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A long time ago there was a thread in the AV forum here about speaker building that inspired me to make a pair of these: http://rjbaudio.com/Microbe/microbe.html They're small but mighty and when paired with a $120 12" Dayton sub they beat out my Andrew Jones Pioneer floorstanders.
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thathonkey posted:i hate to be "that guy" home audio equipment has been getting progressively worse since the 70s-80s if you buy any modern poo poo when there is a plethora of cheap old audio equipment that is millions of times better just lol. just loving lol. Good speakers and amps will always be good, yeah. Sometimes you have to update the other stuff though.
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Jun 16, 2016 21:55
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The_Franz posted:Homebuilt speakers are the best. For $500 in parts I have a system that you would needs to spend thousands on B&W or ProAc gear to compete with.  If you have a few basic woodworking tools and enjoy projects this is hands down the way to go. Replicating multi-thousand dollar speakers really just comes down to building a box with the correct internal volume, copying the crossover circuit with good quality parts (which aren't that expensive), and plopping in the right drivers (the actual round "speaker" parts with the magnets, which can be a little expensive but still nowhere near what you'd pay in a prebuilt cabinet). When you don't have to worry about all the R&D it's amazingly easy to make a $5000 pair of speakers for a few hundred bucks.
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Jun 17, 2016 01:13
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thathonkey posted:anyway do you really think 7.1 makes a difference over 5.1 There is a difference, but at that point it's definitely diminishing returns. I had the full 7.1 setup at my old place but after I moved I just stuck with 5.1 and never bothered to reconnect the other 2. It would probably make a more noticeable difference with super high end matching speakers across the board and well produced source material though.
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Jun 17, 2016 02:02
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Champenema posted:Lol at all the spearkers with the foam donut so you can see the "thump." poo poo dryrots in no time fast while paper speakers from the 50"s still work and sound better. Subs really do need to move a lot of air to be effective, the cone moving a lot isn't just for show. But yeah, rubber surrounds are better than foam.
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Jun 17, 2016 03:38
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88h88 posted:JBL Control 5s in the garage Did you build the Fitzmaurice stuff yourself? I'm thinking of making a Tuba and am curious about peoples experiences.
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