Building an early prototype for guided DIY speaker design — feedback wanted

[EirikDyrset]

Hi all,

I’m working on an early prototype for a new DIY speaker-building platform, and I’m currently trying to see whether this is something people would actually want.

The vision is to make speaker design and building much more guided, intuitive, and approachable — helping people figure out what to build, why it fits their needs, which parts to use, and eventually how to build and tune it.

At this stage, I’m just building the first prototype and testing the concept. So this is not a finished product yet — it’s an honest attempt to explore whether this could become genuinely useful for the DIY speaker community.

Later on, the platform is intended to include:

• detailed and professional build plans
• advanced tools for exploring parameters and graphs, similar in spirit to WinISD
• a large driver database for testing drivers in different enclosure concepts
• automatic drawings and cut plans for builds

For now, I’d simply love to hear from anyone who finds this interesting. If you think you might want to test something like this later, send me a message or leave a comment. If enough people find it useful, I’ll continue building.

The attached image is from a build I am currently working on

 

[eddantes]

I dunno boss - Kimmo has built a powerhouse of a tool - and gives it away for coffee tips. You have a tough road ahead of you. Probably the only thing that may be missing in Vcad is a slightly more intuitive volume calculator that would automatically feed the baffle size/shape into the difraction simulator, which in turn would automatically export the 0degree diffraction back into the enclosure simulator.

 

[EirikDyrset]

That’s a very fair point, and I completely agree that Kimmo has built something seriously impressive. VituixCAD is an extremely capable tool, and I have a lot of respect for what he has made.

I’m also not under the illusion that I can just build a better VituixCAD overnight — that would be a very tough road indeed.

What I’m exploring is a bit different, at least to begin with: something more guided and approachable that helps people figure out what they should build in the first place, and then helps them move toward a practical plan. Longer term I’m interested in more advanced simulation, databases, drawings, and similar tooling too, but I think the first value is probably in reducing friction and helping people make good decisions earlier in the process.

Your point about tighter integration between enclosure, baffle/diffraction, and simulation flow is a really good one as well. That kind of smooth workflow is exactly the sort of thing I think could make these tools feel more intuitive and connected.