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In Reply to: Re: DIYers v. non DIYers posted by Greg R. on May 10, 2000 at 09:15:39:
I'll give you a "war story". I took my speakers into a shop because a salesperson wanted to hear the Mangers. We set the speakers up in the high-end room, and because the shop had Spectral electronics and would not accept bi-amping, we used by BK Electronics amp module amp along with my Marchand Passive Preamp and Marchand XM9 electroinc crossover. For the bottom end we used one of the shop's Classe amps.This system immediately smoked a $20,000 pair of Avalon Eidolons; they sounded terrible next to my home-made speakers. To be fair, I'm told that Avalons sound their best with Spectral electronics and the Avalons were not hooked up to this equipment (I think we used what was easy to hook up and was already in place). My speakers cost me around one-tenth of the Avalons and my electronics cost a fraction of the electronics hooked up the the Avalons. In fact the Classe amp we used for my woofers cost more than all of the equipment I was using at the time. I have personally experienced the value DIY equipment represents.
The other advantage is that DIY equipment can be tweaked easily and inexpensively. I don't have to go out and buy a completely new unit. Since I was at the store, I've added a baffle step compensation circuit to the crossover, and added a pair of woofers to the speaker cabinets.
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- Re: DIYers v. non DIYers - ccd 09:41:17 05/10/00 (1)
- Re: DIYers v. non DIYers - Greg R. 07:50:13 05/11/00 (0)
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