Building a PC sound deck... with a twist!
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I think the thing that really stands out about your videos is your design eye. Your craft skills are great aswell, but there's a lot of great makers on YT. There are not many makers with as good a design style (both in terms of aesthetics and function) as you. Excellent work.
I agree!
Exactly true....
Assthethiccs is nice
Yes I agree too
True
As an audio engineer, I have to say that I totally loved your subwoofer unit design. A very clever piece of engineering! Dude, you should start an audio company where you build custom hand-made speakers for various customers like Hi-Fi enthusiasts, casual desktop listeners, mobile listeners etc. And I would be one of your first Hi-Fi customers! Keep up the amazing work!
I have to imagine the prices would be crazy crazy high! The prices for the diy builds are deceiving because they don’t cover his invaluable expertise and experience 😅
The fact is that he can make nearly anything, so sticking in hifi isn’t that good for him, hoping you catch the point
Yeah but 4 days of work… at what, let’s say 20€ an hour (probably too low but idk).
8 x 4 x 20 = 640€ without material costs.
Admittedly still cheaper than the mass produced speakers
@@MaticTheProto 20 an hour is waaaay too low for craftmanship like this. I'd expect more like 50 an hour. that being said, the 4 days was JUST on figuring out the crossover settings, so i'd guess the final price would be closer to 4000, or even more as it's a custom piece.
@@MaticTheProto he used 4 days to fine tune crossover.
He says "After much research, testing, and experimentation..." and at this point I just have to accept... the stuff he makes always seems well thought through.
after 4 days of adjusting just the frequency splitter.... and its not shown how. so either ur a genius like him but even with such videos its impossible to build one on ur own.
@Odysuess08 I too noticed that some of the steps in his builds often turn out to be exceptionally difficult to replicate. I think one has to have a higher level of understanding in engineering or some piece of tech that he keeps behind the scenes.
@@randomkindness1470 I think thats the magic of the channel to make the people feel they could if they wanted even its just an illusion.
@@Odyseuss08 No you can do it - some of the stuff requires googling but you can do it
But no you do need to have time and the effort to donate to a project like this
@@personthing88 I wonder if there is a much easier way to power those speakers and tune them, because to me that's way above my head.
Admittedly I do think the $1200 speakers have a more detailed mid range... but at 5 times the cost you kill it in bang for the buck and the aesthetics of this build are fantastic. Plus it's always way cooler using something you build yourself!
Exact same thoughts as I listened to the comparison too. Bass was surprisingly better according to my setup I'm listening to it on (10" Ultra cabinets).
This is EXACTLY the creativity we need in the DIY audio space. You could sell a ton of these
I was particularly impressed with the DIY 4K beamer.
I would buy it!!
I'd like to buy as well
I'd buy one too 😍.... So bad at soldering 😅
@@artt3231 make it. this is a channel for the makers. not the buyers
Man, I was really expecting you to announce that the extended build guide would be available on Patreon or on some other paid platform. Massive props for making it free to everyone
I was thinking the same
I would pay for that!
I would definitely buy that if someone would sell it.
I was almost onboard with trying to build it myself but the audio fine tuning of the speakers got the better of me.
@hoiy vinosa nobody was unsupportive. It got my like and I added this video to my Favorites list. Chill out man
@@klausschaeffer365 think he answerd on accident xD
@@klausschaeffer365 I think you misunderstood. Don't reply so aggressively
@@jamesthomson13 wtf??
Honestly would be interested in someone wanting to make an automated way to do the audio tunning, I think that would hopefully lower the bar
This man actually buys a house and literally creates his own furniture.
actually literally
you think he BOUGHT the house?
thats disrespectful! obviously he would built the house himself.
builds the house my guy
Living the dream.
It's quite spacious in that monitor stand, someone could almost fit a whole PC in the monitor stand 👀
SOMEONE WRITE THIS DOWN
Ohohohoh!!!
There are pretty powerful mini PCs that are not much bigger than a CD box, so it's possible. Mainboard scavenged from a laptop with broken display and messed up case could fit too. I don't count SBCs like RPi and similar ones because they are not very powerful in most cases.
he already put the pc in the desk!
That space is needed to give better sound, if you build pc there the sound quality suffers, since the sound waves doesn't have enough room, like said in video the woofer needs 10liters space to sound optimal.
