I had posted most of this comment in a response to the Bagby Mandolin DIY Speaker Review thread, but was politely asked to start a new thread about it since I'm really interested in anyone's thoughts about Joseph Crowe's model #1159 design which I have pictured below.
Before I say anymore - no, that photo is not my own and I did not build these...yet. Full credit belongs to Joseph Crowe himself, who designed those, as well as the matching stands and of course that is one of his listening systems. I borrowed the photo below from Joseph Crowe's website (original photo URL: https://josephcrowe.com/collections...cts/products/3d-cad-files-for-speaker-no-1159)
At one point I was very seriously considering about building a pair of either Jeff Bagby's Mandolin II kit (which Amir just reviewed, but was supplied and assembled by @Rick Sykora) or the smaller 5" midwoofer version called the Piccolo kit, both of which are available at Meniscus Audio. But then I 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 SB Acoustics woofer and tweeter as JB's 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. Joseph even offers a full-flatpack for this design too. His blog post about the design indicates that a very simple first-order crossover is all that is necessary here. Has anyone heard or tried these? Any of the DIY speaker guys here care to comment?
More info: https://josephcrowe.com/collections/see-all-no-1159-products/products/speaker-no-1159-baffle-only
Joseph Crowe also makes a much more expensive tower with the currently trendy "Purifi" woofer and same SB Acoustics tweeter:
Before I say anymore - no, that photo is not my own and I did not build these...yet. Full credit belongs to Joseph Crowe himself, who designed those, as well as the matching stands and of course that is one of his listening systems. I borrowed the photo below from Joseph Crowe's website (original photo URL: https://josephcrowe.com/collections...cts/products/3d-cad-files-for-speaker-no-1159)
At one point I was very seriously considering about building a pair of either Jeff Bagby's Mandolin II kit (which Amir just reviewed, but was supplied and assembled by @Rick Sykora) or the smaller 5" midwoofer version called the Piccolo kit, both of which are available at Meniscus Audio. But then I 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 SB Acoustics woofer and tweeter as JB's 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. Joseph even offers a full-flatpack for this design too. His blog post about the design indicates that a very simple first-order crossover is all that is necessary here. Has anyone heard or tried these? Any of the DIY speaker guys here care to comment?
More info: https://josephcrowe.com/collections/see-all-no-1159-products/products/speaker-no-1159-baffle-only
Joseph Crowe also makes a much more expensive tower with the currently trendy "Purifi" woofer and same SB Acoustics tweeter:
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