Thanks for reviewing these. I have always had great respect for Jeff Bagby and his designs, although I have yet to actually hear one. His designs have had incredible success and seem to have almost universal acceptance, so this is the first review with detailed and objective measurements I've seen which seem to give a slightly different perspective. I'm still a novice speaker-designer having only built kits and subwoofers, but I do still believe that DIY speaker kits are probably still the best way to get high performance at a reasonable cost.
*** EDIT - Started new thread about the Joseph Crowe model 1159 here ***
I had been looking at both of JB's Mandolin and Piccolo kits at Meniscus Audio, which I think really only differ in the size of the midwoofer. But then I recently stumbled upon a fellow Canadian named Joseph Crowe who does fascinating and beautiful work on his waveguide and horn designs. He offers what he calls the "Model #1159 Stand-Mount Series Monitor" which uses exactly the same 5" SB Acoustics woofer and tweeter as Jeff Bagby's slightly smaller Piccolo kit, but offers a gorgeous CNC-machined, solid walnut baffle with perfect time alignment of the woofer and tweeter for what I think is pretty reasonable price. The pic below is of Joseph's own build, not mine:
More info: https://josephcrowe.com/collections/see-all-no-1159-products/products/speaker-no-1159-baffle-only
*** EDIT - Started new thread about the Joseph Crowe model 1159 here ***
I had been looking at both of JB's Mandolin and Piccolo kits at Meniscus Audio, which I think really only differ in the size of the midwoofer. But then I recently stumbled upon a fellow Canadian named Joseph Crowe who does fascinating and beautiful work on his waveguide and horn designs. He offers what he calls the "Model #1159 Stand-Mount Series Monitor" which uses exactly the same 5" SB Acoustics woofer and tweeter as Jeff Bagby's slightly smaller Piccolo kit, but offers a gorgeous CNC-machined, solid walnut baffle with perfect time alignment of the woofer and tweeter for what I think is pretty reasonable price. The pic below is of Joseph's own build, not mine:
More info: https://josephcrowe.com/collections/see-all-no-1159-products/products/speaker-no-1159-baffle-only
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