Truly the real significance of DIY and the fact that you can find ideas each month. Your imagination is you limit
Unfortunately I don't have that much of imagination. Amazing build.
don't have imagination or don't have the budget to explore it?
@@Praxis4RageBaiting Hm possibly both
@@Praxis4RageBaiting for me it's more budget limitations. Even more considering I'm from Brazil and things are expensive here!
I love how your speakers sounds brighter and the low end is more tight. Than to the bookshelf speakers which sounds the bass is all over the place and the high end sound you put a slight low pass filter.
Okay THIS has to be one of THE sickest builds I’ve seen thus far on the channel. I want one. I want one so bad.
@doire aintu the diy build sounds richer than those bookshelf speakers.
I really appreciate that you generally only use hand tools or cheaper power tools. As someone who doesn't have a shop with thousands of dollars of tools, it's great to see projects I could actually do!
totally agree
That's a great point, the more I look into doing more projects, and realise I would need a lot of tools, I appreciate the more accessible yet awesome products that Matt does :)
agreed but 95% of what they do on those big machines can also be done with small, cheap, secondhand tools if you know how to use them. For some projects it would take 10x more time, but in other cases it's only a little bit more complex.
@@ThaJay True but this way an idiot like me doesn't have to work out how to do it, I can just follow the video :)
@@MagicMoose14587 I agree, if you know how to use your limited tools in many good ways and avoid danger, you would not be watching this video.
That feeling when you see a new DIY Perks video in your feed.
Absolutely LOVE the sound it provides and I'm so Looking forward to the extended video to see how it's measured and built in details.
WOW. Your explanation of the ribbon tweeters vs dome tweeter was the best i've heard yet, what a beautiful creation you've made, and it sounds amazing too. Very impressed with the output of that shallow driver. I hope you can post up your crossover settings on the forum. Keep up the great moves Matt!
this channel's content is extremely i mean extremly good, entertaining and profetional. This channel deserves more attention due to the hard work and effort put in to each and every video. I really wish he posts his videos regularly since watching them is so much fun entertaining and also we learn so much through this channel. Thank you so much for taking your time to entertain us and provide such good content. I will always be a supporter and hope your channels grows further more much love!
Kind words, thank you!
@@DIYPerks I love you sooo much! thank you for the replyyy
The infrequency of the videos is what makes them a treat to me. Whenever a new one posts it’s like a special surprise!
@@DIYPerks You should make a video of all the plants you feature in your videos, with links to buy the pots and soil, lol! But seriously, could you identify the plants in the thumbnail of this video?
Well, over 3,5 million subs is not 'so underrated', is it? Don't get me wrong I wish Matt all the success, but I got the feeling it's already going really damn well.
MDF is also used in order to get uniform sound wave dissipation through the material.
Because wood is not uniform, it might affect the sound characteristics of the speakers.
Actually it doesn't make that much of a difference
@@amcomma for cheap 40-50$ speakers? obviously. For a stand for speakers? again won't make much difference
But for enclosures for higher end Audiophile gear or just better audio in general especially if you already know what you're looking for, yeah it makes a difference, not massive but definitely exists and can be noticed
I reckon any inconsistencies of the wood could be balanced out through the manual tuning of the crossover circuit.
The real downside of natural wood is s it's tendancy to twist and warp with changes in temperature and humidity. That's way sealed MDF or marine plywood are preferred.
it's less about uniformity but rather the sound of the material. the little particles and bonding glue in mdf give it a dead sound with little resonance, while hardwood resonates more and colors the sound (which is obviously suboptimal). that's why enclosures usually use some type of compound material with veneer on top
man, gotta say I love your projects. I've been around for over 5 years and I really enjoyed everything you have made yet. The level of detail and professionalism is spot on. Your skill level is amazing. Thank you for your time for showing us your ideas
Really like that attention to detail. And you actually known to seal the speakers and port them etc. Very knowledgeable across the subjects, makes it fun to watch.
The quality of production on these videos are just incredible probably the best YT channel when it comes to creativity and attention to detail.
The clean video editing is what I find refreshing about his videos.
This sounds like a great base idea for a TV/bookshelf/speaker combo furniture.
