DIY MASTERING GRADE SPEAKERS
Learn about speaker design for pro studios and build high quality mastering speakers for under 2k
These costs are based upon typical European prices. For other regions, prices may be substantially less or more. Important to note is sales tax. In Italy for example, this makes a 22% difference to the price whether you can deduct the tax or not. The prices on the right include VAT, full retail price. Excluding VAT and tools but including the amps and drivers, the speakers cost approximately 1700€ to build
Hypex plate amps and speaker drivers. The goal is to build a pair of high quality speakers which you will keep and use for many years. However, the majority of the cost of the project is in these items which are perfectly resalable and reusable in other projects if necessary.
Stuff like wood, screws, glue, metal. This is the true core cost of this specific project when excluding the specialist audio items above.
This includes a saw, drill, router, stapler, knife etc. Anyone who does woodworking already has these.
Intro
Shopping list / cost breakdown
Speaker design plans
The alternative design
Cut sheets
Cut list
Cut list as excel
Original transmission line article
Speaker distortion study
About the PDFs
Properties of speakers
Sealed
Ported
Voigt tube / tapered tube
Open Baffle
Transmission line
Real world speaker examples
Sealed
Ported
Open baffle
Voigt tube / tapered tube
Transmission line
Most suitable design for studio use