Looking to build a high end standpoint

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Hi,
I have been thinking of building a high end pair of stand mounts to accompany a pair of Krell KSA clones i am finishing up. The intent is that this set up would be used as a secondary in a smaller room but still be of high end reference level. The setup would offer a more intimate listening experience to the main rig.
I have searched the forums a come up with short list and was hoping i might get feedback and suggestions on these designs before embarking on this project. I am not looking to build a cheap set of stand mounts although i do expect value. I am also not looking for deep base, rather a fast alive sound
And the short list is (please feel free to add and subtract)

1. http://www.zaphaudio.com/ZD5.html
2. http://www.humblehomemadehifi.com/Cup-a-Soup.html
3. http://www.humblehomemadehifi.com/Proteus.html
4. http://www.troelsgravesen.dk/AT-R.htm

Thanks
Neil
 
They're all great designs - take your pick. Jay's design is as good as any of them and I believe is the lowest cost. The Cup-A-Soup uses very expensive drivers that will not give superior performance over the others. For the smallest footprint go with the ZD5.
 
Thanks sdclc126, I missed that part of the thread.

I guess I am left a bit confused because the designs being considered all use 7" drivers. If an intimate sound is what he is after what do you guys think about a single driver design? I finally got the chance to hear one that I thought sounded very nice.
 
From the research that i had done i was / am leading towards the ZD5. It's smaller enclosure definitely appeals to me and it has been very well documented.
I will definitely dig through the threads in this speaker, but as a heads up have any of you built this speaker and made subsequent modifications, either in terms of enclosure size and or crossover components.
It appears that Zaph is always spot on in his documentation but it has been a couple ofyears since this speaker was first published.
I remember reading somewhere that Zaph was absolutely insistent on maintaining the 7" baffle width.

Thanks for the great feedback
 
Probably the only person who could improve the ZD5 is Zaph himself.

Several people here have built the ZD5 - the threads should be easy to find.

You mentioned crossover components rather than crossover design - no changes will yield an audible difference, but if cost is easy poly caps are an option, as they will maintain their values over longer periods of time.
 
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