Pale Blue Ego;157999 Wrote: > Then you swing too far in the other direction with a home-built $500 > system that won't sound any better than many $200 - $350 active systems > already available. > (snip) > The Swan M-200 active monitors are rated down to 55Hz and can be found > at newegg.com for $189 > (snip) > If you like to tinker, go ahead and build your own! But don't expect > them to outperform the excellent active speakers available > commercially.
I disagree with this; I would suspect that you should be easily able to outperform purchased budget equipment with DIY actives. The drive units in a $200 active system are unlikely to cost more than about $20, and I imagine that's generous. The amps are unlikely to be as good as T-amps either. The caveat that I would have is that speaker design is a pretty arcane art, and a lot of the cost of a commercial design is in the experimentation they have done. What works on paper may not sound great in reality. I would be tempted to look for complete kit designs, and then get the bare minimum you need to make your actives. Oh and in terms of power output, the T-amp only has about 5W that is useable (well, listenable), and going active may not make a huge difference. With 91dB/W, it'll be fine for a second system but not loud, I think. HTH Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost cables ------------------------------------------------------------------------ adamslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7355 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30087 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
