on those but yes, going a little more extreme here
Amazing looking build, it has a real unique design with 3 cabinets per speaker, and the wood and paint combination with the copper as highlights fit very well together.
How did you connect the speaker wires to the binding posts, did you solder them and if, how’d you do it? I have the same and they have this unnecessary wide opening with would use a lot of solder, and because I’m not an expert in doing it I would love to take some advice to do it right.
Glad you like it! I doubled over the wire and used the set screws to hold it in place for the main binding posts. The other binding posts to go between the three cabinets to the crossover have tabs for quick connects or soldering.
Love to see you do these types of builds. I'd be happy to print you some router guides if you ever want to flush mount your binding post plate.
The moment of maturity at 12:12 is priceless. well done sir. i salute you. wit, skill and beautiful speakers, what's not to like? (and subscribe).
Beautiful work. I've always felt speakers need to be 6-8 ft tall for proper sound stage. Get an overhead power extension to get the tool cords up and out of your way while you're working.
Thanks!
Hey, DIY here myself.
Awesome build! looks really good, love the copper accents.
Wouldve loved it even more if you wouldve shown the whole process. Like, figuring out what kinda speaker u wanna build in the first place, what you want to achieve, what drivers u take and how your selection process is. how you tune in the crossover and develop it. ( do you start with a dsp to check xover frequencies and level alignment to "know" what u want in the crossover so you have starting points and then start from there or do you go after specsheet simulation and start from there ) overall as with everything you did some things i would never do. But if i show you how i build speakers u would just say the same about my methods :D so thats fine.
Only thing im really curious about is the glued on front baffle. You WANT it to be easier to resonate? Did u calculate the resonance frequency of the front baffle and put it outside of the spectrum the driver play? But even with crosstalk between cabinet and baffle wall that sound ridicioulus hard to actually convert into reality. Sure u can simulate it, but the precision you would need to have to glue it on etc looks damn near impossible to achieve for me. Atleast when done by hand.
Ur speaker is a work of art, mine dont ever look like those, would love them to do tough.
Have a great weekend and thanks for the video.
the technical details are coming later
Great job done so far!!!!! I think you're going the route of function following form. I really like that because I think the same way.
I'd really like to know how you came up with the chassis selection and how you then simulated it.
That will be in part 2
i think they look freaking AWESOME💖💖💖 . Kudos.
please attach demo clip too but seriously you have done a great job, love from India keep growing.
They look beautiful with a quality build. Would love to hear the final product.
Thanks!
It looks beautiful. How the box looks isn't my priority, although I prefer not looking at something unfinished. I built my subwoofer box (36" x 14" x 18") with opposed 10" drivers and a plate amp. I prefer dual 15" woofers in my speakers so they can play LOUD without distorting while remaining natural sounding. I build tiny houses as a side gig.
I guess they sound as good as they look . Those things are really gorgeous I have always loved the dynaudio evidence master look in a speaker and these really do it for me
Thanks! I’ll find out how they sound next week.
@@css_audio please let us know
Oh wow that finished product was gorgeous 😍
Thank you!
I would love to see more builds like this.
More coming!
Greatest of all time
Beautiful speakers! Lovely documentary!
Anders
Sweden
Glad you enjoyed it!
Beautiful work. The result seems worth the effort you took
Thank you very much!
Beautiful cabinet crafted. What about the sound for the money? Crossovers quality?
Thanks! All that will be coming in a later video
Excellent -- of course everyone likes build video's!
Thanks!
12:13 Too mature you say??
The sound guy doing pipe work. I approve 😂.
This is an amazing video. This is my first time here, but I've already hit that sub, especially if you're going to do more build videos like this. I have a few thoughts that you can take or leave as you like.
I have found, block planes are good, but if you take the time to learn to set and use a Japanese pull plane you will be very happy with the added precision you get. I have not worked with veneer, but my understanding is precision is key when doing so.