Yeah, but the point of this design is a monitor stand with speakers set up for close-up listening. It's for someone who plays games, listens to music while doing office work or watches movies on PC.
Super clean build, Matt! I've been wanting to build my own monitor shelf for a while, and the idea of integrating speakers is simply brilliant.
One of the best DIY project outcomes that I have seen. The idea, design and the execution are fabulous!
Fantasic project. One Suggestion: add a headphone/microphone Jack wich the sound automatically switches to (or with a button) to allow headphone gaming as well. This would be fanastic.
Maybe integrate an DAC. Would be super useful for all the streamers and people with microphones.
Or just hook up your headphones to the dedicated headphone jack on the pc?
@@JustMamba exactly what i thought aswell lmao
so do I :)
The only reason this would be worth doing is if that headphone jack was ALSO an improved audio format, because if it was just wired verbatim to the motherboard, it would only sound as good as the motherboard is capable of. A dedicated DAC to plug headphones into as well could definitely be a cool addition, though.
Hi Matt,
Good project and unique design, and absolutely impressive sound quality! However one recommendation is that I think you should use a active crossover or a DSP instead of a passive one, as it would be affected by input impedance which will weirdly affect the crossover frequency. Plus it allows you to push the speakers louder as the input signal may not be enough to push the amplifiers to a loud volume. You could just use some op amps, like ne5532 (most affordable with good sound quality) or lm4562 (absolute best sound quality) in order to construct a active crossover. A DSP (such as the analog devices adau1701) will allow you to do many awesome things, like constructing a crossover that you could tweak the crossover frequency on the computer without changing the electronic components and even add cool things like algorithms to give a effect of a wide Soundstage or use psychoaccustic bass enhancement. But still, good job! You inspired me to make many diy speakers, including some 3d printed ones!
do you mind to share your setup? mine is jlsound i2s, ak4493 and drv603. all running off some pretty custom linux sbc. (jack + clean alsa config, no bs like pulseaudio..) running local flac files.
If you are using adau1701: is it intercepting i2s while increasing bit depth and sample rate on the soundcard? Mine is running the native resolution right now. So any sound effect just decreases quality a lot.. But i'd love to have some room correction or bass boost, reverb etc..
@@alexruedi1995 I use a sure electronics APM2 (adau1701) with the connection board, which the left and right channels are both connected to 1 TDA7498E amplifier (the sanwu red board), and the 1 sub channel is connected to another 2 TDA7498E boards that outputs 4 x 160w. One of the boards are running off a 250W 36v power supply and the other 2 powering the subs are using a 1000w 36v power supply in order to have excess power. the setup is used as computer speakers and sounds pretty good.
For the I2C stuff, I'm not there yet, although I'm trying to use a Arduino with a display + rotary encoder in order to make a interface to control the DSP. However, I've seen many examples of it being controlled by i2c on google.
You can always go one better...
Love all the builds you do, but I think this is my favorite! Thank you for taking the time to create and post this video!
LOVE your videos Matt! Especially your computer-in-a-desk! Going to take that, and this, and make something my own! I'll post concept, work-in-progress, and final build as I go! Thanks!!!!
One of my absolute favorite builds you’ve done is the cement Bluetooth speaker! That was an awesome video and an even more impressive video design!
For the difference in size of the drivers this built is clearly a winner, another great video M8!
Brilliant!!! I love the fact that you went for good audio quality!
I absolutely love this. I would really love to build one of these. I'm saving this in my DIY folder for sure.
I was listening on my 5.2 surround system and the DIY build had far superior sound in my humble opinion (as a home theater install tech guy).
The aesthetic of the build is right out of a sci-fi film. Great job as always.
1200$ were better ;), DIY he made, IS AWSOME, but i doubt 99% here can reproduce the video it self and as well, he's DIY got huge bass, meanwhile with 1200's, you are hearing high frequencies, which were missing on DIY and because they are high, they cover the lows and ofcourse, lows are thick and leave a feel for "superior"........ :) Summary, DIY project he present, awsome, i would like having one (meanwhile couple of monitor speakers are on my desk), but those professional speakers are hitting really good. :)
Its a really cool project, and the diy definitely has more bass and highs, but the high mids sound like there is a huge cut, and there are some resonances throughout the frequency spectrum. Still insanely impressive for what it is and how much it costs though
@@bananam0nk597 Yeah, the 1200s definately had a fuller warmer sound and sounded better on the first song but his DIY solution had a bit more fun sound or sparkle on the second song at the end test, sadly it can be hard to describe the difference. It can be a hugely subjective experience though and sadly many people never really get a chance to experience a good pair of headphones or speakers.
