AudioCzar
Active Member
Always loving and collecting music, I learned to appreciate hi end audio from high school over 30 yrs ago. Buying what I could in my budget throughout the years, and like many, drooled of what was available out there. But somehow ended up with a low grade speaker, I remember saying to myself I will up grade them soon. A pair of Acutex speakers I bought new long ago, and changed out the components about 8 yrs ago with Morel drivers. I drove them with Onkyo recievers and amps until a few years ago getting a large Denon receiver, 9 x 140W.
And, to this day, know this is not the quality speaker I want. So, I wonder should I build something, or buy it. I`m a carpenter by trade and can do a fine cabinet. Don`t want to reinvent the wheel. Just would hope spending $800 on components with the 3/4" walnut planks I have, could produce a slim tower speaker that could rival buying a $2,000 pair?
I see there are some manufacturer`s like Wharfedale/Focal/Dunaudio in the $1-$2,000 range at Music Direct that seem to have some nice tower`s that might make simply buying them a lot safer than chancing the sound of a self built? I am limited to width and depth dimensions as one of my locations is tight.
Are these 1-$2,000 speakers any good? Where I live, not many options to listen to them, but the online reviews are 90% good.
Any thoughts on direction is of great appreciation.
And, to this day, know this is not the quality speaker I want. So, I wonder should I build something, or buy it. I`m a carpenter by trade and can do a fine cabinet. Don`t want to reinvent the wheel. Just would hope spending $800 on components with the 3/4" walnut planks I have, could produce a slim tower speaker that could rival buying a $2,000 pair?
I see there are some manufacturer`s like Wharfedale/Focal/Dunaudio in the $1-$2,000 range at Music Direct that seem to have some nice tower`s that might make simply buying them a lot safer than chancing the sound of a self built? I am limited to width and depth dimensions as one of my locations is tight.
Are these 1-$2,000 speakers any good? Where I live, not many options to listen to them, but the online reviews are 90% good.
Any thoughts on direction is of great appreciation.