Copper and brass always look good but can be expensive. It's possible to anodize aluminum to look exactly like copper or brass. Once you are setup to do that it's a lot cheaper and it's easy to cast your own aluminum parts. Part of the anodizing is sealing the material so you don't have spray them with an anti-oxidation sealant. On top of that it looks like you are already using anodized plates for the posts plate and then laser etching the logo and text. You could make those in the copper anodizing, then laser etch, then anodize the etched part in black. IMO that would add even more to the look.
Again, this is my first visit so this may be answered elsewhere, but what software do you use for your cabinet modeling. I was looking around hoping to find a plugin for FreeCAD that would do acoustic modeling of speaker cabinets but it looks like the only real options are over-priced stand-alone applications that only run on Windows.
Beautiful work of art. Hopefully it follows up with Beautiful sound 🙏
I hope so too!
Beautiful work gentleman, thanks for sharing 🙏
Thank you kindly
For a relatively expensive build, why not use high end wires? I have used Neotech 12 awg stranded UP-OCC copper hookup wires in my 1TDX for the binding posts and woofer, and 18 awg UP-OCC silver wire for the tweeter connection with excellent results. Of course, the binding posts were upgraded too - cardas CCBP pure copper binding posts being an excellent choice.
Absolutely Superb! I wish I had the skills! 👍
Thank you! Cheers!
Great build. The drywall screws are sacrilegious.
holy shit man this thing looks insane! i would love to have a desktop speaker that looks this good!
Thanks!
Not sure about your hourly rate, but factoring the hours as well I'm sure a completed version is still a $20.000 speaker! Which nets you a 33% discount from retail and that makes sense from a commercial standpoint as you would not pay manufacturer and dealer markup as a consumer. Warranty may not be too much of an issue as the live components have their 'own' warranty. The crossover however will be the gold-silver medal award. If you match it or improve upon the original you are set for victory.
Stunning. What sort of Amp power did you drive them with?
We will be using an Orchard Audio Starkrimson Ultra if going passive. If active, we still have to decide.
Very impressive build for sure, and you have the gear to d it 👍
Thanks 👍
Hey Dan. Didn't know you had a youtube channel. Subscribed! Awesome project!
some details on the drivers would be nice. why you chose them and how you chose their arrangement in the cabinet.
The next video will cover it
Great work . I take my hat off to you and would hopefully like to buy a kit plan for these in the future
Thank you very much!
I have the 1TDX with the upgraded caps. AMAZING speaker,
Glad you like them!
These speakers certainly look very expensive. The copper is a nice touch! Though as a fellow speaker designer I would have gone a different route if I wanted to go all out on the sonic performance.
Beautiful build! i'll take a pair :D
On a more serious note what is your take on the sound of mdf cabinets vs plywood ?
im making a new set of cabinets for my main speakers in particleboard with a layer of plywood on the outside just because i've heard things about it, im not done yet but im really starting to appreciate how easy mdf is to work with
Low density plywood definitely resonates more than mdf but as long as you are using decent quality plywood, there is no audible difference in my experience. I’ve not seen any research to point otherwise.
All I can say Kerry, is incredible! You are extremely talented as well as a great designer. This is well beyond both my skill and equipment level. I hope to hear them the end of this month. Please continue these videos, both you and Dan are bringing a lot to the table for us amateur builders and I know I am learning from you both. I hope that you develop other projects that can turn into potential kits or projects that can be done by us mere mortals!
Thanks so much 😊
That jasper circle jig would work great to cut the holes in the braces. Great build btw!
Yes, it does and I should have mentioned that. It is much slower and takes a lot more effort to setup though. Braces are so boring to me I want to get through them as quick as possible.
Looks great!
These look amazing. Im more of a dedicated home theater guy. Do you guys have any plans for a theater style speaker? Sealed, onwall mounting, 80-20k, high sensitivity/high output style. Im thinking of something along the lines of a Magnat cinema ultra or a RBH on wall. It would be great to see some DIY kit options on the market for that type of speaker.