The expensive ones sound just a bit more "open", but the DIY are well worth the money
I find the highs laughable on the pros compared to the DIYs, what listening device did you use?
@@Azer1125 imma have to agree with Andrew here, the pros sound way clearer and differentiated. The DIY system sounds good, but doesn't have a neutral sound, its bass heavy and muddy in the upper mids, which is perfect for gaming (it actually sounds amazing in that case) as most gaming Headphones have a similar frequency curve ("V-Shape"). I wouldn't use it for critical listening or other genres than bass heavy ones tho:)
I listened using KZ ZSN Pro in-ear phones, and I agree with Andrew.
@@Azer1125 I was listening on HD660S's and LSR-305s btw
i mean you can always use equalizer to make it sound how ever u want.
That audio sounds absolutely amazing. Outstanding work mate, subscribed!
Brilliant idea. Whilst this is a fairly complex build you've made it so elegantly simple. Well done. And thank you.
This is one of the TH-cam channels where you always can hit "Like" even before the video starts. The production quality and the projects are always amazing! 😎👍
"the soundbar fires towards the chest" - prop it up at an angle then! Cool build though, you really do have an eye for design.
And every speaker is not always designed to be listened on axis
I thought this as well. The project is great but a lot of his justification recently is quite silly.
You always impress with the level of beauty and elegant efficiency your engineering achieves, with a delivery that feels effortless. You are clearly an extremely talented engineer, content creator, and teacher. Thanks for making this awesome content! I will most definitely be making this.
This is probably my favorite video of your Matt, and there's a lot of great ones to choose from! This speaks to me mostly because this solution applies directly to my current problem. Eagerly awaiting the detailed build video! Thanks so much!
One thing to note is that higher quality crossover components will have a noticeable impact on sound quality, if the speaker is designed well.
I’ve been involved with the speaker design process for architectural speakers and never saw parts that small in a crossover!! I’m worried that the tiny crossover components may easily overheat.
@@chrismerklin8460 well he said something about them being part of the circuit before amplification, so not much power going through but I'd still imagine the parts make a difference at low level signals.
@@chrismerklin8460 sadly this part which seems to be really intersting he even doesnt touch in his process of the work he shows. when he shares everything about the material it would have made sense to share the final version of the crossover.
@@Odyseuss08The chap has linked a separate video with more details on all that.
@@tatianaes3354 where? i dont find it.
When comparing two systems, like you do at the end, it would be interesting to see the measured response curves with pink noise compared. That would provide some objective comparison to go along with the subjective listening test. My guess is that your system produced a lot more bass below 60Hz than the bookshelf speakers, and the bookshelf speakers sound too heavy in the mid. But, would the curves show this?
This, was thinking the same thing. It'd also be interesting to see how far we could dial these in with either a quality physical EQ, or something like APO.
that would be really good information to have and he have the the know how. probably better to have 2 decent speakers and therefore nullifying the project.
You are one of my favourite channels. Love building stuff and you make it possible for a lot of us out here. Thank you Matt 🙏🏼
One of the best channels on TH-cam. For first time I even watched the promotion as well. Happy you keep it growing with more in depth video and now the forum...hope all the best to you.
I definitely have preferred your sound-signature.
Overall I feel like the sound on the factory ones had more space on, but they sacrificed crispness.
Yours could have maybe the base slightly toned down, but that's obviously my opinion.
Really great project.
hope I replicate it some day.
Nice soundbar and clean work. Keep up your great work bro!
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Hello again King :)
You here!?
Love the work man, love your creativity in all your projects and your beautiful shots, I can tell you put alot of effort into making these videos look great.
Thank you for the crossover schematic. I really apreciate it.
Oh, man! This channel is outstanding! Great idea again!!
Great build. Really enjoyed it. Thank you.
