Post the most beautiful builds you know of...

[antisuck]

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Not sure where I found these pictures but if anyone has any information on them, it'd be great to know.

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af72/fish3061/DIY%20Designs/tism163.jpg

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/a...ns/tism166.jpg

Here's the original (very long) build thread over at DIYAudio; sadly all the pictures are no longer hosted, so it's quite lacking now.

http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/multi-way/93218-lgt-construction-diary.html

The cabinets were subsequently stripped of drivers and sold off. :eek:

The builder's current project (with pics):

http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/multi-way/201892-apollo-construction-diary.html

[domwilson]

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Not sure where I found these pictures but if anyone has any information on them, it'd be great to know.

http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/multi-way/201892-apollo-construction-diary.html

[witchdr]

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36-24-36.

Haha!!! +1000!!!

[Deward Hastings]

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Those speakers look better than they sound.

Lots of speakers . . .

And then there are those which sound better than they look . . .

First please your ears, and then your eyes . . . (Incredible String Band got it backwards . . .)

[cwad8505]

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It's not a build per se but I saw these at RMAF last year and fell in love.



Sonus Faber Stradivari Homage

Going for something like this on my next build.. ;)

[mike15]

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Most of the uber expensive model out there are perty! Thats part of the price. Some of the craftsmanship on those models is well beyond my skill leval now and in the future. I often wonder if I lived a "money's no object" life, would I buy one or just buy diamond tweeters with $1000 mids and have them built..........lol!!!

[[email protected]]

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how about simple but elegant?

[johnastockman]

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Bob Cottiers Sequoia is one of my favs. He sent me these pics back in 2006 or 2007. There are so many killer DIY designs and craftsman, I'd take up a lot of, uh, data posting 'em all. I really like the incredible artistry & skills of Dan N. and his efforts.




John A.

[martyh]

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how about simple but elegant?

That looks like my buddy Paul's work!

[Whitneyville1]

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I'm an ole f*rt and still prefer the 1970's "monkey coffin" look to my speakers (with grill cloth thank you). Most of the shapes and curves remind me of older radio cabinets (either table or consoles) or "modern art 101". It's like automotive "styling" since about 1985...jellybeans with wheels, now with worthless "bumpers" that can't be bumped without causing $800+ damage, even on most PICK-UPS!!!! I'd rather have figured wood on my skeet/trap gun myself. In my little house, speakers have to "hide" more than less.

[greywarden]

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OK I'll bite, since the "high end retail" line has been crossed a few times with no objections.

Ahhhhhhh, the Living Voice Olympians! That was actually my first picture on facebook, before I actually put up a picture of myself, haha. They have a new matching subwoofer, the Elysium, that is in fact, larger than the Olympians.

[williamrschneider]

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I don't know how the outside will turn out yet for the builder, but the bracing on this current build found on the HT Guide forum is the most awe-inspiring I've ever seen...





The build thread is found here.

If he continues with that level of detail throughout, it will be a real showpiece.

[djkest]

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Taste is subjective, sure. I think those Living Voice Olympians are ugly. To each his own.

[isaeagle4031]

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Not DIY, but I really do like these guys. Solid wood fronts, waveguides integrated into the baffle, sweet sound

http://aetheraudio.com/

[Pete Schumacher]

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Going for something like this on my next build.. ;)

If you do, pay more attention to panel vibrations than they did.

The version we auditioned at RMAF were some of the most resonant cabinets I've come across. They were no where near braced enough.