If you haven't heard a well designed DIY speaker, you are cheating yourself and believing the hype from mainstream manufacturers. They can't begin to produce a speaker with the quality of components of a good DIY design and also make a profit without charging exorbitantly high prices. The beauty of a speaker design is in the crossover and the quality of the drivers. Everything else just plays a supporting role.
DIY design by: Jeff Bagby and Javad Shadzi Helios Textreme
2 way Textreme Waveguided Satori tweeter, 10" Satori Textreme bass driver. 11" SB Acoustics passive radiator. F3 response of 30Hz. Full 20mm Panzerholz panel cabinet construction with Mundorf EVO gold over silver Caps in the crossover.
The speakers were designed by a DIY guru named Jeff Bagby. These are called Helios (not Helios CM). They are a rather large standmount that go down flat to 33hz. The tweeter is beryllium mounted in a waveguided that serves to extend the frequency response lower to match the large 10” woofer (difficult to get right). There is a sidefiring passive radiator that serves to control the woofer excursion and extended its frequency. The kit can be found on Menuscus Audio. Thanks for asking!