Astonishing sound quality, well done glad to found this channel
I love your videos. I may not make some of the designs, but they give me ideas for other items. Your delivery and presentation skills are great for these as well.
Your projects are really stunning and exciting. Are you really creating them alone, or is there a lot of teamwork? Thank you for your creative work!
As someone who repairs the things I own, I know even the best quality things eventually break. That being said the speakers being glued in triggered a no go reaction. Great looking, great sound quality, tough to repair without breaking apart.
then just use screws
I mean, if you build it, it's your choice if you want to use glue or screws.
It's hot glue just use some rubbing alcohol and a heat gun or hair dryer and it'll come off.
@@noe9250 yup I would. Thanks.
@@asandax6 And how do you get to them?
You have an amazing channel, your channel is a must for people like me who love to build hi quality stuff. Will be sending support soon, the world needs more CC's like you!
this is such an impressively gorgeous build! Hats off to you n your team bro! Absolutely love this channel 😊
MDF is used due to a material survey by Visaton Labs from i think 1986 thereabouts, and i'm sure others came to a similar conclusion. It has a unique property that it absorbs and dissipates vibration, helping the simulated model and the speaker converge. It was the material least prone to emitting resonant noises after the concrete-bitumen-concrete sandwich, which wasn't deemed very practical.
More speakers should have a tilt. This is because the radiation plane of the midbass is often inset compared to tweeter, so the natural neutral axis on a 2-way speaker that looks like it's firing forward is actually pointing down; around it there's a pattern of cancellation lobes. Sitting in one of those cancellation lobes is not a good time. But due to people being weirded out by such design, manufacturers prefer crossover compensation, or just ignore the issue.
Do you have any more detail or articles I could read up on cancellation lobes? Thanks 🙂
@@turbokadett I'm not sure of any articles but a cancellation lobe is just a region where the phase of one wave is 0° and the other is 180°. Polar plots depict this very well in driver measurements. Certain websites will provide polar plots when measuring speakers off and on axis.
The electronics part looks really complicated to me. But I guess with a lil tutorial video I would be able to get the result I want. Diy is so amazing and I love that our society is changing and starts to repair things again.
You can buy crossovers off the shelf, no worries about that
A stunning bit of craftmanship and beauty.
Your videos are in such great detail. Also your engineering skills are phenomenal. Thanks for making such great videos. I'll keep watching.
Awesome build! When you compared them to the $1200 speakers, it sounded like the $1200 ones were in a smaller space. The DIY ones sounded like a much larger space. I would for sure go with the DIY ones!
The DIY speakers certainly had a richer, deeper bass compared to the more expensive speakers. Really good. Well done mate.
i personally think the diy speaker cannot compare to the professional ones. the diy ones are Good, but not perfect
@@ZVLIAN same opinion
as with the two above me, you are not paying so much for the deep bass in the expensive speaker but more for accurate recreation of audio.
Though for just enjoying music and gameplay the are amazing for the cost and knowledge you'd get from DIYing it
Agree but professional speakers has much clearer hights.
Your right by the way why does a more expensive speaker sound worser 😡😡😡😡😡
I love the sound bench I had to remove my system because it was cause me problems health wise. I love the use of the bamboo flooring.
The DIY speakers sounded it better. Looking forward to watching the full build I have some 200 year old cedar wood from an old barn doors that I salvaged a few years back already used some to make a sound box for a friend who I got the old barn doors from all up there were 4 doors 3 meters tall by 2 meters wide yep lots of yummy old cedar.
I just love the builds you do they always look great. Thank you for sharing and thank you for doing a full tutorial on it🤗🤗🤗
It’s true I signed a few months back because it was a 3 hour drive each way to see one in person, best move I have ever done now I can chat with them as I need when I need all in the comfort of my own home.
Really awesome router skills! Getting the flanges countersunk was excellent.
It looks like sci fi spaceship or some concrete architecture design. It looks amazing Loved it !! 🌟
This is just some beautiful work. Though with my current level of DIY skills, I might just cut some wedges to sit under my sound bar to point it at my face. 🤣
It amazes me how such an intelligent person can show and share so much passion in a project. He makes it seem so approachable and easy to do.
