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RE: Implementing Full Range drivers

Posted by seancuster71@gmail.com (P) on December 15, 2024 at 02:02:20

In Reply to: RE: Implementing Full Range drivers posted by Inmate51 on December 11, 2024 at 12:08:08:

I do not have a website. I was at one time going to start a website for DIY speakers called SPC designs but never did. Life got in the way. I have an elderly parent I am a full-time caregiver, and I have a disabled son well he is not my biological son he was a homeless 18 year old my family took in now he is 35 mentally he is only about 11 to 12 years and he takes a good bit of my time it gets really hard sometimes but he is worth it as far as I am concerned he is my son and will always be my son. If I ever do a website in the future, it will be a DIY speaker website to teach speaker design. And anyone that has a design with measurements could also post their design a collaboration of DIY speaker design so people could post and share their passion.

Many audiophiles don't know that without DIY the high-end audio industry as we know it would not exist. Back in the late 40's into the sixties DIY was king. Frank McIntosh sold kits yes, the most famous well known American audio company sold kits so did Harman Kardon one of the most sold amplifiers of all time was the Dynaco St-70 sold in kit form from 1959 to 1983 still sell today thanks to the internet. Companys like Heathkit sold kit speakers with Altec Lansing components. DIY was so important to the audio industry that's why Nelson Pass has his burning amp festival once a year dedicated to DIY a lot of people don't know you can buy a Nelson Pass designed class A amplifier kit right now and its incredibly affordable. Watch the John Atkinson interview with Sean Casey founder of Zu audio on YouTube he talks about spending 25 years DIY designing speakers before he started ZU audio. Eric Alexander founder of Tekton races dragsters is a drummer in a band had a good job started designing speakers and then started Tekton. John Devore of Devore fidelity same thing watch his video on YouTube he started designing speakers due to the fact he could not buy speakers he really liked so he took it upon himself and started designing DIY and then turned that into a successful business. So needless to say, DIY is very important to the audiophile industry and with the internet and all the information in the world at your fingertips DIY should make a comeback. Nelson Pass has a saying he has been saying for years " The amplifier that sounds the best is one you build yourself " Not everyone can design and build their own amp that being said anyone can learn and design their own speakers with a little help. I would like to see more audiophiles learning speaker design and building their own speakers. And today you can use DSP if you don't want to learn passive crossover design DSP is extremely easy.

As far as saying who I worked for would you put who you work for on the internet for all to see? I would advise against that.

As far as telling you what drivers to check out I am a firm believer in learning everything yourself. When someone would tell me things about drivers or designs, I would not always remember what they taught me but when I researched it myself and found things out myself and learned myself, I never forgot. Remember that old saying if you want something done right you have to do it yourself? That could not be truer no one can do your research better than you. What size driver what type of enclosure only you know what you like and want in a speaker.

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