We've talked about doing some HT stuff but aren't as in tune with that market as the traditional HiFi so we need to do some more research before we could develop anything.
Work of art!
I might have done copper or brass screws to mount the speakers to match the accents.
Thanks for the feedback. I looked for copper screws but couldn't find any. I think they are too soft. I thought black would look better than brass personally.
Beautiful! Faital Pro make some great drivers, I haven't tried their coax yet.
This one is a bit of a beast to work with passively.
Killed it , would love more videos . Not enough people go through the process of it all
Definitely more coming! Thanks!
@@css_audio Thanks! I agree and also add in any insights / tips you've learned along the way.
Perhaps i missed it, but what makes you think these speakers are worth 35k?
They're saying it's designed and built to give equivalent performance and style as store-bought speakers that cost that much. Google is your friend, go look at premium "audiophile" speakers and see.
Right? lol
U didn't do it... if you want them that his price of time
@@reginaldbowls7180looks cool for the video title - much better than say, "$350 on FB Marketplace" (may just be a long/infinite wait on a buyer)
Made me think the same thing. I think parts cost is the max these are worth. Speakers with retail price of 35k should have all the inside corners perfectly rounded. Ports ends flared. Everything tuned to perfection for perfect sound. Outside lacquer polished to mirror finish. Beautiful trims to cover the speaker cones. And built in amplifiers that would be correct for the speakers. These are just MDF boxes with random woofers thrown into. You cant just say "these are very high end speakers" just because they somewhat look like something expensive from afar.
Hope they sound as nice as they look!
Great work ! Can you do a external crossover (maybe potted like duelund ) to minimize microphonics ?
The plan is to mount the crossover externally in the cavity on the back of the midrange chamber.
Nice! Tell more about this coax 👍
It's the FaitalPRO 6HJX150 www.parts-express.com/FaitalPRO-6HX150-6-Neodymium-Coaxial-Driver-8-Ohm-294-1192?quantity=1
Looks very good. I see CNC machines some manufacturers video , will you buy one.
Thanks! We use a large industrial CNC for all our kit cabinets. We don’t have any plans to buy one of those because you have to be cutting panels all day every day to justify the cost.
Bro these are beautiful, well done
Thank you! Cheers!
that was amazing,,i really wonder how it sounds
I’ll find out this coming week
Awesome Stuff! Looking forward to seeing the rest.
Thanks!
Beautiful but how does it sound?
Just getting to the crossover this week
very envious of your shop and skill set. How do they sound? They look wonderful.
Thanks Jeff. The shop, other than the SawStop is fairly modest. We don't have a lot of stuff in there and the equipment isn't that expensive. You don't really need a ton to build speakers.
Unfortunately I'm still working through the crossover design on these. The mid/tweeter are a beast to work with passively. I'm hoping to have them hooked up for a first listen later today or Monday.
👍Great project, can not see the measurements and I would like to see...
They will be in a follow up video
Very nice work guys!!!
Thanks a lot!
Love your stuff I love that this shows that if you don't have all the latest and greatest wood working gear that you can still create something beautiful would be great to have build plans for others to enjoy not a kit,. I like getting my hands dirty
Thanks! If we have enough people interested we will draw up full plans and possibly do a crossover board
@@css_audio count me in as someone who'd be interested in the full plans and crossover board!
Stunning design!!!!
Thank you! Cheers!
How do you prevent the copper from oxidising? Fingerprints and stuff will turn dark pretty fast, it's a pain in the ass 😅
18:14, immediately after sanding, wipe with acetone. Use gloves so you don’t get any new oil on the copper. Then spray with a lacquer meant for metal.
Gorgeous! I thought of a project make a sub cabinet out of one peace of wood
Sounds like a cool project!
Looks lovely. But how does it sound?
I’ll find out next week