This is a really neat build - well done. A note on the Tectonic BMRs: This kind of driver has really stellar off-axis response. This means you can use them in a lot of esoteric builds where the drivers are mounted in different places or different angle. I'm currently working on a 2x20 driver line array integrated into the wall for example. I hope you experiment with them some more - they're a lot of fun!
you should create your own factory and share to the world your builds!
Why when everything he makes is massively inferior quality than what you can buy already?
@@bashkillszombies yes. Lets see you do one better then
Nice build as always, and really appreciate all the efforts that you've expended to make sure the sound is the best that you can get out of the speakers. However, I would like to comment on the sound when compared to the $1200 speakers. With my headphones, I prefer the expensive speakers over the DIY speakers. How audio devices sound to a user is highly subjective. Even using headphones as you have suggested, they still colour the sound because of the preference of the user. For example, I prefer the sound signature of Shure earphones over other more expensive brands.
Prefer the expensive speaker too. They seem more clear and the DIYs seem to have some emphasis on the mids.
Would be interesting to see a frequency diagram comparison.
The DIY’s are for gaming while the 1200 ones are for music. I would understand the reason for the mid heavy response he prefers for that reason (speech in gaming etc)
I was surprised when I listened to the comparison. For the first song I preferred the 1200 ones since they sounded fuller but on the other song it was the other way around and I preferred the DIY. Weird!
I agree; I used a couple different headphones thinking " well there's no way he would use an example that made his DIY project sound worse" ... idk maybe it's just my preference but the 1200s sounded way better. The DIY almost sounded like there were instruments missing. Would definitely like to see that frequency diagram.
@@shuaglenn6802 the diy just kinda sound metallic and missing warmth
This is a build I could get behind. it sounds amazing!
I am happy I subs to you long time ago, this channel is the most underated channel on TH-cam! Your work is true on another level! Great creativity and ideas with good research and material choices. Love it! Keep up the hard work!
It's a gorgeous piece, even before it's a functional sound bar. Brilliant work, sir!
*edit - I wrote that comment before I heard the audio.... Now I have and damn, I can't pick my jaw off the floor anymore!!!
This man is an interior designer, graphic designer, computer engineer, sound engineer, electrical engineer, chemical engineer, light engineer, carpenter, mathematician and a teacher.
He sure is a modern renaissance man
Don't forget the ASMR part. Could listen to his calm enthusiastic voice for hours 😂
and plays halo
Love you for your dedication and the efforts 🫂✨
I am so going to build one of these with an integrated laptop dock. Thanks for all of your phenomenal ideas!
Man I really love this aesthetic design. Those angles are so epic and it looks so clean
Blown away by the audio quality you managed to achieve! Very motivating to build my own :)
This is so cool, I put my headphones on and could just FEEL the bass from your Halo gameplay. When I eventually have a place of my own and not an apartment, this would be an awesome project. Great video as always!
the most I like about your DIY videos is the perfection in them, Thank you for all you do!
10/10 build. Gives great ideas, and that slim sub woofer is really cool.
The sound is astonishing. Particularly put next to the more expensive monitors. As usual, it gets me dreamy but I don't think I'll ever be able to build anything even remotely close to those. Props!
DIY Speaker takes the cake, it sounds way cleaner than I expected.
Great job.
The forum is a great idea. And I do like the product as I’ve made the same thing without speakers but a sound bar on top
This looks incredible and there is a simple way to take it to the next level: fasten a sonic transducer to your chair. This will send the bass vibrations through the chair and really give you the feel of the "punch" from a serious sound system without disturbing anyone else. You just need one additional bass signal output since transducers use the same signal/wiring as speakers. Total cost of this sort of a transducer upgrade is about $50-$100 USD.
Or maybe the ButtKicker.
Wouldn’t this create a tripping hazard?
That's sounds a bit silly tbh😂
The other advantage of MDF is that it doesn't add any timbre of its own to the sound, which wood will do. Speaker enclosures are usually made of plywood for this reason: it's strong, and it doesn't colour the sound.
That whole wood coloring the sound myth is nonsense
All speaker enclosures have a resonance - a frequency where the chamber starts to amplify sound. With MDF, the panel resonance is less noticeable and it is probably a good compromise for cost/performance with commercial designs.
But I don't like MDF, especially for DIY, it is not sustainable, easily damaged by chipping, cracking and from liquids and doesn't give a nice finish. I think bamboo is a great alternative material, but optimising the use of the materials isotropic properties with the speaker design is beyond DIY.
