“Secrets” about the consumer audio business you may find interesting

Re:“Secrets” about the consumer audio business you may find ... by MrBuddyCasino on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @03:30AM (#32834285)

Some suggestions from the german DIY scene:

A step up from the overnight sensations, the Twiggy BR: http://www.hifi-forum.de/index.php?action=browseT&forum_id=2... Built them myself, hard to improve on price-performance ratio. They have no right to sound this great given their size & budget.

The Bantams are supposed to be very good as well, suitable for eg desktop use, haven't heard or built them myself yet: https://techtalk.parts-express.com/forum/speaker-project-gal...

There is also a more fancy version called Bantam Onyx, for when looks matter: http://www.hifi-forum.de/viewthread-205-1154.html

Reference class monitors DXT-MON 182, 36-20000Hz, completely flat frequency response: https://heissmann-acoustics.de/dxt-mon-182/

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Re:“Secrets” about the consumer audio business you may find ... by criddell on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @08:21AM (#32836127)

I'd like thank you and the GP for posting these links. My daughter has a synthesizer that she would like some monitor speakers for and making them might be a fun project. These links are great.

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Re:“Secrets” about the consumer audio business you may find ... by MrBuddyCasino on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @08:50AM (#32836425)

Especially for monitors there are several very good plans, and sound quality can be reference class.

If you don't have a workshop to work on wood, you can buy pre-made speaker cases for some of the speaker plans, I only know german shops though:

- https://lautsprecherbau.info/de/

- https://www.speakercase.de/produkt-kategorie/gehausebausatze...

Very important: price and sound quality are at best very loosely related in the consumer market! I mean off-the-shelf products here. Never assume expensive stuff sounds great. This is counter-intuitive but true.

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