YES! You CAN build $5000 HiFi Speakers for UNDER $500 DIY vs HiFi

12.000 bucks for that trash? Thats the price of a good car and stupid rich sh*t, the making 2000% profit of...

Awesome, I build a few in my time!

No speaker is worth $5000 and you can’t convince me otherwise

Was expecting a build .......... Not just Talk !!!

Sorry but i cant take thsi video very serious. You ignored a lot of additional work: enclosure design, quality of built, machines used fkr building, etc.
Especially more complicated builts require expensive machines and very profound understanding of acoustics, materials ans crafting. Thats what you pay for - not the drivers

I would love to see an open baffle DIY.

Let’s be fair though you can’t actually show us how it sounds.

About the new Boenicke 3" full range that seems to be used now, they might simply be hand picked units, selected from the Fountek FE-85 production line, not one spefically made for them.

I don`t know why people use this stupid sm7b. I am anyway hear distortion from mic and not best quality of recording. looks like some people just adepts of this mic.

Are these meant to be bi-amped?

This is the problem with the industry, it's literally ridiculous these days.
Since about 10 year's ago building my very first DIY build I've never brought a factory speaker, and never will again.
Currently looking to build my own amplifier as well. I resent giving any money to an industry that is quite as farcical as what the audio industry has become.

I can DIY a $10k painting with just 50 dollars for the cost of paint and canvas.

Your channel is AMAZING! I've been learning so much. I'm very curious though. I love sound engineering and such. I'm also a very good woodworker. But some of the Boenicke speakers on there website have these wood looking drivers on the larger models? Along with some really cool wood accents right on the speaker or driver itself? Is there someway to do that or somewhere you can put wood on a driver or speaker? In order to make it look a certain way? For example the Loudspeaker W8 has that thing going on and also the W11 looks super cool! How am I able to do that?

Can you use tectonic 65 bmr instead of the front speaker?

Only an asshole would spend $12,000.00 on a pair of speakers.

there is no wooden box and speaker is worth 5,000 only a fool would even contemplated wasting so much money on a speaker

You did a lot of talking about the parts, but said nothing at all about the design of the Boenicke W5 enclosure which is what is really responsible for it's sound. And it's not just a simple ported box, it has a very complicated transmission line design.

You could hire someone to make you those speakers and still not get even close to that insane price tag.

I want to see the actual finished product and comparison.

Can you make something that mimics the Kii Threes or the Dutch & Dutch 8c?

The trick is making the cabinets, though…that’s where the lego work ends.

I have built 9 pairs of speakers via kits, or plans online. I no longer need to buy commercial brands. It's an excellent way to showcase exotic woods and finishes too, with something functional and interesting to use.

Some of the prices of these small commercial speakers is absurd, even if they were all proprietary components and trendsetting designs. Thank you and others who unravel some of this stuff for us DIY'rs, even with your own designs. A poke in the eye to those elitists who feel that only those with deep pockets should be able to afford high quality audio.

those are cheap-ass spkrs

I think you forgot the CNC machine for the cabinet.

Seth rogen?!

On the note of telling me that I can make a speaker for less what about the machines that you need to make it how much does they cost

So, are there some plans to buy somewhere, or was this just a clickbait?

Can you make a video replicating klipsch r-41m? If you can even in a smaller size but same cool drivers, I really love how they look

Fold that collar.

I built my first dyi for $160 using a 1" soft dome for around $30 a 10 " woofer for $20 and a 2 way crossover for $30 and the wood was free I got everything from parts express even the crossover and it crosses over at 3500 Hrtz I believe I took a lucky guess and built these monsters and they sound amazing I really can't believe it. I don't want to listen to any of my other speakers. They are on point with the sound bass and they are easy to listen to. The only thing I wish I did was add a mid and use a 3 way crossover but can use a full range driver and just run it with no crossover I was wondering if anyone can help me also I have a lot of free solid oak which I didn't use on these but is it good for speakers? Thank you for any positive feedback.

