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May 24, 2017, 12:40 PM #1Audioshark
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How to make a $300k speaker
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May 24, 2017, 02:44 PM #2Member
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Re: How to make a $300k speaker
Let's not forget the required loft space, with freight elevator access...these won't fit in your average "man cave".
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May 24, 2017, 02:59 PM #3Senior Member
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I would love to hear his gear.
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May 24, 2017, 03:35 PM #4Senior Member
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I like OMA's slate plinths - a friend has one. Haven't heard the speakers, but I'd be curious how coherent and free of cupped hands artifacts they are.
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May 24, 2017, 04:55 PM #5Senior Member
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i have heard of a fellow making Heil line source speaker (dipole) with a Tymphany LAT type bass array: https://www.parts-express.com/tympha...ducer--299-850
BoM was like $75K in total of which driver cost was $25K. All bespoke DIY.
Such a speaker would retail over $600K with normal markup!NORMAN
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Nice , cant put a price on Art ......
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May 24, 2017, 05:46 PM #7Senior Member
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Originally Posted by wisnon
About 400K thru retail
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May 24, 2017, 05:58 PM #8Senior Member
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I worked off of 100% margin over BoM...
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May 24, 2017, 07:20 PM #9Senior Member
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Thanks for posting this. Before I went in the direction I did for my turntable, I would browse the Technics plinths and rebuilds that OMA crafts. I think they make unique and often beautiful looking gear.
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May 24, 2017, 09:49 PM #10Senior Member
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This place is not all that far from me here in PA. Interesting thing about the Slate, that was the first material I used to isolate a pair of speakers from the floor which tightened up muffled bass from some old Mirage 790s. I used some really old 1" thick walkway slabs.
Thanks for posting this.-----------------
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May 25, 2017, 02:43 PM #11Senior Member
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Slate plates make a lot of sense. They have a lot of internal dampening. Stacore uses slate in their (passive) isolation platforms.
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May 25, 2017, 06:06 PM #12Senior Member
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I'm taking notes
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May 27, 2017, 12:06 PM #13Senior Member
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+1......sadly lost on many folks.. Originally Posted by a.wayne
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May 29, 2017, 01:18 AM #15Senior Member
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder!!
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Thanks for mentioning us Adam. Slate is great as a damper but, as any material, not prefect and of course still has its own resonances. From our experience, it still needs to be properly damped itself to avoid some artefacts in the mids. Originally Posted by Elberoth
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I have no idea how they sound but visually they don't pique my interest.
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Jim, I've often thought the same about a few woman & cringe at the thought of hearing their sound! But these, I'd love to hear. Originally Posted by still-one
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