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<blockquote data-quote="keep_hope_alive" data-source="post: 7562879" data-attributes="member: 576029"><a href="http://www.parts-express.com/projectshowcase/tritrix/index.cfm" target="_blank">The TriTrix - Speaker Building Project at Parts Express</a><a href="http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=300-702" target="_blank">TriTrix MTM TL Speaker Components And Cabinet Kit Pair 300-702</a>here is a tested kit that takes all of the math and trial and error out of the process.&nbsp; this is the easiest first step into building your own.building your own set takes a lot of time, and requires a fair amount of knowledge.&nbsp; your first book should be the Loudspeaker Design Cookbook 7th ED by Vance Dickason.&nbsp; Then next purchase is some speaker modeling software, like WinSpeakerz or BassBoxPro.You want to determine your limiting factors and start to determine variables.&nbsp; if you know you want floor standing towers, then you can start to determine an enclosure height.&nbsp; then determine the type - sealed, vented, transmission line, horn, etc.&nbsp; that will start to narrow down your speaker selections.&nbsp; your budget comes into play as well, limiting what you can spend on speakers given the cost of materials and crossover parts.&nbsp; lastly - your own fabrication skills and access to wood working tools will determine how good they will look.&nbsp; it takes a high attention to detail and good quality tools to make perfectly straight cuts that are suitable for showing off in a home.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="keep_hope_alive, post: 7562879, member: 576029"] [URL="http://www.parts-express.com/projectshowcase/tritrix/index.cfm"]The TriTrix - Speaker Building Project at Parts Express[/URL] [URL="http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=300-702"]TriTrix MTM TL Speaker Components And Cabinet Kit Pair 300-702[/URL] here is a tested kit that takes all of the math and trial and error out of the process. this is the easiest first step into building your own. building your own set takes a lot of time, and requires a fair amount of knowledge. your first book should be the Loudspeaker Design Cookbook 7th ED by Vance Dickason. Then next purchase is some speaker modeling software, like WinSpeakerz or BassBoxPro. You want to determine your limiting factors and start to determine variables. if you know you want floor standing towers, then you can start to determine an enclosure height. then determine the type - sealed, vented, transmission line, horn, etc. that will start to narrow down your speaker selections. your budget comes into play as well, limiting what you can spend on speakers given the cost of materials and crossover parts. lastly - your own fabrication skills and access to wood working tools will determine how good they will look. it takes a high attention to detail and good quality tools to make perfectly straight cuts that are suitable for showing off in a home. [/QUOTE]

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