2017 POLL: Your own DIY speakers better than commercial ones?

[korpberget]

My DIY speakers sound better to me then commercial ones.
They sound like i WANT them to sound.

+1!

 

[Lojzek]

I build my own speakers for the sake of fun while having the satisfaction of achieveing something with my own hands. Above all the product I designed sounds better than anything I have heard thus far in approximately the same league. The bang for buck ratio is with DIYed speakers at its maximum. Contrary to that, the aesthetics of my speakers is far below a professionally manufactured piece of loudspeaker furniture. Cheers!

 

[JonBocani]

The bang for buck ratio is with DIYed speakers at its maximum.

+1

and that's pretty unique to the speakers market. You won't see that in automobile, TV, quality wine, etc... (most of consumer products, luxury or not)

 

[radiosmuck]

On Craigslist, DIY speakers are always listed as 'Custom Made' for some reason?

 

[BasicHIFI1]

I'm sure on Mumsnet they have polls along the lines of "is your child much prettier/nicer/brighter/friendlier than all other children apart from your other children?". These polls will provide information with similar value to this thread.

That's a very interesting point of view. I can see how this could result in another 'measurement' vs 'subjectivity' debate.

Children are, for the moment are beyond compare and beyond measurement.

 

[wizardofoz]

I built 3 (Pluto, LX521 and LXmini+2) and still own 4 (Orion factory built and bought over 2nd hand) of the LinkwitzLab.com speakers. Will never sell them and enjoy them very much.

 

[chrisb]

Add my name to the "mostly for sake of fun" , plus a little bit of "practicing a craft"

And yes, children are all that they're cracked up to be - including for the most part those of our own parents.

 

[radiosmuck]

On Craigslist, DIY speakers are always listed as 'Custom Made' for some reason?

Vintage Goodman's 212c triaxiom Speakers | haut-parleurs | Ouest de l?Île | Kijiji

 

[JonBocani]

On Craigslist, DIY speakers are always listed as 'Custom Made' for some reason?

Custom made for himself... by himself

 

[TerryO]

I'm naturally a big supporter of DIY Audio and especially speakers. At our Audio Club's DIY Speaker Contest, the quality of the entries has risen every time we've had the Contest. The last Contest featured speakers that were excellent by just about any standard and the winner of the Contest was also the subject of a meeting of the (Seattle Chapter) AES Meeting. Almost every top speaker designer started as a DIY Hobbyist, there really doesn't seem to any other way, AFAIK!


Best Regards,
TerryO

 

[andy2]

Them horns are beyond me.

 

[JonBocani]

Based on the results after several months of survey, i think DIYers are very happy in general with the results