Thank you so much. I have not hear of Meniscus. I will check them out. Not looking at the UM52 but the Reference dbr62 which I think is a 2-way design. https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...-debut-reference-dbr-62-speaker-review.12232/Have you gone and looked at Meniscus' website for kits? For DIY though, most of the time there really is no cost savings. The savings with the kits is that the homework is done for you. All you have to do is assemble and finish.
With the Elac UM52, those are 3-way speakers. Unfortunately, there are not very many 3-way DIY kits that come in this low in cost, and most ofthem are floor-standers as well. I hope to ameliorate this issue in the very near future. With a 3-way, the xover will have twice or more components in them compared to that of a 2-way, so they get more cost prohibitive as well.
Go look at Meniscus, as they have a bunch of available kits.
BTW, I really am not a huge fan of the BMR drivers. I know they are seen as the bees knees currently, and measure well, but they've not really impressed me except in the larger varieties. I've heard the 2.5" in the BMR monitor, as well as about 4 other pair, and it was okay about 40% of the time.
Are these "head in a vice" speakers. If so, not really interested but.....I had some Lii Audio f15's in an open baffle that were "head in a vice" and the craziest imaging speakers I have ever heard! Depth and width were just insane. Wish I kept them for just listening in my office.LXmini Linkwitz® Lab Speaker Kit, PAIR: Madisound Speaker Components, Inc.
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I found these to be pleasant, but with limited image stability. It should be simple construction.
Meniscus has been in business for a long time, and they also sell the BMR monitor, so I'm surprised you weren't aware of them."not impressed but the larger variety" this is what is making me think I should be looking at floor standers and also three-way designs even though elac figured out how to do wide with the two-way.
Quite the opposite. They presented much like Quad ESL63 to me, good balance with little room interaction. The main driver points straight up and covered most of the music. If the direct firing position of the tweeter is obtrusive, it *should* be simple to attenuate with the dedicated MiniDSP 2x4 processor.Are these "head in a vice" speakers. If so, not really interested but.....I had some Lii Audio f15's in an open baffle that were "head in a vice" and the craziest imaging speakers I have ever heard! Depth and width were just insane. Wish I kept them for just listening in my office.
are there any measurements for this speaker's dispersion? Looking for wide dispersion.
Sorry,found the ASR review here. https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...selah-integrity-diy-speaker-kit-review.15695/are there any measurements for this speaker's dispersion? Looking for wide dispersion.
Agreed, the only way to save buckets of money is to aim high and buy the best drivers available--an example being the Directiva 1, and already have a system with DSP and bi- or tri-amping in which to drop these drivers. One possible spin would have been to drop the passive radiators and instead buy a 10" long stroke woofer. 1200 in parts, another 250 for flatpacks if you don't want to cut your own materials buys a system that would likely trounce anything on the market for under 3 grand. Getting a good finish is the truly painful part. Many of us really, really miss the excellent prefinished, prebuilt cabinets that were available at Parts Express that might run 300/pair for 1L volume and available in black lacquer, cherry, and walnut veneers IIRC. It seems like someone should have pounced on that market, but nothing to my knowledge.Have you gone and looked at Meniscus' website for kits? For DIY though, most of the time there really is no cost savings. The savings with the kits is that the homework is done for you. All you have to do is assemble and finish.
With the Elac UM52, those are 3-way speakers. Unfortunately, there are not very many 3-way DIY kits that come in this low in cost, and most ofthem are floor-standers as well. I hope to ameliorate this issue in the very near future. With a 3-way, the xover will have twice or more components in them compared to that of a 2-way, so they get more cost prohibitive as well.
Go look at Meniscus, as they have a bunch of available kits.
BTW, I really am not a huge fan of the BMR drivers. I know they are seen as the bees knees currently, and measure well, but they've not really impressed me except in the larger varieties. I've heard the 2.5" in the BMR monitor, as well as about 4 other pair, and it was okay about 40% of the time.
Are there any measurements to bear this out? Can't find any off-axis measurements that show the width of the dispersion.Keramiskas are a great design with wide dispersion.
I actually wanted this to be my second speaker but I thought they were finished with this speaker. Are they still providing kits for this one?Did anyone mention this one yet?
edit: didn't realize these have cabinets that are already finished. So I guess you wouldn't get to practice finishing them unless they can be supplied without finish.
I don't know but the youtube review linked on that page is from January 2021 and says it was to be available soon. You can email or maybe @Dennis Murphy would reply here. I wonder if other cabinets can work without too much fuss if you want to practice your finishing.I actually wanted this to be my second speaker but I thought they were finished with this speaker. Are they still providing kits for this one?