All materials vibrate and possess some degree of resonances (stored energy). MDF is more rigid than most woods so it's resonances tend to be higher in frequency. Good enclosure damping and cross bracing is important no matter the material.
I’m a bit perplexed by this comment. Does plywood “color the sound” or not?
@@JosephQPublic All materials color the sound to some degree. Some plywoods are favoured because they are characterized by a deep toned but well controlled resonance than say stiffer MDF. This adds a degree of warmth to the sound that some designers have used to good effect. For instance many classic British Monitors of BBC design used birch plywood precisely because of it's acoustic properties. Iconic speakers like the LS3/5A, Spendor BC1, Harbeth Monitor and Mission 770 as well as dozens of other British designs were made from thin wall birch Ply damped with bituminous pads. The highly damped but deep toned resonance of bitch plywood adds to the charm of these speaker's. It adds a degree of warmth without smothering over the lovely midrange of these classic designs.
Wow it looks great sounded good at my end to. Thanks for a great video and my next project. 👍
Wow! The sound from the custom bud just had way more depth of sound. Amazing
I put my ear buds in and felt them gun shots. The absolute thud was powerful and detailed, incredibly impressed. As far as the comparison I would defo take the DIY speakers over the £1200 speakers on sound quality alone, regardless of price, the low cost is icing on the cake
@hoiy vinosa weirdo
Would you be interested to try and make a hi end headphone? Im sure it would be amazing to watch you figure out how to tune a driver in a headphone with various damping material, driver placement,ear cup and earpads material and much much more!
Think it would be amazing to get educated about sound because it seems like youre interested in good sound aswell.
Thank you for being a great example of what we as humans are the best at. Creating.
I love these chill videos where you build something
You are so creative, congratulations!
Amazing stuff! Love tectonic TEBM-46 drivers, they are truly amazing! I do think adding the AMTs were a poor choice, the tectonics are excellent tweeters with one of the most impressive off axis responses I've seen, and their ability to play over a wide range means you don't get problems that you'd get with a high frequency crossover point such as beaming etc! Give your system a go without the AMTs, I think you'll be well impressed! Saves on costs too!
Beautiful, creative, functional and cost effective.
amazing work, I am not an audiophile so I use whatever speakers I can that work but I will probably enjoy making that display stand.
The bookshelf speaker felt like it's in the ambience, but the DIY felt like they are in the foreground, both have their own advantages.
The first audio felt richer in the 1200 ones but the second audio felt great in the DIY ones.
It was harsher not richer- but its not really about the cost, the diy had three advantages- a 10 litre resonance chamber and subwoofer, and it was carefully tuned over 4 days for his own room, and they were set up for the computer use case, not for use the opposite side of a room.
They are things that money can't really make up for in the finished sound - but that was the point. It is a market gap. I'm sure if the same company made £1200 computer speakers they would be better.
@@carbon1255 Hmm, makes sense
The monitors are gonna vibrate a lot while gaming but despite that, it's amazing. It would be interesting if you had done a comparison clip with the Bluetooth speaker you made out of earbuds.
i had an issue with the led backlighting blub plastic covers falling off inside my Philips monitor due to the speaker system underneath my monitor
Really appreciate your work Matt. Thank you
Truly amazing audio quality
looks great! the only thing I would've done differently is screw in the 30 degree facing speakers into the stand instead of glue... having absolutely no way of access the speakers for replacement of maintenance gives me a bit of an unsettling feeling. either that, or an access port from underneath? what do you think?
itsjust hot glue you can just pull it out with little effort
@@thewhiterabbit133 Depends what glue it is. Some glues are so freaking strong that you will rather destroy the wood trying to take it apart. Especially industrial quality glues are unbelievably strong and gluing points become stronger than the material itself.
@@thewhiterabbit133 If that was woodglue Matt used, he isn't getting the front panel off without destroying the wood. I agree with Alex. I wouldn't have permanently closed that space. It's £300 spent on a home made speakers, (subject to issues) so I'd want it to be fully accessible.
That being said, I think they are incredible and they are on my list of things I want to build, but probably never will, hence why I live vicariously through Matt.