I have a lot of free oak hard wood. Would that make a good enclosure? Or should I build it out of .5 mdf and then cover it with the.75 oak I have. Seriously I have enough oak to build 50 speakers and size

The logic: Buy all the raw parts and it will magically assemble itself for free. Also assume there's no opportunity cost for using your own time to make, test and carve the boenicke cabinet. Next step, just don't eat at restaurants since the raw materials are much cheaper if we make it at home

Is there a 3D model of the speaker to get by? Also W8 looks interesting... any idea where to get 3D model for that one? Thanks...

well what is the Xover values and what is the box volume and Fb?

can you make a Oswalds Mill Audio clone

I believe with hard work (elbow grease and many hours of listening) and planning and lots of testing, yes, it can work everytime and sometimes turn out better than a mass marketed overpriced speaker. After 200 or so speakers I've owned, I built my own to my liking, and turned out to be my favorites I've ever heard, to me the best I've heard for my tastes in my opinion, but took a long time to call it complete. Used a JBL 2226hpl pro driver strictly for the bottom end and has good mid bass properties also ( very efficient, massive magnet and voice coil, very high power handling, and can get very deep in the right cabinet. Midrange I finally decided on a focal audiom 7k, likes to be crossed over lower than most other mids due to peaks around 3k but incredible tone and character when dialed in, due to the large ess heil amt tweeters able to cross over very low if needed it wasn't a problem, top end is open baffle, bottom end is rear ported and nicely designed inside (transmission line type), also have port plugs if wanted when close to a wall. Biamped, big power hooked up on bottom end and smooth clean power up top. To me they are all I'll ever need, about a grand and some change total, they are heavy at nearly 100 pounds each, but they check all the boxes for anything, movies or music, truly full range.

I just finished my first DIY speakers, they are the CSS Torri. It was a lot of fun! I want to do their TDX 2 towers next. I’m using the Emotiva Basx TA1 integrated amp. The set up punches way above its weight dollar wise!

Hello, i check your palns for sell but i didnt find for this speakers on your page. Can i buy for this speaker build plan?

Buy some speakers that were hi-end 20 years old an dupgrade them - that will cost a fraction of even home build!
I have Kef Concertos 50 years old.

I want to DIY a concentric speaker design like kef or Elac , only ones I’ve seen are Ayima and a very old Dayton. Any recommendations for a newer high quality one?

Can you DIY the PHANTOM?

These look sick though what type of crossover would you need, anybody build this thing?

Really nice to see the actual run through.

I have one problem. Sure these are outrageously expensive for what they are. But the question isn't can you make a terrible expensive speaker with a shitty crossover for under 500 dollars, it's can you make an actually well built hifi speaker in which that brand uses their own in house parts (speakers, cabinet manufacture, crossover, etc.)

Okay that is all and good, but have you actually attempted (or are you willing to attempt) making a DIY Boenicke W5. Looks like there are a lot of specialized features going into the W5. Would be very interested in seeing you go through the process, then a A/B comparison if you can actually get a loaner pair.

I stopped building speakers in the 1990's... back then I was about to buy some Peerless CC 12" woofers because they had a very low resistance notch, so they were very flat to a low frequency.... what's the best woofer available now that's like the Peerless CC line from about 1993? And how did they do that box in the $5k speaker in this video?

Gosh those companies are just naughty bro! Your the sound robin hood. Keep pulling the big corporate panties down mate great job

This is super fascinating Sir! I would love to emulate exactly what you did here, unfortunately i have no machines whatsoever or even know where to start. Sir., would you ever be interested in selling precut mdf boards (precut
already)?
Of course the payment would be fair., i’ll pay for materials., time spent as well as shipping

Depends on how much money you make. My time spent isn't worth the savings though I would buy a different speaker regardless.

Local parts store = online store?